Reibiees!

* Rei 2nd puppy I raised for the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind*

Rei and Kacie came down to visit with me this weekend, and wow Rei has not changed!
Although its been two years since I've seen her, she did not forget me!!! As soon as I got out of the car, she recognized me, and Kacie said her tail started wagging faster than she'd seen it go!!

Well in harness, she knows what she's supposed to do, and she does it without complaint, take her out of harness, she's the whirlwind Rei that we knew and loved.

All the excitement of the dogs in my house, has really had her wound up, so she's been really keeping thing stirred up this evening.

She still gets in the bath tub for water, she can still catch tossed items in her mouth, she still screams when left on tie-down, though she doesn't pull nearly as hard as I remember....or maybe I'm just used to walking Eden and Ben lol. She still likes to drag around her blanket, and will scarf down her food faster than you can blink.

Compared to Ben, she seems so short and stocky, but its all pure muscle I believe! LOL

Its really surreal to watch her work with Kacie, I'm just like...that's "MY" dog doing that????

Tomorrow, we're going to A******e to visit with my A/C for a little bit. And show Kacie around Rei's hometown!

I just can't believe she's here!!

Meet Eden

Meet Eden

He's a fluffy haired, lovable 8-month-old, Goldendoodle, who wants to be made into a Service Dog when he grows up. We at the TPR Pet Resort, are glad to have him visiting with us this weekend, while his foster family is out of town, for the Holiday!

He's slowly acclimating to our house, and was quite nervous at first, so he mostly just hung out under the desk with Bubbles.
But by the time, I came home from church tonight, he was wagging and greeting me like a long lost friend. His foster family has really worked hard with him, and it shows! He and my dogs demonstrate the "Wait/Stay" command.

He's not going to be a little guy, as you can see! In about two more months, he'll be entering his Advanced Training, and perhaps I'll have him for a time!

Another Busy Weekend

First, we want to thank Stella and Roo for this Lovely blog award :D

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But guess what! I'll let whoever drops by has this award! YAY!!

Ben: Mom kept pretty busy this weekend, though she didn't take us...well she took us on a long car ride, then we had to stay at her mom and dads house while she went and did a bunch of stuff, for a really long time. That was very boring, and then it rained all day on Sunday, and we had to stay in the house, for another long time. And the trip home was no fun, cause we were all squished in the car!

It was another graduation thing I think, I didn't get to go cause it was at a Church, and churches are supposedly private places....dunno, but that's what I'm told!

Anyways today we woke up kind of early, and we ALL got into the car! ....well all means me, mom and Texas. Bubbles spent the night at her grandpups house.. ?

We drove out to this house, and mom went inside for a little bit, then she came back and let me AND Texas come inside. Turns out these people had a great backyard, and two other dogs to play with! WOWZERS!!!

I had fun, running laps around the yard!! I tried to get their Blue Tick puppy, to play with me, but she was scared of me I think. The Golden Puppy (who is a wilderwood dog like me) played with me for a little bit, and then she went to hang out with the people.

So I ran around the yard some more by myself! Texas was actually good for once, and didn't growl or bark at anyone! That's cause they ignored him before trying to pet him.
Mom says thats called "PRoGRess".

I'm just like "whatevs."

After that we drove to a store, and walked around there for a little bit, and then drove to another store. This store though was for dogs, cause they had all KINDS of YUMMY smells, I wanted to to run around the store, but mom was being all boring and just stood in once place looking at stuff.

So I just flopped down at her feet, until she was finished;

Mom took us home after that.

:: Thats Texas and me on the ride home!::

::We're Home now!::

Here I am moping, cause MOM DIDN'T FEED ME DINNER!?!??! What is UP with THAT!?!?
She said something like "Vet" and "appointment", well who cares about that? I'm HUNGRY!!

And than, this morning, she made us get up super early, and we drove, and drove, and drove, to we came to this place; she went in and wrote somethings down, and then gave me to the lady, AND SHE LEFT ME!!!!

For Diary Purpose: (My Weight is 70.8lbs)

Then i went to sleep.

When I woke up, mom was there again, with a bunch of stuff in her hands, boy was I glad to see her, cause my stomach had been hurting a lot, and stuff like that.
Unfortunately, I had a ......... ....... a ..........a a aa accident. in the car, mom wasn't mad, though she just had to stop at the store to buy stuff to clean up with.

Than finally we came home; and now I must sleep cause ....

I'm ge....

......tting......

ZZZzzzzzzzZZZZZZzz

P.S.( No Worries! Ben didn't go to the vet for anything serious, just to get his teeth cleaned and his hips x-rayed. They think the anesthesia cause him diarrhea, so he's on meds/ a special diet for that!)

Dachshund Dash!

Texas would love to do something like this! These were hilarious, Bubbles would have been one of the ones staring at their humans if is they were crazy.

Weekend Update

This weekend we worked "overtime" taking Ben all over the place, to fundraisers, and a friends Graduation. He handled it all like a bro, not phased by screaming or yelling peoples, crowds, or the shakiness of the bleachers!

You would never know that he hadn't been doing this all his life! He's enjoying this as well!!

Today I took him to the dog bark, and he ran, and ran, and ran, and ran!!

Ben modeling an Vols Orange and tan Vest from Wilderwood Service Dogs :D

@Wilderwood Fundraiser

::He likes sitting with his legs crossed, he is at his ultimate comfort level there ;)::

10-Month-Old Corbin, is a bouviar

Ben @the Graduation Photos



::Ben and his new friend Fisher::

Ben the two of us need look no more! We've both found what we've were looking for!.....:D

Great Weekend, I'm so proud of him I could bust!!!

Friends

Need I say anymore?
I did see Veda yesterday, and he's doing just fine, jumped all over me to let me know he "missed" me....(heh).

Ben went on his first outings today, we went to the Library and PetSafe Dog Daycare, he did great in both places. If he could talk...I think he would be saying something like this:

"Oh wow are we going in here? Huh we are? WhOA what's this place, LOOK at this, OOMG a kid, canIgoseehercannaIplease?please?please? No? ok! What else is here?SIt?ok i'll sit, but check out this smell...."and on and on.

Which is just fine! We'd rather him be excited to be a place than freaked out! I believe he was born to be a service dog, just took a little bit longer to find that out.

Happy Month Day!

I actually remembered on the day! Texas is 10-months-old today.
He's going through a little stage now, were he "forgets" his potty training? Yes so, he's been a real "joy" to have around lately.

In the mornings, I'll put them outside on their long-lines, so they don't run into the road. But Mr. has not been too happy about that lately, so to "get back" at me, he'll just stand on the porch and not even attempt to use the bathroom outside.

So he's been getting plunked right back into his crate until he goes...I've also learned to keep him in my sights until he goes!!

*sigh* May this stage be over soooon.

::Texas's has a chronic ear flip....they never stay in place!! lol::

Meet Ben

Yep! Ben's back...but this time, for good...as a service dog in training! His owners decided that they couldn't keep him, and donated him to our organization.

We don't normally take older dogs into our program, due to all the work you need to put into these dogs from 7-8weeks old on up. Socialization is the most important aspect of training a service dog. But Ben is special, and we're going to do our best with him.

This upcoming week, we'll be getting him checked out by our vet, and get him a service dog vest; and start taking around town to see how he does.
I've already started working on the basics such as Sit(which he knew), Down, Wait, Come, Let's Go. His recall is.....excellent, and his picking up everything sooo quickly!
I'm really looking forward to working with him!!!

Camera Critter #56

First four our Camera Critter Photos:

...There is nothing down there but ants...but Texas likes to bark and dig as if he's found something important.

Weigh in

Today was just one of those days, where you just really don't get anything done!!!
But I did get my new phone in, which I was very excited about, and I was able to weigh Bubbles and Texas!

Bubbles -

• January 2009 - 21.9 lbs- (Started feeding Wellness)
  
• April 2009 - 19.8lbs
  

So not as much as I would have like, but she is eating a not-so-good brand of food right now, due to my financial circumstances, but she'll be back on Wellness after this bag is gone. She is starting to have a waist again!! :D

Texas

• January 2009 - 6.8lbs
  
• April 2009 - 10.6lbs
  

He's pretty much full grown @10 months! He runs every day at least twice a day, so that weight is all pure muscule!! My baby is growing!! *sniff*

Now in other news....in the Service Dog World, our motto is "Write it in Pencil", meaning things could change easily. So my plans to keep Veda until he graduated has been changed. And tomorrow he will move onto another trainer, while I take in not one, but TWO new trainees.

You'll just have to wait until tomorrow to find out who, but I"ll give you a hint.

*I've posted about this dog on my blog....*

That's probably too big of a hint, but ah well!!

TTYL!

Erin

::Texas is going to miss Veda...and I will too::