07/20/2022
I slept fairly well last night, considering. Woke up at 5:45, got ready, played with the phone a bit, checked mail, etc. Then breakfast was at 6:45. I had a bacon egg and cheese sandwich, orange juice, and coke. After breakfast we were sent back to our rooms to wait for our dogs to be brought to us. My dogs name starts with E. That's all I know so far. At around 8:45 or so JT knocked on my door and I sat on my bed with my leash. He brought in my dog and told me she was a female golden retriever named Ellie. She's an english cream. She's adorable. Then we spent time bonding, and at around 9, we headed out and loaded up into the vans. Our class has all female dogs. a chocolate lab Bella, a black lab Gemma, and a yellow cross Piper. When we got to the DTC we all got inside and then headed out for trips. We went down past Miller and back up. The first block and a half or so she was very distracted by JT, who trained her, but then things improved and it was a very nice smooth pace and pull. Then after everyone was done we loaded back up, and came back to the house. Then it was time for 2 cups of water and park time, she peed. Next is lunch. At lunch each person heeled to the dining room with their dog. I had coke, a french dip sandwich and fries. Ellie struggled with staying down at lunch, because she loves JT so very much. After lunch we had a meeting on dog fears and dog handeling, corrections and praise. After that we broke up into our teams and went over feed water park, bells, grooming equipment, gentle leaders, and booties. I then went and put a load of laundry in. Then Ellie got a hair cut, she needed some matts removed and the hair around her butt trimmed. Then I went and switched the laundry to the dryer. Then it was time for feed water park. she's currently eating 3 cups of purina pro plan 30/20 a day for a total of 1452 callories. I will be switching her to a higher quality food, for sure. She then got 2 cups of water, and peed again. Then I went and got the clothes out of the dryer. After that it was dinner time. we heeled to the dining room with gentle leaders, we get to start working in the house tomorrow evening, yay. Dinner was coke, roast turkey with gravy, noodles with garlic and butter, Derek would love this. Then we did grooming, got quite a bit of hair out of her, and get to chill until 8 water park time. Then fell asleep, missed the park time, ended up going to park time and she peed, and came back in for the night.