Monday Morning Meeting

Saying "hello", puppy-style

Vinson and Garcia just enjoyed their Monday morning "meeting". They are always so excited to see each other after the weekend, and you can tell by the photo (courtesy of a coworker) that Garcia can keep up with the young pup's energy!

Sewing Needles Be-Gone

Vinson has now lost most of his puppy teeth, including three of the four sewing-needle-like puppy canines! We've managed to save a couple as mementos along the way, but most are digested during meal time or play. One more puppy canine to go and another milestone will be behind him.

Vinson will be six months old this Sunday!

Seeing Eye® Dogs Play Just Like All Dogs!

 

Vinson and Garcia have become great friends, sharing office space together and having some morning play time.

Sometimes here at The Seeing Eye, we hear statements like, "It doesn't seem fair that Seeing Eye dogs don't get to run and play". The answer is, that's not the case!

Spend a little time watching any of the TV shows about dog training and you'll find an almost universal statement - a dog needs a job to do. The dogs love to work because their enjoyment comes from pleasing us and receiving praise.

Seeing Eye dogs are trained that, when in harness they are on the job and are to act as trained. But when that harness is off, they quickly settle into being off-duty, "regular" dogs, playing and doing typical dog things.

In this video, you'll see the calmer moments of Vinson and Garcia playing together after Garcia's owner removed his harness and released him to play.

"Okay, monkey. Here's the plan. Meet me at 3:00 a.m. in the living room."

Last night was the first time a long while that Vinson woke us in the middle of the night. Both surprised (and still in the heavy fog of deep sleep), we decided maybe he needed to go out to park.

Of course, we had played right into Vinson's trap. After opening up the crate, he happily pranced not to the door where we exit to "park", but instead into the living room to pick up his monkey and play.

The squawking squeaker soon rendered us too awake for a quick return to sleep; Sarah played with Vinson a bit, then took him out to park. I caught up on some reading (not coincidentally, "Marley & Me"); and then, just as quickly as he'd awoke, Vinson drifted off to sleep. We weren't so lucky...