Friday, February 15, 2013

visitng with the brownies...

Thanks to Jesse..... the doggies have been able to get outside. The big snow drift that was right in front of the door (and measured about four feet) was, of course, the door that leads out to the dog's yard. However, with the winds that came with this snow, there were actually bear patches in the yard and if you look, that's where Jesse was shoveling to.....
Camille and Hunter certainly appreciate their tunnel... look at how much deeper the snow is than them!!!
Now, Rylie... she took another approach... after surveying the situation.....
It was ... one - two - three..... she loves this snow.... I don't know if it's a "lab thing" or a "puppy thing" but either way, she has had great fun these past few days.....
There are two dogs in this picture... the bigger lab is Cappy, a guest doggie that was staying with us. He loved the snow as much as Rylie did (does).. but because he is so much bigger, he could break some good pathways for everyone. That's Rylie, right behind him.. determined to keep up.... they spent more time swimming that running!!!!
This was the sunrise on Monday.... know that saying .. "red sky in the morning".. well, it was right, by noontime we had a little storm of snow and sleet. I'm beginning to wonder if that ol groundhog had any idea of what he was talking about....
This afternoon however, Rylie and I had a very important date. We went to visit a local brownie troop to talk about dogs and service dogs in particular...The girls were very excited to meet Rylie and they were very interested in her story.
After we talked about service dogs and answered some questions... the troop wanted Rylie in a group photo..... Rylie was right in her glory.. all these little girls just for her...
They practiced the "lap" command with her, and awarding her a brownie cap... made her an official member of their troop. I have been asked that next year, I need to report to them about Rylie and how her training all went...
But here's the magic.. this little gal sort of hung back in all the activity. After Rylie had done "lap" with about all the girls.. this little gal came to me and said she thought she would like to try "lap" with Rylie. Turns out she was a little bit "worried around dogs'.. but once she saw how gentle and kind Rylie is.. she decided she could do it. Rylie was so sweet and knew she needed to be careful... the smile that came over this little gal's face when she was able to do it... priceless...... I never get tired of moments like that.....