Ori turns 5 on Saturday! My little tripod is growing up! We ordered a leash and collar from PB & J World and it came in a few weeks ago now. (I still need to post pics!) It's adorable on her and we've been using them for therapy class and when we travel. I love having a stylish and matching leash/collar set for her!
Yesterday after class, Ori I visited the wall of toys and we picked out 2 new birthday toys for her. She picked out a cow with 5 little squeakies and I picked a monkey toy made by kong for her. I'm going to be kind of mean though first with the toys. Before she gets to play with them and make them "hers" we need to work on "leave it" with a high value toy if we're ever going to have a prayer of passing the delta pet therapy test. Leave it and the stay are our 2 biggest issues. So we gotta dig in and work hard so we can pass this test! I think she's going to visiting with people and we already have a nursing home lined up to go in and visit! (thank you Christina!)
Ori loves wubba like whoa. Wubba 2.0 unfortunately is on it's last leg and has been holding on for dear life for several weeks now. It seems only fitting that O be allowed to destroy it however she wants to on her birthday! We'll do our best to capture some of that fun footage!
Ori seems to be adjusting well to being the only dog. She also continues to remind us of another very special little girl with her well timed sighs, Joan Rivers bark, and fantastic snuggling skills. Ori truly knows how to make our hearts smile in her own right. She loves life with a fabulous energy and vigor and I never tire of watching her explore and try new things. (although I would be ok with her refraining from putting foreign objects in her mouth as fast as possible!) She's a powerhouse when she plays, but we love playing and letting her blow off some steam chasing balls and playing fetch!
The weather was beautiful today and we were outside talking with neighbors for a little bit this evening. Ori was chewing on a stick and then went into a sneezing frenzy. Poor little thing had something stuck! She eventually got it out, but she looked so panicked. Not that it will keep her from doing it again though....
O's been loving the 3 day weekends she's been getting. With me working some weekends, I've been getting Mondays off. O gets the best deal. I'm not complaining though. I get a fabulous snuggle buddy who lets me sleep in til 9 or so on Monday mornings!
Our little adventure continues each and every day.... now with pretty little Ori and our family once again of 3....
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Monday, March 07, 2011
Therapy Class, new friends, and a bath
Ori and I have been going to a class in preparation to take the delta pet therapy test at the end of the month. Overall, she's doing very well, but she occasionally reminds me of how strong she thinks she is when she sells me out for a piece of cheese instead of a great recall!
She loves to play and sometimes that's all she wants to do with all her furry friends! She gets a little skittish when I move a walker so it makes noise, but usually food helps calm her mind. We're working hard, but I won't be surprised if we don't pass the first time. At this point, we're working on exposing her to as much as we can.
We have a new neighbor in the apartment building next to us and she has a cute basset, Lola. Ori and Lola have been spending time together, so we're both hoping they can be good friends and spend time playing and hanging out as buds! Ori's going to be walking with Lola and Em this week as our usual dog walking in on spring vacation. So excited for new friends and puppy dog friends too!
We finally broke down and gave Ori a bath tonight. She's managed to avoid one for way longer than I'm comfortable admitting, but after the rainy weekend, we had to make it happen! She was such a little saint in the tub.....soooo much dirt down the drain!! And now Ori is a clean clean snuggling machine! I'm working this weekend so I had today off....Ori was snuggled up beside me and our 8am wake up time magically moved to 9am : ) She did a great job trying to distract me while I diligently work on grad work, but her snuggling next to me, helped me stay in one spot and get my work done!
This little one melts my heart.... I constantly find myself using words and expressions I had only used with Tinker before this point. I look at O and I see what Tink may have been like when she was sighted and younger.... God has an interesting way of healing and growing us.... thankful for the small gifts we're given, even when they knock the trash over when they aren't getting enough attention!
She loves to play and sometimes that's all she wants to do with all her furry friends! She gets a little skittish when I move a walker so it makes noise, but usually food helps calm her mind. We're working hard, but I won't be surprised if we don't pass the first time. At this point, we're working on exposing her to as much as we can.
We have a new neighbor in the apartment building next to us and she has a cute basset, Lola. Ori and Lola have been spending time together, so we're both hoping they can be good friends and spend time playing and hanging out as buds! Ori's going to be walking with Lola and Em this week as our usual dog walking in on spring vacation. So excited for new friends and puppy dog friends too!
We finally broke down and gave Ori a bath tonight. She's managed to avoid one for way longer than I'm comfortable admitting, but after the rainy weekend, we had to make it happen! She was such a little saint in the tub.....soooo much dirt down the drain!! And now Ori is a clean clean snuggling machine! I'm working this weekend so I had today off....Ori was snuggled up beside me and our 8am wake up time magically moved to 9am : ) She did a great job trying to distract me while I diligently work on grad work, but her snuggling next to me, helped me stay in one spot and get my work done!
This little one melts my heart.... I constantly find myself using words and expressions I had only used with Tinker before this point. I look at O and I see what Tink may have been like when she was sighted and younger.... God has an interesting way of healing and growing us.... thankful for the small gifts we're given, even when they knock the trash over when they aren't getting enough attention!
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