Smartest Little Girls in the World

I am SOOO proud of my little Adeline. Last Sunday I went to my grandmas house for dinner. She hates dogs and so I have to leave Adeline at home when I go. Since my mom had some projects for work sitting out I had to put Adeline in the kennel. I was gathering homework and stuff to do at my grandmas house and asked my little sister to put Adeline in the kennel. We went to grandmas house and about two hours later we went home. I walked in the house and noticed that the door to the kennel was wide open. I walked up to the kennel and Adeline was still sitting in there waiting for the "okay" to come out. I said "okay" and out she came. I was shocked, she knew it was open but stayed in there anyway. What a good girl. Well, my sister felt a little stupid for not closing and latching the kennel and I gave her a hard time all night. lol
Megan & Adeline (maybe she really is ready for college.)

Silly Adeline (video clip)

Adeline does enjoy the occasional session of chaseing her tail. This is the only time I ever see her get all wound up since she is a pretty calm puppy. Sorry it is short she usually does it a little longer but stoped when she spun and saw me with the camera. (she is a little camera shy)


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Megan & Adeline

Highlights for Adeline (tonz of pics)

Here are highlights from Adeline my current puppy. She is sixteen months old now and due back on the puppy truck on the 30th of this month.

The day I picked her up from GDB. She was five months old. She was very nervous and didn't want to go with me but we learned to get along and she turned out to be a fantastic dog. I will miss her dearly.
Our first picture together. A few days after I got her I went to my leaders house and Adeline had a playdate with her boyfriend (Berlin) and then we took some pics together in their backyard.
Adeline at the beach. Two weeks after I got her my family came to visit me from Utah and we spent a lot of time together. We went to a lot of new places and Adeline really had a great time. She wasn't so sure about the water at first but she got used to it and was jumping around.

Me and Adeline watch my sisters and cousins play in the water. (I am terrified of the ocean, long story, so we don't get too close)
Adeline at San Luis Obisbo. (sp?)
Me and Addie in front of a gravemarker outside of the San Luis Obisbo Church. It was a really cool and old graveyard. (I love graveyards, they facinate me)
Me and my family enjoy "the earthquake" at Ghirrardeli Square. You can see Adeline under the table being such a good girl.
Me and my family with Adeline at Coit Tower. We went all the way to the top and the view was amazing. We were in San Francisco all day and Adeline rode on busses, trollys, and a ferry. It was such a good experience for her.

Outside of Japan Square. I had never seen this place before but my dad LOVES japanese food so of course we stopped and ate there. It was really tasty. (End of the day, this was our last stop and Adeline was tired.)
Adeline waits for her food.
Adeline is so wierd and would eat her food laying down for the first couple months I had her.
This is what happens when I leave my apartment to take the garbage out. I came back and my roomate was avoiding her homework by doing a charcoal painting on Adeline. It didn't come off for a few days so I got a lot of questions at work the next day.
Adeline at the Hiller Aviation Museum for a puppy class. It was so cool they had a flight simulater that all the puppies had a chance to experience. I was so proud of Adeline she did really well. They also had a model of a huge plane that we all got to sit in and see how the dogs would handle the seats. It was double decker and Adeline and Berlin where the only pups in the group that would go up and down the winding staircase.

Our group outside the Aviation Museum. Dogs from left to right: Bahia, Nicolai, Berlin (Addie boyfriend, isn't he handsome), Adeline, Georgie, and Patina.
Adeline very happy after a long walk.
Outside work. We worked as receptionists at Almaden Country School and she loved going to work everyday. She loved the kids and faculty that would stop by to say "hi"
Adeline meets my roomates guinea pig Bruna. She did really well and sniffed her for a bit and then left her alone and just watched..
Adeline goes to the beach and wears her super cool shades. It is funny those are the only things she won't swat off her face. She loves them.

Fun Day in San Rafael. We met the littermates. Dogs from left to right: Adeline, Vonnie (the mom), Anna, Avani, and Argyle. They are all so cute.
Meeting Rebel and Russ who are Tahoma's yellow boys. They were so sweet.
Adeline meets Rally one of Tahoma's black boys. He was a super sweetheart and definetly had his moms personality.
Adeline after fun day. She doesn't even have enough energy to chew on her bone.
In San Francisco after fun day. Across from Alcatraz.

Adeline met the sea lions and two HUGE Great Danes and then we got our picture taken by the statue. (Adeline is still watching the great danes.)
I moved back to Utah in August. Adeline got really nervous when I started packing up all my stuff and spend most of her time in the closet.
Adeline turns one on October 25th 2006. She had a good birthday and got two new nylabones.
Halloween for Adeline, she is a super cool biker chick.
Christmas for the girls. They both loved all thier gifts. It was hard to get them to sit still they were so exited to play with all thier new stuff.

New Years. As in tradition with my family we all go silly string to spray all over the place. It freaked Adeline out and she managed to squeeze herself behind the couch. HAPPY 2007. I can't believe how fast the time goes.

So that is all my girls.

Megan

Glennie

Here are highlights from raising Glennie. I only had her for a month before she was cc'd for stress on outings. Hers was the hardest cc to get because I had worked so hard with her and she had made SO much progress but just wan't good enough. I know the cc was for the better because guide work would be way too stressfull for her. So here is her short time with me.

The day I picked her up. She was a little over five months old and was such a sweetheart. We went and got her jacket but didn't do any outing for a while.
In my apartment in California. I did a lot of work there with the commands and stuff but since she was having outing problems with her first raiser I wanted her to learn to trust me first before we went out. We went on a lot of walks around my neighborhood (even going on walks was hard for her at first) She was also food aggressive and would growl when people go too close to her food.
Another shot of Glennie in my apartment. Glennie was almost pure white except for the darker tan on her ears. I LOVED her color it was so cute. I nicknamed her Snow White
She would always sleep with her head half off of her dog bed or hanging out of the kennel. It was so funny.

Working on her food possesiveness. I would feed her away from my roomates so she would be in a quiet place. I sarted by making her wait and then just standing there and eventually getting closer and closer until I could reach the bowl and then I would put my hand close but not touching the bowl. Eventually I was able to take some kibble out and put it in her bowl while she was eating so she associated my hand with getting more kibble. It took a long time but she completely stopped growling after a while. (I love her multi-color belly. It was so cute)
Here she is after the "okay" to eat.
Glennie goes with me for Tahoma's recall February 23rd. You can really tell how white she is next to Tahoma.
Here is another one with puppy #2 Tahoma and puppy #3 Glennie.
Glennie was CC'd March 15th. Almost a year ago. Here is when I turned her into GDB. She is now living in Navato, CA with a nice family. I just found out that all of her siblings (except Glennie) are now in formal training. I hope they do well. I wish I had met them and knew if they were anything like my Glennie.

Megan

Phase Report Day

I know a lot of dogs that are in formal training right now. I wish them all the best and hope they make great guides.
It looks like all of Glennie's (3rd puppy I raised cc'd for stress on outings) siblings just went back for training. I will be sure to follow them and hope they all do well.
Name: Tatoo Breed Sex phase breeder watch
Cortez 44H2x LAB M 1 No
Gaucho 44H1 LAB M 1 No
Giovanna 44H3 LAB F 1 Yes
Glenetta 44H4 LAB F 1 Yes

Also one of Tahoma's puppies is in training. It is hard to believe that they are old enough.
Rae 486H LAB F 4 Yes

And, some of Adeline's siblings are in training. They seem to be doing really well. I have heard that it is a GREAT litter. Adeline will be joining them in a few weeks. :(
Albright 417H LAB M 1 Yes
Artemis 420H LAB M 3 No
Avery 421H LAB M 7 No

Megan & Adeline (29 days till college)