Edited by Sandra Hutton, Thursday 2 December 2021 at 16:01
The new dog, is a cross retriever lab. He is black in colour and his teeth are as sharp as razors. Well, you get the gist. They are very Jaggy and can puncture skin very quickly.
This boy has a name. He is called Dax. Not a name we chose for him, but someone paid an awful lot of money to name him. £25,000 Im told.
You will be wondering why he has had a lot of investment made in him thus far (8 weeks old). Dax will hopefully be a life changer when he grows up. He is a guide dog puppy and we are his puppy raising family.
Because he is so young Dax will play a little and sleep a lot. And for me studying the OU course, that's brilliant. There are times when Im sitting getting right involved in my studies when my foot might get a bit wet ! I forget when they are that age they need to go out after a long sleep. (Note to self)
Then its the playtime stage when Im writing my essay, and re-writing it, and adding bits and taking away bits, and changing the language. Playing tug of war with a rope and a pup at the end of it is great until the big dog joins in. Then my chair and me are pulled across the wooden flor because I choose a chair with wheels.
Chaos resumes for 30 minutes before the wee dog decides he has exerted himself too much. By the time I clean my foot, change my socks, pick all of the pup toys from the floor, make a cup of tea sit down again to write he wakens again
Its not so bad. Im sure he will settle down in the next few weeks.
We will have him until he is about 18 months and if he passes all of his tests he will go through to his big boy training in Forfar. Our last dog has passed his training and is being matched with a young blind person, so for us, the heartache of losing our dog has gone because we see the joy he brings to his new young owner.
I have put a photograph of the little pest on here for you to see. This is what makes it all worthwhile
New Puppy and Studying a novice report
The new dog, is a cross retriever lab. He is black in colour and his teeth are as sharp as razors. Well, you get the gist. They are very Jaggy and can puncture skin very quickly.
This boy has a name. He is called Dax. Not a name we chose for him, but someone paid an awful lot of money to name him. £25,000 Im told.
You will be wondering why he has had a lot of investment made in him thus far (8 weeks old). Dax will hopefully be a life changer when he grows up. He is a guide dog puppy and we are his puppy raising family.
Because he is so young Dax will play a little and sleep a lot. And for me studying the OU course, that's brilliant. There are times when Im sitting getting right involved in my studies when my foot might get a bit wet ! I forget when they are that age they need to go out after a long sleep. (Note to self)
Then its the playtime stage when Im writing my essay, and re-writing it, and adding bits and taking away bits, and changing the language. Playing tug of war with a rope and a pup at the end of it is great until the big dog joins in. Then my chair and me are pulled across the wooden flor because I choose a chair with wheels.
Chaos resumes for 30 minutes before the wee dog decides he has exerted himself too much. By the time I clean my foot, change my socks, pick all of the pup toys from the floor, make a cup of tea sit down again to write he wakens again
Its not so bad. Im sure he will settle down in the next few weeks.
We will have him until he is about 18 months and if he passes all of his tests he will go through to his big boy training in Forfar. Our last dog has passed his training and is being matched with a young blind person, so for us, the heartache of losing our dog has gone because we see the joy he brings to his new young owner.
I have put a photograph of the little pest on here for you to see. This is what makes it all worthwhile