Bucky and I have an ID Tag..... We can go ANYWHERE - stores, malls, food courts, grocery stores, restaurants, meat counters, theatres.... So proud.....
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Friday, October 25, 2013
Thursday, October 24, 2013
HE MAY BE CUTE.....
He may be cute, but he does have some disgusting habits - currently it is WORM EATING! Bbbbbllllgggghhhh!
(Just to clarify, I was referring to BUCKY!)
Over the weekend, John came home shaking his head, sighs, removes his bifocals, and says "I never thought I'd be shopping at Baby's R US, for a baby gate, at this age." And to make matters worse, we weren't happy with the first choice, so he had to make TWO trips to Baby's R US and get another one.
The joys of having a puppy in the house.
Over the weekend, John came home shaking his head, sighs, removes his bifocals, and says "I never thought I'd be shopping at Baby's R US, for a baby gate, at this age." And to make matters worse, we weren't happy with the first choice, so he had to make TWO trips to Baby's R US and get another one.
The joys of having a puppy in the house.
BUCKY'S FIRST HOUSTON PUPPY RAISERS MEETING: Sunday October 20th, 2013
BUCKY'S FIRST HOUSTON PUPPY RAISERS MEETING: Sunday October 20th, 2013
I am so proud of little Bucky. At his first meeting, with about 12 other Guide Dog puppies of various ages, Bucky, was pretty much a perfect angel. During the meeting he sat quietly sleeping.
Then we went outside and tried Relaxation Protocol.....
I by no means delude myself to think that Bucky will continue to be a perfect puppy!
I am so proud of little Bucky. At his first meeting, with about 12 other Guide Dog puppies of various ages, Bucky, was pretty much a perfect angel. During the meeting he sat quietly sleeping.
Then we went outside and tried Relaxation Protocol.....
I by no means delude myself to think that Bucky will continue to be a perfect puppy!
PICKING UP BUCKY IN FLORIDA: Wednesday October 9th, 2013
We arrived at SEGDI (Southeastern Guide Dogs) after driving 17 hours from Houston to Palmetto (just south of Tampa, Florida.) The campus is pretty impressive at 25 acres., with an expansion coming.
http://www.guidedogs.org/
We had a campus tour, including the whelping/breeding/puppy kennels - for the ever popular Puppy Hugging. Three little tiny golden retriever puppies came out and scampered across everyone's hearts.
We identified ourselves as Puppy Raisers coming in to pick up our puppy (with big goofy proud grins on our face) and received so much praise and recognition that both John and I choked up. (YES, I did see John with a little moisture in his eyes! CRIKEY!)
We also stopped at the IFT (In For Training) building to see some of the dogs that have returned to College to pursue and perfect their Guide Dog skills. Much to my surprise it was really noisy and sounded like an unruly Frat House! I am sure their Puppy Raisers would be appalled. They told us they had 107 dogs IFT - and 28 more were coming the next day, and 11 were going out. Some were two to a kennel, and some were dorms with 7 to a kennel. YIKES! That's a lot of dogs!
After signing papers pledging to do all sorts of things, ESPECIALLY and MOST importantly, to return the dog when requested in one year, we got to meet BUCKY!
Bucky bounded out and jumped into John's lap. John was thrilled and grinned from ear to ear. He sure did squirm and squiggle his skinny little body a lot (BUCKY - NOT John!) After John stopped squealing I got down and Bucky leaped into my lap for our introductions.
That night we drove to Marianna, Florida. The first hotel we stopped at had a sign saying "No Pets - Service Dogs Allowed". (NOTE: BIG grin on my face!!!) Little Bucky did us proud - riding the elevator, sleeping through the night and not making any messes. At breakfast he sat quietly at our table and was the perfect Guide Dog puppy. (NOTE: big proud goofy grin on my face!)
We arrived at Bucky's new home the next day - a total of about 17 hours after he left Florida. Little Bucky was a trooper and just sat in my lap so quiet the whole time.
Bucky is a good puppy.
We arrived at SEGDI (Southeastern Guide Dogs) after driving 17 hours from Houston to Palmetto (just south of Tampa, Florida.) The campus is pretty impressive at 25 acres., with an expansion coming.
http://www.guidedogs.org/
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| Puppy Hugging |
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| John in his glory Puppy Hugging |
We also stopped at the IFT (In For Training) building to see some of the dogs that have returned to College to pursue and perfect their Guide Dog skills. Much to my surprise it was really noisy and sounded like an unruly Frat House! I am sure their Puppy Raisers would be appalled. They told us they had 107 dogs IFT - and 28 more were coming the next day, and 11 were going out. Some were two to a kennel, and some were dorms with 7 to a kennel. YIKES! That's a lot of dogs!
After signing papers pledging to do all sorts of things, ESPECIALLY and MOST importantly, to return the dog when requested in one year, we got to meet BUCKY!
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| John and Bucky meet |
That night we drove to Marianna, Florida. The first hotel we stopped at had a sign saying "No Pets - Service Dogs Allowed". (NOTE: BIG grin on my face!!!) Little Bucky did us proud - riding the elevator, sleeping through the night and not making any messes. At breakfast he sat quietly at our table and was the perfect Guide Dog puppy. (NOTE: big proud goofy grin on my face!)
We arrived at Bucky's new home the next day - a total of about 17 hours after he left Florida. Little Bucky was a trooper and just sat in my lap so quiet the whole time.
Bucky is a good puppy.
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
We're getting a Guide Dog puppy!!!!!
SEPTEMBER 25th we found out we are getting a puppy - and the one we will get.
The golden retriever on the right is our new puppy!!!!
This is the email I sent to friends on Sept 25th, 2013:
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Just found out today we are getting a male golden retriever....
We pick him up October 9th.
I am so excited - I almost pee'd my pants....
I am definitely doing The Dolphin Dance (the dance I did whenever I saw dolphins on the Swan River by our house in Perth, Australia - probably more accurately described as a flailing of arms, legs, body parts, jumping up and down, squealing, etc..... Not pretty and very embarrassing.....)
I am so excited I could cry......
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FEELING: Excited but nervous.....
The golden retriever on the right is our new puppy!!!!
This is the email I sent to friends on Sept 25th, 2013:
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Just found out today we are getting a male golden retriever....
We pick him up October 9th.
I am so excited - I almost pee'd my pants....
I am definitely doing The Dolphin Dance (the dance I did whenever I saw dolphins on the Swan River by our house in Perth, Australia - probably more accurately described as a flailing of arms, legs, body parts, jumping up and down, squealing, etc..... Not pretty and very embarrassing.....)
I am so excited I could cry......
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FEELING: Excited but nervous.....
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