IFT Update

This post is coming to you from the GEB Training School's kennels. It's been a busy few days, so I was just able to sneak some computer time in. I spent my last weekend at home just relaxing. I attempted to teach Irie how to sleep next to the heater, but it was just so cozy that I fell asleep on the job! I also spent some quality time nursing on my favorite toy. Mom warned me there wouldn't be any soft toys here in the kennels and she was right! Apparently some pups aren't as gentle as me when it comes to soft toys so no one gets them. Leave it to a few bad apples to spoil it for the rest of us...


Mom and Roomie dropped me off here on Sunday. When we first arrived we took Roomie around for a walk. She's never seen the place before, so Mom and I gave her the grand tour and took a few photos:


Then Mom took me to my kennel run. I was not at all impressed by the accomodations! It was loud, the floor was hard, and have I mentioned there are no soft toys here?!?! Mom assured me that I would get a bed at night, my roomies would show up soon to play, and everyone would take extra good care of me, but I was not having it. I conned Mom into leaning down and then attempted to make a break for it by using her as a ladder. It didn't work :( They took another few pictures and then left me! Luckily my cool roomie showed up and we got to know each other, but I did miss my Mom. She promised me she would come see me on Tuesday.


Tuesday came and I could not wait! Mom said she was coming today and I just knew she would bust me out of here. After breakfast one of my kennel worker pals came and leashed me up. They let me go potty outside (can you believe we go inside here? Who do they think we are, animals?!?!) and then we went into this room with all kinds of fun things in it. I have to admit, when they first let me off leash I was a little scared. I saw some lady sitting in the corner and I asked her to help me find my Mom, but she was no help. After about a minute another lady came in and started talking to me. She seemed really nice so I stuck with her. She made me do all the things Mom and I did in puppy class-obedience, different underfootings, people greetings, etc. This wasn't so bad afterall! Before I knew it my kennel pal came back to get me. She took me around outside and guess who was there-MOM!!! AND Roomie!!! AND Grandma!!! AND my mom, Pandora's, mom!!! I was so excited I started whining and jumping all over them. They said they were so proud of me for passing this IFT. Apparently that was a test I just took. Who knew?


After our little reunion Mom told me that I had to go back into the kennels because I had to start my guide dog training. She said she would miss me and think about me all the time, but I had to learn a lot more tricks before I could leave the kennels. I gave her a kiss and promised I would try to be on my best behavior. She stopped by one last time on the kennel tour and I introduced her to all of my roomies. She said my big brother Frank was rooming a couple doors down and that he would keep me company while I trained. It's nice to know I have some family there!


I will do my best to sneak on to the computer as much as possible, but I may be just too busy for regular updates! I have all this work to do AND they have lots of parties here all the time. You know I am such a social butterfly, so I will have to attend them all. Wish me luck!