Sleepy Tuesday

I've been furry busy doing a lot of sleeping lately...
- In the crate
- During my raiser's college classes
- During Church
- While my raiser is studying
- In the car
BUT, my raiser is making sure to spend time playing with me and work on obedience training (which is coming along nicely).
I'll be attending a puppy meeting this weekend with my raiser, and we'll be visiting with elderly people!


Brandon

Picture of Brandon laying down cuddled up with his eyes closed

Picture of Brandon cuddled up sleeping

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just doing a a "quick" post to wish all of you guys a furry HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

This is my first Thanksgiving, so I'm kinda new at this "thankful" thing... but I'm gonna give it a try.

I'm thankful fur many, many things - but there are some main ones I need to highlight:

I'm thankful fur...

• All my awesome friends out there!!
• My AMAZING furry cool raiser
• Fun toys
• Tasty treats
• A wonderful home

Since I said this will be a "quick" post... I better stop writing, but I can't end a post without any furry cute PICTURES!!

So have a furry Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy the cute pictures below :)

Brandon

Liberty spent her Thanksgiving like this...

Close up picture of Liberty's face - she's laying down all comfy like on her memory  foam doggy bed

I WANTED to spend my Thanksgiving like this...

Picture of Brandon chewing on a doggy toy

 BUT my raiser had different ideas...

Picture of Brandon in my lap while I file down his nails

AND my raiser thinks if she "sweet talks" me, it will all be okay...

Picture of Brandon in my lap while I file down his nails - I'm also talking to Brandon at the same time

Of course the humans get all the good food...

Picture of yummy doughnuts!!

almost Wordless Wednesday - Furry New Friends

Picture of Brandon with my sister, our friends from GA, and I; we (including Brandon) went to stay with them for a few days.
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I've got such cool friends in GA (see above), and fur some reason while the photo was being taken, my raiser WASN'T holding me!?!? (she's the tallest one... in the back).

AND a furry EARLY Happy Thanksgiving to all you guys :) I'm thankful fur all my awesome friends and my amazing raiser!

Brandon

My First Puppy Meeting

I attended my very first puppy meeting last week, and though I didn't know many of the commands... I still enjoyed my first meeting!
My raiser was impressed with how well I did at the meeting, and she liked how I maintained myself when I was near other doggies (meaning - I didn't go crazy like some of the other doggies did).
I'm looking forward to my next meeting, and my raiser hopes that I will have a understanding of a few more doggy commands, I told her I that I'll learn them in my own time!
Furry kisses to you all and thanks fur stopping by!!

Oh, BTW - enjoy the furry awesome photos below!!

Brandon





One of the first pictures of my sweet (and awesome) Raiser with me!!




The End...

Vet Visit (First post by Brandon)

Hey guys!
I know you have been looking forward to this post fur a very long time(at least... you better have!!)... and you guys are probably tired of my raiser writing on the blog fur me.
So I'm FINALLY doing my very first post; and you know what my first post is going to be about?
My first vet visit!
(first post - first vet visit, get it?)

Since I was picked up 1 week early from the guide dog school, I was still in need of a few certain shots, so once I settled into my raiser's home, we were off to the vet.
I welcomed my vet with slobbery kisses and behaved well when he weighed me (17.5 pounds!) and all the stuff they do at the vet place.
I did wonderful (as my raiser said!) during my first vet visit; and even tried to jump off the table by myself (for some odd reason, my raiser wouldn't let me).
I hope all of you guys enjoyed my very first post!

Brandon

Rudy's Fifth Report Card - LAST PHASE!! (also - Meet Hunter)

I have just received Rudy's fifth report card this afternoon... and found out some exciting news...
Rudy has now moved into PHASE THREE (polishing & blindfold walks). Which is the last phase of training down at the school.

He still has lots more to learn; but I'm so glad to hear he's in his last phase of training!
Seems like Rudy is still working on a few things; see the comment from his trainer: "Ok we are still working on some things. Still wayyy to excited coming out of the gate. We are also working on slowing him down a little. Longer routes don’t faze Rudy one little bit. We went to the marina in Sarasota. “No Rudy you can’t swim with the fish.” Tampa this month, not too crazy about the big city. Rudy – “Revolving doors, are you serious?” He didn’t like those, not too happy with the narrow escalators either."
Wow, doesn't that sounds just like a lab?

The best of luck to Rudy; and to make this post even better... the raiser that picked Brandon up for me; also stopped by the training kennel and snapped a quick photo of my "energetic" boy...

And of course... the wonderful report card!

Before I end this post (yep, I'm gonna make it even longer!); I would like you to meet Hunter

During the week of November 7-11 (yes - I waited till the last day to participate!), Mayzie is going to be honoring her Grampa J that passed away earlier this year by having "Rescue Me Week". For everyone that participates in this event will have the opportunity to win $100 which will be donated to your favorite rescue (shelter). Mayzie will be having a drawing the following week and 5 different blogs will win. That's $500 going to help homeless pets!!

When I happened upon Hunter, I decided he was the perfect dog to feature in this post... Not only because he was a black Lab mix (same as Rudy) BUT he's also got a little issue with being "energetic" (sound like someone we know?).

Hunter is about a year & a half old Labrador mix. He needs a family that will be able to handle all of his wonderful energy. He likes to run around and when it's time to come inside, he runs straight to his crate and gets in without running off. Hunter is neutered, vaccinated, microchipped, and on heartworm preventative.

I do hope Hunter is able to find that perfect home, he sounds like a wonderful boy & reminds me so much of Rudy.

Thank you for taking the time to read my lengthy post!!

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Wordless Wednesday - Brandon at College

As you can tell, Brandon truly enjoys my college classes...

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Shopping

Brandon has been quite busy lately; and has a WHOLE lot of updating to do - but fur now I'll update you on Brandon's shopping experience...
For just having Brandon for a little over 1 week, he has really been busy going places. Not only did he attend college classes with me; and some random stores around us - he took a trip with (some) of my family & I, to go surprise some awesome friends of ours, that were a few states away.
Brandon & I stayed at their house for a few days (he did GREAT!) and we did a LOT of shopping while we were there. He went to a HUGE mall with us, and went in about every store imaginable! Of course Brandon is a little young to be doing lots of walking, so he was carried from store to store - but once we went into a store, he was put on the ground to do a "little" bit of exploring. Leaving all the distractions alone, Brandon did amazingly well!
We also went down-town shopping were our friends lived, and Brandon got to visit cute jewelry shops, clothing stores, museums and much more!
All in all, Brandon is doing wonderful with his training, and has met more people than I can count!

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Name Game WINNER (a very Wordy Wednesday!)

If you remember when I announced the (five) winners of the Name Game contest; I noted that I would be posting the WINNER (that will be receiving the prizes) sometime this week.

Our "Name Game" winners were:
Raiser Erin (#1)
Lisa, Ellie and Hosta (#2)
Cantrix (#3)
Sugar the Golden Retriever (#4)
Elijah and Hobart II (#5)

Each blogger was given a number (seen above by their name) based on which blogger commented first (1-5).
I decided to use random.org (since Brandon didn't want to pull a "number out of a hat"!) and the winner is...


...#4 (Sugar the Golden Retriever) Furry congratulations to Sugar; and I will be contacting you shortly!
Thanks to everyone who participated in the contest; and I do hope to host another giveaway/contest come Christmas time :)
Brandon will be "running" the blog shortly; but fur now, he's learning all the "behind the scenes" stuff.

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Irresistibly Cute!

Brandon is doing great, his house training is coming along wonderfully and he attended his first college class (slept right through it!) with me this morning.

But on to the furry cute PHOTOS...

I did take Brandon outside (with a camera!) yesterday and took a few nice pictures; he really didn't care to "sit still" for long, but I managed.

I will be doing the drawing with the "name game" contest winners (hopefully!) tomorrow; don't think I forgot about it!
Enjoy the furry cute pictures below, and don't worry, I've got lots more to come :)

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