Thursday, January 28, 2016

neads day!!!

Logan looks so concerned in this photo... which is really funny because she loves to go in the car!!! And today, off we went to check in at neads.... her first official check in. Between the holidays we don't get down there for our regular check in, and since she came in November, this is the first. I know everyone will be excited to see her and see what a good puppy she is turning out to be....
We will be saying goodbye to Rory, today is her turn in day. Kathleen says she is more than ready to go back, and we'll be waiting to hear all the good reports with her. I have no doubt she is going to make service dog...
Logan was happy with all the attention that she got... of course everyone commented on how much she has grown since she came to us.... 
but she's still a baby and was just beyond thrilled to find a wagon filled of toys that look just like her!!!! 
She couldn't believe that they weren't for puppies!!!!!!
Everything went right back on schedule.We started the day with going over the puppies reports... and both Logan and Rory waited very nicely under the table while we talked......
Since the day was fairly cold, we decided that some public "indoor" work would be good for both dogs. I really haven't had the chance to do many public outings with Logan other than a meeting or two and going to church... so this was going to be a big day for her. I have (had) no fears of what she would think of all of this, and we decided to go to Home Depot and see what she thought of all of that.... she walked in calmly.. looked about and asked.... "so what are we doing here"....
We practiced all kinds of things... her listening and working skills are really good, and then we worked with a shopping cart... she was great and just walked nicely beside it...
She needs work with commands of "up" "off" and "jump".. but I knew that.. and we played around with her jumping off and on a lumber cart. 
The neat thing about these are they wobble back and forth, and make a funny sound when you get on them. Plus being just metal, the footing can be tricky, but she just played around with them and really had fun working for the treats in Annie's hands....the gals were so pleased with her, and are happy with her progress, so we are doing well..
After that, we headed over to a Chuck E Cheese... I wondered how busy it would be and was surprised to see it was quite busy. This was Logan's first "food" outing, but she was as good as gold. Little kids were running about, the games were all loud and flashy.. and the silly mouse was dancing on a stage... but Logan could hardly care about any of it....
We headed back to neads after that (time goes by so fast!!!).. picked up our supplies and started for home. We stopped at our favorite Cracker Barrel.. and we more than welcomed there. Most of the staff asked where we had been because its been a while since we stopped there. By this time, Miss Logan was really tired and was more than happy to lay under the table while we ate. In fact, the people that sat beside us didn't even know she was there until we left, and was beyond surprised that this little girl is just five months old. 


So we are now back on schedule and will be making our monthly check ins until (next summer) Miss Logan will be called back. But for now, she is with us and we are loving her....