Zoe & Ruby Visit 2nd / 3rd Graders

Zoe and Ruby visited the classroom at St. John's elementary school in Jordan. What fun we all had! The children were so polite and had wonderful manners. The puppies did great too. It's tough for them to settle down. We read the book, "My Buddy" about a young boy in a wheelchair who receives a service dog. We talked about what service dogs do (you can see Zoe fetching a spoon in one of the pictures), how long they're trained, whether you can pet them when you see them with a vest on, etc. The children were kind enough to pet the puppies the entire time...the pups sure loved that! We hope to visit again soon!

Pet Expo 2009

What a couple of long, but fun days! We met so many great people and the two puppies, Ruby and Zoe, were amazing. There were dogs and people walking past our booth constantly and yet we were still able to put our puppies on down stays, do some training, and have them greet both people and dogs with good manners. They were able to take a few outside breaks and just goof off some, which was very helpful for their attitudes. I was even able to teach Zoe to pick up her leash! We were just down the aisle from the "dock dogs" - those are the dogs who take off and leap into the air and land in a pool...Zoe was quite jealous she wasn't up there with them! Hopefully, she'll get her opportunity at a lake this summer.

Snow Days!

This little girl sure is growing fast! I hope to have some new training pictures soon. For now a few pictures of her in the snow. She and my dog, Monty, now have access together during the day to go outside and play. We still "practice" using the kennel from time to time so she continues to be comfortable in it, but it's nice to come home to a somewhat tired puppy! She absolutely loves the snow - running, jumping, chasing the shovel, burrowing her nose in it - just tough to get pictures of all that! One thing that Monty has shown her is how tasty the berries are on the bush in our yard....

As much as I'm looking forward to spring, I'm not looking forward to mud season! Having the nice white CLEAN snow covering the frozen ground has it's advantages!