Rutland Manor ASD Australian Labradoodles - Born to Serve
Many different kinds of dogs can be trained to be Service Dogs, Assistance Dogs and Therapy Dogs. Rutland Manor Australian Labradoodles are bred and born to serve. Their gentle intuition has been nurtured through 22 years of selective breeding to solidify this special trait through the generations.
There are many stories of amazing acts of intuition even from very young puppies and training time has been reduced significantly in with a number of young dogs placed into working situations at much erlier ages than has been possible with many traditional breeds.
Ivanna's AKILAH
Hi there.Beverley, I don't know if you'd remember a California woman in a wheelchair who was getting her first dog and was scared out of her mind... You guys sent me my darling Akilah She turned 3 years old in April 2008. I want to tell you how much joy Akilah is and what an awesome little helper she is to me. I wanted to write a note to thank you. I don't have any family here or children and she has filled the void amazingly! (Don't worry - I love her to bits, but she does know I'm the leader of our little pack and she is a very happy - not confused - pup.)
Because I saw how easy it was to train Australian Labradoodles - I continued her training. These are the things she knows - She knows boundaries (yard - won't go in the street) You guys couldn't have picked out a better match for me. Akilah is my heart and joy. If I feel down or sick - I just have to get on my bike or take her to go play in the park and all is well with the world again! I seriously get a warm fuzzy feeling in my stomach when I see her running and her tail wagging... She is just amazing!
Barks on command,
Goes out and gets the paper,
Retrieves things I've dropped,
Gets my Uggs or a pair of black tennis shoes,
Can turn off my alarm that I purposely set across the room so I'd be forced to get up =0),
Gets her leash,
Opens doors,
Gets the phone, and many, many more things. She has been joining me in malls, grocery stores, offices, and restaurants since she was a puppy - even before I found a vest for her. Everyone comments on how well behaved she is.
Our days start out with her jumping up (only after being invited) on the old blanket I laid across one side of my bed for her to lay on. We snuggle for a few minutes while I watch a bit of the news then we go out for a 2-mile run (me on my wheelchair bike attachment) that ends at the park down the street where she plays with her neighborhood lab friends and plays catch with her favorite... the tennis ball....
Then we go home, I pour her food and she may eat - or she'll just go for a long snooze. If I'm going out for few hours then I leave while she is tired and if I'm going out all day she goes across the street to her boyfriend, Oggie's house where she gets to hang with two dogs in a huge yard all day.
I plan on getting Akilah a friend and I don't see how anyone could do a better job providing a perfect family member than you guys did so I will probably be sending in another application real soon. I am just sooooooooooooo in love with my baby, Akilah, that I think I need to seriously consider Rutland Manor again. I doubt anyone can produce a pup similar to Akilah - calm, yet fun and goofy, not a mean bone in her body, well behaved, loving, smart, healthy...
Thank you, thank you, thank you for my little 3-year old family member. I love her so much!!! I truly appreciate her and all you did to get her into my home.
Sincerely,
Happy, happy, happy doodle family member in Huntington Beach,
Ivanna Brown California
Hawaii FI Do Service Dogs in Hawaii
Rutland Manor Australian Labradoodles are born to serve. They were developed primarily as healthy allergy friendly dogs with a uniquely intuitive, easily trainable mind suited for Assistance Dogs for the physically or emotionally challenged child or adult who is unable to live with most kinds of dog due to dog related allergies. Their unprecedented popularity as non aggressive non shedding family companions has been a rewarding serendipity. The next few pages showcase just a few who are distinguishing themselves as Assistance and Therapy Dogs born to serve across the world.
Showcasing -"Levi" 2008
Joan Zatorski's Service Labradoodle in Arizona USA
Direct desendant in the therapy and service dog working bloodlines of Rutlands Magnum, Rutlands Gabrielle, Rutlands Heritage and Rutlands Angel and down through Rutlands Kelby - The Legend in his own time.
Levi and I have recently celebrated our first year anniversary together as a certified Service Dog Team. Walking beside one another for the past twelve months, we move in smooth synchronicity. Often before I even utter a command or make a hand signal directing him, Levi senses my need or intention.
As I was, literally, researching the “best" way to end my life, I 
was notified by Canine Crossroads Foundation that Levi was ready for me and I should get myself to Texas for two solid weeks of service dog training with him ASAP. It’s my firm belief that an angel named Beverley, or her agent-at-arms, helped to facilitate the timing of that announcement. What a blessing it has been!
Levi has enabled me to go out into the world no longer fearing that folks will whisper, "Look at her loopy walk! She's drunk! What a shame!" or that I might fall and have no one to help me get up. On the days when I'm well, I'm half-way decent. But before Levi came into my life, a flare up of symptoms would land me in a kind of hell.
Levi has certainly changed that! Now, if I'm too ill to do errands walking with him beside me, Levi seems content to lie next to me on my bed or sofa. He's ever ready to accompany me to the bathroom, offering the balance and support I need during those times, and even brings me my slippers one by one. He places his head across my lap so I can prop a book atop it for reading. And kindest of all, he never complains about my eclectic taste in music, which runs from American Country to Mozart to Sixties Folk!
This handsome, kind, insightful, and skilled dog has enabled me to re-enter the world and function in a way I thought had been taken from me forever. He has been the source of my personal renaissance and for that, I owe him my loyalty, love, and care even beyond the time when we may no longer be able to walk together, side by side.
Joan Zatorski
Fascinating Update September 2008
Oh Beverley, Levi is growing so well as a service dog! His intuition is amazing as is his devotion. I've had many problems with serious flares this summer and have been bed-bound for a week or so each time.
Do you know that my boy would NOT leave my bedside, not even to go potty? He held it from the time my son, Alex, left for school at 8:00 a.m. until he came home at 3:45 p.m!! His water bowl was moved next to the bed, but he didn't want to drink, either, just to stay by my side and when I rose to go to the bathroom, he'd jump up and go into a heel in case I fell.
"The funny thing is that, just as he was resistant with the trainer in Texas, Levi will not "perform tricks" for people just to demonstrate his abilities!
He KNOWS the difference between being my service dog and my son or husband wanting to show people what he can do!
He'll do it for me, but not for others!
The trainer in Texas was concerned because he was (in her words) "stubborn" and "inconsistent". From the first time we met, Levi somehow "knew" that I needed his help and he never hesitated! The trainer was incredulous when she saw the difference in his behavior with me as opposed to when she was training him exclusively."
As my primary source of support for physical balance and item-retrieval, this 70-pound, wavy-haired, chocolate-colored ‘doodle helps me move through life with a grace and confidence I thought I’d lost forever. Levi is so fully a part of my every motion, it’s hard to believe we haven’t always been together.
Has it really only been twelve months? How did I even live before that? If truth be told, life before Levi was not much of a life. In the weeks before we met face-to-face, I believed I could no longer cope with the all-over body pain and un-ending exhaustion that comes with having fibromyalgia (which is now known to be a neuro-muscular disorder). I not only wanted to "give up" by hiding under my blankets in bed, but truly wanted my life to be over. I believed my chronic illness had been rendered "purpose-less".
Read The Full Story of Levi The Wonder Dog
