Monday, August 31, 2015

Another Day, Another Puppy(ies)

After dropping BRAXTON, MOSBY, and HUDSON; along with their new friend, COLLIER (more on him in a minute) off in Wilmington, and participating in some ITT alongside some other clients, I had one puppyless night before adding a few more to the crew.

First, COLLIER. Kinda one of the cutest little dudes you ever saw. FIN and I drove a long 5 1/2 hours each way to meet in Gatlinburg, TN to pick up this guy. While I typically hate driving, especially for long amounts of time, I can't complain about the gorgeous view this ride provided, as well as the added bonus of no cell service for the majority of the trip.

Road trip ready!  
windows down, sunroof open, and a cool mountain breeze running' through our hair 
Meet COLLIER! 
FIN documenting our great adventures
COLLIER learned sit/stay real quick ;) 
FINLEY is pretty happy about the state line 
COLLIER using every ounce of himself to hold that new "stay" thing
Everything is perfect in His timing.  
COLLIER goes for his first swim in the cold mountain rivers

Unfortunately, COLLIER only got to hang out with us for a day, but we certainly enjoyed having him. We took our trip on Monday, went to Wilmington for Tuesday and Wednesday, and then on Friday picked up sweet Gracie, from Goodwinds Labs, who is just here on vacation; and GRANT, who was donated by Parrish's Labs into our Service Dog Training Program. Brace yourself for the overload of pics because this is one special boy and he works the camera. 
GRANT
He's breakin' hearts with those eyes, ladies. [GRANT]
GRANT
GRANT has something to say 
such a sweet face [GRANT] 
pretty Gracie girl! 
Gracie
Gracie 
GRANT got brave and decided to try out the slide all by himself
A smile from Gracie! 
Wrinkly smoothy face GRANT 
He's won my heart, y'all. [GRANT] 
THEN, because two more in the house wasn't enough, on Saturday I went and picked up four more precious babies from Charlotte! I'm most excited about watching these four really blossom in our program. They came from living in an outdoor pen, and now it is our job to expose them to the world. In just a few short days I can already see such a difference in their personalities. All four LOVE people and attention, but a lot of the rest of the world is still a little scary for them. No worries, our training program is designed to overcome that in the most scientifically sound and proven way possible. Without further adieu, let me introduce you to WALLIS, HARRIS, STERLING, and CONNELLY! 

CONNELLY 
silly HARRIS  
sweet CONNELLY girl 
happy WALLIS  
hey WALLY boy  
WALLIS and CONNELLY - this is how most of my pictures turn out :) 
happy HARRIS 
pretty girl STERLING
so in love with STERLING's little (big) personality!

CONNELLY  
you got this, WALLIS! 
CONNELLY
CONNELLY 
WALLIS and STERLING say "come on in" to CONNELLY  
this boy <3 [WALLIS]
WALLIS says "hey ladies" 
precious WALLY 
HARRIS 
HARRIS 

I think that's enough pictures probably for one post, so I'll start a new one to write about these babies' first socialization adventures! 

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