A day for the dogs
Beulie's class met this evening at Canine Companions for Independence in Santa Rosa, California. I walked around with my camera and snapped some portraits but, alas, I don't have the names reliably learned.
Here's tonight's class in the training room. These dogs will enter Advanced Training in either May or August, depending on their age. The two dogs wearing scarves, not capes, have already begun regular employment as breeder dogs, such a life.
I also have some photos of my three at home.
Beulie knows she's cute. I keep telling her, "Beulie, it isn't enough to get by with your looks and your charm. If you want to be a service dog you also have to know the skills and be willing to work."
Parisse is the weird one. She spends most of her life on earth vegging out in one of two chairs.
And don't ever think that dogs don't like to drive. Here's Brix, just as delighted with himself as any adolescent with a new license. Beulie is always ready for a ride.
What a good looking group of students.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful dogs. You wouldn't want to train my german shorthair pointer would you? LOL. My Sarah is a gentle but large dog in a house with 3 other small dogs plus she has energy that never ends. Typically she jumps the fence every afternoon and runs for miles and miles around a 40 acre lot (okay, she exceeds her boundaries a bit but seems to stay in an 80 acre area). The only command she obeys is "sit" but that's because instead of training her, I work on art stuff. Naughty me, good Sarah!
ReplyDeleteI just came to visit via our Love to Journal Class.