Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Notes from a volunteer puppy raiser - The visit

Hello out there - You know that my Summit trainee, Maya, has moved up to Anacortes for her advanced training. So far the reports are very good - such as "Lovely Girl", "Well mannered", "Quiet...not pushy....settles nicely...gets along well with people and dogs...sweet, quiet, and well behaved, ...easy to handle" OK so you get the idea of so far so good. Of course a dog can be released from the program at any time, if some unexpected behavior shows up, so I have learned not to expect her graduating next spring, but I do have high hopes.

The Good News is - we will be going up to the Summit Graduation this coming Sunday and Maya will be staying with us for a 3 day weekend!!! We are very excited about this. Her little sister, Chloe, is not excited yet, but she sure will be when she sees Maya. She's only been away 2 1/2 weeks, but we all really miss her. So I'll take lots of pictures and bring you all the news of the event as well as all the doggy news of the area.

In the mean time, and for the next 6 months, I ask that all you in the blogosphere keep your fingers crossed for Maya's success as a service dog.

Donna

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