Thursday

Edison 4K77 LAB M 8
Torres 442K LAB M 2
Vallejo 450K LAB M 3

Keep up the good work guys!!

Desoto As a Little Puppy

Today I was looking through the bag that I got when I picked him up and found this CD with pictures that his litter raisers took. He is the dog with the red collar and in other pictures the orange collar. So I had to share them with all of you!

New Blogger!

Hey everybody Taelor decided to join the blogging world! She is raising Eagle who is a yellow lab and is 6 months old. So please go to her blog and welcome her! guidedoglover.blogspot.com

Christmas Lights

My House

The Candy Cane Light Pole

As you can tell my dad is a little crazy about Christmas Lights!! It`s pretty sad that there are only 4 houses on my street that do Christmas Lights, of course our house has the most lights and decorations.Now that that is taken care of, lets do an update. Monday we had a meeting where Chappelle and Cordova got to see each other for the first since they were in formal training. Wednesday we went to go see August Rush which was awesome. Thursday was Thanksgiving, which was delicious! for Desert we went to my grandparents house and DeSoto was well behaved. Friday me and my mom went shopping for Christmas presents. DeSoto behaved himself and had no accidents. Saturday and Sunday I don`t recall doing anything fun. This coming weekend DeSoto is going to spend some time with Dana because my parents are going to Arizona to pick up a car we bought and she is going to help him with his walking issues. Which I hope will work! I will get him back on Monday at the meeting. Since my parents will not be back till Tuesday DeSoto gets to go to school. Yeah!!Well anyway, hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!!

Katlynn & DeSoto

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Edison 8
Torres 2
Vallejo 2

Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving! Update & pics later!!

Exciting Phase Report!!

Torres 442K LAB M 1
Vallejo 450K LAB M 1
Edison 4K77 LAB M 8
Cordova 46J3 LGX F 10

Do you see that?! Cordova is in phase 10 and Edison is in phase 8!!!

Outing

Today we went for an outing at the Sierra Summit Mall. It was good experience for the dogs and all the dogs came which was awesome! Now that Vallejo and Torres went back we have an equal amout of black labs and yellow labs. I was very impressed with DeSoto because he walked the whole time and kept up with everyone. Since Ryder and his litter are sponsered by dog house wine we went into the wine store. When the lady was meeting Sherwood he got excited adn started wagging his tail and knocked over a few wine bottles. Luckily the lady was really nice and cleaned it up and did not make us pay for it even though we offered. Here are some pictures of our outing!

Phase Report & Update

Cordova 46J3 LGX F 9
Edison 4K77 LAB M 7
Vallejo 450K LAB M 1
Torres 442K LAB M 1

Know taken care of that, lets start with Saturday, Saturday we went to see the Martian Kid it was a good and sad movie. It took DeSoto a while to settle down but once he did he was awesome. Sunday, that day we went to Costco and for only being 4 months old he had no accidents in the store, which was awesome because we were in there for about an half an hour. Then we went up to Target, did great there and that`s about all for Sunday. Monday he went with my mom the her office, the gym, and places around town. My mom says he is doing great and loves going to the gym! Since my mom goes to Dutch Bros. mostly everyday one of the workers said " are you the on with the cute little black lab puppy in training that goes to the gym"? She says yeah and so my mom told me he`s famous!! Tuesday pretty much the same thing office and around town. Wednesday since it was a minimum day he went to school with me. It is getting easier to take him to classes because he has matured a little since last month. He did great no accidents and walked in the halls mostly. Since it was a early out Emily, Kesley, and Mrs. Wish were invited to talk at Fremont School about Guide Dogs and everything about them. It was fun we talked to three classes and the last two classes Emily and Kelsey taught it. The kids got to help us train the dogs with distractions. I was proud of DeSoto even though he did try to eat the rabbit skin, cat tail, and the bone Mr. Wish was offering to him, but in the last class when we did that he did a lot better. Suede and Spike did great with the distractions I was impressed with them for only being about 6 months. But Pantera had other opinions, he though the barking and flipping dogs must be eaten. I am surprised that not one of the kids asked what the halti was for and if it was a muzzle. When we were done they gave us a Starbucks card. (YUM)! So we went to Starbucks and I was impressed with all the dogs and DeSoto because he was laying right next to Spike and didn`t bother him that much. Thursday DeSoto went with my mom again. This Saturday we are going to the Summit to give the dogs experience and my luck it`s going to be cold or raining. Ha Ha!!

Walking!!!

I think it has finally clicked with him! Tonight me and my family always go out front and play with our neighbors. I took him out and he walked aroung the block!! Yeah!! I am think mayabe in a week or so he will be ready for school!!! I was so happy with him and like every 4 steps he took I was praising him. I think it really helped him yesturday when we went trick-or-treating because he followed Ryder but not running but walking at my side great. It was funny when we were walking around the block, DeSoto kept on wanting to go up to the houses and get petted. I only let about 3 people the whole night pet him. That would just be annoying stopping at every house and making him sit and not lunge or jump at the people ( like he was yesturday) and that is not good behavior so I said I`m sorry he`s working. ( he did have his jacket on) Well thats all the good news today! And good job Cordova Phase 9!!!!

Halloween & Random Pics

Halloween was so fun! Taylor, Ryder, DeSoto, and I went trick-or-treaing together! Ryder was a dinosar and needless to saw h didn`t like wearing it! Amazingly DeSoto walked most of the time and liked it when me and taylor went up to the houses and said "trick-or-treat"! Ryder jumped at a few people when they were putting candy in our bags and he thought it was fun to bark at the dogs inside the houses behide gates!DeSoto goes to work with my mom since he isn`t a great walker at school yet. I am thinking 4 months and I am going to try to take him to school again. Well here are some pics of DeSoto and Halloween!

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Phase Report

Cordova 46J3 LGX F 9
Edison 4K77 LAB M 6
Vallejo 450K LAB M 1
Torres 442K LAB M 1