Happy 2nd Birthday Focus!!

Today my 2nd Guide Dog puppy turned 2! Focus taught me the definition of exercise, and so much more. He was born into this world destined to be the eyes for a blind person, but he had other plans.

He now happily lives with some family friends nearby. He was being trained to be a hunting dog, but he refuses to pick up birds so that option is out of he question and I feel bad about that because that was the main reason his owner wanted him. I got to go over there today and say Happy Birthday and bring him a new bone. His owner said that even though he did not get a hunting dog out of him, he got a great companion who he loves and could not see his life without Focus in it.

I got to have Focus last week overnight which was awesome!! He got to come to our puppy meeting, and than got to sleep on the bed! I really do miss him, but when I dropped him off the next day seeing him walk into the house with Rob not looking back at me made it all worth it. Just knowing that Focus loves his home and is well loved and taken care of is all I wanted. Rob said now that hunting is out of the picture for Focus, he would love to do Dock Jumping (since Focus LOVES swimming) or possible Agility with him.

Focus as puppy

His 1st Birthday

His 2nd Birthday

I hope you have many more Happy Birthday's Focus, keep up the great work!

Katlynn & Ryder

Biggest Little City In The World & Lake Tahoe

I am a little late at posting this, but last weekend our club had its annual meeting up in Reno, where we ride the bus to downtown Reno, than walk around, and ride the bus back to the mall where we eat lunch and socialize our puppies. All of the puppies in our group are all over 6 months, so this was no big deal to them. They all did wonderful and our leaders were pleased.

Our Club in front of "The Biggest Little City" sign

We traded dogs a lot, so my leader ended up with Ryder one of the times.

Ryder looking at the Truckee River

Gordie, Ryder, & Keno on the bus.

Last Sunday, Emily, Kelsey, and my mom and sister, and I all went up to Lake Tahoe to let the puppies play and to enjoy the lake and pretty scenery. I was very happy that Ryder loved to swim, last year when I took him he would not even go in.

Ryder on a rock with the lake and Sierra Nevada Mountains in the background.

I love this photo of Ry, he looks so handsome.

Katlynn & Ryder