Catch Up Post #3-First Day at Work

I've been asking my boss for months if I could bring my dog to work with me and he would always brush off the question and say he would get back to me later. I think he thought that she would be distracting or something. I finally got him to agree to a trial day so he could see how it would work. I was so excited and wanted Picassa to behave herself so I took her for a long walk beforehand. I think it worked because she was perfect at work and my boss was so impressed. I took her over to meet him when we got there and she did great and let him pet her without mouthing him (something we are working on, she seems to enjoy. . . tasting new people, it's so annoying but she is improving) and sat so nicely while I told him my plan of making it work with her there. After our shift he told me he really enjoyed having her there and that she is welcome back anytime. YAY!! Here are some pictures of Picassa's first day at work:

[Picassa laying nicely next to a desk she is tied down to while I vacuum the classroom.]
[Picassa didn't care about the vacuum at all. She is laying calmly on the floor with her head tilted to the side while staring at the vacuum that is inches away.]
I walked into one of the classrooms and there was a little man made out of newspapers attached to a desk. It nearly gave me a heart attack but Picassa didn't seem to care.

[Picassa sitting in front of the newspaper man.]

There was a bunch of cereal spilled in the hall that we passed about 10 times and Picassa ignored it every time. I was really impressed with her.

[Picassa sitting with cereal all over the floor in front of her.]

[Picassa sitting in the elevator with my big garbage can next to her.]

[Close up and at ground level of Picassa fast asleep on the floor]

[Picassa getting impatient towards the end of my shift and refuses to lay down so she rested her head on the seat of one of the desks.]

I could not be prouder of the girl. She has done great each time I have brought her since then.

Anyway, I think that's it for tonight but I still have a few more posts that I'll put up tomorrow. G-night everyone!

Catch Up Post #2-UofU

Last week we headed up to UofU (my new school) to get some stuff done. We walked to the TRAX station (the light rail), where we met up with our friends Karen and Clifford and rode the train to the school. Picassa did great! Here are some pictures from our little trip.

[Picassa sitting and waiting to cross the street. It's about a 20 minute walk to the train station and it's a really busy street. I was very proud of Picassa.]

During the walk we crossed over the very busy freeway. Picassa got a little nervous but she still did alright and kept her pace consistent.

[A profile of Picassa with a chain link fence behind her, you can see all the cars driving on the freeway below.][Picassa laying on the ground at my feet looking up at me while we wait for the train.] [A close up of Picassa laying down with the train behind her, she is looking up and to the right.]

Picassa was a very good passenger, at one of the stops a police dog (bomb/drug sniffing dog) boarded and did it's job and Picassa totally ignored it. There were three police officers that came on and one stopped to chat with me and Karen about our puppies for a minute too.

[Picassa collapsed in the train, she was a very good passenger.][ We had to transfer trains and while we were waiting Clifford stretched way out so his back legs are flat behind him.] [Picassa and Clifford laying next to each other and looking up at me while waiting for the train.] I didn't get any pictures on campus because I was a little busy, but Picassa was on her best behavior and I was really proud of her. She will be a great student and I'll enjoy taking her to my classes this summer.

Catch Up Post #1-Settling into the New House

We got our Internet installed today! It's great to be connected to the outside world again. I have quite a few posts to put up, so here is the first one. We are just getting settled into living in an apartment and Picassa is doing great! Here are some random pictures around the house during our first week here.

[Picassa preparing to toss the wishbone into the air.]

[Picassa running toward me with the wishbone in her mouth.]
[Due to lack of internet my roommate taught me how to knit, Picassa likes to try to help and usually just ends up tangled in my yarn. Picassa with yarn around her nose.]

[I am so glad Picassa is slowly learning to settle sometimes, it's hard to keep up with her constant motion but here she is in a rare moment of silence sleeping in her corner. You can only see her head and feet sticking out from the side of the couch, but she looks so peaceful.]

[Picassa chewing on a NylaKnot. It's one of her favorites. Her head is tilted to the side, her mouth is open wide and she is looking off to the left.]

[Picassa learning to settle on tie-down next to the TV stand. She is laying down using her puppy eyes to try and get me to come and release her.]

[Picassa helping me organize my movies. . .I was alphabetizing my movies and Picassa kept coming over and resting her head on my stack of movies. It wasn't really helpful, but it was cute.]

[Picassa and my roommates dog Boone touching noses. He is a brown German Shorthair Pointer with a white chest. He seems to be warming up to her. He was really confused when Paris left and I came home with Picassa.]

Fullertons Grad. Pictures

GDB got pictures from Fullerton's graduation posted. I was so excited to see them. Here they are:

[Fuller's partner sitting on a bench with Fullerton (aka. the most handsome guide dog in the world) sitting at her feet.]
[Me and Fullerton's partner sitting on the bench with Fuller between us.]
I hear from 'E' quite often and she adores Fuller more and more everyday. She is a puppy raisers dream, I love her so much and couldn't be happier with how everything worked out! I have another post but it may take me a few days to get up. We get internet at my house on Wednesday so I will be able to post then.

Picture Post/Moving

Here are a bunch of pictures from Picassa's first week here. She is kind of a weirdo but I am really loving her. She definitely keeps me on my toes but she loves to please and she tries really hard. We also moved yesterday, so Picassa is an apartment dog now. She seems to be enjoying it though. Anyway, now it's picture time.

[I caught Picassa holding her paws in a funny way while in the kennel. Both her paws are curled in, it doesn't look very comfortable.]
[Picassa at Wal-Mart being a very good girl laying down and waiting for me to check out. I love that you can tell that her tail is wagging. It only takes a glance from anyone to get her tail going a mile a minute.]
[We filled up my car to move to SLC and Picassa climbed the boxes because she loves to see out the window and rest her head on my shoulder. It's sweet, but I am working on getting her to sit on the floor.]

[Picassa being a good girl and chewing on a bone while I am unpacking stuff in my apartment. She has her fanny up in the air and is putting most her weight on her head while she chews.]

[We are puppy sitting Meade and he was great during the move and is having fun breaking in our apartment. He is laying on a big brown bed.]

[Picassa squished herself into this tiny ball in a space about a foot and a half wide between my dresser and my night stand while I was packing up some stuff. She is laying on the blue tray I feed her on.]

[Picassa loved my bathroom floor and goes to lay in there frequently.]

[Picassa was helping me unpack by standing between my legs every time I moved.]

[Paris helping me make my bed. Every time I put a sheet or blanket on she had to stick her head under it. She was pulling her head out when I took this. It just made me smile. What a goof ball!]

[This is why I don't leave the toy basket on the floor. I usually put the dog toy basket on top of the kennel but I had it on the floor until I set up the kennel and Picassa had a great time taking all the toys out and scattering them around my floor.]

It's been a good week with Picassa and I look forward to many more weeks together.

OH, and before I forget. I found out a surprising little tidbit about Picassa while I was reading her paperwork last week. When I chose to take her I was told that she was spayed, but after reading her paperwork there was a little hand written note in it that said "Picassa has not gone into heat yet." Ummm. . . a little confused so I looked at the page behind the note and it was a paper explaining the international breeding program. I thought that was funny so I called my leader and she called my CFR and I guess my CFR overlooked that she was still intact. So, since I live in an apartment when she goes into heat she will have to go stay with my leader or another lady in my club for a month. *tear* Hopefully they'll let me visit a lot. I haven't had to deal with a female in heat for a long time, so this should be interesting.

And, I don't have internet at my new apartment so my blog may be quiet for a while. I'll miss all of you but I'll (hopefully) be back soon.