Ryan was matched again. She is a beautiful black lab named Sky. She is the one in the prior post walking with Ryan. She was so attentive to Ryan and very obedient. Ryan and Sky will go through Team Training in June if everything progresses with the her training as planned.
The other funny/ironic thing about Sky is that when my niece, Kristyn was planning the benefit run for Ryan's future service dog last fall, she actually opened up a bank account with Sky's puppy raiser who works at the bank! Sky was raised in the Wilkes-Barre area where Sal's family lives. What are the chances?
Ryan is excited, but a little worried that it won't work out again and June feels like a long way off for him. I'm sure it will be here quicker than we know!
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Meet The Dogs Finally Happened!
Well. the weather has not been our friend as far as Meeting the Dogs goes! It was scheduled 3 times until Mother Nature finally cooperated.
Today Ryan met 5 dogs: Cabo, Star, Sky, Tundra, & Graham.
This meeting went similar to the other one in that he had the opportunity to get to greet each dog first and then he gave commands to see how they would respond. There was a much wider range of dog personalities this time around.
Ryan particularly liked the Golden Retriever, Cabo. He is your typical love able, goofy Golden. Ryan couldn't stop laughing at him. He is still in his "adolescent" stage so he's a bit more jubilant than I would want for Ryan. But, he is a Golden -so what's not to love?
There was one female black lab named Sky that was wonderful with him. She was so attentive and just seemed to know what to do with him. She even walked with Ryan while he was using his crutches which is something that is quite confusing to the dogs because they have not experienced it previously. Sky is also Journey's sister.
They plan on making a decision tomorrow evening, so hopefully we will know if he was matched with one of the dogs early next week.
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