Posted 2/3/2008 7:40:36 PM
In all of the 5 days I have heard Chancer bark maybe 4 times! I don't think we even heard his voice until Day 3. He's really only barked when he's wanted to play. Poor guy...he's had little recreation since the training class began. There is a pen at 4 Paws where he can romp and we're trying to give him this opportunity twice a day while we're at the facility. Once we get back to Atlanta,there will be another adjustment getting him used to our environment and his new home. Our backyard does have a fenced area where he will learn to "go potty" by himself and have some space to run around. This week of training has taken all the dogs out of their routine. They have all been sleeping much less than they are accustomed to. You can see how tired they are by the end of the day. Not to mention me.
After class Morasha and I took Chancer with us to the mall again to visit a pet store. Chancer was so well behaved. Literally at his nose level was an entire wall of unpackaged dog treats ...and he was able to stay in "a down". I was so impressed. The mall was much less crowded this afternoon and I was much more relaxed, therefore so was Chancer. Morasha has been amazing with the amount of information she has absorbed. She volunteers all of these service dog facts to the folks who stop to pet Chancer. I can't wait to take her with me on the road to do advocacy work. She will be awesome.
Our entire class is downstairs at a Super Bowl/Valentine's day Party. We invited the only two families not staying here at the Residence Inn to join us. So there were 9 families (one visiting family for some training pointers) with nine service dogs in a special room. The dogs took up more room than the people did! It was so much fun for us to be together in one place just to chill out.
We have been accumulating some great things for our scrapbook. Adair has been videotaping and taking photos every day.
After class Morasha and I took Chancer with us to the mall again to visit a pet store. Chancer was so well behaved. Literally at his nose level was an entire wall of unpackaged dog treats ...and he was able to stay in "a down". I was so impressed. The mall was much less crowded this afternoon and I was much more relaxed, therefore so was Chancer. Morasha has been amazing with the amount of information she has absorbed. She volunteers all of these service dog facts to the folks who stop to pet Chancer. I can't wait to take her with me on the road to do advocacy work. She will be awesome.
Our entire class is downstairs at a Super Bowl/Valentine's day Party. We invited the only two families not staying here at the Residence Inn to join us. So there were 9 families (one visiting family for some training pointers) with nine service dogs in a special room. The dogs took up more room than the people did! It was so much fun for us to be together in one place just to chill out.
We have been accumulating some great things for our scrapbook. Adair has been videotaping and taking photos every day.
It feels so important to be able to document this experience and to share it with y'all.
More tomorrow, I hope!
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