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I am a male yellow Lab. My birth date is September 4th 2011. I am in training to be a guide dog for the blind. (guide dog school -Southeastern Guide Dogs) I'm my raiser's fifth guide dog puppy. She will keep me for (about) 1 year, then I will head off to harness training! Please feel free to follow my blog and keep up with: Brandon's Life... As a guide dog in training

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Monday, October 1, 2007

Airport meeting photos



Loading the plane






Maggie fits in the bath room!
No, not the lady. Maggie's a black Lab.





I fit in the bathroom too, just barely!









waiting for other people to come












ready to take-off






Our trainers getting name tags




heading towards the airplane



















Brax

Airport meeting

Hi guys!



My friend just reminded me that I forgot to leave a post on the airport meeting I went to a couple of weeks ago.


We went to the airport and instead of walking around the "inside" of the airport, like last year, we got to go in to the hanger (like a garage for an airplane). They even let us board an airplane. (Me and a friend got first class half the time!) Make sure you look at airport meeting photos they are great!

My trainer reads your comments too me, so thanks for leaving them,



Brax

Hope's pictures

My friend (who just happens to be a "real" working dog) actually has an owner. (yes she is blind). Well you see my trainer's mom helped my friend's owner take pictures. She told her how to hold the camera and where the buttons are. She said things like "point it more to the left" or "hold the camera more level, don't let it point toward the ground". A couple of the shots are dark (but it doesn't matter). Hope says they aren't too dark for her!



BTW, my trainer wanted me to tell you why she does put words beside the picture, even though you can see it and tell what we are doing. The reason is... since my trainer's friend is blind that means she can't she the pictures, but she CAN have her computer read out loud the little captions for each picture .





this one is a little dark
(but I am in it! See me with my trainer?)
This on is not dark but is a little sideways, and all of us dogs, and trainers too, are way off to the left.










This one has a little of me in it and my owner is only half in it!



















This is a good one of us looking at the balls as they roll by, and sometimes bounce. Some of my buddies were really tempted, but I stayed perfectly still and ignored them.

















Muffin, aren't you proud of your owners photography skills!

Don't forget to leave a comment



Brax

Friday, September 28, 2007

Puppy Class Pictures

I did not get to wear a harness this time, but we had bouncy balls and scary face masks! My friends and I had lots of fun. We even worked with treats (some dogs got treats even through they weren't aloud to), but I did not get any treats, I was one of the good dogs!! Don't forget to leave a comment on my post, well... and look at my Puppy class pictures.

Brax



See, they are scary!




We are all laying down waiting for the ball to roll by

And now they are rolling balls right in front of our noses! How mean.















I am all worn out.



We are getting ready to work with treats.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Puppy Class Tonight

Guess what! Its puppy class again, I hope I can wear a harness tonight. But even if I don't I will get to see my friends again. I will make sure my trainer gets some pictures of me and the others at puppy class. And I will leave a post of some pictures and how it went!







Brax

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Spelling Lessons



See, look how hard it is!





Well at least I can see what I type!
















look at all the "typing" I have done, the problem is it is not spelled right!









Mabye by next year I will know how!



















Hi guys.



My trainer is trying to teach me how to spell (on the blog it has "doggy" check!) which happens to be my "trainer". Well she is getting tried of always having to check my spelling so she has been teaching me to me to spell so she does not have to! Make sure you look at the photos because they show me learning how to type.


Brax

Monday, September 10, 2007

Pond Party photos


Me getting my "spa" bath




Me sniffing the water (deciding it is way to cold!)







Me after my spa bath!













He has treats can you tell! we all want them


you can barley see me I am on the left corner




My trainer with Mulligan, not me!




I got really exited when I figured out is was cold!



Look how well they can swim. Do you see me? I am the one NOT swiming!



Now this is my trainer with ME!
















Here I am getting all soaped up
















Brax

PARTY TIME!

Hi, I had a blast the whole time (well "almost" the whole time.) When we did the scavenger hunt, I had to go with somebody else (not my trainer!) we got almost everything right but I decided the water was to cold so I did not get points for getting in the pond, then they pushed me in.
Then finally they let us go back to our trainers. My trainer tried to take me out into the water but I did not go, so she got the canoe and was going out into the middle of the pond and called me! Well she wasn't in the middle of the pond yet, so I jumped in... into the canoe! I made it half way. Then I climbed all the way in. After that I got a spa bath so make sure you look at the post that has the pictures "pond party photos".


Brax

Friday, September 7, 2007

Pond Party

Hi guys,

Tomorrow I am going to a pond party (by-by to summer, hello to fall (winter) almost the same thing, but one is colder then the other!) I will make sure my trainer gets lots of photos! After all the dogs get into the pond we get a spa bath! Really exiting isn't it!! I will leave a post hopefully tomorrow after the pond party but it might be later.



Brax

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Splash!

Here are some photos of me at Splash Country



























Hi!



After we went to the aquarium, the next day we went to Splash Country (water water water) I of course got to get really wet, and my trainer could not keep me with her all the time so she kept handing me back over to her mom, more than half the time I was with her mom, but they rented some kind of canopy thing, so I got to nap most of the day!

Brax



Somthing's Fishy

Here are some photos of me at the aquarium



























Hi!


I just got back from going on vacation with my trainer and her family. We had a really fun time. the first place we went to was the aquarium, it was soo much fun seeing sharks, fish, sting rays (one of them was trying to get to me!), and I even got to touch a horseshoe crab!


Brax

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Ice Skating




























I just got back from the ice house (where people get on freezing cold ice and skate and then fall!) Me and 1 other dog in our group got to feel the ice and see the people skate. The other 2 got to see people skate but did not get on the ice. We (would of) loved the food on the ground but they didn't let us eat the any! Oh well. My trainer got on the ice to. Here is a couple photos of me and the group at the ice house... and me... and "Me Me" (Mimi).







Brax

Wednesday, August 15, 2007


Me and my trainers brother
Hi
Guess what! I am learning to read, I am already reading books with out photos, they have really small letters but I still can see them!
What a great Seeing-Eye dog I will be, reading for the blind!
Brax

I'm back!



Me and Ralph








Me



Me











Me walking with somebody in our group
(don't remember people names really good!)






















Me (sitting up) at puppy class resting




Hi guys,


I am finally back from what my trainer calls "vacation." I, well, have to admit that I did have a blast! Ralph and I(Ralph is the baby sitters guide dog) spent the whole vacation together. I only barked a couple times (I mean I was exited!), but other then that my baby sitter said I did great!! Ya for me! I was still really happy to come home to see my trainer (I so-call my "owner", or wish!) I still kind of miss Ralph and Jackson (their house dog).



Here are some photos of me at there house, and me at puppy class (with my baby sitter), I hope you enjoy them.



Brax