Well the long and agonizing wait is over!!! Canadian Guide Dogs started me on my 3 week training program with my new assistance dog on Monday August 13!! I just completed my first week and am onto my second. I think I had forgotten how hard this process is. Electra is adorable and melted my heart from the first moment I laid eyes on her, but she's having to transfer her affections, her obedience and herself from the trainer who has had her for about a year, to me, a total stranger. There have been moments of joy and laughter as she's obeyed me without the trainer here, but there have also been moments of tears and frustration and moments I have wanted to quit and give her back and get on with life and be with Cyrus. But my love for her has won out every time and now at the beginning of my second week of training I can see the bond is already strong. She loves me, and I love her. She's my girl. Electra While I was in tears of exhaustion and absolute fatigue f...
Hello Followers, family and friends I have been blogging for quite some time now, and while I dearly love this quiet little blog, I felt it was time to start something fresh and new. I've finally decided to listen to the people in my life who've told me I'm a good writer and actually see where it can take me. So, if I'm going to be a writer and maybe someday publish books, articles and poems, I need what's called a platform. The term platform to a writer is the places you can be read from. You need a few good platforms to get the multitude of readers you need to get published Publishers and agents don't really care that you're a good writer if no one is going to read your book if they publish you. So I made the very difficult decision to launch a new blog for a few different reasons. My new blog is with Wordpress. this means it is easier to find. So more people will see it when they google certain things. It's easier to track followers. ...
You Really Want To Know? Talk faster, use more words Sound excited, give more praise Rules and methods Do’s and don'ts I think I’m in a constant daze Tangled legs in her leash The “help” command - no clue She will get it This I know For it’s still so new She just used the litter box! The cat is not impressed She’ll step right up But turns away When slipping on her vest French and English Hand signs, tone I think I'm going to scream I am drowning in it all I want to find routine My shoe fell off She stares at it Wondering what to do We try to fetch, to no avail Cyrus, it's up to you She doesn't bark When I ask The strategy is strange I have strep throat My sleep’s cut short Confusion comes with change It's not all work There is fun She loves to spin and play And so that's it, just one more week, That's all I have to say!...
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