"Morgan" the Dog
In the summer of 2016 Cranmog organised and staged the annual Morgan rally, known as MOG16. As part of this celebration of all things Morgan, Cranmog instigated a charity appeal to sponsor a medical detection dog through the auspices of www.medicaldetectiondogs.org.uk
The puppy we sponsored and named "Morgan" is shown below. His progress will be posted here:
The puppy we sponsored and named "Morgan" is shown below. His progress will be posted here:
Puppy Updates - An Important Message!
In 2024 Morgan is now working as an Ambassador promoting Medical Detection Dogs at various events.
On the 25th October 2017 we heard from Medical Detection Dogs of the withdrawal of Morgan from the Medical Alert Assistance Dog Training program.
Further clarification was provided by Hollie Nethercleft, Morgan's previous handler. Here is what she wrote:
Hi Michele,
Yes, it is very sad news, but Morgan just didn't settle well with his new socialisers and became quite stressed. His training would have involved far more changes and different moves in the future and MDD felt that this would have made him too unhappy. They always want to make sure that the dogs are first and foremost happy, and so they decided that despite the fact that he was training well and up to standard it was best for him to withdraw him.
I am truly sorry that Morgan didn't make it, and hope that you aren't too disappointed, but know that without your contribution MDD couldn't have even tried to train Morgan, and it's better to have tried and failed than have not tried at all.
MDD offered Morgan to us for re-homing, and we of course said "absolutely". Morgan returned to us last Thursday and is clearly very happy to be home, with no sign of the stress signals he had previously been displaying. We are also very happy to have him home as our pet and really missed him while he was away.
We are taking a break for Christmas, but in spring will be looking to train up the next puppy for MDD, and I'm sure that Morgan will love to be an 'uncle' and help us to train the new puppy. Until then we'll be enjoying a quiet Christmas and NY in preparation for the puppy onslaught!
Kindest wishes and thanks again for your support,
Hollie & Morgan
xxxx
Yes, it is very sad news, but Morgan just didn't settle well with his new socialisers and became quite stressed. His training would have involved far more changes and different moves in the future and MDD felt that this would have made him too unhappy. They always want to make sure that the dogs are first and foremost happy, and so they decided that despite the fact that he was training well and up to standard it was best for him to withdraw him.
I am truly sorry that Morgan didn't make it, and hope that you aren't too disappointed, but know that without your contribution MDD couldn't have even tried to train Morgan, and it's better to have tried and failed than have not tried at all.
MDD offered Morgan to us for re-homing, and we of course said "absolutely". Morgan returned to us last Thursday and is clearly very happy to be home, with no sign of the stress signals he had previously been displaying. We are also very happy to have him home as our pet and really missed him while he was away.
We are taking a break for Christmas, but in spring will be looking to train up the next puppy for MDD, and I'm sure that Morgan will love to be an 'uncle' and help us to train the new puppy. Until then we'll be enjoying a quiet Christmas and NY in preparation for the puppy onslaught!
Kindest wishes and thanks again for your support,
Hollie & Morgan
xxxx
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26th September - A message from Morgan's Handler Hollie Nethercleft
"Good news: Morgan passed his latest assessment! He moves to his new socialiser next week and will start the intensive part of his training with the trainers at the centre. Mixed emotions here; so chuffed he made it, but very upset to be saying goodbye. Took him for a celebratory walk today, after his hard testing sessions I thought he deserved it. Morgan celebrated in the only way he knows how... by jumping into a huge muddy puddle!" |
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Update from Medical Detection Dogs - 3rd February 2017
In the weeks between the Rio Summer Olympics and the Paralympic games of 2016 several litters of puppies were born in the guide dog breeding centre. On 3 September a litter of golden retrievers was born and one of the puppies was deemed suitable for the training programme of Medical Detection Dogs. The chosen little male puppy arrived at HQ in Milton Keynes eight weeks later and was named Morgan, a name chosen by the Morgan Sports Car Club, after their generous donation to the charity.
After lots of cuddles from the office team, Morgan was taken to live with his socialiser family. Morgan’s home is in a quiet village with his socialiser Hollie, her husband and two daughters, their cat Spud and a hamster. Like all puppies who join the programme to become life saving Medical Alert Assistance Dogs the first year of their lives is spent with a volunteer socialiser, as the charity has a strict no kennel policy. Morgan will spend his first year learning have to behave well, socialising with other people and animals and visiting lots of different environments.
Morgan is now five months old and has settled in really well. He is constantly being introduced to new places and experiences and he particularly likes his trips to Ikea! He has also had visits to national trust estates and to the local high street. Morgan loves joining other puppies in training classes where he learns commands and recall. Morgan is a really super little puppy who learns very quickly and is really enjoying his trips out in the day and cuddles by the fire in the evening.
In the weeks between the Rio Summer Olympics and the Paralympic games of 2016 several litters of puppies were born in the guide dog breeding centre. On 3 September a litter of golden retrievers was born and one of the puppies was deemed suitable for the training programme of Medical Detection Dogs. The chosen little male puppy arrived at HQ in Milton Keynes eight weeks later and was named Morgan, a name chosen by the Morgan Sports Car Club, after their generous donation to the charity.
After lots of cuddles from the office team, Morgan was taken to live with his socialiser family. Morgan’s home is in a quiet village with his socialiser Hollie, her husband and two daughters, their cat Spud and a hamster. Like all puppies who join the programme to become life saving Medical Alert Assistance Dogs the first year of their lives is spent with a volunteer socialiser, as the charity has a strict no kennel policy. Morgan will spend his first year learning have to behave well, socialising with other people and animals and visiting lots of different environments.
Morgan is now five months old and has settled in really well. He is constantly being introduced to new places and experiences and he particularly likes his trips to Ikea! He has also had visits to national trust estates and to the local high street. Morgan loves joining other puppies in training classes where he learns commands and recall. Morgan is a really super little puppy who learns very quickly and is really enjoying his trips out in the day and cuddles by the fire in the evening.