Focus Turns 1!

On Monday Focus turned a year old! I can`t believe he has grown up this fast, but at the same time he has turned into a wonderful dog, for the most part! Haha. Focus got to celebrate his Birthday at the puppy sitters and the report was not that great but I will not go into details, but let`s just say it could have turned into a bad situation. Focus ended up at my leader`s house sometime on Monday and was there till Wednesday when I picked him up. He got a great report from my leader and my leader just loves him. Overall I am glad Focus is home safe and sound and nothing serious happened, though it could have.

On Monday (11) before I left we had a puppy meeting with our CFR, Celeste. Focus got a good review overall and was put on Food Induced Training, where I can use treats and the word "nice" for basically anything with him. I am so happy I can do treats with him because he responds so much better, pays way more attention to me when out working, does his commands amazingly, (most of the time, he does have his moments) and is just a much better dog. The treats motivate him a lot more then the corrections. My goal before Focus gets recalled is to be having him to all his commands perfectly. So for the next few months Focus and I will be doing lost of treat training where ever we are!

Lastly, my trip was great! Disney World was awesome and I had a great time, even though it rained most of the time I was there and it was very hot. I enjoyed all the rides, my favorite probably having to be the Tower of Terror in Hollywood Studios. We also went to Cocoa Beach which was awesome though we had a big thunder storm arrive and decided it was best to leave so we headed to the Kennedy Space Center. I thought the space center was amazing! We got to take a bus tour around the a small portion of the property, and when I say small I mean small because the property must have been bigger then Carson City! Anyway off track, we got to see the both launching pads and one having a space craft on it launching today or tomorrow. I also saw the building where the make, fix, repair the space craft which was huge! I learned that there are a lot of "the worlds longest, biggest, tallest largest" things located at the space center. Overall my trip to Florida was awesome and I hope to go back in the future.

Here are some pictures to tide you over until I *hopefully* to a picture post of the big 1 year old!

This picture makes me laugh, I`m not really sure why but I guess it`s just his expression on his face and how he has his head cocked.

Finally, me and my boy.

Hope all of you school kids are counting the days till summer (10 for me, I think) as I of course am!

~Katlynn & Focus

A Few Notes

First off, I would like to say congratulations Diva, Diamond, and hopefully Dennison puppy raisers for a job well done! Diva and Diamond are now working guides and Dennison is in phase 10. Destiny unfortunately was career changed, but that still means if Dennison graduates there would be an 80% success rate of the litter!

Onto Focus now, Focus is will be a year old on the 18th, which is really hard to believe! He keeps impressing me daily with his commands and his willingness to work. He really has not been doing anything "fun" to report about. He goes to school with me daily and a few weeks ago he went with my mom and sister to a Girl Scout Event and got a good report. Also, I think 2 weeks ago I had Fantom. He was great a lot calmer then Focus which was nice and overall a great dog! I wish him luck in July when he goes back. Focus also got a good report from our leaders except that he barked when put in the kennel for a few minutes.

One more thing, Focus will be going with a puppy raiser on May 13-May 20 because my family and I are taking a trip to Disney World! I am looking forward to the trip but kinda sad I will not be here for my boy`s birthday, I guess he`ll just have to wait till I get back to get his presents. I think that is about it on what`s been going on around here. Wishing Dennison good luck from Carson City!

~Katlynn & Focus