Training Day 1

The beginning of our training class was not like the others. Karen and Jeremy had to leave to go out of town and they are also filming a documentary so they brought the dogs out quickly. It was rather chaotic, but I understand the other classes had to wait sometimes 2 hours for the dogs to come out. This was great. Nate was excited but cautious as Chevy is still very puppy and that is a turn off for Nate. He likes calm and not in your face stuff. Chevy is very much in your face. At first I was a little leery of his puppiness, but I had to remind myself that he is just that... a puppy. When we got out on the floor to train, he was right there with me. And he loves the treats I brought from The Liver Lady. We practiced, sit, Down and free. We had dinner when we got back to the hotel, swam a little, and then got ready for bed. Nate is sawing logs... the crate is put together and we are ready to sleep. I AM EXHAUSTED, overwhelmed, discombobulated, overstimulated, but really happy and excited. I don't have Autism, but I can just imagine how all of these kids feel that are in training and out of their element. I think all the kids did really well on the first day. Nate watched his Ipad and then was checking out the play area. I'll post a few pics on here... unfortunately. The internet here at the hotel is very very slow. Takes forever to upload anything. Will post again soon.