Vister for the Week

Well I'm sorry I haven't posted for awhile. I have been busy with school and the dogs. Well this week I got the pleasure of watching Paris's brother Peanut. He was a pretty good boy. I didn't really take him on any outings, so I don't know how he does in public but at home he was a perfect puppy. Well almost, he did have an accident in his crate the first night because I wasn't sure of his relieving schedule but other then that he was quite in joy able. I think Mara enjoyed having a playmate. So that was fun for her. Here is a picture of Mara and Peanut.

Peanut and Mara

Well thats all for now.

~Hannah and Mara~

Things I Enjoy about Sugar.

Well as promised a post with things I enjoy about Sugar. I mean even though she is being raised by my mom I still like posting about her adventures. I guess that also means what I enjoy about her. Well here is what I enjoy about her anyways.

1. Well the first thing I enjoy about her is that she is very confident about going up and down the stairs at 8 weeks old. I know surprising but she can.

2. The 2nd thing I enjoy about her is that she is willing to play in the snow and doesn't really complain when she gets to cold.

3. The last thing I enjoy about her is that she loves to chew on her toys. I like this because then I know that she isn't going to destroy something that doesn't belong to her.

Well thats all for now. Have a good weekend everyone.

~Hannah, Mara, and Sugar~

P.S. I forgot to mention that Myra is not going to graduate in February at D4D. I will probably post the email sometime this weekend. This works so much better for me though. I mean I am said it's not happening next month but it will work better a different month other then next month. Well thats all for now.

~Hannah, Mara, and Sugar~

Things I Enjoy about Mara.

Well sense I haven't posted in a while I thought I would do a post about what I enjoy about my current puppies. Well Mara today Sugar tomorrow.

1. Well the 1st thing I enjoy about Mara is that she is very willing to please even though I didn't see this the first few months I had her.

Mara working on food avoidance. No worries I

didn't keep it there for very long.

2. I love her spunky attitude even though I was really hard for me to deal with at first.

3. The last thing I enjoy about her is that she is willing to put up with the many photo shoots I do of her no matter how much she doesn't want to do.

Well thats all for now. I probably could of done quite a few more but 3 is enough.

~Hannah, Mara, and Sugar~

P.S. I added a new header. Hope everyone has a good day tomorrow.

~Hannah, Mara, and Sugar~

Surprise, Surprise

I had no clue about this but my mom and dad went somewhere and then showed up with a little ball of fur. I honestly had no clue about this so as you can tell it was quite the surprise. Well here is a picture of the puppy and then I will tell the name and other stuff.

Are you ready. This little puppy's name is Sugar. All I know about her is that she is a Female Golden Retriever and she with be 8 weeks tomorrow. I also know that she is from a breeder in Arkansas (I am assuming private breeder that donated them to GDB but not sure). So yes she is a puppy for guide dogs. I am going to help raise her with my mom but since we still have Mara I will mostly be working with Mara and my mom with be working with her most of the time. I am still going to be a part of raising her with my mom. My mom with probably just be the one doing most of the starting stuff with her.

Well I guess I should also put how Mara is taking to having another dog in the house. She was actually quite excited to see another puppy in house. It will be a long while be for the 2 of them get to do anything but staring at each other. I just hope it doesn't do her any damage. I am sure it won't cause any damage to Mara. I guess I worry about that cause it seemed like that when I had Myra and Lansing at the same time. Anyways thats all for now.

~Hannah, Mara, and Sugar~

What Happen in 2009

January: Myra turned 16 months. Not much really happened that month.

February: Myra turned 17 months. I also found out that she was going to return for formal training March 28. Lansing turned 1 years old on the 9th even though I wasn't with him I still like mentioning that he turned 1. So kind of a sad and fun month at the same time.

March: I turned 17 on the 23. Myra left for formal training a couple days after my birthday so not a very fun birthday present for me. I also found out that I was going to receive a puppy on the 17th of April. All in all a pretty good month.

April: Journey arrived on the 18th at I think about 9 weeks old. Sorry but I don't really remember that much how old he was.

May: Journey turned 3 months. Got his 1st set of shots. Dickens came to live with us for about 3 weeks because his raisers decided it wouldn't work out. Berta turned 3 years and Maggie turned 2 years on the 2nd of May.

June: Journey turned 4 months. Got his last set of shoots and became league with going on outings. I left to Atlanta Georgia toward the middle of June for 5 weeks and my mom watched Journey while I was gone.

July: Journey turned 5 months. Returned from Atlanta on the 24th.

August: Journey and Me went to California Fun Days. Found out that Myra was in Class to graduate with a blind person. I then found out that Myra was taken out of Class and then ended up being CC'd due to different distractions. I mean it didn't surprise me that Myra was Career Changed because she had some distractions when I had her that I wasn't sure how to work through with her. Well so kind of a disappointing month for me.

September: Journey left to go to the high school program. Which was pretty hard for me to let go of him. Myra turned 2 years. Found out that Myra was in training at Dogs for Diabetics. Also got Mara my first transfer puppy. She is also the first of 6 guide dog puppies that is black the rest of my puppies have been yellow.

October: Mara turned 8 months. Me and Mara were Thing 1 and Thing 2 for halloween. Mara was Thing 1 and I was Thing 2.

November: Mara turned 9 months. Nothing more exciting then Mara turning 9 months.

December: Mara turned 10 months. Lansing graduated as a guide to Brian Ralston of Modesto California on the 12th. I wasn't able to make it out but I still appreciate the fact that he graduated.

So thats what happened in 2009. I am so happy with what happened in 2009 but am excited to see what is going to happen in 2010. I hope I have a wonderful year.

Happy New Year to everyone. May this be the best year yet.

~Hannah and Mara~

Happy New Year's Eve

Well Happy New Year's Eve I about an hour Utah time but I am doing it now cause I will probably be to busy after midnight hits. Well Happy New Year's.

May 2010 be just as good as 2009. Maybe even a little bit better then 2009 was. Well Happy New Year's everyone.

~Hannah and Mara~

Reunion

Well yesterday I got to see someone that I have not seen in about 3 months. That special someone would be Journey. Me and the girl that received him have been keeping in touch and wanted to get together yesterday. We ended up meeting at Thanksgiving Point but it was to cold to walk around or we ended up deciding not to walk around. Instead we just stayed in the restaurant they have there and talked. We each told stories about what Journey hand done and talked about guide dogs and lots of other things.

Well it was great seeing her and Journey. I cannot believe how big he has gotten since I left him with who he is with now. But I am also pleased at how he is doing. Here is the one good picture I got of Journey because he was being difficult with not wanting his picture taken.

My huge little man. Not that he

is so little anymore.

After that my mom had to go up to Cabela's to ask them about something. So I took the time to walk Mara around the animals.

Mara in front of the bear.

After Cabela's we went to get dog food cause poor Mara had none left for dinner.

Mara with her bag of food before she

at dinner.

Well all in all yesterday was a great day. I do believe that Journey and Mara also had fun seeing each other. Well thats all for now.

~Hannah and Mara~