Today Alice and Hestia played in the yard! They had a great time, and I got a couple of videos and a couple of pictures. In them, Alice is a tiny sable and white Japanese Chin puppy, and Hestia is a black and white adult Chin. They wrestle, taking turns […]
Yesterday Alice got to meet some people at our house! In the morning, Scarlet came over! It was their birthday, so I made them a smoothie while they got to know Alice. Alice seemed to like investigating Scarlet at first, and then she went and took a nap! We even […]
We’ve been working on a lot of things in 5-minute sessions with little Alice! We’ve been working more on steps, the name game, sit, wearing clothing, and surfaces. This blog entry is about training Alice to help me when I’m feeling bad and about a trip to Walmart. Last night […]
Today we went to the hardware store for the first time! It was really hot out, so we only hung around outside the store for a couple of minutes. Alice seemed to want to head inside to the air conditioning, so I let her lead the way through the automatic […]
Today we went to the vet to get Alice’s 2nd round of shots. Since we had such bad experiences with the vet staff at our regular vet, we decided to try a new vet based off of recommendations. Our initial impression was very good! Wide doorways, and lots of individual […]
We’ve been doing a lot with little Alice these past few days! Mostly in terms of exposing her to daily life noises and such like knocking on doors, fireworks CD, and thunder CD—but only when she’s had plenty of downtime in between and she indicates she’s ready. After loading the […]
Alice and Hestia are starting to play! This morning they had a barking/wrestling match on the bed! Alice barks at Hestia to engage her, while Hestia mouths at Alice trying to play. They had a great time! They ended up playing for over an hour!!! Now they are zonked out. […]
Yesterday we decided to work with Alice on wearing things. This is such an important part of being a service dog—being comfortable wearing things that identify you as a service dog. We had four things that mostly fit little Alice. First was a red dress with white hearts that Alice’s […]
Yesterday we introduced Alice to walking on unusual surfaces! I laid out various types of bubble wrap, cellophane packaging, a cardboard box, a platform, a wire grate, and a foam wheelchair cushion on the floor. I used chicken to lure Alice into stepping on these. She did a great job! […]
Yesterday we had to run to Publix because my favorite hummus was on sale. Brad went inside to get hummus, and I stayed outside with Alice to train! Hestia was also being trained—to stay at home in her crate with a kong. We picked a spot in the shade next […]
