Meet Me in the MUSS!

Saturday was the first home game for my school's football team.  We played UNLV and won 42 to 21!  Sterling went to the game with me; we got there at half-time and stayed for about an hour 1/2.  

When we got there, I gave my tickets to the gatekeeper, had my bag checked, and started to walk in.  A ticket taker from another gate ran over to me and asked this brilliant question.  "Is that, a dog?"  The women who took my ticket quickly informed him of the bright white lettering on Sterling's vest proclaiming him a Guide Dog in-training.  Yay for literacy!

Sterling did great at the game, the climb to our seats in the nosebleed section no doubt tiring him out.  Even with cheering, feet stomping, and general excitment Sterling was more focused on watching me stand up, sit, stand, sit, stand....wait, modified puppy pushups?  

Anyway, he wore his vest for the event, and did a great job!  Slowly he is getting over his irritation with his vest!  

School, snow, and Recall.

The tenative news for the puppy truck....Sterling will not be on it this winter! Yay! They bumped back some of the dogs from the Oct 1 truck, and now it looks like Sterling will be here for snow (which may happen this weekend). Now if only I can walk (graduation this spring from college) with him, but that would make him an OLD guy when he goes back. I really don't care at this point, I just am happy for all the time I get to spend with him.

This week was the first week of school for me, and with a drawing class, a photography class, and only one major class and an internship, it will give me alot of time to focus on perfecting Sterling's training. He did wear his vest for the first day of each class, but now we have switched off it again, and as usual the difference is night and day. It does require a little more explaining, but I put his "guide dog puppy" vest strap around his leash and that seems to catch most people's eyes. That or the fact that I usually have a hat on that says Guide Dogs for the Blind. I wish there was some way to get him used to a harness so that I can see if that is going to be a problem, because without the vest on he is almost perfect!!!

That gives me alot of time to consider what my next pup will be, or if I will just say, "suprise me!"