Coco,

It's always so special when you meet your new furry companion who is to guide you for many years to come. Sounds like a great little bouncy girl. We will be praying with you about the training, bonding and settling in of household for both dogs.

Vicki



 

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From: Coco * <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Monday, November 11, 2013 5:33 am
Subject: guide dog Cayla

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> Cayla was born on 26 June 2012. Her mother is a golden retriever and her 
> father's a black labrador, Eddie. She's very energetic and travelled between 
> her foster family's home and the training centre daily for training. She 
> arrived at 11:20 local time (4:20 eastern). Astrid is still with me and 
> seems to like her. There was no agression from either dog and Cayla seems a 
> bit more careful with Astrid. They even played on the grass outside the 
> garden flat. We won't walk today and the trainer wants us to bond before I 
> start to work with her. She's proved to me that she's trained as she went 
> outside to obey a call of nature. We're going to do some obedience work on 
> the leash tomorrow and I'll walk "sighted guide" with the trainer to get to 
> know the routes as I'm new to the area too. We'll start at 8am and I'd 
> appreciate your prayers. I am carefully optimistic that I'll like this 
> bundle of energy who joined my life.