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Highlights from recent
meetings.

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See the results of our first poll!

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Susan and Skip Daynes
Welcome to the first issue of The Wasatch Wag, a quarterly
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Chapter news
the newsletter. By popular vote, the Wasatch Wag was selected.
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A testimonial about CCI from ADP’s out. As your editor, I want YOU to tell me what to do! Please
Richard Murray.
send suggestions, input, ideas, etc. to wasatchwag@gmail.com.
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UUppddaatteess and our trainer RoxAnn Ball. We are also looking for editorials
Current status of Wasatch Champions to add to the newsletter. If you would like to write something
graduate and puppy raiser teams.
we would be happy to feature it! Happy Tails! -Dawn
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Graduate Pete Wolcott writes
about his experience with CCI from
past to present.
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Updates from the Leadership


Team*
• WASATCH CHAMPIONS POTLUCK
PARTY
Saturday June 19, 2010 5:00 pm at the Bussio’s
Home featuring the Tompson's Famous Chicken
& Dessert
Please bring a salad or side dish
Bounce House & Canine Games
RSVP if you plan to attend by sending an email to
wasatchchampions@gmail.com or for address &
directions (fully accessible indoors & outside).

• WASATCH CHAMPIONS COOKBOOK!


We are excited to report that we will be compiling the
first ever Wasatch Champions Cookbook! The
cookbooks will sell for $10 and funds raised will go to
CCI. We need your help to make this a success.

Please send recipes for inclusion to


wasatchcookbook@gmail.com. Pass this along to
your friends and family as well. The more recipes, the
better. We also need a name for the cookbook so
please send suggestions to
Pupular Opinion wasatchcookbook@gmail.com as well and we will
This quarter’s Pupular Opinion Poll asked vote on the winner. The deadline for submitting
recipes is July 30th. We will compile the cookbook in
about your favorite doggy shampoo. We August and be ready to sell by Thanksgiving!
received three responses.
• Natures Specialties - Plum Silky • MEMBERSHIP MEETING JULY 15th
We are having an open membership meeting at Camp
• Crazy Dog – Rainforest Shampoo Bow Wow (address on page 3) on July 15th at 7:00
• Pet Effects – Sugar Cookie Shampoo PM. The meeting is open to everyone and we hope to
see you there! Bring your ideas for chapter goals,
fundraising, and outreach.
For the Next Issue…..
While many of us will be thinking about NOTE: The photos on the left show recent outreach
events at Hill Air Force Base (10/07/09) and the
shedding extra winter pounds this spring Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Event (10/24/09).
and summer, our furry friends will be
shedding their winter coats. Send any tips, *Kelly Bussio, Susan Daynes, Melanie Dutcher, Amy
tricks or advice for getting us through this Kernan, and Dawn Thorne. Contact information
rough period (short of buying a wardrobe provided on page 10.
and household furniture to match your
pooch) to wasatchwag@gmail.com.

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Training Schedule
Classes for CCI Puppies in Program – Graduate Teams and Observers
Welcomed!

RoxAnn Ball (left) volunteers her time to help PRs meet their 2 -class per
month training requirement. Classes are held at the Brickyard Kennel,
1221 East 3300 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84106.
www.brickyardkennels.com
You can contact RoxAnn at perfectpoochestraining@yahoo.com

Classes are typically held on Tuesdays at 6:30 PM. The class days, times, and
locations are subject to change. Many of the classes for the older pups are held in
the field (i.e., Library or Gateway) to give them training in public places. Please find
the updated schedule at http://wasatchchampions.blogspot.com/. Dawn Thorne,
Puppy Program Chairperson, also sends out e-mail reminders about class times and
places, changes to the schedule, etc. If you are not on the e-mail list please send your
e-mail address to dashbridge@hotmail.com.

Training and classes are broken down by age groups as


follows:
Kinderpups: up to 6 months
Basic: 6 – 10 months
Advanced: 10 months to Turn-in

**PRs of female pups: Remember that you must board your pup while she is in heat. CCI will reimburse
you for the boarding charges. Brickyard Kennel is experienced at boarding CCI females in heat.

Free Grooming for Grads


Camp  Bow  Wow*  will  give  one  free  bath  &  nail  trim  each  month  to  
each  of  your  canine  partners.  This  offer  applies  to  any  CCI  working  
graduate  dog.  
 
Graduates  will  be  asked  to  provide  vaccination  records,  showing  
current  on  rabies,  distemper,  and  bordatella.  We  prefer  (but  won't  
require,  as  we  do  for  clients)  that  bordatella  be  received  within  the  
last  six  months.  
 
Please  contact  Amy  at  Camp  Bow  Wow  (sslcbw@gmail.com  or  801-­‐
330-­‐8291)  for  more  details  or  to  schedule  an  appointment!    

*Offer  good  at  theCamp  Bow  Wow  located  at  3600  South  475  
West  in  Salt  Lake  City.    www.campbowwow.com/southsaltlake  
 
 
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Puppy Raiser Spotlight: Susan and Skip Daynes


By Susan Daynes and Devi (CCI Facility Dog)
But she quickly rose to those expectations, and I
I have been volunteering with Intermountain marveled as I watched Devi blossom into her
Therapy Animals regularly for 9 years with new life more each day. We began working
Colonel, my Golden Retriever, who I raised as with rehabilitation patients at IMED and
a puppy for CCI and who came back to me University Hospital, and with children at the
when he was released from the program. He has Primary Children’s Hospital and Residential
been the quintessential therapy dog—which Treatment Center. She is still serious and sweet,
isn’t just my own biased opinion: Among many but also loves to play and have fun, especially
honors, he was selected ITA Therapy Animal of with her young clients.
the Year in 2003, from among more than 200
colleague animals, and in 2008 the University of A 9-year-old boy she visits weekly at the
Utah Hospital named him a Utah Healthcare Primary RTC has severe attachment disorder
Hero, the first dog to be so recognized among and difficulty forming relationships. A good
physicians and other science and medical therapy dog can help such children bridge that
professionals. gap, and he was immediately eager to express
love and caring for Devi. One day when he was
When Colonel turned 10 and I began to see the sitting quietly on a mat with her, the therapist
inevitable reality of his slowing down, I applied asked him what he was doing. He said, “I’m
to CCI for a facility dog. I went for training telling Devi about my feelings.” He has made
from June 15 to 27, 2009, and that’s when Devi Devi a bead collar with his name designed into
came into my life. We returned for graduation it, so that she will never forget him.
on August 27, 2009, where her puppy-raiser
turned her over to me officially. This little girl Devi has that intuitive gift of knowing just what
had some huge paws to fill, and I must admit to do for her clients, whether it is to offer
that initially I wasn’t so sure about her after all comfort or a rousing play session or a careful
my years with Colonel at my side. I worried walk alongside a walker. She is not Colonel, of
that she was too small, too quiet, too serious, course—she is Devi, with her own unique
that she would never be able to do what personality and gifts and with her own style of
Colonel had been doing. My expectations were, delivering animal-assisted therapy to those who
quite honestly, considerably over-inflated and need it most. And, no surprise, she has wrapped
unfair to her. herself completely around my heart.

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Just the Facts


LAPD Officer Keith V
Gloria Kerns, PR of Keith V, was notified in
November 2009 that all of her hard work paid off in
a big way. Keith’s calling in life was to be a Search
and Rescue dog for the Los Angeles Police
Department. The picture to the right shows Keith
with his CCI trainer and classmates in California
and was taken in September 2009. Good luck to
Keith as he serves the community of Los Angeles!

Connor Placed as a Successor Dog


Melanie and John Dutcher, PRs of Connor, were
delighted to learn that Connor was placed as a
successor dog with Pete Wolcott. The photo to the left
shows Pete, Connor, and the Dutchers at the
November 2009 Graduation.Way to go Connor! Read
about Pete’s almost 20 years of experience with CCI on
page 8. Thank you to Pete for sharing your perspective
and experiences with us.

2009 Barnes & Noble Gift-Wrap


Fundraiser
The Christmas season was even more delightful this
year with our annual appearance at the Barnes & Noble
gift-wrap fundraiser. B&N provides all the wrapping
material and we provided the puppies in program.
Everyone we met was all smiles when they saw the
warm, furry ones and many a hurried trip was stopped
short to spend time to learn about the CCI program. In
spite of the rough economic times, we raised a
significant amount more than last year and had many
folks ask for more info on becoming a puppy raiser.
We especially enjoyed our interactions with all the
young children; this year we provided copies of the
CCI Activity Books to all the children who stopped by
our gift-wrapping booth. Thank you to all the
wonderful volunteers who helped to make this event so
successful! – Linda Weiskopf
**A special Wasatch Champions thanks to the Layton,
Sugarhouse, and Orem Barnes & Noble stores for this
fundraising opportunity!
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Amazing ADP!
Richard J. Murray, Director of Human Resources at ADP in Utah wrote the
following testimonial about CCI service dogs and puppies in program.

I’m pleased to share with you ADP’s positive experience with Canine Companions for Independence and
ADP’s enthusiastic support of the organization, its mission, and our mutually beneficial relationship with CCI.

Our partnership with CCI began by happenstance. Last spring, our associate Kelly contacted me about the
possibility ofutilizing a service dog at work, which she anticipated getting in approximately 18 months. This led
to an amazingly well-receivedpresentation from several members of the Wasatch Champions (the local chapter
of CCI), which was voluntarily attended by nearly 200 associates.

To everyone’s surprise, Kelly got her opportunity to train andmatch with a service dog much earlier than
expected, and her dog Tadaki has been a part of ADP since July 1st. Having learned about CCI and their highly
skilled dogs earlier in the year, any business concerns we had about having a dog on premises were minimal,
and disappeared entirely as soon as Tadaki arrived and we saw how he benefitted our business. CCI dogs are
well trained and highly skilled. Unless and until they are “released” from their jobs, they are entirely focused on
their work – moreso, in fact, than most people are. He is not a distraction. He’s clean, quiet, and trained not to
bark or wander. CCI only uses two breeds – Labradors and Golden Retrievers – both of which are well known
for their friendliness and gentle natures. There was no financial outlay, facility or scheduling modifications.
Any potential costs, liabilities, or risks one might reasonably associate with having a dog in the workplace
simply never materialized.

Quite the contrary, we began to recognize immediate and unanticipated benefits.

We had a valued associate that suddenly became much more effective and engaged. That engagement spread to
her entire team,who saw ADP’s commitment to our associates and our efforts to become an employer of
choice. We were aligned with an organization – CCI – whoseService Dogs for Wounded Veterans Initiative
reflected our own culturally ingrained support of the armed forces and our veteran associates. Lastly, although
this is hard to quantify, ADP simply became a much better place to work with Tadaki around.

Our experience has been so positive that we began allowing associates to “puppy-sit” CCI dogs at work and are
actively encouraging our associates to become CCI puppy raisers. This decision was a simple one that made
good business sense. Our openness to partnering with CCI helped our associate engagement, our employer of
choice initiatives, and a gave us a strong partnership with a respected,community organization that shares our
corporate values ofability, opportunity, support of veterans, teamwork, and success. CCI is a unique
organization that exists solely on private donations and an array of volunteer trainers, veterinarians, puppy
raisers, and ambassadors, and we are proud of our association with them.

I would like to invite you to visit our facility and see one of CCI’s skilled service dogs in a work setting. I would
also like to invite you to see more about this organization and the dogs by visiting www.cci.org and
http://wasatchchampions.blogspot.com/.

Please contact me with any questions or to arrange a visit. I would welcome the opportunity to show you how
our partnership with CCI has benefitted our business and our associates.

Respectfully,

Richard J. Murray, SPHR


Director-HR Business Partner

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Utah Graduate Teams


1)Kate & Gamay II, Facility Dog Team
2)Abram & Icon, Service Dog Team
3)Kelly & Tadaki, Service Dog Team
4)Muffy & Leibe, Service Dog Team
5)Susan & Devi, Facility Dog Team
6)Tim & Sakai, Service Dog Team
7)Carla, Samuel & Alice, Skilled Companion Team
8)Mandalina, Gabe & Fenley, Skilled Companion Team
9)Michelle, Rachel & Gerda, Skilled Companion Team
10)Kandace, Sawyer & Hal, Skilled Companion Team
11)Joseph & Rosner, Service Dog Team
12)Galena, Pablo & Wendolyn, Skilled Companion
Team
13)Annie, James & Alesia II, Skilled Companion Team
14)Amy, Sam & Lolo, Skilled Companion Team
15)Gael & Elon, Service Dog Team

Utah Puppies & Their


Puppy Raisers
1) Donelly - Linda and David Weiskopf, Pleasant View
2) Belize - Charlene Palmer & Alan Lang, Salt Lake City
3) Berlin - Amy & Bob Kernan, Sandy
4) Cheri - Becca & Shaun Anderson, Logan
5) Grace IV - Gary Cohu, Summit, UT
6) Mylie - Debbie and Dick Tompson, Salt Lake City
7) Jazlyn II - Cassi Fowler, Sandy
8) Kerinne - Brenda and Jonas Lether, Taylorsville
9) Burma II - Lori and Rich Homer, Layton
10) Raisen II - A.J. Bennett and Rowdy Loenshal, Riverdale
11) Nacho - Erica and Charlie Forbush and Josie
Hamilton, Spanish Fork
12) Delmar - Eileen and Ron Sever, Eden/San
Clemente
13) Daya - Lindsay and Randy Anderson, Woods Cross
14) Stella - Dawn and Mike Thorne, Olympus Cove,
Salt Lake County
15) Pascha II - Melanie & John Dutcher; Millcreek, Salt
Lake County
16) Wonka - LeAnn Spencer, Farr West
17) Sugar - Denise Yeager, South Jordan
18) Orion - Gloria Kerns, West Valley City
19) Macy III - Laura Arneson, Salt Lake City
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CCI – A Look Back


Graduate Pete Wolcott writes about his experiences with CCI from past to present .
I received my second successor dog during the fall graduation 2009 having had active service dogs for 17
years. Prior to that time I worked as a volunteer with CCI. As a result, I've got almost a 20-year
perspective on CCI and how it has evolved over the years. It was a very different organization in the early
1990s and I must say that it has improved tremendously and for the better in all those ensuing years.

Team training used to be called, “Boot-Camp”. And while team training today is two weeks long, in those
days "Boot-Camp" was a three-week process. It was far more rigorous in those days, and prospective
graduates, if they did graduate, were very unwilling to report any subsequent problems they might have
been having with their dogs because it was feared that dogs might be taken away. As a result, the
leadership of CCI realized there was a need for change and the training of prospective graduates has
become highly collaborative now and the trainers have made "Team-Training" a fun process. They all
really do want everyone to graduate and will do whatever is necessary to see that it happens.

The list of commands has also evolved over the years and I looked over the command list from 1992 and
commands have either been eliminated altogether or command phrases with several words have been
retooled with single words, wherever possible. The rationale for this change was that graduates who had
speech difficulties would have an easier time with single word commands.

"Watch Me" which was used to get the dog's attention and to let them know that you were talking to him
or her has been eliminated. In its place we’re told simply to say the dog’s name.

"Kiss" (Self-Explanatory) is gone.

"Turn Around" is gone.

"Look" told the dog to search the area for the item it was to pick up. This command has been eliminated
we now use "Get."

"Go to Bed", "Jump on", ”My Lap” have all been modified to single word commands. Several commands
have been renamed. Examples are:

"Go Through" is now simply "Out"

We now use the command "Visit" instead of, "Say Hello"

"Hurry" has replaced "Better Go Now" as the toileting command (I will be retraining Connor to the old
"Better Go Now" because we use "hurry" in our vernacular in a completely different context.) This is my
personal preference and I did the same thing with my second dog. CCI encourages us to train our dogs to
respond to our own preferences that better fit our lifestyles-this is a prime example. In fact, continued
training is an expected part of our daily routine. I am very fortunate that Connor is such a smart dog and
is so willing to learn. He is a prime example of what a service dog should be.
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CCI – A Look Back Continued


As I said, CCI is an organization that has evolved over time as all
organizations do. It's my feeling that compared to the old days of
"Boot-Camp", "Team Training" is a vast and positive
improvement.

I have a tremendous affection not only for the professional


trainers and volunteers but also especially for puppy raisers! I
feel that puppy raisers are the ABSOLUTE BACKBONE of
CCI. Without puppy raisers, CCI could not exist. I absolutely
cannot conceive of a life without a CCI dog. That is why puppy
raisers are so special to me. I'm a true believer of CCI, I "drank
the Kool-Aid" a long time ago. And I'm also very fortunate
that my current CCI dog, Connor, who was raised so very
well by John and Melanie Dutcher, developed a slight heart
murmur instead of living the life of "La Vida Loca,” as a
breeder dog, sorry buddy! You've got to work for a living. His
loss is absolutely my gain! HE IS A TERRIFIC DOG!

My first service dog was a lab golden mix named Taran.


She was the dog that got me my second wife. I taught at a
middle school where she was the guidance counselor. First
she went for the dog, and then she found me at the end of
the leash. My second dog was a beautiful golden retriever
named Shelton. His puppy raisers live very near to us and have
subsequently become dear friends.

Speaking for all graduates, I want to again express my gratitude to all puppy raisers. Miracles and Angels
do exist. My miracle is sitting next to me on the couch, and puppy raisers are all angels. God has a very
special place in heaven for all volunteers, puppy raisers, and trainers!

With warmest regards,

Pete Wolcott & ConnorIV

Special Thanks To:


All of the Wasatch Champions volunteers (graduate teams,
facility team, puppy raisers, trainers, etc.) who strive to meet
and exceed CCI’s mission, RoxAnn Ball for her relentless
training efforts (especially training us new puppy raisers),
Camp Bow Wow Salt Lake for keeping the graduate dogs
squeaky clean, Richard Murray and Pete Wolcott for
contributing wonderful articles to the newsletter, and
Melanie Dutcher for keeping us all up to date with the
Wasatch Champions blog.

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Wasatch Champions CCI Contacts


Contacts Puppy Program Manager
Stu Wahrenbrock
Wasatch Champions Blog (760) 901-4315
http://wasachchampions.blogspot.com/ swahrenbrock@cci.org

Puppy Program Assistant


Wasatch Champions Becca Gordon
Leadership Team (760) 901-4327
swrpuppy@cci.org
Kelly Bussio
Kelly_bussio@adp.com
Volunteer Coordinator
Susan Daynes Abby Dils
shoptennis@yahoo.com (760) 901-4308
adils@cci.org
Melanie Dutcher
meldutcher@gmail.com Graduate Contact
Amy Kernan swgraduate@cci.org
demireba@comcast.net

Dawn Thorne
dashbridge@hotmail.com

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