tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974553047024617722024-02-06T21:49:34.507-08:00Jethro's TailsThis is a blog about a dog...a guide-dog-to-be. For the next 3 years we will follow Jethro through the trials and tribulations of becoming a guide dog for the blind.Jethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97455304702461772.post-24093703980042780212010-02-27T16:22:00.000-08:002010-02-27T19:45:47.260-08:00Snow Day in Texas!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaEFxdl3MDX-kCWBUZvlHQZ21RQn0YU40Ew_NmkK2UMMxccd6h8w8m33E2mKAO322fBERJVzcE2jUaZt-9oJr2enKiV3iP3KRoWlaD1VDRHQ6_QxEduHVTnz_LxFR9sMglgPPz5OXSE8c/s1600-h/jethro+snow+015.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 332px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 228px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443113053277563362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaEFxdl3MDX-kCWBUZvlHQZ21RQn0YU40Ew_NmkK2UMMxccd6h8w8m33E2mKAO322fBERJVzcE2jUaZt-9oJr2enKiV3iP3KRoWlaD1VDRHQ6_QxEduHVTnz_LxFR9sMglgPPz5OXSE8c/s320/jethro+snow+015.jpg" /></a><span style="color:#ff6666;"> LOOK!!! Something big was here!!!</span> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="left">It's not often south Texas gets snow. Jethro was having a play date with Floyd, Lila and Cassidy. Jethro wasn't sure what to do with the snow. He made huge footprints that look like a cougars. The other dogs are more experienced and thought the youngster was pretty silly. Floyd was just happy to have someone else to play with, so a romping good time was had by all. </div><br /><br /><p align="left"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 261px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 155px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443113945574653906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNC7QPv6y2s30mSgt5WKCE9B4ZVj5wCxI5IFilpWWTAaUpbwnrUoX_0BAdL1OWOV9L1XLsMNRIjqRE2aDX0FaZvklDG_vWFU5_EJKtjjobr_KcIHjM99OBTQIGeVJf8gyFp9vrz9g25I/s320/jethro+snow+029.jpg" /></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">"Lila"</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#3333ff;"></span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 281px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 169px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443116256100843362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDH0-NX5QELfKasp1i0-CcgyY7_LWQOOuiXeehsvwi3DmRBkiWWqB7k-z3K2mI761nrIuc11ist4ly4DJRZ46vhq1hQ-CRU4_Defbtu4Pq36LOkpwZGl5zx_AkSuQKj_e9lpzI7xMdGc/s320/jethro+snow+044.jpg" /></p><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">Tag you're it!</span><br /></div><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 269px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 181px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443115701996725218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLiYP4qD5xvjacHA56222WMOfgYNn3vHv6_WtZbrH8d4XX1LUvomBdURRUpIXJKxBZRj97nHZXmJ25gHrPH7mFaK2tvdcfarQgBUS-AbYxSIp_ojZ5O6mFPB9OVE4bNnfj1m_IjLDOXug/s320/jethro+snow+050.jpg" /></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">Catch me if if you can Floyd!</span></p><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 289px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443113532004238642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSH98-n8ycxJzbzhzdMLyabJ5Fjd7RGz_qd-k9a0NSheX_QQ0q1ixrBsbPc3PFo5vEBTfuBlh0HiRNp8ng7kQnRN6YCCBZ9Q_7drunH7el-loFkccmw44t0SLmxbPTG-RaHe8CU5_wJo/s320/jethro+snow+025.jpg" /></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">Really? You want a piece of me? I can take you young one!</span></p><p align="center">All that playing in the muck leads to one thing. BATH TIME!! Jethro is a baby, so his buddy Floyd went first. Floyd is brave and is used to being in the bat tub. As you can see, Jethro wasn't so sure that was a smart idea. He eventually allowed his self to be bathed, but he wouldn't allow photos to be published on the Internet (smart boy!)</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCsjljNHnAAofhriItlUtaIS-NcyNmKqWREQvVcnqYhoGi9hC-O8FT7r1ab7jMCt21jsCxF5DrVbUXG4mUcTQ4w3XF2vQp1z9JeQLcvTToroIcs6e0jMb86jGDstXlUygWvfWd-U4Ij8/s1600-h/jethro+snow+003.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 229px; HEIGHT: 153px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443119586964176242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisCsjljNHnAAofhriItlUtaIS-NcyNmKqWREQvVcnqYhoGi9hC-O8FT7r1ab7jMCt21jsCxF5DrVbUXG4mUcTQ4w3XF2vQp1z9JeQLcvTToroIcs6e0jMb86jGDstXlUygWvfWd-U4Ij8/s320/jethro+snow+003.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">I don't think you should go in there Floyd!</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSucyD7TrjRa4Z90HNvUdcJ-B1oEqytduxW-J9MJIykkr_Q8veWnQf_S1bZDw07eRJBY3oIJhZDNgQpr9FrdLeudlaq2_hzjNxOOAc2z30EbhyphenhyphenYkLbXmi7b5q7k_zBqgHE1brNGcbQqGY/s1600-h/jethro+snow+007.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 289px; HEIGHT: 173px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443125568971437858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSucyD7TrjRa4Z90HNvUdcJ-B1oEqytduxW-J9MJIykkr_Q8veWnQf_S1bZDw07eRJBY3oIJhZDNgQpr9FrdLeudlaq2_hzjNxOOAc2z30EbhyphenhyphenYkLbXmi7b5q7k_zBqgHE1brNGcbQqGY/s320/jethro+snow+007.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">What are you doing to him?</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUCzmCC9fd63-VGFfkMpaaWXjNKZccVq1ofqsexI7XDLRgU7JIcuM09hIzQXBklyrW3H4Pl5GFk954jGOnxzr-AiSXuZ-DZDLcqq2NiutE7hWGDF5IrXd_c8cuvx9S_XPbsGCUONNyRQ/s1600-h/jethro+snow+008.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 255px; HEIGHT: 204px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443120315349275410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUCzmCC9fd63-VGFfkMpaaWXjNKZccVq1ofqsexI7XDLRgU7JIcuM09hIzQXBklyrW3H4Pl5GFk954jGOnxzr-AiSXuZ-DZDLcqq2NiutE7hWGDF5IrXd_c8cuvx9S_XPbsGCUONNyRQ/s320/jethro+snow+008.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">Now you smell funny...</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_FkYHvv01mZYAsO-WM1qrhAcs_ABQifWG_DSoTT5QiezE4lCMYJwQhqewqSd5pqeOFkwnQ6bTQ7n1vckCdJIO0x_iZslZpQLjC8r0Y-qunE0sKFy1-zMhF4qqpX5BjwsKb3XU8QBhHB0/s1600-h/jethro+snow+005.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 259px; HEIGHT: 162px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443123867947778002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_FkYHvv01mZYAsO-WM1qrhAcs_ABQifWG_DSoTT5QiezE4lCMYJwQhqewqSd5pqeOFkwnQ6bTQ7n1vckCdJIO0x_iZslZpQLjC8r0Y-qunE0sKFy1-zMhF4qqpX5BjwsKb3XU8QBhHB0/s320/jethro+snow+005.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#ff6666;">Whats going on in there??</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">We will be doing lots of training walks with Michelle over the next few weeks to get ready for puppy swap! The time of year when all the puppies change handlers for a month!! I think Beth ( <a href="http://www.alphinisworld.blogspot.com/">http://www.alphinisworld.blogspot.com/</a> ) is getting Jethro for the swap! she better be doing push ups to get in shape. Her pups have been small and MANNERED!!! HA shes in for a surprise!! :) I'm not sure who im getting in the swap yet, but it should be interesting! </span></p>Jethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97455304702461772.post-89612679642771316982010-02-22T14:15:00.000-08:002010-02-22T14:22:35.186-08:00Homeworkoops, it appears Jethro has a "thing" for cats.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAcwDyVWvR_cIUUaju1kQtL5e3zRS7nxRz7fq2Ve6xGUWXs5iyTXtvZW9fBKOCOKZiJWtM3fBoqF82XR8y81IgYel8ezWDZsu3fOeSvbRJmHUBe0DPpLzZrorZ1DQoSEXY5eIj3ptvHw/s1600-h/jethro+cat"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJAcwDyVWvR_cIUUaju1kQtL5e3zRS7nxRz7fq2Ve6xGUWXs5iyTXtvZW9fBKOCOKZiJWtM3fBoqF82XR8y81IgYel8ezWDZsu3fOeSvbRJmHUBe0DPpLzZrorZ1DQoSEXY5eIj3ptvHw/s320/jethro+cat" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441196535680447010" border="0" /></a><br />After spending some time with Phil and Sharon <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Schermerhorn</span> in Austin it appears we have a little homework. While we hosted Debby <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Schuh</span> at Scrapbook911 and Guide Dogs of Texas' casino night <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Jethro</span> was enjoying getting to play with his yellow lab friend Floyd and all his cats. he really likes Buddy, but thinks they are all tasty.<br /><br />Looks like we will be meeting with Michelle to do some cat manners learning.<br />...sighJethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97455304702461772.post-48483097571295906032010-02-13T17:24:00.000-08:002010-02-13T19:32:12.343-08:00Puppy Wrangling<div><div><div><div><div><div>Sorry about the long absence between posts!! I seem to say that a lot to you! bad blogger! no cookie!</div><div></div><div> </div><div>We had a great Christmas together, all the kids were together for the first time in a long time. It was fun to have them with us to celebrate Jethro's first and only Christmas with us. All the holidays seem to be special when you know this is most likely the only time you will experience it with the puppy you are raising. Jethro will be off to big boy school this summer so he wont have Christmas with us again. </div><div></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZz0iVz8V8YH9j3u5L9Ir_Tr7oBhkLxk58GfS_KsOMphEt7kWC9_xpXiAeAbe2z30p3CRIH7k-yjYqyZbLaKynKzkJ4RbFVIsiJhtjYv7fGhOXARu03QJdq45QWcs0qlpEEXK9Jx6vUYQ/s1600-h/kids+sideways.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 295px; HEIGHT: 168px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437917773038088466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZz0iVz8V8YH9j3u5L9Ir_Tr7oBhkLxk58GfS_KsOMphEt7kWC9_xpXiAeAbe2z30p3CRIH7k-yjYqyZbLaKynKzkJ4RbFVIsiJhtjYv7fGhOXARu03QJdq45QWcs0qlpEEXK9Jx6vUYQ/s320/kids+sideways.jpg" /></a></p><p align="left">He thought we were really strange when we brought a tree into the house. He sniffed it for a good long time before he would walk out of the room, then came back in to see if it was still there. We have had enough guide dog puppies in the past to know a few tricks about Christmas trees in and puppies. </p><p align="left"><strong>1. put non breakable ornaments on the bottom half of the tree. If you have ornaments you cherish, leave them safely in the box in the attic</strong> <span style="color:#ff0000;">(after 4 dogs, we got a little lax, Jethro tail wagged off 10 ornaments in the first 24 hours, and ate 3 more before we opened presents. )</span></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGk2jU29ba5HSfW2I6b413w_QKmfpEiQGZb4YSaFJ4Yv8ZdTNfh4SS2hMgWQdN_iDsOF6XMb8dg4Smwh85J9n8VqwiyLBepEAWkRa2Pi1oCEbHWpyJaAV4lMpY3cYQTLEYlrY7ySvi4WU/s1600-h/just+tree.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437923108987341298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGk2jU29ba5HSfW2I6b413w_QKmfpEiQGZb4YSaFJ4Yv8ZdTNfh4SS2hMgWQdN_iDsOF6XMb8dg4Smwh85J9n8VqwiyLBepEAWkRa2Pi1oCEbHWpyJaAV4lMpY3cYQTLEYlrY7ySvi4WU/s320/just+tree.jpg" /></a></p><p align="left"><strong>2. do not put the presents under the tree until you are ready to open them.</strong> <span style="color:#ff0000;">(Mike got a pound of fudge for Christmas from our 23 year old son, hes been around for all the guide dogs, he put the fudge on the top shelf of the book shelf next to the tree, i couldn't even reach the shelf, Jethro's nose knew it was there and he tried reach it, he must think like a 4 year old child, because he came back over and over again and tried to stretch even taller on his back feet to get it, much to his dismay, because he got scolded each time, but it was FUDGE! yummy! we moved the fudge to a dog free room)</span></p><p align="left"><strong>3. no not let the cat into the house for a month.</strong> <span style="color:#ff0000;">(Really! I mean it, cat, trees and big puppies do not mix. The cat is equally leery about having a tree in the house, he's 9 for heavens sake, get over it already it happens every year. This time however, we let the cat in the house because he HATES Jethro! Its the only guide dog pup he will have nothing to do with, go figure. So Dot got to come in because we knew he'd stay out of the living room. You see it coming, don't you? Dot was eating in the kitchen, Jethro was watching him through the puppy gate. Dot finishes and takes a lingering stroll near the puppy gate, cleaning his face, stretching, and basically taunting Jethro into a frenzy. -- bad kitty-- Jethro had had enough<span style="color:#000000;"> </span>and TRIED to come through the gate. He did NOT succeed, however, children thought this was the best time to go from the kitchen to the living room and OPENED the gate, in runs Jethro, out runs Dot. Jethro turns on a dime, back through the gate to get his new best friend. Dot, being a smart cat, says if i go up a tree dog can not get me, poof, up the Christmas tree he goes and Jethro goes right after him. My 23 year old lunges for the tree to save it, my 17 year old lunges for the dog to wrangle him out from under the tree, and my 26 year old sits on the couch laughing his behind off! thanks for the help! Tree survived, cat survived, dog survived {he got in the 2nd most trouble -- teenager got in the most})</span></p><p align="left"><strong>4. take a picture of the puppy in front of the fully decorated and presented tree so there was proof that s/he was present for Christmas.</strong> <span style="color:#ff0000;">(this is a WHOLE lot more difficult than you think. Did i mention hes not real sure why there is a tree in the living room and now why are you hiding things under it and telling me i can't play with the brightly colored new smelling things? My 17 year old daughter is by far the best in the house with all the guide dogs. She a horse girl, shes been riding since she was 5, the giant Jethro doesn't intimidate her at all, so i enlisted her help for the photo session)</span></p><p align="center"><strong><span style="color:#000000;">Take 1</span></strong></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJWtYnTaj7M6oxSTwZ-xbVH_jfZCI4DLHoQpKX-JyGy9hxF_HBMoQo2G9_meNOvzmEQewxGp7aOgX0TaatOAcNksUcax6hlc_WHJZLFJrIy7ppNBH151xkGVgjn9KIZbNcIVPb2sc7QEI/s1600-h/great+smile.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 169px; HEIGHT: 224px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437924566874092946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJWtYnTaj7M6oxSTwZ-xbVH_jfZCI4DLHoQpKX-JyGy9hxF_HBMoQo2G9_meNOvzmEQewxGp7aOgX0TaatOAcNksUcax6hlc_WHJZLFJrIy7ppNBH151xkGVgjn9KIZbNcIVPb2sc7QEI/s320/great+smile.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center">That's a GREAT smile Mellisa, but did you really think it was going to be that easy? </p><p align="center"><strong>Take 2</strong></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHATPe3IiLct_qxBLxcuPgPPYnz5BLVpzcLR_XXsaQG-h-C6e7e6ifJx8Rj2bb80qZQ3HKdNdX7ixf6baPk530PmtR0UTHcp93ipe3Srkl8lE-z_SXjVayegw9GChBn5ZM32mYH_oG7hw/s1600-h/cookie+in+hand.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 181px; HEIGHT: 244px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437924478245562978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHATPe3IiLct_qxBLxcuPgPPYnz5BLVpzcLR_XXsaQG-h-C6e7e6ifJx8Rj2bb80qZQ3HKdNdX7ixf6baPk530PmtR0UTHcp93ipe3Srkl8lE-z_SXjVayegw9GChBn5ZM32mYH_oG7hw/s320/cookie+in+hand.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center">Good girl, use the cookie in your hand to keep him there... but I'm thinking he should look AT the camera. </p><p align="center"><strong>Take 3<br /></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4kdpdxTM-KjcBHI6Ei_89LGZM-ixy1i6oNG1pc18iE3_ogbp_F6ZJI4MtQ2rjPUCbnrqUo7i5DZkpxTS8ovtW2SVFVP8OanqS9LYG6QeGmeLQokFyuuLWQCFfvyXaJjXeVCgx3STY9TY/s1600-h/jethro+moo+down.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 155px; HEIGHT: 198px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437924716859424754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4kdpdxTM-KjcBHI6Ei_89LGZM-ixy1i6oNG1pc18iE3_ogbp_F6ZJI4MtQ2rjPUCbnrqUo7i5DZkpxTS8ovtW2SVFVP8OanqS9LYG6QeGmeLQokFyuuLWQCFfvyXaJjXeVCgx3STY9TY/s320/jethro+moo+down.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center">"I'm a smart German shepherd I can get the cookie in your hand"</p><p align="center"><strong>Take 4<br /></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4Ns-l7wlAExwJnCjldgHPDCCva-rO2K3-hL-YGiocpo5f1dH-fMfWd5rF9U6XVp9lHn51VfUZl8EnJqwJSTiAV3Tyx86GB2GKrsCBnQhZSpEq6ipp6BKVAASy-wcCWGlyMBqmpHkHk4/s1600-h/i+can+eat+a+cookie.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 185px; HEIGHT: 263px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437924406201980642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF4Ns-l7wlAExwJnCjldgHPDCCva-rO2K3-hL-YGiocpo5f1dH-fMfWd5rF9U6XVp9lHn51VfUZl8EnJqwJSTiAV3Tyx86GB2GKrsCBnQhZSpEq6ipp6BKVAASy-wcCWGlyMBqmpHkHk4/s320/i+can+eat+a+cookie.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center">and I'm the human in charge and I can take it BACK!</p><p align="center"><strong>Take 5</strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5arKWm3p0j8W3jVnQsS9R0gn0Ek5jipQQ6-5boCYQuAFvArZ8dMgYS-hmwMdIAKtE58p3Dh37xG0gHXQf6UZONi3j55OBoOLnl44Ut0HtWra7XQn81r2jkyc7qc2BMxI_XwcnKpnsYc/s1600-h/jethro+xmas+moo.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 173px; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437924786908420866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5arKWm3p0j8W3jVnQsS9R0gn0Ek5jipQQ6-5boCYQuAFvArZ8dMgYS-hmwMdIAKtE58p3Dh37xG0gHXQf6UZONi3j55OBoOLnl44Ut0HtWra7XQn81r2jkyc7qc2BMxI_XwcnKpnsYc/s320/jethro+xmas+moo.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center">Oh so close, she found the infamous "off" button on the boy</p><p align="center"><strong>Take 6<br /></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2cYFKjOR-JgfV6WdMvPkIMHrHtZNL8GhIZyejB37-ZkrQBq7Tv40dEsEK1nQv6-fGd0MS5jsATjuE9eJuWn5IpelKWXRGj9sPiiqofY7wWi3p2Ptheh_IcQWFL2KQjtSmdoxI-zvnB4/s1600-h/no+smile.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 157px; HEIGHT: 234px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437924965182607490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2cYFKjOR-JgfV6WdMvPkIMHrHtZNL8GhIZyejB37-ZkrQBq7Tv40dEsEK1nQv6-fGd0MS5jsATjuE9eJuWn5IpelKWXRGj9sPiiqofY7wWi3p2Ptheh_IcQWFL2KQjtSmdoxI-zvnB4/s320/no+smile.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center">LOVELY!!! but where is the great smile from the first picture!?!?</p><p align="center"><strong>Take 7</strong></p><p align="left"></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhih8yhJ74NMCX-ljJIQPrsa4JZYzRHYXB48oR7m_QpD-fIPci0My1DfP6lg7zO7en-kOOGyb_8c4Y3L7ZblJrj8fK-kp2i0S0bYcXYZS1IxACN8-FifzlDjiHwBg-HkekyrV81_pTZ3WM/s1600-h/kisses.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 165px; HEIGHT: 259px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437924886844697394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhih8yhJ74NMCX-ljJIQPrsa4JZYzRHYXB48oR7m_QpD-fIPci0My1DfP6lg7zO7en-kOOGyb_8c4Y3L7ZblJrj8fK-kp2i0S0bYcXYZS1IxACN8-FifzlDjiHwBg-HkekyrV81_pTZ3WM/s320/kisses.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center">And that is what Christmas is all about! </p><p align="center">I know we are coming up on valentines day and i could have talked about all the wonderful work Jethro has learned, all the progress he's made and how much he is maturing, but honestly, this past Christmas was wonderful and i could not help but share the process with you. This is what puppy raising is. Real Life. Next year at Christmas time Jethro will be ready to assist a visually impaired client, and then i will boast about all his progress, until then, i will share real life.</p><p align="center">Until next time (which i promise will be sooner rather than later) ... happy walking!</p></div></div></div></div></div>Jethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97455304702461772.post-3155481934927410402009-12-07T20:55:00.000-08:002009-12-07T22:14:20.031-08:00Busy Days!<div><div><div><div><div>Hi All, </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm really sorry its taken me so long to update the blog, it's been a really busy time <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">around here</span>. Jethro got to spend a lot of time with sitters over the last month for a variety of reasons, the first was i have a new granddaughter!! </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8S4ZpZSRWxUtI2DGgjbaYHUTNfdgKArkj3jI7CjjparX1xShCBdL-IIbsC_bb47yDfQYszyakSx3jptpsvkNlbWqAdIxL0Z_okPfmQt8cb46TYN_8eL0KQcBc_x091InAZp4uIEOEr4/s1600-h/kaydence.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412738071934290130" style="WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 97px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8S4ZpZSRWxUtI2DGgjbaYHUTNfdgKArkj3jI7CjjparX1xShCBdL-IIbsC_bb47yDfQYszyakSx3jptpsvkNlbWqAdIxL0Z_okPfmQt8cb46TYN_8eL0KQcBc_x091InAZp4uIEOEr4/s320/kaydence.bmp" border="0" /></a></div><div>Here name is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Kaydence</span> and I flew out to California to be there when she was born, so Jethro went to jail. He really likes the guys at the Dominguez prison, and they <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">adore</span> him. He gets lots of attention (24/7 -- it is prison after all) and he gets LOTS of obedience work which he can always use since he is now 10 months old and 90+ pounds (i stop counting at 90).<br /></div><div>After I got back from California, I got him back from jail and we went about our normal puppy raising work, and it was time for his Penn-Hip <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">xrays</span>. For those of you who follow any of the other blogs, you know this <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">isn't</span> entirely normal procedures, which means there was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">something</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">questionable</span> in his regular <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">xrays</span> when he was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">neutered</span>! We all had paws crossed as he went over to South Texas Veterinary Specialists in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">VREC</span> building to have his <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">xrays</span> done.</div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9yYvMOHAuEIi-oxQ2hCXS9_nFWuMFwd-Nd9IYiELSWsOdZRGqWqv81w9ESSxPwmFe7si9_qQKPjzOZraWgYEJe0IiFD76GWNXF6P2rCWNFGuwX27YB9RPwZxfjhToC1NClQZCTZh-k4/s1600-h/jethro+10+months+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412738584257684034" style="WIDTH: 215px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9yYvMOHAuEIi-oxQ2hCXS9_nFWuMFwd-Nd9IYiELSWsOdZRGqWqv81w9ESSxPwmFe7si9_qQKPjzOZraWgYEJe0IiFD76GWNXF6P2rCWNFGuwX27YB9RPwZxfjhToC1NClQZCTZh-k4/s320/jethro+10+months+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9_LSHAkE0LDqGsDXId858MZ6L4i13hP-Ea68-Z0DUe2p_ZVFMAWxMW1VOjylE9avEUIFwQ9hECZbSlsWrMinZMeCd-Due0JtCaBlqL0uDImCwht55NK5H3woxsLsmbqRCkDL8c89LGw/s1600-h/jethro+10+months+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412739528537932914" style="WIDTH: 127px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 169px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9_LSHAkE0LDqGsDXId858MZ6L4i13hP-Ea68-Z0DUe2p_ZVFMAWxMW1VOjylE9avEUIFwQ9hECZbSlsWrMinZMeCd-Due0JtCaBlqL0uDImCwht55NK5H3woxsLsmbqRCkDL8c89LGw/s320/jethro+10+months+002.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Thankfully after a week of fretting, the all clear came back and he is good to go. Assuming he and i survive <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">adolescents</span>. He's a big fat teenager!<br /></div><div>Then i got really busy at work, and Michelle at guide dogs was helping me sit him and get some extra work into him. She's much harder on him than i am. :) But SHE just got finished training a client for three weeks at the training center, Dakota the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">labradoodle</span> (<a href="http://www.dakotastail.blogger.com/">http://www.dakotastail.blogger.com/</a>) was trained as a diabetes alert dog! He was matched with Ben a 12 year old middle <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">schooler</span> here in San Antonio with Type I Diabetes. While Michelle was busy with class and I was busy at work, we didn't want <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Jethro's</span> work to suffer, so he spent some more time at prison. He was such a happy boy and they work so hard with him. </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2kvpug2BXGjDwACAORN6B9wYKAEtW1tdAAmZMhTIEXMqVJpkNbCgAlsyKqrVIOyBVPtm9d0m8YhdftZnmRvhW7qd4lqBqeu7fsI6Slyjv2NnieibW77kCud-n6i6GknXanb5SL2heTmg/s1600-h/chillin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412743620565327554" style="WIDTH: 148px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 207px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2kvpug2BXGjDwACAORN6B9wYKAEtW1tdAAmZMhTIEXMqVJpkNbCgAlsyKqrVIOyBVPtm9d0m8YhdftZnmRvhW7qd4lqBqeu7fsI6Slyjv2NnieibW77kCud-n6i6GknXanb5SL2heTmg/s320/chillin.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div>Michelle graduated Ben and Dakota (<a href="http://dakotastails-thenextchapter.blogspot.com/">http://dakotastails-thenextchapter.blogspot.com/</a>) and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Jethro</span> came home and we started off like there was no break at all. That's <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">the</span> joy of having other puppy raisers puppy sit for you, there is no regression of work, it's like he never missed at beat, and he even came back better than he went.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOG-8SaQtmp-KXRNTKi1fzvL7xqsmr78gYfIUIPFPlJL18uyMyHvVtJRgPscKSTHl2XNLKhGzgaAawIq-lQOQuwcbdqljc4SAqDS3EHq_o1MTe7S2byDppfqNUwfBXTr_JRh6XminIxYY/s1600-h/jethro+10+months+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412740097562184098" style="WIDTH: 153px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 222px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOG-8SaQtmp-KXRNTKi1fzvL7xqsmr78gYfIUIPFPlJL18uyMyHvVtJRgPscKSTHl2XNLKhGzgaAawIq-lQOQuwcbdqljc4SAqDS3EHq_o1MTe7S2byDppfqNUwfBXTr_JRh6XminIxYY/s320/jethro+10+months+005.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTdhqeW63aGOPyUs7kGBNFdNV-vFY2400fNeHeNML1-D9QA7PtM2tgmJpPfeibjGL-eClTmzUK80d-LwU5AjBsimAOyDrZd75wC-X7CS3G4Yay9Dq4vW_66Tneh8UGqwmtJg6ab1PE04/s1600-h/jethro+10+months+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412742721392926082" style="WIDTH: 172px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 220px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTdhqeW63aGOPyUs7kGBNFdNV-vFY2400fNeHeNML1-D9QA7PtM2tgmJpPfeibjGL-eClTmzUK80d-LwU5AjBsimAOyDrZd75wC-X7CS3G4Yay9Dq4vW_66Tneh8UGqwmtJg6ab1PE04/s320/jethro+10+months+003.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>We had lots going on around here, he went to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Lowe's</span> with me to pick out some hardware for an art project I'm working on. He went Christmas shopping with me at Target, and he spent some time with us at the 3 day retreat at Scrapbook 911. All busy and fun times. his work is coming along nicely, even if he is a really big dork.</div><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19-hDLfru4msyfFSxEIsWxOTAh71LrbeAkKdhziL7JHHf20UzkyhI4lmhxw565Cp-GOug3Xu5kl4mr7Yfi9YxV2izK2HyFJ4gi4naMYGDwGgc8MryFxiLEkXN5ld9HwusUEAf2xXuOfQ/s1600-h/jethro+10+months+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412742033838874290" style="WIDTH: 157px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 223px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19-hDLfru4msyfFSxEIsWxOTAh71LrbeAkKdhziL7JHHf20UzkyhI4lmhxw565Cp-GOug3Xu5kl4mr7Yfi9YxV2izK2HyFJ4gi4naMYGDwGgc8MryFxiLEkXN5ld9HwusUEAf2xXuOfQ/s320/jethro+10+months+006.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">We still have to deal with all the puppy things 10 month <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">olds</span> do, like chewing open the seem of the ottoman trying to get the lab to play with him, getting an ear infection, and finding some weird fungus on his head. That had him in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">quarantine</span> for 10 days while the vet decided what on earth it was and whether or not it was contagious to other dogs, cats or humans. Its some <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">weird</span> name i can't <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">pronounce</span> and apparently you can only get it if you come in contact with the live spore. Go figure. All the other critters and humans are fungus free. Leave it to the German Shepherd to find some funky fungus while playing. :)</p><div>i promise not to let this go so long next time. I'm off to an artist retreat this week in Arizona, so Jethro is going to Greenwood school for a week. (<a href="http://www.greenwoodschool.net/">http://www.greenwoodschool.net/</a>) <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Tracy</span> is a brave puppy raiser who runs a great school. I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">don't</span> know who i should be more worried for, the kids or Jethro... <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">I'm</span> leaning toward Jethro. But i CAN count on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Tracy</span> to take some awesome pictures and video for me!!! :)</div><div></div></div></div></div></div>Jethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97455304702461772.post-33555318680523593522009-10-30T20:23:00.000-07:002009-10-30T22:11:53.493-07:00A day with my peeps!<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Time to get schooled!</span></strong> </div><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"> This has been a busy time for Jethro. He went on vacation to the Dominguez State Jail where Guide Dogs of Texas has a great program called PAWSitive Approach, where the offenders raise pups just like I do. They even get to leave the prison and train all over town in all the places we traditional puppy raisers do. They even come to the training center and participate in the group puppy classes. </span><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglpZq3pwXGnpwvKox9VHJh1DrXAUv7nv27dv6Jxnel7WLL2DBK8PV1CpcrufLWW89U4xoAgYAbPdvbjDY_AaD7DvUL2K3kP1RKQixuxDU04rwpcrnt0ni5VFZF-VgVW5PRqXfFJq3Eg9o/s1600-h/jethro+1.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="WIDTH: 119px; HEIGHT: 98px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398621484528530082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglpZq3pwXGnpwvKox9VHJh1DrXAUv7nv27dv6Jxnel7WLL2DBK8PV1CpcrufLWW89U4xoAgYAbPdvbjDY_AaD7DvUL2K3kP1RKQixuxDU04rwpcrnt0ni5VFZF-VgVW5PRqXfFJq3Eg9o/s320/jethro+1.jpg" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXmZvXw0HwBVoteYvfU9_rh4b-4ZsFVlVLfhqqgwWcoufl-QPUOZbN0p2LUnlx57jAlLnGzClDGlCESbZA-uYFskt0PILfTr9e__BNb81Jm-PwRJ9ea6CpYZ8qK0bkhsA9kN3QEhSodM/s1600-h/twist+2.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="WIDTH: 168px; HEIGHT: 99px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398621597582161762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMXmZvXw0HwBVoteYvfU9_rh4b-4ZsFVlVLfhqqgwWcoufl-QPUOZbN0p2LUnlx57jAlLnGzClDGlCESbZA-uYFskt0PILfTr9e__BNb81Jm-PwRJ9ea6CpYZ8qK0bkhsA9kN3QEhSodM/s320/twist+2.jpg" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Cd8oO-JThjmQHB18b8-0W0vtO0mCK84xel-hb-ALkDCQ5o_6E6rk6iMNCQejwrFRsL67JJIadchObjo4ZMtlxhy6_0vQ9bSPI5TzTQ9Z2grb2KFJ4loi218KTA2DFqiXVf_-o1QOlJk/s1600-h/232323232%7Ffp53333_nu=3236_8;7_2_6_WSNRCG=329__738_9325nu0mrj.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="WIDTH: 157px; HEIGHT: 98px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398621797969477826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Cd8oO-JThjmQHB18b8-0W0vtO0mCK84xel-hb-ALkDCQ5o_6E6rk6iMNCQejwrFRsL67JJIadchObjo4ZMtlxhy6_0vQ9bSPI5TzTQ9Z2grb2KFJ4loi218KTA2DFqiXVf_-o1QOlJk/s320/232323232%7Ffp53333_nu=3236_8;7_2_6_WSNRCG=329__738_9325nu0mrj.jpg" /></span></a><br /><div><span style="color:#000000;">We had just such a training last Saturday. All of the puppies in training, all of the puppy raisers, all the offenders (and their corrections officer) and all the potential puppy raisers waiting for puppies, and some of the volunteers who help with the pups at the prison came to the GDTx training center. I asked John, who helped with Jethro at the Golf Tournament, to help me at class too. Even Jethro's Sister Twist was there! Michelle the Puppy Nazi had all kinds of crazy stuff for us to do this time. We played with hula hoops to practice obedience with dog and human distractions, soccer cones to practice down stays as puppies and humans walked passed by is, we practiced tuck in in under chairs so that we could make sure our pups were always as inconspicuous as possible in all places, and then we practiced all that on a pretend bus. Ernie, our volunteer coordinator and guide dog user supervised the correct spacing of the "bus seats" to make sure Michelle didn't make to easy for us. Let me tell you, getting on and taking a seat on the buss, with PASSENGERS ALREADY ON THE BUS is not as easy as it sounds!!!</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2v-Z_R2vs_gf5nc4UXAqYtN53nz8Paf4M7WGqghhuYL54JRdEyxo5Zx53lGgRPdWbxRuRd8Bo_wgcE8FdJi8vB_7cCFrp55z6rKObtEd0EQET-5zosysQFqZKJxCNUzx2UUBBaJ0b7E/s1600-h/tuck+in.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="WIDTH: 96px; HEIGHT: 64px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398622117074406066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC2v-Z_R2vs_gf5nc4UXAqYtN53nz8Paf4M7WGqghhuYL54JRdEyxo5Zx53lGgRPdWbxRuRd8Bo_wgcE8FdJi8vB_7cCFrp55z6rKObtEd0EQET-5zosysQFqZKJxCNUzx2UUBBaJ0b7E/s320/tuck+in.jpg" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1yaQi-H15sgz43wuelGpNSoJBsmMzIottsFT21AjtbXYaioCVeJlOAtZXMj9LxmwDJrjWOlq3dDSt5yWAUWGXwHdyQH4MCR3GZpY1lQoNjKOjqiBpgJSQPBGbj1FYchN8gpkLGjPE-Eo/s1600-h/bus+stop.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="WIDTH: 96px; HEIGHT: 64px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398621924508734338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1yaQi-H15sgz43wuelGpNSoJBsmMzIottsFT21AjtbXYaioCVeJlOAtZXMj9LxmwDJrjWOlq3dDSt5yWAUWGXwHdyQH4MCR3GZpY1lQoNjKOjqiBpgJSQPBGbj1FYchN8gpkLGjPE-Eo/s320/bus+stop.jpg" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbPpJ85SpioSJTgULbVIR_VlILhQybpKze7i-fuD82y28KjZryPXJ5CFcKWBrk9fho2idRPifxem0V5V8z0Vmrb90CsFouomDm5uDErKRsjOgbWmmem-k6PAbx9KXm5hEjLPwtR6zV7A/s1600-h/buffet.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="WIDTH: 112px; HEIGHT: 66px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398621866141757810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbPpJ85SpioSJTgULbVIR_VlILhQybpKze7i-fuD82y28KjZryPXJ5CFcKWBrk9fho2idRPifxem0V5V8z0Vmrb90CsFouomDm5uDErKRsjOgbWmmem-k6PAbx9KXm5hEjLPwtR6zV7A/s320/buffet.jpg" /></span></a><br /><div><span style="color:#000000;">She forced us to work the dual sided lunch buffet with dogs on BOTH sides. She did make a great comment I'd like to share with you. She pointed out, when we all complained that it was HARD to get our food while controlling PUPPIES, there were people everywhere, puppies everywhere and at one point MUSTARD everywhere. So Michelle tells us, think about the end goal. <strong><span style="color:#000099;">Would this be ac</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#000099;">ceptable behavior for YOUR GUIDE DOG, if you were invited over to your in-laws, for a Thanksgiving buffet, and your GUIDE DOG was behaving like your guide dog IN TRAINING is?</span> </strong>Wow, you know, we spend so much time dealing with the normal issues of raising a puppy, getting the next skill mastered, that sometimes we really loose sight of of the end user. A visually impaired Texan, who is going to rely on this puppy we are raising to get them through life's little moments, and some not so little moments. It really made us all pause for a moment. </span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirEhSfmMs2BYQtZanse37Ncz4cKoVfdb7rdzW7M9siUg-SzxPNZ033ryf0fvmMY8x0ylHCW8eFknoZG6nEhdrVVd8yXOfw7opWNU5d-CNXPrXfeeRMfFRJNnS604ha8J8VzBwnfyXPvmo/s1600-h/down+stay.jpg"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="WIDTH: 96px; HEIGHT: 64px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398620524709523618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirEhSfmMs2BYQtZanse37Ncz4cKoVfdb7rdzW7M9siUg-SzxPNZ033ryf0fvmMY8x0ylHCW8eFknoZG6nEhdrVVd8yXOfw7opWNU5d-CNXPrXfeeRMfFRJNnS604ha8J8VzBwnfyXPvmo/s320/down+stay.jpg" /></span></strong></a><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkRRdCreUURnea97l07AGUn2m7VZpf0Y7W9Pt3ifSzuhIkUua8MAv8hksJGOBk1Uh-tZjhT84ewtctlgfvnFgBAnTcZayE_yDQySXB3V3c9BBwv5_c5-7FIFLAIUpQEXEYw1IgyP5KpY/s1600-h/ziva.jpg"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="WIDTH: 96px; HEIGHT: 64px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398620456272505762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkRRdCreUURnea97l07AGUn2m7VZpf0Y7W9Pt3ifSzuhIkUua8MAv8hksJGOBk1Uh-tZjhT84ewtctlgfvnFgBAnTcZayE_yDQySXB3V3c9BBwv5_c5-7FIFLAIUpQEXEYw1IgyP5KpY/s320/ziva.jpg" /></span></strong></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZydKeH96PQH_6_M7e9-pFQKiV5rv396q-3bqw9tUXnOgQg55B4_NBjEZnPH9IsRA26f_ikDyqU_PX424mIng_1tAcfXO2yj3aZihnYqoBA5qTlvI_zg9JXX1badZGFyHsxnguor9jhY/s1600-h/group+1.jpg"><strong><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="WIDTH: 96px; HEIGHT: 64px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398620365121387314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZydKeH96PQH_6_M7e9-pFQKiV5rv396q-3bqw9tUXnOgQg55B4_NBjEZnPH9IsRA26f_ikDyqU_PX424mIng_1tAcfXO2yj3aZihnYqoBA5qTlvI_zg9JXX1badZGFyHsxnguor9jhY/s320/group+1.jpg" /></span></strong></a><br /><div><span style="color:#000000;">We ended the day hearing the story of Dakota, the once guide dog to be who has been re-purposed to be a diabetes alert dog. What a fantastic story. You can read all about it on his blog! </span><a href="http://dakotastails.blogspot.com/"><span style="color:#000000;">http://dakotastails.blogspot.com/</span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> you will be amazed! That last hurrah of the day is always a free run for the pups all together. I love to watch dogs play and just be dogs, even the working variety! so play they did! </span></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCs4hNhmJA4G4auZfOyV14slGTzjvbbmcpvwO-Zf11ssC8QmokaXNDyy_RSH-m2L-IVaTb2Ug22D_khhIYKFe0LPHEwYQPAvrjbbWANYa7cmZGpCCb9OrcMVj2jVofDGMOgFhTNPFFIHI/s1600-h/doodle.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="WIDTH: 141px; HEIGHT: 82px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398621996406729570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCs4hNhmJA4G4auZfOyV14slGTzjvbbmcpvwO-Zf11ssC8QmokaXNDyy_RSH-m2L-IVaTb2Ug22D_khhIYKFe0LPHEwYQPAvrjbbWANYa7cmZGpCCb9OrcMVj2jVofDGMOgFhTNPFFIHI/s320/doodle.jpg" /></span></a></p><div><span style="color:#000000;"></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7FgmUiWYwKnPxyKiHnOrw9y_9qns5lUPkuvR7BLbBjYkPvDd9x8uSQloNY3AaOlztvHnhuBkNBGwrJVeVnEbLo2rWqMBeJhOssm3oERwvGUgtkwMw736FCuueMLxgQn3V8VrULQLEUk/s1600-h/jethro+hoop.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="WIDTH: 155px; HEIGHT: 77px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398620836567418322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7FgmUiWYwKnPxyKiHnOrw9y_9qns5lUPkuvR7BLbBjYkPvDd9x8uSQloNY3AaOlztvHnhuBkNBGwrJVeVnEbLo2rWqMBeJhOssm3oERwvGUgtkwMw736FCuueMLxgQn3V8VrULQLEUk/s320/jethro+hoop.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpJAukJ1qAYsmbnCyK3Y9m_IVsn7cDGOG4dJ7KLgRjirbuMaK8wVYHyorGSy2zMRaPRJz4gRsYABxymQNLNqzpxBPl_g-TnPVR_rTprLuYF95wP3wPGW1ghbzrrnHYKNg9jQy4iO9CII/s1600-h/hoop+set+up.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="WIDTH: 114px; HEIGHT: 78px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398620709914408530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpJAukJ1qAYsmbnCyK3Y9m_IVsn7cDGOG4dJ7KLgRjirbuMaK8wVYHyorGSy2zMRaPRJz4gRsYABxymQNLNqzpxBPl_g-TnPVR_rTprLuYF95wP3wPGW1ghbzrrnHYKNg9jQy4iO9CII/s320/hoop+set+up.jpg" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1ijStKU60yMtLMpsijWq3HlHrk3A_5Q9I0lqijbm2Wk1xnLaHGAjoYThX_qitVluwZAgIpdbMnlHnW8azqvlFtmAcz7zLshn42pYuytNCMpTZuxfhHlt5VXBqjcl0OmTEMA5b_PF3m4/s1600-h/hoop+sit+leroy.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="WIDTH: 135px; HEIGHT: 75px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398620616569875554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1ijStKU60yMtLMpsijWq3HlHrk3A_5Q9I0lqijbm2Wk1xnLaHGAjoYThX_qitVluwZAgIpdbMnlHnW8azqvlFtmAcz7zLshn42pYuytNCMpTZuxfhHlt5VXBqjcl0OmTEMA5b_PF3m4/s320/hoop+sit+leroy.jpg" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7JqlnGiNIiZR16Ux3ZA7Vyz8hggvdRFGw1Rj_nWSUvilwo8bJ7t66FaM0NFmd3V3Dbitpo9dG_hb1hymD4pMvAbuBci6XbH7dl372zsRs5u7vzeTC4L8yJGzhdwMJlbr4swLTZR-Jeo/s1600-h/free+run.jpg"><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="WIDTH: 114px; HEIGHT: 86px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398622199555487266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7JqlnGiNIiZR16Ux3ZA7Vyz8hggvdRFGw1Rj_nWSUvilwo8bJ7t66FaM0NFmd3V3Dbitpo9dG_hb1hymD4pMvAbuBci6XbH7dl372zsRs5u7vzeTC4L8yJGzhdwMJlbr4swLTZR-Jeo/s320/free+run.jpg" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDas3CxoUKoEER_LDdv8CN0nEgFL0jS9edtubEqUMgq0xB0Ww7MVhNBSAF1rvGeMMTkDW1VjxcfpVt1nJslwC4gDYVgsOKBbMXf4kHfFHfUH0ElehW9C9vwpHFxE5SB3ttQgsRPUEPs_g/s1600-h/free+run.jpg"></a><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97455304702461772.post-21251685295683739962009-09-26T18:39:00.000-07:002009-10-02T20:44:43.840-07:00A Visit to Big Boy SchoolThis was a fun and exhausting week for Jethro. He took a trip to Guide Dogs of Texas' training center. He spent the day getting used all the different things at the training center that all the "big boys" learn when they graduate.<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>He spent time in each of the offices, as you can see we all have puppy gates built into our office doors, its a very user friendly office for dogs. Annie the office manager gets dog visitors all the time. She has the patience of a saint! </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0QQgaVsb3kIvp71gYUpzH92gaBx8g9SN66FAChUotYbUrgCmUIPhvRlMWiSoCpVGT-rNpm9BxQ8H7LS2BeZ0eKz4HnPzdQ_VlgMM2BUeeKg_XHLLIHuypbwqKgHsCtHC2wF7fJlw-3Hw/s1600-h/jethro+at+training+center+tangled+039.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 104px; HEIGHT: 149px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386010718897045730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0QQgaVsb3kIvp71gYUpzH92gaBx8g9SN66FAChUotYbUrgCmUIPhvRlMWiSoCpVGT-rNpm9BxQ8H7LS2BeZ0eKz4HnPzdQ_VlgMM2BUeeKg_XHLLIHuypbwqKgHsCtHC2wF7fJlw-3Hw/s320/jethro+at+training+center+tangled+039.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_5nYnJutGZfo5aFX4RiwibGZ1nCk-tGHLMuWQxQSL4ZT0_u1Yc5MHqWmxEbcXmzje77SZ62DqUAf-i914d6gj1ygSRVtODU_4vBM7vNrYgQm9qXMhAxERu7919f3DAwiFeMsT179uks/s1600-h/jethro+at+training+center+tangled+035.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 123px; HEIGHT: 148px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386007247148022370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_5nYnJutGZfo5aFX4RiwibGZ1nCk-tGHLMuWQxQSL4ZT0_u1Yc5MHqWmxEbcXmzje77SZ62DqUAf-i914d6gj1ygSRVtODU_4vBM7vNrYgQm9qXMhAxERu7919f3DAwiFeMsT179uks/s320/jethro+at+training+center+tangled+035.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAe1BIQQTgx8Ld_3TtnFILJRrM5kMyyzlIHIvUXgLs8qxijYZLbOEblhclZcLxdde2P17j7HTaaiaO3LqWU1OSTLJ_pkCG25n-VWCSxt438RviprSVxRfLi4WXaB2QsPyiokg7Tj_G-jE/s1600-h/jethro+at+training+center+tangled+034.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 114px; HEIGHT: 146px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386006806214462322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAe1BIQQTgx8Ld_3TtnFILJRrM5kMyyzlIHIvUXgLs8qxijYZLbOEblhclZcLxdde2P17j7HTaaiaO3LqWU1OSTLJ_pkCG25n-VWCSxt438RviprSVxRfLi4WXaB2QsPyiokg7Tj_G-jE/s320/jethro+at+training+center+tangled+034.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div></div><div> Jethro had to get used to the potty pens that the big dogs use, it similar to people using public bathrooms, some dogs cope really well going "busy" away from home, and others really have some issues. The different textures of the pea gravel and the different doggy smells made for some interesting challenges. He didn't participate in that process very well, he was quite happy to get home :)<br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCOo3HZIj_w7Hq7wOU4IdbnSn7sZwmM2uYagvBecf6CTdUcmXc4NKdG6dBsxtrMaU6-gq6VT-MejEQ0qG7VmNBU1f0h4XgqVF8CcJxaHN82Wu3nevod1mm3S-mrknXbTuMDvTA0-saXg/s1600-h/jethro+at+training+center+tangled+023.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 135px; HEIGHT: 121px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386007697017066130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCOo3HZIj_w7Hq7wOU4IdbnSn7sZwmM2uYagvBecf6CTdUcmXc4NKdG6dBsxtrMaU6-gq6VT-MejEQ0qG7VmNBU1f0h4XgqVF8CcJxaHN82Wu3nevod1mm3S-mrknXbTuMDvTA0-saXg/s320/jethro+at+training+center+tangled+023.jpg" /></a></p><div>he spent some time in the puppy managers office, where he finally laid down and took a nap instead of getting into everything. He did all kinds of naughty things that all the puppies do in a new situation. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNa0hPMaAX7gVFX-d4zyK6iFtezXKXQHR-PxJXL-uW4hZ7xsGQhAT7Fnl_GH_JIX16IiUqy8uKMykOYWyWQQ4i8gAiDZfqGVToDBTSyQ38QE8HhptxiW_PBQZoBNeT-ISIKwd9yfOFCM/s1600-h/jethro+at+training+center+tangled+041.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 160px; HEIGHT: 114px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386013501834900546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNa0hPMaAX7gVFX-d4zyK6iFtezXKXQHR-PxJXL-uW4hZ7xsGQhAT7Fnl_GH_JIX16IiUqy8uKMykOYWyWQQ4i8gAiDZfqGVToDBTSyQ38QE8HhptxiW_PBQZoBNeT-ISIKwd9yfOFCM/s320/jethro+at+training+center+tangled+041.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTUVWQhShh_9WTO6373jkZJgWqtHI0vBKWSGf5B5gFdhB5YXRA5qFNW4j7YT4eLmiQWZq49PdAItQf5y1KFib7RkrRP43hilUWflY4h5Ta4oredsbW0GniUxpJe9yM7g9Wj0vpstsCZ0/s1600-h/jethro+at+training+center+tangled+042.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 151px; HEIGHT: 112px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386014605144412098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTUVWQhShh_9WTO6373jkZJgWqtHI0vBKWSGf5B5gFdhB5YXRA5qFNW4j7YT4eLmiQWZq49PdAItQf5y1KFib7RkrRP43hilUWflY4h5Ta4oredsbW0GniUxpJe9yM7g9Wj0vpstsCZ0/s320/jethro+at+training+center+tangled+042.jpg" /></a><br />he then got to go out to the kennel and hop up on the grooming table and learn to lay there for grooming and nail triming. he was not real excited about the whole stay on the table, thing but he sure liked the cookies he got for being a good boy! </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzxb4eCjw5LfBtpVt2x-879IVmRF2xwDa34fnc1EVHMpsk01qr2IT6fi9o-KVsrMiiYFfQo6ibRw_88ISM24xJOYF67XLtAxAnaoQKnLh4jKnxVBrjHFh9OiEOhcR6RQ3M-RFkn0lsUk/s1600-h/jethro+at+training+center+tangled+033.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 123px; HEIGHT: 135px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386013055929230322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzxb4eCjw5LfBtpVt2x-879IVmRF2xwDa34fnc1EVHMpsk01qr2IT6fi9o-KVsrMiiYFfQo6ibRw_88ISM24xJOYF67XLtAxAnaoQKnLh4jKnxVBrjHFh9OiEOhcR6RQ3M-RFkn0lsUk/s320/jethro+at+training+center+tangled+033.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4xE7FTjetctx7d-KZcipzY4wxB4ryB6ClfYHzZjTZ6LakWrOGpBuPBIQUuuncJGVCoegTgdH-2dLfZdoFCDRRjAi60_-ptGODAnkBQO4Oa_Tn0sKpBv1_2oUDXdts5gtYXiX5zTYcmE/s1600-h/jethro+at+training+center+tangled+029.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 147px; HEIGHT: 129px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386012083886531394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4xE7FTjetctx7d-KZcipzY4wxB4ryB6ClfYHzZjTZ6LakWrOGpBuPBIQUuuncJGVCoegTgdH-2dLfZdoFCDRRjAi60_-ptGODAnkBQO4Oa_Tn0sKpBv1_2oUDXdts5gtYXiX5zTYcmE/s320/jethro+at+training+center+tangled+029.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7n6l0bUuPPo0y3pMmZFMjhq3Ln2003b6f4R9GWXhZihqcvzgaa8-GsWVbxje3dJa6AJav1A41l9BrIa4wNwW-iHGG-M8QWBDN8OYJYcISlxzUl4USMh42f-1HNHobHLIgy3934fps2DU/s1600-h/jethro+at+training+center+tangled+028.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 153px; HEIGHT: 128px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386013864332758242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7n6l0bUuPPo0y3pMmZFMjhq3Ln2003b6f4R9GWXhZihqcvzgaa8-GsWVbxje3dJa6AJav1A41l9BrIa4wNwW-iHGG-M8QWBDN8OYJYcISlxzUl4USMh42f-1HNHobHLIgy3934fps2DU/s320/jethro+at+training+center+tangled+028.jpg" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>then off to the scale for a weekly weigh in. 68.8 pounds. hes a BIG boy for only 6 1/2 months. His work is really nice, and he's learning really well. he is hitting adolescents, which is not so fun for the humans in his life. he is testing all the rules at the house like any teenage boy! YUCK! but he'll get over it and we will like him again! but let's not mention the black paint on the beige carpet ok!</div><div> </div><div>the next 10 days Jethro is spending out at the Dominguez State Jail as part of the Pawsitive Approach Program. We like to expose all the dogs to all the environments!</div><div><a href="http://www.guidedogsoftexas.org/pawsitive-approach.htm">www.guidedogsoftexas.org/pawsitive-approach.htm</a> </div><div>stay tuned!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97455304702461772.post-25203417452236447922009-09-14T15:18:00.000-07:002009-09-14T15:50:06.632-07:00FORE!!Its that time of year when Guide Dogs of Texas has their charity golf tournament. This past Friday we spent the day in the rain at the Hyatt Hill Country Resort and Golf Course. It is a BEAUTIFUL facility and even in the pouring rain we had so much fun! Jethro got to spend some time out on the 11th hole checking the closest to the pin contest. He hung out with one of our volunteers while I worked back at the registration table.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5LZ0AowvVKegZPCVZu-aDhBR_QmY8uqqBJqcfFNFtxPxU-vQp_kVJ5z2bH3SYbmeW7DJ_y7Pv7Zen6Xr0Nwsj9vFtdSV-MCb36C1r2-yRYAK7ap4g7BW891BOengjA9iyTGWoSmiPR1I/s1600-h/jethro+golf+006.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5LZ0AowvVKegZPCVZu-aDhBR_QmY8uqqBJqcfFNFtxPxU-vQp_kVJ5z2bH3SYbmeW7DJ_y7Pv7Zen6Xr0Nwsj9vFtdSV-MCb36C1r2-yRYAK7ap4g7BW891BOengjA9iyTGWoSmiPR1I/s320/jethro+golf+006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381454742445023746" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNlsrI4vZ8UBeEi9w-5FTGZUoyOrAOU3RLZvc6-ws_skZAGZiApTbhhWvgPSUBQhS4zhNzIk5aMEK1EEEpgrq93rE6UvVXnuxgz78AltbFyHTNTpmE9ltrxArNvC40m4fjKpiKH0tmK4/s1600-h/jethro+golf+013.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguNlsrI4vZ8UBeEi9w-5FTGZUoyOrAOU3RLZvc6-ws_skZAGZiApTbhhWvgPSUBQhS4zhNzIk5aMEK1EEEpgrq93rE6UvVXnuxgz78AltbFyHTNTpmE9ltrxArNvC40m4fjKpiKH0tmK4/s320/jethro+golf+013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381457293969316514" border="0" /></a></div>Jethro even got to run out to the hole on a golf cart. Not as easy as it sounds when your a 65 pound puppy between he feet of a guy who is 6'4"<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCiSIQP04F8Q4npQl99BHAnZwZWe-rF_GcHJBQQEGmSX4euKoJQPEYMFY39snb_YrGHgBCYzYZQx062ibcQkHeahQbuyqcrJ_5PGO-TRgQi9UxWPj-SL-W1xwCsWA-EqjQs3vZ2xNTfA/s1600-h/jethro+golf+010.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKCiSIQP04F8Q4npQl99BHAnZwZWe-rF_GcHJBQQEGmSX4euKoJQPEYMFY39snb_YrGHgBCYzYZQx062ibcQkHeahQbuyqcrJ_5PGO-TRgQi9UxWPj-SL-W1xwCsWA-EqjQs3vZ2xNTfA/s320/jethro+golf+010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381456298949943250" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div>Now that its cooled off a little bit training has been really nice. Although he has a LOT more energy when its not so hot. That has been interesting to work with. he can walk longer and play longer too! He is teething also and wants to on everything from a water bottle to your hand. Ruby is still his favorite chew toy, much to her dismay. I think she keeps waiting to see when he wont come back from one of his adventures. When we get back from a training walk she looks like, dang it, you brought him home again!! :)<br /><br />His work is really starting to progress nicely and he has learned to find doors, counters and the girls room. Which came in very helpful at the golf course because I had no idea where it was!!<br /><br />hes not so good with trash cans, and buttons yet but we are working on it.<br /><br />Here's to a good cool work week!Jethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97455304702461772.post-58390831457901284502009-09-08T14:15:00.000-07:002009-09-08T16:09:26.036-07:00Catching up!Hi all, I'm sorry its been so long since and update. I've been out of town a lot, which means Jethro goes to a sitter! being at a sitter is a really good thing for guide dogs in training. they learn to cope with transition, they learn that rules are the same wherever they go and they learn that there is a whole other scary world out there to cope with. Jethro can use all of that! he just turned 6 months old and is starting adolescence. I hate teen age boys!!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4H1q96MTFOcCIUOnG5z2qVweNVzgxHWOEKdThHlP_Zf1PuyR-31o2WBrHCUoyUVy-KVq8tWrsYPMsMxnyO7XCjYwQHbKGDVcOgPhOh0epIKofiH2x_TTwGFWFh0NVNiiqoiiLvNiIF-E/s1600-h/IMG_4804.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 157px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4H1q96MTFOcCIUOnG5z2qVweNVzgxHWOEKdThHlP_Zf1PuyR-31o2WBrHCUoyUVy-KVq8tWrsYPMsMxnyO7XCjYwQHbKGDVcOgPhOh0epIKofiH2x_TTwGFWFh0NVNiiqoiiLvNiIF-E/s320/IMG_4804.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379233847844556898" border="0" /></a></div>Jethro went to visit a puppy raiser in Austin who has some great experience not only with guide dogs, she is raising her 4th, but also with German Shepherds. She also has a crazy menagerie of all kinds of critters, including a cat named Buddy, who shall we say is "special". Jethro LOVES Buddy! he loves Phantom, <a href="http://phantomstales.blogspot.com/">http://phantomstales.blogspot.com/</a> their guide dog in training and Floyd, their therapy dog, and he even probably likes Lila the dachshund (although she barely tolerates him). There is Cassidy, the shepherd too. not too mention the giant turtle and all the other cats and a huge bird! Jethro didn't know what he was in for!! By the time i picked him up, he was used to all of it and happy as a clam. Even if he Sharon was ready to kill him for throwing a hissy fit in her office!! bad puppy!! no bark!!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigvBjACr-LEkgZLckMAeclO0hrzy7oQM_MDxZuRsLyG_uWpAc25DK4xJLwU6Af38_jFmw21xE7E5JR7Xhe293U0sO5U7U5z5vyMNj_8QObJUlq9XJmQV2757eddPUQ9NQV36Y5AEKAV8/s1600-h/IMG_4794.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigvBjACr-LEkgZLckMAeclO0hrzy7oQM_MDxZuRsLyG_uWpAc25DK4xJLwU6Af38_jFmw21xE7E5JR7Xhe293U0sO5U7U5z5vyMNj_8QObJUlq9XJmQV2757eddPUQ9NQV36Y5AEKAV8/s320/IMG_4794.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379234575227926354" border="0" /></a></div>After the first round of puppy sitting we had Jethro home long enough to take care of some necessary business. we had him neutered! He was pretty good about the whole thing, he whined some, and was a little groggy from the anesthesia but overall he bounced back pretty good. And even though he was required to wear the cone of shame (SQUIRREL) because he refused to leave his stitches alone, he flew around the house like nothing was the matter. he didn't care that he pounded the back of our legs with the evil cone, or knocked stuff off the coffee table, or moved furniture or sliced the back of my ankle. he was perfectly happy with the cone!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLebl6JRwMCIhznaOzsLbiuOd49I-G1chgIRNaMgVHeWJxnpJswZUNYiUSASx4VLSgiDWxGMChY6a3Pm_rlc8ciNWZb3SXY4GLO8jcnozn_B4V7DmVL7maLxhmPgf6AnnCxMZpUwB8FWM/s1600-h/jethro+cone+001.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLebl6JRwMCIhznaOzsLbiuOd49I-G1chgIRNaMgVHeWJxnpJswZUNYiUSASx4VLSgiDWxGMChY6a3Pm_rlc8ciNWZb3SXY4GLO8jcnozn_B4V7DmVL7maLxhmPgf6AnnCxMZpUwB8FWM/s320/jethro+cone+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379235245130605570" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpuXN9sQslP8LYPcuwONJ2n83Q0HU5YYrSa3Wt9U3C3oGGZQIb0azhe1d7ehS_IKcINxqS24hsHG-WM8VuqlOM0jl2LJynTOG4D_c7UqWc3-fBL9a996MBFSesj3uGR_sT8fpk7lC8pRw/s1600-h/jethro+cone+002.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpuXN9sQslP8LYPcuwONJ2n83Q0HU5YYrSa3Wt9U3C3oGGZQIb0azhe1d7ehS_IKcINxqS24hsHG-WM8VuqlOM0jl2LJynTOG4D_c7UqWc3-fBL9a996MBFSesj3uGR_sT8fpk7lC8pRw/s320/jethro+cone+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379236517848750290" border="0" /></a><br />Right at the end of his confinement we sent him back to Austins so i could go on another trip. He loves going to Sharon's and he got to swim in the baby pool, he really thinks hes a lab, and check in with all his pals and Buddy his favorite cat. He really doesn't understand why the cat at home doesn't like him as much as Buddy does!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAe8jJbIwARKvvL5ITbIAVxWtWXsife-jmyl5MM0c2BItp_pNcuuIUWCceiYNMnlzAq5MPY9l2bg6JVznpRsVYcjWXDxqI8tU_mqTNfi71x33FM15uEBz-sI5AufFukBOk__NDGpqkjlY/s1600-h/IMG_4791.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAe8jJbIwARKvvL5ITbIAVxWtWXsife-jmyl5MM0c2BItp_pNcuuIUWCceiYNMnlzAq5MPY9l2bg6JVznpRsVYcjWXDxqI8tU_mqTNfi71x33FM15uEBz-sI5AufFukBOk__NDGpqkjlY/s320/IMG_4791.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379236987675123810" border="0" /></a><br /></div>We are all back to normal now and he is fully recovered and we are back to training all over town. his work is really coming along nicely even though he is still so young. its really hard to think of him as a young pup. last week he weighed 64 whopping pounds!! he now is the biggest dog in our house, and the youngest! he's a full 2 inches taller then ruby!!<br /><br />The hard work begins now. we need to start teaching some of the finer work, so off we go for a new adventure!Jethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97455304702461772.post-78245453163080965092009-08-14T11:23:00.000-07:002009-08-15T13:48:55.602-07:00Road TripIt was a special week for Jethro. He got to go on a road trip with Michelle the Puppy Raising Program Manager for Guide Dogs of Texas, basically my boss. Michelle's been know to grab a dog from anybody handy when she needs to do a presentation or event, so it wasn't a surprise when she said she was taking him. So off to the Wisconsin he went! Here is Michelle's Entry for you!<br /><br /><p align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-6djn4Y436FI2Y7tSlDkoLy1vaP2C3HaL48T3B9Knqf3GoTnvUg1bI8_SwkQZIi4Usm3xnx6V3lPKdZlgI8XgMLEDK2UAUJ8RlbID44aN2yRNlSjzrb3lhs41BE0uChEFQ-R01fPJmo/s1600-h/bb+pix+283.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369905294033739426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-6djn4Y436FI2Y7tSlDkoLy1vaP2C3HaL48T3B9Knqf3GoTnvUg1bI8_SwkQZIi4Usm3xnx6V3lPKdZlgI8XgMLEDK2UAUJ8RlbID44aN2yRNlSjzrb3lhs41BE0uChEFQ-R01fPJmo/s320/bb+pix+283.jpg" /></a></p><br />He thought looking backward would help get him there faster, maybe he just wanted to see what he missed being in the back seat. but we were sure to give him a traveling companion. That's Dug from the movie UP, if you haven't seen it GO see it!<br />From south Texas to northern Wisconsin is a bit of a haul, we went through Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, and Oklahoma. We had some weather to deal with so we didn't get all the state signs but we got a few :) Jethro was a rock star with the crazy traffic noise while he stood on the side of the road for pictures, they will go in his album of the road trip!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQeNsUNKtLMZ0Nc62H96VILVWFQ1HYZdO_4Gu9M0VDlSEJoY644tQXrtOctJ659bMDZuWkruhMX0uxSlU_PrdTv7q2SuqXyTv3ob7U4JSkNAxO9wzZxk7iA6iE0t6Xyb6_JACrWzhX2Q/s1600-h/bb+pix+279.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 172px; HEIGHT: 112px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369906356824282754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQeNsUNKtLMZ0Nc62H96VILVWFQ1HYZdO_4Gu9M0VDlSEJoY644tQXrtOctJ659bMDZuWkruhMX0uxSlU_PrdTv7q2SuqXyTv3ob7U4JSkNAxO9wzZxk7iA6iE0t6Xyb6_JACrWzhX2Q/s320/bb+pix+279.jpg" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1wIZ9Ekb09ckdjGFM8BHt8FazqJmzotkWWb3sPOq7ZLb5GRlTAiZKLC0bQfVpo7U3xiGhk1Bxv1b4n-RXugVPR7X61mpDoHGZW-xyJgkMf4139fjYJS9J9UPU4NG6kCr1mdxl5wWaro/s1600-h/bb+pix+282.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 204px; HEIGHT: 111px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369906478525370962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1wIZ9Ekb09ckdjGFM8BHt8FazqJmzotkWWb3sPOq7ZLb5GRlTAiZKLC0bQfVpo7U3xiGhk1Bxv1b4n-RXugVPR7X61mpDoHGZW-xyJgkMf4139fjYJS9J9UPU4NG6kCr1mdxl5wWaro/s320/bb+pix+282.jpg" /></a><br />We spent A LOT of time in the car, 2900 miles to be exact, and he was good as gold, most of the time. After all he is a 5 month old puppy. He decided to shred the box that holds all the travel poo bags! not much i could do while driving, except clean up the mess at the next gas fill up.<br /><br /><p align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJABHzS5iebf1RNOsZwBkV3JA7CMBnUOtftQKDgisw69fyWd8psqQLoKJJFm4hUGPWuBShHpaZcWCuecOsGYHAxRP_BTVP5xlstlnv71F56snSIeZZ9QH5a6OxY-CjmX_6sVDjCy9NqI/s1600-h/reunion+028.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 189px; HEIGHT: 120px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369907963139270994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJABHzS5iebf1RNOsZwBkV3JA7CMBnUOtftQKDgisw69fyWd8psqQLoKJJFm4hUGPWuBShHpaZcWCuecOsGYHAxRP_BTVP5xlstlnv71F56snSIeZZ9QH5a6OxY-CjmX_6sVDjCy9NqI/s320/reunion+028.jpg" /></a></p><br />he slept and slept and slept in the car which was GREAT, but by the time we were done driving for the night all he wanted to do was play!! UGGG!! Feeling bad for him being cooped up all day (but so was I)<br /><p align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4YgXV7zhUejKE1zFT4wTNljpVuPkbOFdotFkAm5dEo28FIVM0JcpMe395aVFFqWRrCj2uRSz8qD_bv5n211eiCqQaWw2_CKAQ5MFp_KDYEUXNB9RuPt3IKvnn4Ma-aNWAdFDorCWAOw/s1600-h/reunion+134.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 234px; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369913081318478194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4YgXV7zhUejKE1zFT4wTNljpVuPkbOFdotFkAm5dEo28FIVM0JcpMe395aVFFqWRrCj2uRSz8qD_bv5n211eiCqQaWw2_CKAQ5MFp_KDYEUXNB9RuPt3IKvnn4Ma-aNWAdFDorCWAOw/s320/reunion+134.jpg" /></a></p>I made sure he got a nice walk around our hotel, all the new smells and sounds and moths and this weird stuff called rain, tired him out (finally) and we got to bed, but up early the next morning to start over again!<br /><br /><p align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCdYSc_Mlj4XHqhY9Pdz-T4fm7x_T3X7x56dNCZWynoUQKtDYW8kVvGInz8kWUWsbZD-kr2IK2LKtwM4tf9xVlbHVibkgr6iX03E-6DtPaVYnmv1cf5Oav-Zs9UWZCHcs7Lu_qd4kz8k/s1600-h/reunion+020.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 208px; HEIGHT: 117px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369909243896115186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhCdYSc_Mlj4XHqhY9Pdz-T4fm7x_T3X7x56dNCZWynoUQKtDYW8kVvGInz8kWUWsbZD-kr2IK2LKtwM4tf9xVlbHVibkgr6iX03E-6DtPaVYnmv1cf5Oav-Zs9UWZCHcs7Lu_qd4kz8k/s320/reunion+020.jpg" /></a></p>We fianlly made it to beutiful Merrill Wisconsin, the weather was a very balmy 86 degrees, but after how many days of 100+ it felt blissful! it rained and thundered and was COLD the first night we were there. Jethro got to play with all his cousin dogs.<br /><p align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPE8gGp_VoLm72WRdJwMp3a_ol6iVSJWy9HOz1Lbev-nilW4aQQlB6vSOq3HA-umzahXM7DeWKG1vY5Kvx_mfITKcrzYDD36akPPiDicZ-83AkkTASnva5MgaFlWJoTMsKDWjflOQ5ZE0/s1600-h/reunion+046.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 198px; HEIGHT: 118px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369910270678789618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPE8gGp_VoLm72WRdJwMp3a_ol6iVSJWy9HOz1Lbev-nilW4aQQlB6vSOq3HA-umzahXM7DeWKG1vY5Kvx_mfITKcrzYDD36akPPiDicZ-83AkkTASnva5MgaFlWJoTMsKDWjflOQ5ZE0/s320/reunion+046.jpg" /></a></p>We were on 85 acres of freedom to him so off leash he went.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7voo8eU9vP0iflwOvniYy_keBjBl5gIjag3CSAGXvjpaXJLxs1SyZ4YXPcXue3FpGbaaOJQ9cBAC8TLHcplpogKdxUXGuA3WM830aUtZKNxv9lj6sUWiYDSc4NdMtYMVhTIJ5z4FFPqc/s1600-h/reunion+065.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 252px; HEIGHT: 157px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369910723822458818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7voo8eU9vP0iflwOvniYy_keBjBl5gIjag3CSAGXvjpaXJLxs1SyZ4YXPcXue3FpGbaaOJQ9cBAC8TLHcplpogKdxUXGuA3WM830aUtZKNxv9lj6sUWiYDSc4NdMtYMVhTIJ5z4FFPqc/s320/reunion+065.jpg" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2WbY1nMkCE_WvQHF8Elr27CIbYovbACiX1x0ormSH4L3qKOwv2zoDCcBXOHou4HUtLRBo-BEm4MRx5ddIGyApIxBd2hK-J0TUgfE11LL60VnJRsqMxHp56uosRcYFvOgX0YOBQ-5xFw/s1600-h/reunion+073.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 208px; HEIGHT: 158px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369911586061066786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2WbY1nMkCE_WvQHF8Elr27CIbYovbACiX1x0ormSH4L3qKOwv2zoDCcBXOHou4HUtLRBo-BEm4MRx5ddIGyApIxBd2hK-J0TUgfE11LL60VnJRsqMxHp56uosRcYFvOgX0YOBQ-5xFw/s320/reunion+073.jpg" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeY6Hvtc_yXOuB8k6_N2nsXQzSMS6x-ruaQLMwh_LE2txKUAsVhOUKBr1qRadLLgjB9BWN-1ysVG8djkfsEpVoxcubXU2fo1sto8BszPEDOQYY1PV9TRXzfwxwS0VUTbnxb2NKipZA0Q/s1600-h/reunion+077.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 157px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369918451903400034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeY6Hvtc_yXOuB8k6_N2nsXQzSMS6x-ruaQLMwh_LE2txKUAsVhOUKBr1qRadLLgjB9BWN-1ysVG8djkfsEpVoxcubXU2fo1sto8BszPEDOQYY1PV9TRXzfwxwS0VUTbnxb2NKipZA0Q/s320/reunion+077.jpg" /></a><br />We did lots of whistle recall and he was FANTASTIC! this is the exact reason we work so hard on recall, so that he can go out and be a dog and come back when needed!<br /><p align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gkvipwqvBamJXMpuxbYXos28soqaFyJi0TGqBsJLoiWn08afMgjIW-phbEXt30Z57fE5g7cW7tFQv2IhtRWgk0bZ45lWsbfd0XSg_QtoWoqlKFrAb3eXWMg9TuA-P793nijw13WQFhw/s1600-h/reunion+059.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 181px; HEIGHT: 215px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369911144628831250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gkvipwqvBamJXMpuxbYXos28soqaFyJi0TGqBsJLoiWn08afMgjIW-phbEXt30Z57fE5g7cW7tFQv2IhtRWgk0bZ45lWsbfd0XSg_QtoWoqlKFrAb3eXWMg9TuA-P793nijw13WQFhw/s320/reunion+059.jpg" /></a></p>Just blow the whistle and he comes running from waaaaaay far away, sits like a champ and waits for his reward for being such a good boy!<br /><br />After hours and hours of running and chasing and playing with all the other dogs, exploring the weird lizards that popped up, a random frog and countless flying things he was completly exhausted!<br /><br /><p align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6oOiBGYYjw0tqJrXnDknvi1psZTkoVi462Vwm5mLqHer37V3xWroIEvBxCm-PUIwl5grAM3Gn8upo8-2-j0fOuddwHyitU18ZTkqvRM9PykLwFGbjhEO-MbQ0PxpYdJeCGZP4TgpRBw/s1600-h/reunion+104.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 209px; HEIGHT: 153px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369912097952107522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6oOiBGYYjw0tqJrXnDknvi1psZTkoVi462Vwm5mLqHer37V3xWroIEvBxCm-PUIwl5grAM3Gn8upo8-2-j0fOuddwHyitU18ZTkqvRM9PykLwFGbjhEO-MbQ0PxpYdJeCGZP4TgpRBw/s320/reunion+104.jpg" /></a></p>When the boy is tired, he is never far from someones feet. He curled his 55 pounds into a tiny ball and slept slept slept!<br />After all was said and done we still had another 2 days in the car to get home. All the playing from the last day really tired him out and it was a peaceful ride the first day.<br /><p align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpI-VXE6XrK2dhPR6pTOc1znCZpDmoIlCimzzqONWkksiSBM3SMQyiTMwwMefR1sswzYtAl0ZMtb_14sb1wGZRnA-7x9auiK_9Rddz7aXZF3y8_Kqd5ykURKN33jD1Bn367wcoOTITzgQ/s1600-h/reunion+032.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 230px; HEIGHT: 155px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369912555599703762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpI-VXE6XrK2dhPR6pTOc1znCZpDmoIlCimzzqONWkksiSBM3SMQyiTMwwMefR1sswzYtAl0ZMtb_14sb1wGZRnA-7x9auiK_9Rddz7aXZF3y8_Kqd5ykURKN33jD1Bn367wcoOTITzgQ/s320/reunion+032.jpg" /></a></p>The second day however, he was done with the whole idea of the road trip. he kept pestering the driver to hurry up, no matter now many times we told him his help was unnecesary an he was too young to drive he still tried to worm his way up front to drive.<br /><p align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkiD31xEphgbcmBTYi0ysvOUC09X1lGs66Y80thLyxNKws1anAD0J6pQN6LdhyDc_Ry83HjEIN77QvKXHbl-0NfQB-nQIIo08rI2WThRDdDmBMFRQulUZ9RzNaRL-7Cx1o8odmJ1jJ6w0/s1600-h/bb+pix+320.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 171px; HEIGHT: 120px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369914551434754946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkiD31xEphgbcmBTYi0ysvOUC09X1lGs66Y80thLyxNKws1anAD0J6pQN6LdhyDc_Ry83HjEIN77QvKXHbl-0NfQB-nQIIo08rI2WThRDdDmBMFRQulUZ9RzNaRL-7Cx1o8odmJ1jJ6w0/s320/bb+pix+320.jpg" /></a></p>We stopped for a break and let him burn off some energy and play in all the corn we'd seen for a million miles.<br /><p align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQA3uZ7ongoTTVgaNoWYYjoFRNkH9C-WFDzinzmRJh7KMjwWFBJGRr7YoxPUr-1jgIqrQOyZDHsaJLB0TG81XYoGI_ENOjqrGQZ9AdE81MAqtEhG83qXww1gkWA4aT-Cpx_W8w-bCslM/s1600-h/reunion+135.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 208px; HEIGHT: 228px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369916161024701074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQA3uZ7ongoTTVgaNoWYYjoFRNkH9C-WFDzinzmRJh7KMjwWFBJGRr7YoxPUr-1jgIqrQOyZDHsaJLB0TG81XYoGI_ENOjqrGQZ9AdE81MAqtEhG83qXww1gkWA4aT-Cpx_W8w-bCslM/s320/reunion+135.jpg" /></a></p>Then like the good boy he is, he crashed for the remainder of the trip home!<br /><p align="center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaBlNnwiu1PKuzFPqdIX8FWA_nS9NeuTW7lxbVXaGW5jUlRisc-GCSdklpckhF8UA2o3l2w7LxAVj9muXJMFn2uf9kfiKzGQXO85Kq_3llkcqDGA7b5h2V0Q9r-pPaNAkyiSAuR4ZWAU/s1600-h/reunion+011.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 261px; HEIGHT: 206px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369917482478898914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaBlNnwiu1PKuzFPqdIX8FWA_nS9NeuTW7lxbVXaGW5jUlRisc-GCSdklpckhF8UA2o3l2w7LxAVj9muXJMFn2uf9kfiKzGQXO85Kq_3llkcqDGA7b5h2V0Q9r-pPaNAkyiSAuR4ZWAU/s320/reunion+011.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center">Now Jethro is home safe and sound and was happy to reunite with his puppy roomates. He wasnt tired for long and was raring to go. He is getting ready for an even bigger adventure this week...</p><p align="center">the nueter!</p>Jethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97455304702461772.post-37192355647115926472009-08-04T09:32:00.000-07:002009-08-04T10:10:20.270-07:00A growing boy!Jethro spent a week with a sitter while I took a trip to Orlando. He must have grown 10 feet and 30 pounds while I was gone!!! :)<br /><br />Here is his picture from the first day he was at the scrapbook store, and the after picture 10 weeks later!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6fJeOyOLkAbOKIpUWFonuDuEYtaDtwmoSIfKOde7DGAKqcXa8_VThAkCItCRa6dEgnLlPPZ5UMVlK1eoS4R-B8IF8pHqoiYPRGcne1uXoU4Krj00q_mfXjoUZLi6nomWFMPRfVaNabY/s1600-h/oldjethro.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6fJeOyOLkAbOKIpUWFonuDuEYtaDtwmoSIfKOde7DGAKqcXa8_VThAkCItCRa6dEgnLlPPZ5UMVlK1eoS4R-B8IF8pHqoiYPRGcne1uXoU4Krj00q_mfXjoUZLi6nomWFMPRfVaNabY/s320/oldjethro.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366156448136308210" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mq4T2T2i_WdiYOztpIkf4HR4JPFrThfvdfqjCUHE1yb0ZRIchaz-mFEr7QGFyEBQYTpmzDKdpSZAKYZWwxP2yrfBwDN_m22JmX2dx1q_3d_KXghxeuR-TRh0R5KyiPxu7ZtYAwgP4EA/s1600-h/newjethro.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mq4T2T2i_WdiYOztpIkf4HR4JPFrThfvdfqjCUHE1yb0ZRIchaz-mFEr7QGFyEBQYTpmzDKdpSZAKYZWwxP2yrfBwDN_m22JmX2dx1q_3d_KXghxeuR-TRh0R5KyiPxu7ZtYAwgP4EA/s320/newjethro.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366156529224916786" border="0" /></a><br />Hes been learning a lot and has really settled down, he is much more calm in the house and at the store. He has an exciting trip coming up, so make sure you stay tuned for the road trip!Jethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97455304702461772.post-36358643584904180132009-07-18T19:48:00.000-07:002009-07-18T20:50:34.454-07:00Getting SO big and learning SO much!<div align="center"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrgb0mRXpt0Lyvr0ZeAsuCBkKijMdU9gCzAae0JXPS9Wlgvh4BPpyDO1Afuz17LvtrSt6ZShEuSTY-2JbzVOWzy4S-c7wrXSdLmxmZDMr4ry-tEpkIuTOo68x3HpI4AfyRbXCA-qtZMI/s1600-h/P7160197.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 223px; HEIGHT: 159px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360007355738834994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrgb0mRXpt0Lyvr0ZeAsuCBkKijMdU9gCzAae0JXPS9Wlgvh4BPpyDO1Afuz17LvtrSt6ZShEuSTY-2JbzVOWzy4S-c7wrXSdLmxmZDMr4ry-tEpkIuTOo68x3HpI4AfyRbXCA-qtZMI/s320/P7160197.JPG" /></a></div><div>Its been a busy couple of weeks for Jethro. He's been learning lots of new work and growing like a weed. The heat is driving us all crazy, neither one of us can stand working in this temperature. Record temperatures in Texas has made for a long summer, and it's only July!!</div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>We are introducing some of the new "finds" this week. We worked on finding the "elevator", and the "button". Trying to get a 17 week old puppy to concentrate and find a specific object that he has no idea what you are asking him to do, in a crazy mall full of teenagers and tourists is NOT as fun as it sounds! :o) You might as well as be asking him to find the moon, he understands that about as much as asking him to find the button, thank goodness for repetition and consistency, and good old fashioned treats! In this outing, he ate an ENTIRE bag of treat! </div><div><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vxDv0u6GIoCq2Hf31OIdh8zDjpcT4Xkl3IHWM4WCXx-S7W3tVLpwCGnAhbREh9sGX3CBxYEyHBke6FDXdR-pXuJ0pZQJd9UnCqwAV8ZU8ykJ2Z__R0jKiLB-X2A5q1i872RV-IWTY00/s1600-h/P7160199.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 147px; HEIGHT: 230px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360009936056278242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vxDv0u6GIoCq2Hf31OIdh8zDjpcT4Xkl3IHWM4WCXx-S7W3tVLpwCGnAhbREh9sGX3CBxYEyHBke6FDXdR-pXuJ0pZQJd9UnCqwAV8ZU8ykJ2Z__R0jKiLB-X2A5q1i872RV-IWTY00/s320/P7160199.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5pA7crdwYqm-Hu-E4Xue9onlIiE4q66vAwSSDolxLhz9-RoNaxLGtUXDDjfP4De7n00Ej84Zi3JXlqz4_EyG_W7FBh05rmW0F-l8S6nnwH0dM7v9kzmIFW-S2Ng5CVdZ-91Uu6G_jxU/s1600-h/P7160201.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 153px; HEIGHT: 228px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360010461174311410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5pA7crdwYqm-Hu-E4Xue9onlIiE4q66vAwSSDolxLhz9-RoNaxLGtUXDDjfP4De7n00Ej84Zi3JXlqz4_EyG_W7FBh05rmW0F-l8S6nnwH0dM7v9kzmIFW-S2Ng5CVdZ-91Uu6G_jxU/s320/P7160201.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzSEqZueWO_tsTgNqgtnaZEgr0rjqpZBBk2ppJySnjFPUZEYKKdcQRSqM7bPcFetT9cM4smqsMk-Sxb6k_5hVtRAnf68E-uoIoi74JItt6oF6YojfC-_qAsw_KZUc-fEjLvohXjKKVY4/s1600-h/P7160202.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 161px; HEIGHT: 229px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360011139449737746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzSEqZueWO_tsTgNqgtnaZEgr0rjqpZBBk2ppJySnjFPUZEYKKdcQRSqM7bPcFetT9cM4smqsMk-Sxb6k_5hVtRAnf68E-uoIoi74JItt6oF6YojfC-_qAsw_KZUc-fEjLvohXjKKVY4/s320/P7160202.JPG" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We also did a series of finds associated with the convenience of shopping. We teach them to find the "door", then find the "counter" (which must have a human at it) then in the case of Starbucks, find a "seat", to enjoy your beverage. </div><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3GlDc7IfWBLjXKdfpQYv0K9PIXF69fub4ZPAnI0B0KbrRrdjqk-V-Y44n9n-VIeVmtJSLeQzhGdn7mYSR4_1ghdC1d7XxoWXhGuKI3ahUVLXmKTdg9nSPIRH2W0mosq7QQ4-UPMW7tbk/s1600-h/P7160203.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 234px; HEIGHT: 177px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360011747751941618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3GlDc7IfWBLjXKdfpQYv0K9PIXF69fub4ZPAnI0B0KbrRrdjqk-V-Y44n9n-VIeVmtJSLeQzhGdn7mYSR4_1ghdC1d7XxoWXhGuKI3ahUVLXmKTdg9nSPIRH2W0mosq7QQ4-UPMW7tbk/s320/P7160203.JPG" /></a></p><div>We ended the week at the vet where he weighed in a whopping 49 pounds!! He's so big, its hard for people to remember that he's only 18 weeks!!!!</div><div> </div><div>Here's hoping for a cooler week!</div>Jethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97455304702461772.post-39052443989906477372009-07-04T21:27:00.000-07:002009-07-04T22:24:07.089-07:00A busy couple of weeks!<div><div>We've had a busy couple of weeks here in puppy raising land. Jethro had a vet appointment and is now 40 pounds!! Gigantor is getting bigger by the minute. He already had to upgrade to the big boy kennel, because when he sat in the smaller kennel his ears stuck through the top. He LOVED his little kennel, but the boss said he needed a bigger one. So upgrade we did!<br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 285px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 196px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354831174588049458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKfjDhE5c1eBTqGRKq05GlFoyEI2vvgKgv22n7H01XWvUKfwLONvjk_-ctmphzr6uFQvVIuvuR3gdhk6dhKsXTALYjLnlbF1Dx1okCOwck_wp3SJaccwIROb4vKTSBNZ_XgKLuIToUKeA/s320/jethro+15+weeks+004.jpg" />Jethro spent a couple of days with a sitter while we took some classes in Dallas. Its always a great training opportunity for puppies to work with sitters, so we love it when they get the chance to send them off to "camp".<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354832959021043282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABv8oqsTf_HpMyNa7K2P62tqhY6FyEZoG0IxSSy73ixBJjQpbz1ZqYBODfSI2wwvFgzuMy1E3QMf6USgL2Su1Wbq_MtUjpzrKvuvxN6qiWUyWSty7lKqnkW1Z0oom8PGN5pyg5r5ox2w/s320/jethro+15+weeks+018.jpg" />We spent a great deal of time getting over things that worry him, this week it seemed to be the bubbler across the street. </div><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 227px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 148px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354833709578396130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtltpBcvDFtNi_DxrKna90cozf_5xHwwM4Sh9hfTS5oH43z7zAYjbE8Ievq4vvcs6gwWCMxr0z7egZSJqHgLzqQ0CudV0MsIhxWJRWposALtCWd1SSsA8R6aLH58tYsMAUDcYCwdVQfE0/s320/jethro+15+weeks+022.jpg" /></p><p>But it doesn't take much to get over the worry. A few cookies and 100 degree temperatures really helped him appreciate the cool water coming out of the scary water monster. After licking it and sticking his head in the running water we were friends with the bubbler. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354834899735879650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUZlX9p7lQ5jPocohkPWJ-Olop3VQq3ZxF-U9hlL1URrND7Wg6gQIoq_uyP5F_4sjvXIwnF0sY6gssCO8wj1wohbh9xxeAwy_eLaDGo3DzAtgBETcD3OnAjoIhbJi9KaAgiP6w6grF7E/s320/jethro+15+weeks+024.jpg" />When its this hot, we do a lot more obedience during the day, and save the walks for cooler times of day, here we are doing the guide dogs version of push-ups. First we do a sit, then a down then and up-sit and we do it all over again, for cookies of course! </p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYewrvUHgJEzalSUBJiXdZ2pcnn4DJDAEexnPE4dDce0pE4waaIBQNj5fMoiqucRF20yElFZ1J07rzVj0pRD8i4s6aILxYgmo2kxoUAheFQtKFMNwj18wYo8tFKXA3VKXY5MYL_RZQCdo/s1600-h/jethro+15+weeks+003.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 135px; HEIGHT: 162px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354841198527832946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYewrvUHgJEzalSUBJiXdZ2pcnn4DJDAEexnPE4dDce0pE4waaIBQNj5fMoiqucRF20yElFZ1J07rzVj0pRD8i4s6aILxYgmo2kxoUAheFQtKFMNwj18wYo8tFKXA3VKXY5MYL_RZQCdo/s320/jethro+15+weeks+003.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcC_SP_yUZhOObbrEzE4pTFOfGZvxK5NEP8UINU6xbC6HOYrwGqPFqRJSM66c8lrBr2GDWjOlmWPZqJjx9fznzRVOnm0s4ZmUDMhyPUWtZM3oy82nVbYczByyL0EQJg7p5_0bGsYRmhU/s1600-h/jethro+15+weeks+002.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 127px; HEIGHT: 164px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354838711763102834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcC_SP_yUZhOObbrEzE4pTFOfGZvxK5NEP8UINU6xbC6HOYrwGqPFqRJSM66c8lrBr2GDWjOlmWPZqJjx9fznzRVOnm0s4ZmUDMhyPUWtZM3oy82nVbYczByyL0EQJg7p5_0bGsYRmhU/s320/jethro+15+weeks+002.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPqA7yIhsh640-WVudywpPpaDM97RNuQeVXLF_m8dqfmHW7khH_RGIGzQ56Nb_gm6BwKJeJlPHI-tmMNNdqJrbu1e7fonupOgn4A54_-Luwz4F-AjaOF0QM_7Z6_qJh3kTFlT4bYoCWk/s1600-h/jethro+15+weeks+006.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 116px; HEIGHT: 167px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354836816295422930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPqA7yIhsh640-WVudywpPpaDM97RNuQeVXLF_m8dqfmHW7khH_RGIGzQ56Nb_gm6BwKJeJlPHI-tmMNNdqJrbu1e7fonupOgn4A54_-Luwz4F-AjaOF0QM_7Z6_qJh3kTFlT4bYoCWk/s320/jethro+15+weeks+006.jpg" /></a></p><p>Jethro is on a guide dog fundraising credit card! the link is on the right nav bar, sign up today and sport Jethro and raise funds at the same time!<br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Jethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97455304702461772.post-36608282756050626582009-06-20T20:39:00.000-07:002009-06-20T21:43:56.462-07:00HOT HOT HOT!It's been crazy hot here in South Texas and we have to get creative with training walks with "Gigantor". Not only is it just plain hot, his puppy coat makes him extra hot, and the pavement is insanely hot and we have to avoid the the three footed hop about.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div>The first trick after getting out of the car is getting the pup dressed to work. Not as easy as it sounds when hes four feet of motion!<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 205px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 192px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349626370447021170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6IooPUdwWCyk92_TOdMev9kVrrbYrU1bX0Cg4OCR4sijtUz8lOVIUGcvyS-idMeJYwx9nCKAx6RS9apeAeXGf5yXpQg6PKTDCsc6Tpy8zRl9LQBqhyphenhypheno3GYsCsC1SgHDdUqfWpCt0VAw/s320/jethro+13+weeks+004.jpg" />To accomplish all the things on a puppy's to-do list we have to walk early in the mornings, later in the evenings, and spend a lot of training time indoors. This week we did all of the above. We walked downtown in the early mornings, we took a stroll in Stone Oak to go to the Sonic Drive In for happy hour in the evening and watch all the traffic go by in the dusk. We also spent some time at Northstar Mall.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 173px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 241px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349629035415723474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNjIdIhRygpzv0jcA7J9cIIO8yj8g4ljjuxwhUt4yZ7xvSD0vMftyGU00rMs0hIwoESvQxDsw2zuhUK7DbzEvRrRAs0k_KVMHgMeX22JwfjrVyJjudpOissAiDoGJNppXOS6mGG7JmX0/s320/jethro+13+weeks+012.jpg" /> With all the school kids on summer vacation, there were a LOT of people at the mall. Every one of them wanted to pet him. That's understandable considering he is so stinking cute.<br /><div> </div><div>We worked on going up and down the stairs while not trying to sniff the person walking the other way. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 226px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 185px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349632764018615890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1IyadxTZqGj8ouJ-1zkr8KiDklwyq58U1dlCMlfiWQdE4F657WbcE0fSqz2W91Kd9HUIQXnJwqUERF2LWpxpYks4djl70QWyfmKiqlqdUPUw_G3UTYSslrhzzgEMPK5-pEaJSD99lXg/s320/jethro+13+weeks+008.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 225px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 170px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349631620897183042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGfBA4zjCQ3x01bllsRBcJiSXDWSNiGAOYNgRKa-TMsNHcKlK2nYuayWoocLnWgKY-Err7t2TsXmkKiNCEC9jiKjacdH8dxSWg9JMUwA4BxlFFQtCEJDVK86zrCy2RnvAR49TCWCOc90E/s320/jethro+13+weeks+006.jpg" />We had a little rest break in front of Godiva Chocolate (that might have been more for me) and we then we practiced some of the "find" commands that are new to me with this puppy. I didn't have to teach the "finds" with the last three guide dog puppies, so it's a lot of learning for me to, thankfully the puppy raising program manager is there to teach me as I school Gigantor. A "find" is a unique command where the pup has to scan its environment and find the item you are looking for, quite useful if you're blind. This week we are working on "find the seat" which is a command to find anything you can sit on. Right now its a lot of me doing the work, but he'll get it pretty soon!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFkuTnzlJMnFm-knIRyG3xdMVzorZCtZvwlyTq-ga-JxaN-Wv0lY1M9AOnIfg1TfKOrEW7xdZ2KURWFGRwuKp23XWjWT42_obj3M46qtHL-7k9JBgxGwdSMPbLACqP1F2JobQS6Is_M4/s1600-h/jethro+13+weeks+014.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349633776242202098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFkuTnzlJMnFm-knIRyG3xdMVzorZCtZvwlyTq-ga-JxaN-Wv0lY1M9AOnIfg1TfKOrEW7xdZ2KURWFGRwuKp23XWjWT42_obj3M46qtHL-7k9JBgxGwdSMPbLACqP1F2JobQS6Is_M4/s320/jethro+13+weeks+014.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhvPub83tWano4OghoIxlvtLfEm5Ukaxxst1amGMe9_TbfprVevWrznJ0qTEj76fEwPhPDdw0kr9GCP0N5_woRXEaC2TvdjAu59DetEsuk7wwZL90HQCxWz9VfFe9wtIumnRSO-GG_Bc/s1600-h/jethro+13+weeks+011.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349634531761315522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhvPub83tWano4OghoIxlvtLfEm5Ukaxxst1amGMe9_TbfprVevWrznJ0qTEj76fEwPhPDdw0kr9GCP0N5_woRXEaC2TvdjAu59DetEsuk7wwZL90HQCxWz9VfFe9wtIumnRSO-GG_Bc/s320/jethro+13+weeks+011.jpg" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>We had a fun treat this week, we had two new guide dog puppies, Lola and Izzie, fly in from New York, the came and spent a few hours with Gigantor before their vet visit. They has lots of fun, and were nicely tired when it was time to go to the vet. They are only 11 days younger than Gigantor, and the weighed TWENTY POUNDS LESS!!! let's hope they are just extra tiny, and Gigantor doesn't live up to his nickname!</div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349635554318744626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2DXtDpK4Xqvi3Y50vIT82EvqKF9-9OXU_3wmUWbXVywLpHa3YsywkLevwtmsCx314qLpEKKk52KPlejyVSe439fqTg8j2w4g83A1YauYLeZjMmjQY4FHSOLAl_x-BqqA1wGUNR74Gw0/s320/P6140086.JPG" /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97455304702461772.post-22412422324921613772009-06-13T16:54:00.000-07:002009-06-13T17:47:59.257-07:00Calling All I-Phone Users!<div><div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Zb8mXzXv6oNHR-ShYTfMJxfx1D7TGWJAhq-qRzqFViodpOlFD-0wit9q5D6KahiAe03HFXcfJqEZ0_c8qax3NrOWIgtAjO6yrEgyh1MJJqhGrs46Ign-KboF0ZX7PsTpwmO8gZyQ56c/s1600-h/pocket_puppy_raiser_screen_shot_1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346968000458608530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Zb8mXzXv6oNHR-ShYTfMJxfx1D7TGWJAhq-qRzqFViodpOlFD-0wit9q5D6KahiAe03HFXcfJqEZ0_c8qax3NrOWIgtAjO6yrEgyh1MJJqhGrs46Ign-KboF0ZX7PsTpwmO8gZyQ56c/s320/pocket_puppy_raiser_screen_shot_1.jpg" /></a><br />Have I got a deal for you!! You know you've always wanted to be a puppy raiser just like us, bit didn't want to have to go through the hassle of house breaking, the long sleepless nights and long training walks in the 100 degree heat! Well here you go! Get on the information super highway an head over to the Apple ITunes store and down load the "pocket puppy raiser" for only $2.99 -- less than the cost of a bag of biscuits -- you get endless kisses (and slobber to wipe away) tummy rubs and tug of war that you get to win!! Guide Dogs of Texas gets $1 for every down load and you don't get chewed up furniture! What could be better!?!</div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346968454076169650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc3da4zEMI-QPiEcUvjbHNZGd713_Tn3BzV-RXUVGmOhhnQ3_wUWp9ubux0hrWl4wmBASC-NhlFfjkFH6unr9WA-uXVhR13fbsc0q-iy0gppRyzRhZ3sByXG2A5DHxaBg4jB35-pwCXto/s320/pocket_puppy_raiser_screen_shot_2.jpg" />Have fun with it and feel free to tell everyone you know, and a few you don't! Its a great app and an even greater cause! </div><br /><div>If you want to read more about the guy who wrote the app (my SON!) read the article here :)</div><br /><div><a href="http://wacotrib.com/search/content/news/stories/2009/04/23/04232009waciPhoneapps.html">http://wacotrib.com/search/content/news/stories/2009/04/23/04232009waciPhoneapps.html</a></div><br /><div>Jethro is doing well, a busy week of working and growing and trying to beat up the other dogs in the house and failing at it miserably. He had a play date with his sister Twist, and she is an inch TALLER than him, but he weighs 5 pounds more. They were really fun to watch play!</div><br /><div></div><div>He like to hide while he sleeps, but he doesn't fit where he thinks he can, so he improvises. </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346977318163685762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-uzzRVl8QORBZ8tsd5TKsyRpMfiNhcSUBWf3z_Hca_2IIMklV4AQVjCRBN1rMaQG-ihRWUMjRkT3eWlHex_gLOParYa_EpHwxt_tzG-PCMqu9cVqIgCgBtYwhLsl1OvTpVDby4uMbLU/s320/jethro+hiding+at+the+store+001.jpg" />Thanks for all the support!! Stop in and see the Gigantor pup sometime!<br /><div></div></div>Jethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97455304702461772.post-73897887018680650142009-06-06T19:49:00.000-07:002009-06-06T21:50:15.804-07:00Giant Baby!<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">OH MY! </span></div><div align="center">we went to the vet this week for the next in our series of vaccinations. I'm getting good at this and made sure we did a walk at the mall BEFORE we went to the vet so he wouldn't be his usual crazy self. It WORKED! Well it worked after the vet tech tried to weigh him on the baby scale which he maxed out. He is now 30 pounds at 13 weeks! The vet called him a freak of nature, just like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">LeBron</span> James. hes going to give him a complex!</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-RGcIgB4SHy9TCNmgyAgw2vuQ6Jv_84tsN5ex4yS-J80UvjGC_fqJmkM3N6-a1baZrH9I-QNIKrVJhtyIG9qbAhc8Gj2NCfHne-rPnIPfe2cAdGMWkdtFj70PnTVGxTPNCWptcDSf9s/s1600-h/jethro+vet+and+target+and+lunch+6.4.09+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344418122038626290" style="WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-RGcIgB4SHy9TCNmgyAgw2vuQ6Jv_84tsN5ex4yS-J80UvjGC_fqJmkM3N6-a1baZrH9I-QNIKrVJhtyIG9qbAhc8Gj2NCfHne-rPnIPfe2cAdGMWkdtFj70PnTVGxTPNCWptcDSf9s/s320/jethro+vet+and+target+and+lunch+6.4.09+006.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>After the vet we went and had lunch at one of our favorite haunts, and VERY guide dog friendly, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Habanero's</span> Grill. Best burrito joint in San Antonio, we had the best <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">queso</span> on the planet, and he had a nap! that going to the vet part is hard work!<br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3QQoqhn2udVXKH2PrFl0s21EFDSw398kqmoa2UcdbRBgG6_4d1CahAfjHlw6v3so_-HVmdP6ajP2hLu7QjP5_xk0LzDGbliiM2AzOoJGniZYsc4-lGi29dEFxnbxAn07cPkJtoa0Qaw/s1600-h/jethro+vet+and+target+and+lunch+6.4.09+017.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344420037610552594" style="WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 147px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3QQoqhn2udVXKH2PrFl0s21EFDSw398kqmoa2UcdbRBgG6_4d1CahAfjHlw6v3so_-HVmdP6ajP2hLu7QjP5_xk0LzDGbliiM2AzOoJGniZYsc4-lGi29dEFxnbxAn07cPkJtoa0Qaw/s320/jethro+vet+and+target+and+lunch+6.4.09+017.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>Later in the week we took a trip to Target (it happens to have a Starbucks in it).<br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9lpYuZ-t4L09r9lRyjr4AWOHJ0mJCU_P_cETs4-WDvGVUQT6Tibs3bWrdePq9mkJSR4xB-VBdXcFeAbXamSRWZw95UhxiO1ddHKCb3wcJhiGNc3Ekq28YTzIB_Gs8_GYxbrsY7HIiOA/s1600-h/jethro+vet+and+target+and+lunch+6.4.09+018.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344424518698301138" style="WIDTH: 143px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 182px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG9lpYuZ-t4L09r9lRyjr4AWOHJ0mJCU_P_cETs4-WDvGVUQT6Tibs3bWrdePq9mkJSR4xB-VBdXcFeAbXamSRWZw95UhxiO1ddHKCb3wcJhiGNc3Ekq28YTzIB_Gs8_GYxbrsY7HIiOA/s320/jethro+vet+and+target+and+lunch+6.4.09+018.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>We took a tour of the pet section and bought some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">pupperoni</span> to reward the extra hard work. We wondered around produce and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">frozen</span> food, and the deli and meat section, he did really well. We stopped and had our <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Starbucks</span>, which he wasn't impressed with then off to do some straight line work.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwnesHoLJbG_xu99hVwpgGL9U9CxutmQAacrWNAFJXT6wZ1y2Ghi7pNOv68ae4-0_C-iI18mW8OTNAGfm_mYOxoOjmEPAKG9UVhyphenhyphensk7NRrlmFaWHRLinXP2IgghAQ_GWHp7uZYTFsQ08/s1600-h/jethro+vet+and+target+and+lunch+6.4.09+019.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344425363317276178" style="WIDTH: 129px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 176px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwnesHoLJbG_xu99hVwpgGL9U9CxutmQAacrWNAFJXT6wZ1y2Ghi7pNOv68ae4-0_C-iI18mW8OTNAGfm_mYOxoOjmEPAKG9UVhyphenhyphensk7NRrlmFaWHRLinXP2IgghAQ_GWHp7uZYTFsQ08/s320/jethro+vet+and+target+and+lunch+6.4.09+019.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8iJlMFuEi9edfE0Jc1PNejepX7ceV18j0uJRLyu6-6EobQf5pRbKQQbCA1lHQtJzF2Wy6mmK7KrLLJJhQskqPqWwiNiuAb-ApWfyddgwx39agbw7VAQcXVcVV3en-iQ-y0tQ3kPM1aIM/s1600-h/jethro+vet+and+target+and+lunch+6.4.09+020.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344425785334507938" style="WIDTH: 142px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 176px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8iJlMFuEi9edfE0Jc1PNejepX7ceV18j0uJRLyu6-6EobQf5pRbKQQbCA1lHQtJzF2Wy6mmK7KrLLJJhQskqPqWwiNiuAb-ApWfyddgwx39agbw7VAQcXVcVV3en-iQ-y0tQ3kPM1aIM/s320/jethro+vet+and+target+and+lunch+6.4.09+020.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOzYGazv8Px2bj7-ZpI59J6-eVvCAW4fe6UW42xYBBz7j03_59u4sF57wP8xZ5vQKPvlcS4YOerfyCgUK-60d18aKAVHPq96qWjb92nwevTdSZEkI5eVspaPAw7yWrgdDPU0wytUFl9A/s1600-h/jethro+vet+and+target+and+lunch+6.4.09+021.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344426746031237746" style="WIDTH: 121px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 175px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOzYGazv8Px2bj7-ZpI59J6-eVvCAW4fe6UW42xYBBz7j03_59u4sF57wP8xZ5vQKPvlcS4YOerfyCgUK-60d18aKAVHPq96qWjb92nwevTdSZEkI5eVspaPAw7yWrgdDPU0wytUFl9A/s320/jethro+vet+and+target+and+lunch+6.4.09+021.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center">Then home for a nap...for both of us!</div>Jethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97455304702461772.post-57908892155214821132009-05-30T19:50:00.000-07:002009-05-30T20:46:25.230-07:00This was a big week!<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKwU7F88jRzRyA0A2mGeKnXD6rI_RlAvVwsBCM_G-Mk84iUAUCXDCf7q3273FJOGpd-012QaA_vGTsCTtyo1zaVfw4x961Per6b89hLyMvo3jF-EaNuilR2TCiDUko2-9wu1WF6iXUw4/s1600-h/jethros+mess+kens+5+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341828562506747090" style="WIDTH: 204px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 137px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixKwU7F88jRzRyA0A2mGeKnXD6rI_RlAvVwsBCM_G-Mk84iUAUCXDCf7q3273FJOGpd-012QaA_vGTsCTtyo1zaVfw4x961Per6b89hLyMvo3jF-EaNuilR2TCiDUko2-9wu1WF6iXUw4/s320/jethros+mess+kens+5+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I forgot how tired these little guys get, and quickly! Mental exhaustion is my best friend. Even though he can play with Ruby for waht seems like forever, a quick 10 minute walk has him ready for a two hour nap. This week we visites noisy places like Lowes and busy blanco road for some traffic work. We have to get him exposed really well before the fear imprint stage begins in another week.<br /><br />Thursday Michelle, the puppy raising program manager, and our boss, took Jethro to do Great Day SA with Joseph. Joseph created an I-phone app as a fundraiser for guide dogs and Great Day SA on KENS 5 wanted to have them on. Jethro was a little freaked out, but did pretty well. Joseph was fantastic. If you have an I-phone, down load the app "pocket puppy raiser" and help a great cause while having fun!</p><div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5dq31eng3vM91KUudJjz9EliHNFzOk51iIhqd4NSFJOkvQJUpMEgmnyp7OwfzrlgBDrP9bYHEUlitYW2Q2sMpnVM9qagUK6IVcIpL6mGPRA-0UUbuF94ZTVy1j6I21nF-7hO87HPdqAI/s1600-h/jethros+mess+kens+5+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341820696893187970" style="WIDTH: 139px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 171px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5dq31eng3vM91KUudJjz9EliHNFzOk51iIhqd4NSFJOkvQJUpMEgmnyp7OwfzrlgBDrP9bYHEUlitYW2Q2sMpnVM9qagUK6IVcIpL6mGPRA-0UUbuF94ZTVy1j6I21nF-7hO87HPdqAI/s320/jethros+mess+kens+5+001.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>One of the great things about raisng a guide dog puppy and owninf your own business is that the only person you have to worry about getting mad at you when the puppy reaks havoc on your place is you!! I took him the the friday night crop with me form 6pm to mindnight and while Michelle and I were helping customers, he decided to entertain himself. They always know when you are distracted right? </div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6JgbQR-e830YCi8CEjMz0d6xrwnfyfAfGWAqrdUAKHreBfs7wIZA88qsqRUeRs21Bgg2Wf5WLSuTvUn0L1NKf1r78DcAWYVqmctUdIIuOrCdAEhTozfxWutgFEmOVlY9jFG8tH8LDks/s1600-h/jethros+mess+kens+5+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341825103592764002" style="WIDTH: 170px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 147px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6JgbQR-e830YCi8CEjMz0d6xrwnfyfAfGWAqrdUAKHreBfs7wIZA88qsqRUeRs21Bgg2Wf5WLSuTvUn0L1NKf1r78DcAWYVqmctUdIIuOrCdAEhTozfxWutgFEmOVlY9jFG8tH8LDks/s320/jethros+mess+kens+5+008.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBLBHGLDwAhprqLNZ0Q-WO_WWVQgEAMtYz9LcstEXBZtWOGiUfynH46clPDCF78p16demH5tfcSHs80pdzK9aRXwBDor9LWBp11uhXaFG4Np_qHUiQQK9yW3jXZ9xul-2VA11zwT8Ft0/s1600-h/jethros+mess+kens+5+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341825853686825458" style="WIDTH: 142px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBLBHGLDwAhprqLNZ0Q-WO_WWVQgEAMtYz9LcstEXBZtWOGiUfynH46clPDCF78p16demH5tfcSHs80pdzK9aRXwBDor9LWBp11uhXaFG4Np_qHUiQQK9yW3jXZ9xul-2VA11zwT8Ft0/s320/jethros+mess+kens+5+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div>So after that little fiasco, back on the tie down he went! He looks so inocent don't you think?</div></div>Jethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97455304702461772.post-72269215430033408342009-05-22T16:52:00.000-07:002009-05-22T17:23:35.876-07:00We made it through the first week<div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">The first week of raising a guide dog puppy is the hardest. .</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_8aRrIjE9GaJIJRH0W0u1nAKazJ2xhf8ZOKFDZpcSxGPwh1KGrjFPTxBQPRaU0ipCXse8HiUiiRKhSXdoTWuZF2fJOkOIj7yKWxX4I_nnSQzL0edxTVBT1EfS7bGZtFJaceJLv9ySzDQ/s1600-h/jethro+first+day+013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338805874103405362" style="WIDTH: 147px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 107px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_8aRrIjE9GaJIJRH0W0u1nAKazJ2xhf8ZOKFDZpcSxGPwh1KGrjFPTxBQPRaU0ipCXse8HiUiiRKhSXdoTWuZF2fJOkOIj7yKWxX4I_nnSQzL0edxTVBT1EfS7bGZtFJaceJLv9ySzDQ/s320/jethro+first+day+013.jpg" border="0" /></a> You have to go to the vet and get vaccinations and all kinds of things squirmy pup wants nothing to do with.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">He's learning a new schedule, hes settling in to a new routine, she eating everything in sight and waking you up at all hours of the night. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">When you get over the fact that you have cleaned up six thousand puddles of pee and realised he ate another magazine, you start asking what were you thinking, again! After raising three guide dog puppies you would think we remember this part, but somehow, just like kids, we do it again, and discover it's because they are stinking cute.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Jethro has learned a lot this past week, starting with his name (sort of) and how to sit (when he wants to) and how to lay down (if you have enough treats) and how to "watch" which is the command to give his attention back to you. Granted he does it with a kind of glassy look and really is more following the treat, but hey, he is only 9 weeks old. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">He did his first two training walks with my boss, the puppy raising program manager, and he did pretty good. He was only required to walk one block, and he did then promptly sleep all afternoon, and so did I! it is the most exhausting thing to engage this puppy for a whole block, to make sure hes not afraid (of the giant trash can) or the car whizzing by (as he scurries between your feet) or tries to sniff the grass (not in his job description) but at the end of the day, he and I were both better off for the experience. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">Thanks to all of you who have asked after him, hes doing OK (and so am I!) More next week, right now we are off to walk in our first rain storm, then a nap.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivPqCJitqiAgUntZyH3fh-fqGPQWyUe6Mqlr5cOJo-dMd1GE3RFAyvPQPr8vNgYlW4wA8B8RS2TQy7OD75lCZahOdvTZ-dd7HNuVyELq_mh6Pl9j7swHHMw95gAfbFKWguUTulU4qUusg/s1600-h/jethro+first+day+021.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338807048365313410" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivPqCJitqiAgUntZyH3fh-fqGPQWyUe6Mqlr5cOJo-dMd1GE3RFAyvPQPr8vNgYlW4wA8B8RS2TQy7OD75lCZahOdvTZ-dd7HNuVyELq_mh6Pl9j7swHHMw95gAfbFKWguUTulU4qUusg/s320/jethro+first+day+021.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div></div>Jethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97455304702461772.post-17978201147965901372009-05-16T15:57:00.000-07:002009-05-18T09:08:27.474-07:00A Long first day!Well Jethro made it to Texas after a long first day as a guide dog puppy. We started in South Carolina where we picked him up from Dogs For Autism. <a href="http://www.dogsforautism.org/">http://www.dogsforautism.org/</a> I was lucky to be able to go on the road trip to pick out my puppy, a special treat for a puppy raiser, and made even cooler by the fact that Jethro and his sister Twist are the first german shepherd pups in the puppy raising program.<br /><br />We drove to Charlotte North Carolina to catch the flight to DFW, that's not as straight forward as it sounds when you are toting a wiggling 16 pound puppy with luggage from the rental car return, through baggage check, then security (where the screener is TERRIFIED of dogs) and then having to stuff the very unwilling puppy back in it's carrier then head to the gate, get boarded, stuff the puppy under the seat and not have your neighbor try to jam his foot in your space and step on the pup who is FINALLY quiet!!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14U-kCGqoMXVK58X5zRtJTez0Nn5hH8UW3G2YaRpzifIp999dnTzJQsmcmTnGveFGlZeCeZxMVVHhrxrUbvCvk3nA0rdiQyTFwidrFNR3PavL3NlXinh0tF0ZdLOfMIYtb-IKeB3crM8/s1600-h/Jethro+and+Twist+first+day+and+at+sb911+009.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14U-kCGqoMXVK58X5zRtJTez0Nn5hH8UW3G2YaRpzifIp999dnTzJQsmcmTnGveFGlZeCeZxMVVHhrxrUbvCvk3nA0rdiQyTFwidrFNR3PavL3NlXinh0tF0ZdLOfMIYtb-IKeB3crM8/s320/Jethro+and+Twist+first+day+and+at+sb911+009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337193931921504258" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Then you arrive early to DFW which would be great under any other circumstance, but that means longer time with the pups who are very tired of being in their carriers, so we let them out to potty and play (BIG MISTAKE) its time to board again, and they are NOT HAPPY about another trip into the carrier! Did I mention, Twist BARKS! people were trying to figure out where it was coming from, the carriers look like regular luggage so we could blend in.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUWONif8VsfVdK2v1Fp4mfoyRxznbOcFEGf-yUMToxCG_-UyM2ZeAjdSNeqTtxvwvfw9v69s0hru1ShKUSkDrHaE1LcDqt2QSvvi2vAk_sponmR4OeX_gL8BnCddf5JtJnqhSW8U1cvA/s1600-h/Jethro+and+Twist+first+day+and+at+sb911+005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNUWONif8VsfVdK2v1Fp4mfoyRxznbOcFEGf-yUMToxCG_-UyM2ZeAjdSNeqTtxvwvfw9v69s0hru1ShKUSkDrHaE1LcDqt2QSvvi2vAk_sponmR4OeX_gL8BnCddf5JtJnqhSW8U1cvA/s320/Jethro+and+Twist+first+day+and+at+sb911+005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337190830668905746" border="0" /></a><br />They were really good travelers when all was said ad done, they slept most of the time, the two humans, not so much! We were very happy to be back in San Antonio, for a whole other adventure. Claim baggage, find the car and oh yeah, find a place for them to pee, and don't forget, San Antonio Terminal 2 is TORN APART! so we had to hike with the 2 pups that now feel like they weigh 50 pounds a piece!We finally get to the car where they can spread out in the big kennel and enjoy some space. We got to head directly to Sonic Drive In for a much needed caffeine boost on the way home.<br /><br />Of course we get home and want to sleep, and these puppies are raring to go! They got to meet their new room mates, the pet dogs who have no rules, and try to figure out their place in the pecking order. No surprise when they learn just how far on the bottom they are. Thankfully the pet dogs are very patient with new recruits, and there was a tenuous peace.<br /><br />We recruited the teenage son to stay up with them and headed off to much earned bed! We only heard them a few times through the night, not too bad for a first night, but being the 4th guide dog to be raised in this house, we know there are MANY more long nights (and days) to come. Every single one of them worth it, when you get to see these little guys turn into and amazing dog that offers independence to someone with a visual impairment.<br /><br />So hang on this is going to be a wild ride, and you get a front row seat!Jethro's Puppy Raiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07731566395173383226noreply@blogger.com0