It's hard to believe that it's been a little over a month since the last time I posted. We have all been really busy. This will be a long post since I have 5 weeks of catching up to do.
So what have I been up to, you ask?
Work/learning - That's what I've been up to! I have been going out to lot's of places like the grocery store, restaurants, Guide Dog Graduations, clothing stores, pet stores, quick shops, school etc. I've been a busy boy.
I'll start with the Guide Dog Graduation. The Guide Dog the Grandma raised, before me, graduated about 4 weeks ago. His name is Kuni, yes as in Kuni BMW! Actually, Kuni BMW were the sponsors of "Kuni" and they are the ones that named him. Anyhow, Kuni graduated and I was able to see the Grandma hand off Kuni to his handler. It was pretty cool to see what it is I'm training for.
The Grandma gave a great speech, so I hear. I was doing my "job" and behaving very well during the ceremony!
We are continuing to work on loose leash walking. At our last meeting we got into groups and had to practice our walking. The Mom is working with me in the below picture. We also had to work on some of our commands which are sit & down. 4 weeks ago I wasn't doing so well with those commands. But today, (5.5 months), I'm doing a lot better. Though the Mom and The Grandma say I'm stubborn.
I've started to lose my baby teeth, I've lost 4 at The Mom and kids house. The kids wanted to keep the teeth and make jewelery with it but The Mom thought that sounded freaky and she tossed the teeth.
Here's me today at 5.5 months old! Big, Right?!
Everyone loves my stripe down my nose but when I wear my gentle leader it turns my straight stripe into a
parenthese.
The picture above is also showing that I am not a fan of getting out of the "big" rigs. The Mom and The Grandma both drive 4x4's. They stand taller off the ground and it seems so far down when I have to get out. The Grandma and The Mom spent some time working with me last night on getting in and out of the Monster Trucks! I feel better about it now and I was happy to do it since I got rewarded greatly with the "Pocket" kibble!
I've been going to work with the mom now, when it's her turn to have me for a couple weeks. It's WAY different than going to work with The Grandma. The Grandma does In-Home daycare so we don't have to go anywhere different. There is constant noise and smells and hands all around me. BUT, going to work with The Mom is VERY quiet. She works at a Corporate Office. We have to take The Girl and The Boy to school in the morning and then we head off. We get to work and she has a nice little bed for me. It's so QUIET that people can hear me snoring. They joked that it was The Mom asleep under her desk! It's actually kind of boring compared to The Grandma's work. The Mom has walls up around her but I could still hear voices. I couldn't see the people but I could hear them, so I just kept staring at the wall.
Yesterday The Dad and The Mom were doing some house work. Well, more specifically, Laundry. Sounds like The Mom has an issue with Laundry because she kept talking about Mountains, never ending work, miss-match socks etc. The Dad was trying to Match the miss-match socks. I was having a hard time restraining myself from grabbing the socks. I will admit, I did grab a couple but I never got far since The Dad and The Mom were right there. You can see the bone in the picture but that bone has nothing on SOCKS! I eventually gave up though and settled with my dumb bone!
Last night I got to have a sleep-over with The kids in The Parents bedroom. For the first time I got to sleep out of my crate on tie-down. I did great, it was The Boy and The Girl who had the issue. Sometimes it's tough being so cute and wanted. I don't mean to make people fight over me. Finally they got it all figured out and all was well in the end. The Mom said she didn't sleep very well because she was worried I would do something I wasn't supposed to do but I did GREAT!
I think today The Mom and The Girl and I are going to go see a movie. I think we are going to see "Heaven Is For Real". The Mom is worried because she knows she is going to cry a ton but she promised the girl she would take her to see it once she finished the book. The Girl finished the book!
We have a couple weeks off from meetings but Evaluations are coming up in a couple of weeks.
Until then, wish me luck!
Truckee (5.5 months)
