I'm currently attending a school for dog trainers and have gotten the two puppies I'm required to get in the course. My first dog is working out just fine and about a month ago I got an American Bulldog pup for my second dog. Rogue's a great pup with some decent drive but unfortunately she's maturing rather slowly and I'm trying to pass this course within about the next 8 weeks.

So now I'm looking for an outgoing or at least confident young dog(less than 2 years old ideally) with decent toy drive and high food drive to help pass some of the requirements that I know Rogue is just not going to be ready for. Really open to different breeds. I don't want to adopt or buy another dog. I just don't think that I'll have the time for 4 dogs when I graduate from the course and am working full time. Right now training my dogs is my sole occupation. The ideal situation would be a sort of foster arrangement.

I will be doing a CGC with this dog so it will come out with a CGC title if AKC registered or just a certificate if not. It will also be trained to do at least either an AKC Novice or IPO BH routine. Past that it will just be whatever the dog has a talent for. If the dog has better toy drive I'll use it for my scent detection requirements. I'm currently using a bed bug scent but I can teach another scent if the dog's owner is willing to provide it. I still need to pass my agility requirement as well so that's a possibility.

Minimum commands taught will include:

Sit
Down
Stand
Focused heel
Sit in motion
Down in motion
Send out

The school requires me to start with a completely untrained dog for the obedience requirements. Basically if the dog knows so much as "Sit" I can't use it.

So, anybody know of a dog in the St.Louis area that might work for this?

Check with rescue groups in your area. If a foster was given training it's life chances would skyrocket.

There are three organizations in the St. Louis area that I can personally recommend.

Missouri Humane Society is the largest. I don't know if they have a program exactly like you've described, but I'm sure they would work with you to adopt/foster a dog and then return it for a second adoption.

Stray Rescue of St. Louis is a terrific group that goes out and collects street dogs and their pups in the St. Louis metro area. Mostly pit mixes. But I know they have done some prison-based training programs with their dogs.

Lastly, about 90 minutes south of St. Louis is Bollinger County Stray Project. This is a small rural outfit that finds homes for abandoned dogs in this poor part of the state. I like this organization particularly because (unlike so many rescues) they do a very good job of honestly temperament testing their dogs. It's run by a former breeder/trainer, and she knows dogs. She has done some prison- and school-based training things like this in the past, where she matches candidate dogs to a program.

Betty is right---a trained dog from any rescue would be super-adoptable after the experience.

Edit: I half-considered sending my ACD pup to you! But he's probably already a little too advanced for what you need...and I couldn't imagine giving him up for 8 weeks--even for an opportunity like this!

I have two pups coming to me from the southeast united states. Only problem, they wont be on their way for another few months. Would of been great to
Have one of them trained for me.

As has been said a recue dog, trained so well would find a home in a hearbeat.
Best of luck Cathy.