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Showing posts with label cleveland. Show all posts
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Heading back to life in Cleveland and waiting for the little brown puppy to come home too
Heading back to life in Cleveland and waiting for the little brown puppy to come home too
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| Hardy and hand Zen |
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| And now, floor Zen |
Friday during the day, we got all packed up and ready to go and in the evening we attended Sues seminar on dog play. Laurel and Hardy were featured in several of the videos so that was kind of fun!
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| Hardy doing his down stay |
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Monday, September 12, 2016
And now back to Cleveland!
And now back to Cleveland!
The Open House went great! Laurel and I had fun doing some agility and Hardy got to participate in a puppy play demonstration. Plus, at lunch I was doing some training with him in the puppy room which attracted a crowd so we had some distractions. Hardy did great and got to meet all sorts of people and friendly dogs. He is definitely proving to be different from Laurel in all the ways wed hoped he would - he shows lovely natural self control and although he likes people and other dogs, he isnt as hugely enthusiastic about it as Laurel is.
Then the next day, Sunday, Laurel and I had to drive back to Cleveland. Every three weeks, I get an infusion of gamma globulin to treat an immune deficiency. Although we had it set up in Guelph to perform the treatment there, my insurance company wouldnt pay for it so I had to drive home. The nice thing is that we got to spend a bit of time with Brent. I did the infusion Monday morning and we drove back to Guelph yesterday. Hardy stayed in Canada with Sue and John to continue doing puppy things. We are hoping that having him spend some time away from me will help prevent separation anxiety which can be a big problem for owner-trained service dogs.
I know its good to be back with him again!
Laurel gave us a bit of a scare when we got back to Guelph yesterday. Shortly after we arrived back to the farm, she started vomiting. And, yes, shes a Lab so she has gotten into things before and vomited once or even a couple times. Yesterday afternoon and evening, she vomited lots and lots and it smelled really awful! I took Hardy to puppy class but I was worried about Laurel the entire time so when I got home, Sue and I took another late night trip to the emergency vet. The doctor who had saved Ecos life saw Laurel too. She suggested that we do some x-rays to make sure there wasnt an obstruction. Thankfully there wasnt so she gave Laurel a shot for nausea and sent us home with instructions to watch her overnight and feed her in the morning. The doctor thought she might have something akin to food poisoning in people. Thankfully, she was back to normal and ready to go.
Besides doing our Training Levels class today, Laurel and I attended a K9 Helpers Service Dog Club meeting! Thanks for inviting us! I loved doing the "hits" and "misses" for the week!
And tomorrow is Canada Day!
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Friday, September 2, 2016
Back to Cleveland again!
Back to Cleveland again!
After a busy, fun-filled time at the Hillside Festival last weekend, Laurel and I headed back to Cleveland on Wednesday (July 28th). I had medical treatments on Thursday and Friday which went well. On Saturday we relaxed and Sunday we represented Lake Erie Assistance Dogs along with Canine Affair Center at Dog Days at the Cleveland Botanical Garden. We had a blast, a lot of people stopped by and the volunteers and staff at the Garden were incredible to work with. We will definitely plan to go back and do it again next summer.
Before I left Guelph, Sue and John gave me something to think about with regards to my future plans for Hardy. We are scheduled to all go home August 15th to spend some time with our son, Devin. Sue and John suggested that we leave Hardy behind for four weeks so that he could do some more puppy classes, loose leash walking and socialization with them in the continuing hope that having time away from me will help him avoid separation anxiety. Hell understand that I can come and go and that time away from me is no big deal. Part of me thinks that it is a very generous offer and the other part doesnt want to leave Hardy. I talked to Brent and Sue and thought hard about it. If theres a chance this is in Hardys best interest and since I trust Sue to know that, Ive decided to leave him until Labor Day (3 weeks).
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| See, I can eat my way down the stairs |
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| and then up the stairs again! |
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