Saturday, January 25, 2014

check in time....


Ok.. I know, I've talked about the weather almost every blog... but here's proof, we're back into winter. As Deb and I pulled ou tlast Thursday am to meet with my dog "peeps" and head to NEADS... this is the temp that my jeep registers.....
Still, it was a bright, sunny day.. no storms, so the driving was good, and it's fun to have a day out and about... and be with dog people!!!!
It's pretty much the same routine... we chat with the NEADS folks.. who make us feel like celebrities when we walk in.... Sherri gives Dave a call and tells him we're here... (and then we wait for Dave to show up!!!)
And we let puppies be puppies and do some goofing off until he arrives!!!!

Oh oh.. back to work!!!! We had a nice talk with Dave about our puppies and some up coming events at NEADS. Rayvan, Linda's dog is ready to head in for advance training... which means.. Deb isn't far behind... I hate thinking of parting, I love this dog (I know - I love all my dogs) but this little girl is very special and I have so enjoyed having her here....
Because the day did not warm up hardly at all, Dave decided (much to our pleasure) to skip going into the city and just "play" around NEADS. The puppies haven't had any time around the kennel, so we thought it would be a good day to do that. 
They got to run and play in the yard... (but not too long.. too cold and look how icy everything is!!) I was pleased that Debbie came the moment I called her... even away from a playtime.....
And then we went into the kennel itself and just let everyone explore and check it out. Even though they don't spend a huge amount of time in the kennels during their advance training.. it's nice for them to be familiar with it...
All the puppies were very curious and looked around...
I think Deb was hoping to find some morsel of food... or perhaps a toy laying about. Overall, none of the dogs were overly concerned about being here....
After the kennel, we went up to the training room where Dave wanted to see the pups work. He brought out a number of "distractions" including the resident cat. Now... Deb LOVES our cats, and I have to say, she was more than interested in this one. This kitty (like ours) is very used to dogs, and could hardly care less about them, and even though Deb did her work, I could tell her attention wasn't entirely on me....
Dave pulled out the vacuum... no one cared... (Deb still watched the kitty).....
And as Dave ran the vacuum around... Deb still watched the kitty....
and watched the kitty.... I think we need to do some work at home about... "don't watch the kitties so  much".. and I hope this isn't going to be a red flag in her file. She is very impulsive (which I like)... but that could be a "talent" not suited for service dog work... guess we'll see. 
Now, turns out that there are quite a few puppies up in the puppy house that need to be placed. Since it was decided (through out the day) that Rayvan would be called back soon.. Dave offered one of the puppies to Linda. And so, she is already starting with her new 
project.. Matty.... 








But.......

Look who else got a puppy!!! ME>>>> This is Cappy, she's 11 weeks old and is going home with Deb and I. And as excited as I am to have this sweet little girl, I can't help but think that Dave is making plans for Deb. 

Deb still needs to be spayed (which I will schedule right away) and she will be a year in April, so the time is getting here - very quickly.. but since I have two puppies to work with right now..I'm not going to think about the "when" and just work on the "now...


Welcome to the farm little Cappy dog...... we're going to have a good time!!!!