I actually hadn't planned on starting my blog until Milo and I were ready to consistantly go visiting....but, I suppose the journey to the journey will be just as interesting (perhaps more so!)
I started training Milo a few months ago, inconsistenly I might add! I need to re-wind a little so you can appreciate my proudness :)
When Milo was a puppy, he HATED wearing a collar....I had never seen a puppy react with such drama! He would lay his head on the floor as if I had put an ankle weight around his little neck; and he would whine. I would take the collar off and he would run away and hide under the couch! I tried a shoe string only to get the same reaction...it was heart wrenching. He looked so sad I just couldn't bring myself to keep torturing him with the likes of a collar. I tried a few months later but it wasn't until he was around 1 that I became more insistant. He also did not like riding in a car and would get car sick....completely opposite of both his parents!
So, imagine my surprise when I put a leash on him this past July and took him for a walk/run and he strolled along with me as if he had been trained from puppy hood. I was AMAZED and so very proud! That's when the seed was planted in my head.
At this point,I had already spent a lot of time with my friend and his service dog. So, after that display of smartness, combined with how happy he makes me and everyone who meets him, the seed began to sprout.....and the research and training began. However, I spent more of the summer away from him than training him (that's where the inconsistancy comes in). I would be home for a couple of weeks, work with him, leave for a couple of weeks, return to find he remembered all I had taught him before! I thought to myself, "That's so cool...what an awesome dog! He is SO smart enough to be a service dog! Yep, I think I'm gonna do this".
The sprout continues to grow....
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