The plan is for Alexis to be a psychiatric service dog for Keygan and he has been taking her to her basic puppy training that they will graduate from on December 26. Then, on January 4 they start service training together. Giving Alexis to Keygan when we did means they get to bond; it means he gets taught how to train Alexis. It was the best decision I could have made. Alexis joined our family on July 5, and when Keygan doesn't want to get out of bed, he does so for Alexis.
She suggested that maybe we made a dog cake so that they both had one. I started researching recipes and Keygan happened to come in and ask what I was doing. He liked the idea and asked if we could also make cookies. So that's how our dog treat business, Doggylicious Treats, started.saying that Keygan and the family were thinking of making dog treats and cakes. We had more than 100 people saying they would support Keygan in doing this.
But training a service dog is expensive. We only have an outstanding balance of $850 to pay for the training, but Doggylicious Treats money is going to be used for that. I've told Keygan that now he's in a good spot, he can pay me back for what has already been spent, using money made from Doggylicious Treats. He's 17 so it's helping him learn accountability.