A Fully Loaded Update

Focus is now 8 months old, which is very hard to believe! It seems like just yesterday I got him! So need less to say I probably only have about 5-6 months left with my boy. Focus is maturing every day and becoming a great dog that I love more and more. He is attending school with me every day and does great and is well liked. On Wednesdays Focus goes to work with an experienced raiser just to get different experiences and mainly because he does not like to relieve for anyone else but me. Instead of being dog less on Wednesday`s our leader`s dog, Finnian, comes to school with me. Finnian in 6 months old and is great at school. Focus always gets good reports, which is excellent!

Besides school nothing else is worth mentioning. We go to the grocery store weekly and other various places. On Monday our club had a meeting at the community college. Focus was great as usual and we just walked around at talked to an English class.

Needless to say graduation is on Saturday, and I am very excited! Focus will not be going he will be staying with a sitter starting tomorrow. I have been e-mailing Seth through out the month and he seems like a great guy and has thanked me a lot for raising DeSoto as he just loves him. I am so glad Seth is keeping in contact as it will be fun to hear about their adventures together. I pretty much have my graduation speech ready just got to add a few details. Today when I was home, my phone rang. I did not recognize the number but I answered it anyway. It was Seth! I was very excited to hear from him as I gave him my number a few weeks ago. I was probably on the phone with him for about 15-20 minutes. We had a good conversation and he told me all about DeSoto and his life. He told me he and DeSoto have been to downtown San Francisco and DeSoto did perfect! I found out that Heather was the girl that trained my boy and just some fun facts. He said tonight DeSoto and him were going to do some night work in San Rafael. It seems like DeSoto is loving life and could not be happier.

Focus at school.
Focus with his new green gentle leader.

Last Friday, my mom watched Finnian and she said he was great!

Finnian, Focus.

I just thought I would post a picture of the last time I saw him. So here it is!

I am so excited for graduation and am very proud of DeSoto. I am sure he has changed physically and mentally, and from all if it, changed into a great guide for Seth. Look for a graduation post on Sunday or Monday!

Katlynn & Focus