Phyllis and I and the puppies (Chewy, below center, and Holland, below right) went to North Port to visit CCI NCR (North Central Region) raiser Cheri and her puppy, Demi (on the left). They had a great time together - didn't stop running and playing for an hour.
That's Tiller, my career change guide dog ("you do have a treat, right?") on the left, along with Chewy ("hmmm, that ear looks mighty tasty!") and Demi ("what do you want me to do now, huh, huh, huh?").
The CCI puppies start a new obedience class next week - pictures to follow.......
I received the most recent monthly training report on Duchess, the last guide dog puppy I raised. She's in Phase III (final phase) and is on track with all of her training. They're still working with her on the loud/strange noise aversion and are optimistic she will overcome it as her confidence and level of maturity increase.
We've been busy these last weeks. Among others, Chewy's been to the bank (above)....
to the Community Foundation of Sarasota (in the elevator here).....
with CCI puppy Holland II to the Sarasota Library (in front of the huge aquarium)...
to the hair salon downtown (I know - the leash is on the collar!-he was on tie down next to me while I got my hair cut and I forgot to switch it back).....
and, fnally, to the Senior Friendship Center for volunteering. I forgot to get pictures of our obedience class with the other CCI puppies - I'll remember this month. All of the puppies did really well in the class - we have a great instructor in Jeanine. Chewy has learned all of his 6 - 10 month commands now and we're just working on reinforcing them with distractions - that's the fun part! He absolutely adores babies and toddlers (wonder if his breeder host family had them??) and, so far, hasn't shown real fear of anything.
