Oops!

After reading over some of my old entries, I realized how many typos I have!! Sorry for not spell-checking!

Good-Bye

...for two weeks! I just dropped Ty off at her puppy sitter, who she will be stayin with while I am gone. There is lots of room for her to run, and 3 other dogs to play with...so she should be a happy pup!

She had her second puppy class yesterday, and did excellent...yet she STILL hasn't barked! But I guess that's not something to complain about! Gotta love the silent baby!

I also worked at a CCI booth yesterday at Access Chicago, which is a fair for the disabled to come and learn about new products/activities for the disabled, as well as the renovations and steps the city of Chicago is taking to make itself more disABILITY-friendly. There were lots of cool stuff there! I got to see MANY MANY working guides, a working hearding dog, a service dog from another school, and a CCI service dog! I also worked with a 7 month old pup in training. His name was Aspen, a MLGX (black). While working at the booth, Aspen's raiser got a call from the North Central Region center telling her that her previous puppy has passed and will be going into team training to be paired withs someone!!! How exciting!!

I will be missing my baby! Expect some pictures when she gets home...she's gonna be HUGE!!

Busy Day

Today started of early. I took Ty to the farmer's market. She did GREAT! She only pawed at her GL a little bit, and was great with all of the people. After a while, she just sat and watched everyone pass. Then we came home for a rest and went to our town's sidewalk sales. Again, she was a PEREFECT PUPPY! She touched her GL once, and was SO good with all of the little kids and weaving between all the tables and clothes racks etc. Never even put her mouth on one thing!

My family and I then went to church (without Ty - still too young). Well, sitting behind us the entire time was a working guide! I only noticed him at the end when the team got up! Although I'm not raising a dog guide, it still gave me a spark inside. It just reminded me of what I'm doing....and how I need to get Ty to do that! The dog was practically invisible! He was directly behind me and when unnoticed for an hour!!

Here are some pics from today:

Update

Ty went to her first puppy class on Wed. She did really well, but was a little distracted by the other puppies. She is extremely excitable around people and dogs...any tips?? She/I pretty much knew everything that was covered, so it was pretty easy. She's doing really well at her 'homework' too! She is also making great strides with her GL. CCI only sent a puppy one (tiny and skinny) and an adult one (thick), with no inbetween. She has grown out of the puppy one, but looks funny in the big one! Overall, she's doing very well. Pictures soon!

My friend gets a little girl chocolate lab puppy tomorrow (named MAKI, which I thought of). So now my little girl will have a new friend! My other friend has a 5 month old black lab pup...so there will be many lab pup play dates!

Loungn'

100% Lab

Yesterday Tyanna went for her first swim...in a real pool! My friend has a pool, and her dad wanted Tyanna to go swimming. But at only 12 weeks, I was a little hesitant....until she jumped in. At first, I FREAKED out! But then she came up to the surface and was doing a PERFECT doggy paddle! No splashing or ANYTHING! She LOVED it!! Just goes to show...no matter the age, a lab is a lab! Or at least, a 7/8 lab is!

Love Her

In the past few days, there has been a big change in my little girl. She seems to want to be with me, no matter what I'm doing. If I'm on the computer, or on my deck reading, I always find her under my chair sleeping, or watching me intently. It's such a great feeling to know that she looks up to me, and realizes me as her leader and caregiver. Our bond is growing everyday, which is good and bad. For now it is good, but it only makes turn-in harder. I love my baby girl, but I know she is destined for more.