This morning was our day off and we slept in a little. I than took N on a mile and a half trek and she was exhausted towards the end. I think her pads are a little sore from walking on real asphalt for the first time in about 9 months. I need to start walking her every morning to get her ready for the hospital.
The stress is finally coming out of N. Her stomach is upset and I had some pretty messes (luckily all over the side walk) to clean up towards the end of today. The instructors say that the dogs are under so much stress from being constantly worked and meeting so many people during the first week of team training. I hope that is what is wrong. I will check in with them tomorrow though.
Anyways, We are half way thru training, YAY!!! This has been an awesome experience and everyone has been amazing but it is exhausting! Only 5 more days left but with that being said I haven't seen anything yet. The next 5 days will be filled with group training sessions, lectures, personal training sessions with our instructors, 4 more field trips making sure we can handle the dogs in public, class and ID photos, a practice test to prepare us for the ADI public access test, a written final, the real ADI public access test, meeting our dogs puppy raiser, graduation and than saying good bye to all of our new friends.
Good news is that I can share lots of pictures and our dog's name at the end of class on Monday. I am about to burst over here. I learned today that N is not that into frisbees. But she does love tennis balls and a ball called the "jolly ball." It is a blue ball, twice the size of her head, that she loves to run after and pick up in her mouth.
Alright, time for bed. Good night all. Thanks for reading!!!
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