6:45- feed, water, break AJ and give her the meds she's on for her UTI.
7:20- breakfast is a fruit cup, sausage patty, and scrambled eggs.
8:00- Today is the first true day of customization where we worked through the obstacle course to the vans and then the training groups went their separate ways to different places for what each student needs. Cristina actually backed way off and just stood in the center of the square as AJ and I worked through the entire van route. It was re-assuring to work this independently and to do so well.
9:30- We went to the lovely town of Port Jefferson, a favorite of mine and Cristina actually parked over on the beach side and we got to walk the boardwalk and through different sections of town than I've ever been in before. We went by the Big Blue Chair, which was an Eagle Scout project. Cristina took our picture here and we looked over the inlet and it's such a pretty area.
We then navigated to the main street and around the corner up to Starbucks. We went in and had drinks and chatted for a little bit about the last few days here at GDF. Upon working back to the van, I asked about parking lot walking, which has changed quite a bit!
Photo: the dock where the ferry comes in and overlooking the town. on the right side is the stature of several men holding the ribbing of a boat.
Looking over the inlet and in the background is some sort of plan, possibly a power plant.
Looking out over the water with the dog beach to the right side. across the waters on a clear day, you can see Conneticut
another photo across the waters looking over the town.
My student partner needed something from Walmart so we went there to do parking lot work and indoor work. We arrive at Walmart and start to work our way along the line of cars parked by us. indenting to the curb and following it to the next car and then going tightly around the car and back to the curb to follow like a country walk.
12:00- We arrive back at GDF running a bit late and work through the obstacle course. We quickly work our way inside and to the dining room. Lunch is a yummy roast beef sandwich and chips.
1:00- They are filming interviews with Valerie and Sully so we had to vacate the dining room. Cristina takes me to the leather lounge and we go through AJ’s paperwork, signing the agreement for ownership and going through this contract, putting her tags on her collar, signing the information consent form about what information I want to share with various people. And getting her veterinarian paperwork and shot records.
3:00- It’s time for the vet lecture. We get a free years supply of heart worm preventative and they offered a year of topical flea preventative, but I absolutely hate the stuff and prefer the Seresto flea and tick preventative collar. It is cheaper than the oral meds and cleaner in my opinion. I’ve used it for 5 years with Boomer and love it. We also get a one time $200 stipend for veterinary care and supplies.
The vet then examined each dog and we learn that AJ & Georgie’s mother is Kashy and father is Biscuit. They were born on 5/29/2017, so they are about 20 months old. AJ weighs 56 lbs and she was sponsored by Capitol One Bank. Her puppy raiser and his parents will be coming on Saturday for Celebration Saturday.
4:30-we are running over from the vet lecture but we go feed, water, break the dogs.
5:30- Dinner is salmon for most but I opted for baked chicken with green beans and mashed potatoes. I head back to my room after dinner and start the laundry I have and chill out for a bit until break time since most everyone was not at home for me to call.
8:30- final break. We take the dogs out for their last break and come back in and I decide to take a break and put AJ on tie down and go hang in the lobby for a while.
I head to bed about 10:30 as I am seriously hitting the dragging point from exhaustion.
Photo below: a head shot of AJ curled up and snoozing on her bed with her front paws tucked under her chin.
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Photos o bein on the riert walk
My student partner needed something from Walmart so we went there to do parking lot work and indoor work. We arrive at Walmart and start to work our way along the line of cars parked by us. indenting to the curb and following it to the next car and then going tightly around the car and back to the curb to follow like a country walk.
12:00- We arrive back at GDF running a bit late and work through the obstacle course. We quickly work our way inside and to the dining room. Lunch is a yummy roast beef sandwich and chips.
1:00- They are filming interviews with Valerie and Sully so we had to vacate the dining room. Cristina takes me to the leather lounge and we go through AJ’s paperwork, signing the agreement for ownership and going through this contract, putting her tags on her collar, signing the information consent form about what information I want to share with various people. And getting her veterinarian paperwork and shot records.
3:00- It’s time for the vet lecture. We get a free years supply of heartworm preventative and they offered a year of topical flea preventative, but I absolutely hate the stuff and prefer the Seresto flea and tick preventative collar. It is cheaper than the oral meds and cleaner in my opinion. I’ve used it for 5 years with Boomer and love it. We also get a one time $200 stipend for veterinary care and supplies.
The vet then examined each dog and we learn that AJ & Georgie's mother is Kashy (a black lab pup of Boots) and father is yellow lab Biscuit. They were born on 5/29/2017, so they are about 20 months old. AJ weighs 56 lbs.
4:30-we are running over from the vet lecture but we go feed, water, break the dogs.
5:30- Dinner is salmon for most but I opted for baked chicken with green beans and mashed potatoes. I head back to my room after dinner and start the laundry I have and chill out for a bit until break time since most everyone was not at home for me to call.
8:30- final break. We take the dogs out for their last break and come back in and I decide to take a break and put AJ on tie down and go hang in the lobby for a while.
I am head to bed about 10:30 as I’m seriously hitting that dragging point from exhaustion.
