Now that I'm 8 days away from being 6 months old, things have started to get real! I am now a full fledged-gettin'my-groove-on-must-pay-attention-goin'-everywhere-guide-dog-puppy-in-training!
I mean BIG-TIME!
I went to a very important doctor's appointment with the whole family. See, The Girl is having some tummy issues and she needs to see a specialist up at Dornbecher's at OHSU. In order to get to the hospital we have to ride this thing called a TRAM. It's a metal, oval type contraption that takes us CRAZY HIGH up into the air. It rocks back and forth, and there are ALOT of people on board. I did pretty darn good if I do say so myself! While in the waiting area I was mauled my lot's of children. The Mom said I was Fabulous and so patient with all the little ones. Also, while we were waiting, an actual Therapy Dog came into the waiting room. He was super cool and did all sorts of tricks for the kids. The Mom left me with The Girl so she could go chat with the Therapy Dogs handler. The Therapy dog was cool but I was getting loved on so I really didn't pay much attention to the other dog.
Every morning we take The Girl to school and walk her in. She is in charge of me from the point of getting me "geared up" at the house, to loading me into the car, unloading me and walking me into the school, signing in and then walking to her classroom.
Sunday, The Mom wanted to get me out of the house and do some work so we headed to the Mall. There we worked on Loose Leash walking, distractions and surfaces. They have these "fake" people that I guess you call "Manikins" The Mom finally got me to realize that they aren't real but it took me a little bit!! Of course The Girl, The Dad and The Mom thought it was funny...so they made me sit with them!
Finally, we went to lunch and on the way there, we encountered all sorts of different surfaces I had to walk over. Man holes, grates and decorative surfaces. They didn't even bother me, I could of cared less!
Things are going pretty darn smooth so far. I have one more week with The Mom, The Girl and The Boy. Then I head back to The Grandma's for 2 weeks. Every day we work on my walking, my sit, down, stay commands and "Go To Bed". I'm getting it, slowly but surely.
Next week we get to have "Movie Night" with our Guide Dog Club. They are going to set up a mock movie theater and watch a film while eating pop-corn. But I've already been to the real deal movie theater so this should be a piece of cake!
Until next time, wish me luck!
Truckee (Almost 6 months)
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