[nagdu] more adventures with Odie

rhonda cruz rhondaprincess at gmail.com
Sat Jun 8 04:29:46 UTC 2013


 hi bbi,
 i am glad you had a good outing.
 on today.
 thinking of you. hugs.


On Jun 7, 2013, at 12:48 AM, Portia Scott wrote:

> Helo Bibi and all,
> 
> I'm glad all went well for the most part. People are bound to stick their noses where they shouldn't sometimes, but hey. As you said earlier, life goes on. I am very to hopefully be getting my guide dog. And I'm glad everyone is doing well their furry friends, smiles.
> 
> Just keep up the training you guys learned and all the good work. You guys should be fine.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Portia.
> On Jun 6, 2013, at 9:40 PM, Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire <orleans24 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hi, all,
>> Odie and I had some more adventures today.
>> Because our apartment was being bug bombed, we had to be gone for three hours.
>> We went down to the sixteenth street mall and faced many challenges, positive and negative ones.
>> The negative ones were the hardest as I'd have people put their foot in the wrong place if I needed to correct Odie.
>> We were in MacDonald's and an unknown homeless drunk guy decided to come sit at the same table we were sitting.
>> I felt a low growl come from Odie's throat and he was warning me the individual didn't look or smell right.
>> I ended up gathering my tray after a few minutes as he just wouldn't leave me alone.
>> Thankfully, I found another customer to sit with who had her stuff together and we began to talk.
>> I introduced myself and the other lady told me her name was Nancy.
>> She came up with a good name for Odie which I like.
>> It is Fydo.
>> After MacDonald's, Odie and I decided it was best to walk to the next places that were easily accessible on the mall to get to.
>> I wasn't wanting to put him through the stress on the free mall shuttle as it gets really packed and crowded.
>> My partner would have became cluster phobic and I would have felt the same way too.
>> Another rough part was people continuously kept looking at his dog shoes instead of watching where they were going.
>> I actually almost got knocked down by an individual.
>> Thankfully, my heroic partner caught me before I went down.
>> While at another crossing, some man decided he would put his hand in front of Odie's mouth.
>> My partner didn't like that one bit and he made it clear by back up away from him.
>> Of course, Odie could have cut the person's hand off, but I am glad he handled it better by just backing away.
>> I didn't want to have to deal with ten day quarrenteen nor extra paperwork.
>> He had the same type of reaction during training too, would back up if anyone started touching him without my permission.
>> While at Market street, Station, I tried to offer him some water in his dish.
>> I put it down for a few seconds and then showed him the water bowl.
>> He didn't want any as of yet.
>> Another individual decided he needed to get involved and not just by me, even another passenger told him to go away and be quiet, to keep his mouth shut.
>> Despite the rough negative parts of the adventures, the positive part was us getting much needed exercise.
>> It was a good day to do so and I'm happy we got out.
>> Odie did well for the most part, despite a few problems, but that's to be expected and he's not 100%perfect.
>> I wouldn't want it to be that way.
>> We stopped at 7 11 on the way home and I bought him his special reward treat: a banana which I broke it up into small pieces and mixed with his supper.
>> I'm getting ready to feed him and see if he likes it.
>> I still stick to the traditional parts of a working dog team though: rewarding him with love and praise since he enjoys that the most.
>> Odie's other favorite is when I pick him up, having both of his front legs placed on my left arm and me giving him a big hug and kiss on the side of his face.
>> I put my hand down briefly to feel his tail wag like crazy.
>> After supper, I'm planning an extra park time tonight in the hopes no acidents do happen.
>> If so though, life goes on and it gets cleanned up.
>> Hope all and their four-legged furry working partners enjoy their weekend and try to stay cool.
>> Bibi and son Odie
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