My H puppy!

Well today I got my second guide dog puppy she is a female yellow lab name Hazelle pronounced Hay- Zel not like the normal word Hazel. She was born on April 2, 2011 to Jenkins and Jillian. She is super cute and is a lot of fun so far!

The Puppy Truck

Hazelle in the grass at the puppy truck

Hazelles first meal. Look how skinny she is

Now look how fat she is

Hazelles first bath

Looking sad and pathetic

This picture reminds me of one of Breeze

~Katherine, Breeze and Hazelle

What happened to my 10 week old pup?

Well today is Breeze's 15 month old day which means she can officially go back to the Guide Dogs for the Blind campus. I remember when I got Breeze at 10 weeks old and just barely starting her training now I have 13 days left with her and getting ready to start the adventure all over again with a new puppy. She was a quick learner and easier to teach because of it. I will miss my white little Breeze like crazy but I really hope she makes it as a guide. I don't think Breeze will be happy just staying home and being a pet dog because she loves going everywhere with me and hates it when I do not take her with me. Breeze has been a great first puppy to train even though she can be super stubborn at times and doesn't want to do what you want her to do at times. She also likes to do things that she know she is not supposed to do just to make sure that you will get mad at her for it such as picking up things in her mouth. She will pick things up in her mouth and then run to you to see if you notice she picked something up, she will drop it once you see what she has but she just does it to make sure that she is still not allowed to do it. I am looking forward to seeing her name on the phase reports every week and seeing her progress and I am excited to see how well she does.

Breeze 10 weeks old on my lawn

Breeze at 14 months sitting in my yard

~Katherine and Breeze

8 month day!

Yesterday Breeze turned 8 months old! The time has flown by. Here are her 8 things at 8 months.

1. I love her droopy eyes and how dopey she is.
2. I love how good she is out in public and how people ask if she is always that calm. (The answer is no.)
3. I love that she is a really pretty white color, but that her ears and tail are darker than the rest of her!
4. I love how soft she is (like velvet).

5. I love how she is willing to do whatever we are doing because she has a very "whatever" attitude.

6. I love how when she chews her toy bones she lifts them up into the air and chews on them in between the stair rails or on the couch or just up in the air.

(Breeze chewing her bone on the couch. It looks like she is

 chewing the couch but really she is not)

7.  I love how she will not whine in her crate if I am still asleep. She will just go back to sleep until I am ready to get her out.

8. I love how she is so worried about me. Sometimes when my mom gets her up in the morning for me while I am still sleeping she comes running into my room to make sure that I am okay.

Bonus- because she is just that awesome: I love how she tries to scratch an itch with her back paw while standing up. (It never works.)

~Katherine and Breeze

6 months and more

Well I have not posted in a while so here are a few things. Breeze now weighs about 48 pounds. She is also 6 months old but I never did a post for it so I will do it right now.

Things she does well:

1. She is very calm out in public and settles really well.
2. She is getting really good on Tie Down but still needs some work.
3. Her come is improving. She was going through the rebellious stage so she would stop coming but now she is getting better at it!
4. She is starting to walk on a loose leash with a flat collar but still needs the head collar.
5. Breeze is really good around kids and enjoys them.
6. She does most of her commands when you tell her to.

Things to work on:

1. Breeze is very dog distracted and pulls on the leash to get to them.
2. She is starting to have accidents again but I think that may be some of my fault.
3. Breeze is a very big garbage mouth and will pick up anything that is on the floor.
4. She plays keep away with toys she is not aloud to have.
5. Breeze is not able to "stay" in a room that I am not in. Instead she tries to follow me around.
6. She also knows when I don't have treats for come so she will not come.

Because Breeze is now 6 months old we got a letter telling us that she needs to get spayed! Also Breeze will be going to school with me tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday then will be getting spayed on Wednesday!

(Breeze sitting in my yard with her vest on)

~Katherine and Breeze

5 Months Old

Today Breeze is 5 months old so here are the 5 things to work on and the 5 things that are good.

Things to work on:

1: Puppy Push up. We have started doing the sit, down, puppy push up and she is getting really good on them considering that we started only about 3 days ago!

2: She still has trouble staying in a sit if I leave the room she will get curious and wonder were I went so she will start following me.

3: Breeze has now started jumping up on people and on objects. She will jump up on you if you are standing and have food in your hand.

4: Breeze also whines on Tie Down and in her crate if you keep the light on and don't close the door.

5: She takes toys and things that are not hers and will play keep away with them.

Good things:

1: She is really good out in the public!

2: Her come is getting really good while off leash.

3: Her "go to bed" is really good she will most of the time go on command!]

4: Breeze will do her business on command and she will do it on cement too.

5: Breeze is getting use to the command Kennel and now when I tell her to go into her crate a few feet away she will go right in.

Here is a picture on her 5 month day!

~Katherine and Breeze

"Come"

For the last couple of weeks I have been working on the Come command.I think it is really important and is very useful. Breeze has picked up on it really well and is getting really good at it. Here are a few pictures of her coming! Sorry about the dead grass!

(Breeze running towards me after I tell her come)

(Breeze running with her lips all spread out)

(Breeze after coming a few times)

(Breeze relaxing after running out in the heat)

~Katherine and Breeze

4 Month Day

Breeze turned 4 months old yesterday but I was not home so I could not write this post! Well Happy 4 month day Breeze!!! Well since she is 4 months old that also means that she has gotten her 16 week shots and that also means that we can start taking her places. She has been to 2 places with me. She went to Target and then to a restaurant. She did really well in both but threw up a little in both. Anyway the 4 things I love and 4 things I need to work on are:

Love:
1. She is very smart.
2. The places I have taken her she does really well.
3. Does sit really well and also Wait.
4. Her attitude is awesome. She is always happy and willing to please!

Work on:
1. The throwing up.
2. Her stay. She always gets up before you tell her to.
3. Her down. She hates going down although is always Lying Down
4. Walking on a leash. She pulls while walking so I have been using the Gentle Leader and Halti



~Katherine and Breeze

Down Wait

Well since Breeze has figured out sit I have now been making her go down and wait for her food. She is getting really good and is picking up on down really well. She will go down on her own sometimes and other times I just have to help her a little. Breeze is learning commands really fast and I am very proud of her. We are working on Stay with her now because she knows what wait is.

(Breeze lying down waiting for her food. Her head is resting on her paw looking up at

me waiting for me to say Okay)

(Breeze not even looking at the bowl. Her head is resting on the floor.)

~Katherine and Breeze

Almost There

Well today is Breeze's 3 month Birthday so, I will go with what everyone else does and follow the crowd and say 3 things that I like about Breeze. I will also add 3 things that we need to work on.
Things I like

1. I love how she loves to be with people.

2. I love her coloring. Mainly on her ears though.

3. I like how she takes so long to eat any meal. That means that I can do more stuff in between her eating!

Things to work on

1.Accidents. We went on a walk yesterday and she pooped on the sidewalk. I know she is only 3 months but that still something that shouldn't be happening quite so often now that she is getting older.

2. The down command. She hasn't quite caught on to the command yet. She doesn't really like it either.

3. Chewing everything. She has gotten better from when we had her but she still tries to chew our couch, Chairs, Table Cloth, and we have her tie down to our railing by our stairs and she chews on her tie down and even sometimes the wood on the stairs.

 

~Katherine and Breeze

Puppysit #2 (Mara)

                      

  

A few weeks ago (Dec 5-6), I had the opportunity to puppysit Mara. Mara is a female black lab. She is my group leaders' transfer dog. She was really good for us.  She has a fun personality! She reminded my family a lot of my dog Graham when he was her age.  Anyway, I had her from Saturday to Sunday. Saturday we just hung around at my house and she met my dogs.  On Sunday I took her to church. She did really well. Everyone loved her, but my class kept saying that I had a muzzle on her. It was just her Halti! During Young Womens, which is the 3rd hour, she kept sighing. I felt really bad because she would sigh when we were really quiet and when we were listening to a lady talking to us about service and how it has blessed her life. Well, that's how my weekend with Mara went!

~Katherine

1st Puppy Sit

On Thursday I will be puppy sitting for the first time. I will be watching a male yellow lab named Moseley. I will be getting him Thursday night and will be watching him until Sunday night! I can't wait!!

~Katherine