We waited anxiously at the Airport wondering if we had made the right decision. Finally two little blonde babies looked at us through the bars of their cage. Jesse and Ginny had arrived. Howard could not wait to cuddle his new little charge. He is a nine week old blond Labrador and his future is full of learning curves for him. He is a potential Guide dog.
"Start as you plan to go on". These were the parting words of our Supervisor. So we encourage him to 'Do your jobs' and praise him when he complies. 'No' we say when he chews our furniture or cables. He runs and plays and follows us everywhere. As he sits, we say "sit" and so his training begins.
Tomorrow we plan to take him to meet the Vet. Just to say Hello and then we are taking him to the supermarket and placing him in a trolley on a blanket.
Now the one learning the hardest lesson is Thomas our nine month old Labrador who is also training to be a Guide dog. All poor Thomas wants to do is play with Jesse or Sabina and we are keeping play time to a minimum. We need peace in our home, not romping dogs. Play time will be for outside and it will be supervised.
Thomas is doing so well. We are working very hard to get him to the place where he is ready for formal training. We do our best and in the end it is up to the dog. There is no guilt in puppy raising especially if we do our best. The most important lesson Thomas is learning at the moment is self control.
Self control is something we are always learning as well.
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