Fun Day

Fun Day at the Boring GDB campus was today. We got a late start from oversleeping and had to feed and water and relieve dogs and cats before we left. We didn't get to campus until 10:45. We immediately saw Karren and Annalynn and Anna and Avani and talked littermate stuff together. Shortly after that Mike started rounding up people from our club to meet Michele, the new CFR. She wanted to meet all the puppies in the group and take them for a walk.

At 11:30, Lyn and went to our littermate meet-up spot and met up with Avani and Annabella. I haven't seen Annabella since picking up puppies in January, so it was great to meet her and her raiser. The 3 puppies from left to right are Avani, Annabella, and Ardella. Alberta, one of the black lab puppies, is in Annabella's puppy group, but I guess her raiser didn't make it. Amos was supposed to be on campus too, but I never saw him either. We learned that Annamarie was career changed this week and apparently is down in San Rafael.

Michele took Ardella for a walk and saw some of the rapid panting, frequent relieving that I have seen. I was glad someone else saw it. She got Dr. Patti to walk with her and Dr. Patti did not see anything that alarmed her, but did say that if my vet wanted more tests run, we would be bringing Ardella up to campus some time this week to have them done. Ardella did have frequent accidents on campus today and rapid breathing on the way up. It wasn't hot. She really exhibits a lot of stress on campus and I don't know if this is because of a physical or emotional response to stress. Hopefully, we'll know soon. Michele also said Ardella shows very little raiser awareness. This is true - she doesn't. She's far more interested in her environment when she's outside or in a big group setting like we've been to on the guide dog campus.

I was a little unnerved by the CFR meetup, so I was more than ready to leave by 2:30, which is when Fun Day ended. We bought a mat for Go to Bed and a front-pouch with belt for food protocol. We stayed to see the new puppies given to raisers (there was one named Marley) and then left. It was good to see people. I hope we are more relaxed next year.

Ellie's new people had a home visit today and they aren't quite ready for a dog. We've been asked to keep Ellie until after the wedding... Sigh!