Welcome Nip

1
Welcome Nip!

• His journey from Concordia, Kansas to Mark Twain
  Elementary

2
Where we first met

• We arrived at the Kansas National Guard Armory on
  October 2,2006 and met Nip.

3
Obedience Class

• We learned the following commands during
  obedience class
• Heel
• Sit
• Stay
• Down
• Wait
• Follow
• Leave it

4
NIP IN ACTION!

• Pictures of Nip doing his commands (very well)
• Nip on a down command Nip on a sit command
• Nip on a down stay Nip on a down wait

5
Places that Nip visited to practice

• The first place we had to practice in public was
  Pizza Hutand he didnt eat any pizza.
• Second we had to go to Walmartand of course he
  got some treats for being a great dog!

6
Places that Nip visited to practice

• We visited the residents at Mount Joseph Skilled
  Care Facility. He brought smiles to many faces.
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7
Testing Day

• On Thursday, we started with a to visit Ellsworth
  Correctional Facility to visit the man that first
  trained Nip to learn his commands.

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Testing Day continued

• Then we headed to the Salina Mall to complete our
  testing.
• Part of our test was to go shopping and make sure
• Nip behaved himself in the stores.
• The other part was to complete his
  commands in the food court.

9
Graduation

• On Friday, October 6th at 700 pm Nip, Mrs.
  Glancy
• and Miss Wikoff graduated as a Certified Dog
• Assistance Team at the Brown Grand Theater in
• Concordia, KS
• Nip was the 637th dog to graduate from
  C.A.R.E.S, Inc