We still had a bit of snow to contend with on Wednesday, but for the most part, we were pretty well cleaned up from Tuesday's snow. It seems as though we are in this little weather pattern of snow every few days... fortunately, the little breaks allow "life" to continue. And so, it was dog class Wednesday night, actually it was graduation night (which had been cancelled the week before). Ginger was thrilled to see her friend Lily...
And because Lily was the only puppy to show up for her class... we allowed them to play the better part of the time. Lily is a white Boxer and was born deaf. However, as you can well see, it doesn't stop her one little bit.
Her owners are teaching her hand signals, and if you didn't know, you could not guess that she is any different from any puppy in class....
Happy graduation Lily...
For the "big dogs" everyone managed to come out for their graduation. This was really a nice group of dogs, and I have to say their owners did them proud.
Thursday morning, we headed down to NEADS for our monthly check in. It seems I have pictures of NEADS in all kinds of "weather" except for snow.. so, had to get this shot...
Like we did last month, Dave started the puppies in the training room. We worked on the basics like sit, stand, down and come.. and showed Dave how well the puppies are doing wearing their gentle leaders and cape. He was pretty pleased with the progress that both Ginger and Leo have made.
Then we packed up and went to the local Home Depot to work the puppies in public. I was surprised at just how busy the store was on a Thursday afternoon. We played with shopping carts and listened to all the different sounds of the store. The puppies got lots of attention and took it all in stride.
Dave watched us run thru the obedience lessons there, and gave us some tips to keep things on track. It is always so good to check in with him, not only is it a wonderful day of friends and puppies, but it keeps me fresh as a trainer to be a student.
Leo, taking in all in... he is such a good puppy!!!!
THEN, Friday... more snow!!! My boss called and asked if I could cover the post office. He has such a long drive and of course, I have all of 800 feet to travel, so what can I say. I don't mind working these snow days.. for the most part, it stays pretty quiet, I make a few extra dollars, and get to take Ginger with me... not a bad trade. Besides, look at this nice view that I have from the office windows.
Ginger is getting pretty comfortable at work. She likes to see the people coming in and out, and they like seeing her. In fact, when I don't have her with me, they always ask where she is.....
look at that sweet face... she will be another one that will be hard to say good bye to......
And here we are back at another weekend!!! Doing what we have done the past few, cleaning up and moving the snow around that came during the week. Up until now, Ed had pretty much handled it with the truck, but this weekend, it was time for the "big guns".
There has been so much snow, that he needed to clear a little space in the pasture for the horses. Especially for the "little guys"... Mocha and Kringle are about up to their bellies...
I feel so blessed that we have all this equipment. The job is big enough, I could imagine having to any of this "by hand". We even took the tractor down to Kas and Nate's to make more room for them.
We're dealing with a real cold snap right now.. it is only in the single numbers during the day, and well below zero at night. But as we head into the last week of January, spring is getting that much closer.. the days are already a half hour longer and now the sun doesn't go down until after 5:00. Winter days on the farm are to be treasured....
