New Places, New Faces

Where have the last few days gone?  Life has been so busy.  Let's get up to date on what's been happening on the training scene.

In the last couple of days Willow and I have had a couple of adventures.  I am continuing to take her new places and having her meet new people.

Some of the places we have gone are walking in the neighborhood, the local park, the IFA Store, Maverick, and standing outside at Costco.  She has been able to meet short people, tall people, fat people, skinny people, black people, brown people, old people, young people, little kids, infants, etc.
She is becoming pretty comfortable going to new places.  She really likes seeing the people even when I don't let them pet her.  Something I am noticing is she walks much better when I walk her and use my cane rather than the walker. It's kind of odd but the walker seems to bring out the puller in her.  Whereas using just a leash she will walk loose leash 75 - 80% of the time.

Sunday our home teacher  and his son came by.  Willow did good with them.  We had a little trouble getting the son to understand that you don't want to reach your hands up to a dogs head.  With Willow she thinks you want to play and will try to grab your hand.  When she did this to the son he got scared.  We need to work with him more especially since they are thinking of getting a dog of their own.

Monday was a good day.  Willow played nicely in the office most of the day while I worked and so she only had to spend a minimal amount of time her crate.  I gave her a treat last night and let her sleep with me.  She thought she had died and gone to heaven and she settled right down and went to sleep.

Today was my birthday and I took the day off work.  Willow and I had a very busy day.  We started by going to my neurologist.  Willow was a huge hit at the office and did very well.  She did get a little antsy in the exam room while we were waiting for the doctor to come in so I worked on her training.  I was quite happy that she would still give me focus attention, respond to her name, and do the hand and sticky note touch, even when the tech and later the doctor were in the room.
After the doctor visit we went to Home Depot so the employees there could meet the dog they helped raise money for.  Again, she was a huge hit and she behaved like such a little lady.  I was so proud of her.  Especially since there were so many new and strange sounds there.

From there we went to the Ma & Paw Bakery and bought her a bully stick.  She loves it!  Then I took her to the Utah Dog Park where she was interviewed for going to doggy daycare.  She did really well and ended up staying the rest of the day.  When I picked her up tonight she was so tired she fell asleep in the car.

She and I are calling it an early night tonight because we are both so tired.

Till next time friends....

Happy 15 week birthday and a look back

On June 10, 2014 a litter of puppies was born to Ch Swiss Run & Shade Tree too drunk to Fish "Never" and RMS Blue Hill Cinna Noel CGC "Cinna".  The 6th puppy born was a little female.  Her ribbon color was Gold and her litter name was "Sage".  She was born headfirst at 2:12 pm and she weighed a whopping 14.5 oz. This tiny girl was beautiful.

As the days and weeks went by Sage grew and grew...

Finally!  1 lb 1 oz

Until on July 19, 2014 she weighed 5 lbs 11 oz.  Then on July 22nd she weighed 6 lbs 11.5 oz and Aug 1st  she was 9 lbs 7 oz.  Then came August 30, 2014 The day we brought her home and changed her name to Willow.  

At that point she was 18 lbs.

On Sept 11th she had grown to be 22 lbs 2 oz

And finally on September 21st she was a whopping 26 lbs 8 oz

My girl Willow has definitely grown in 15 short weeks.  

Happy 15 week birthday Willow!