Category: First week of training
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Second day of training
It is July 4th, 2017, and I was up by 5 AM. The first thought that crossed my mind was how this would be the second to last morning I would wake up without a dog. All my life, up until now, my only responsibility was myself. I have not had to wake up to…
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First Day Arriving At Guiding Eyes
On July 3rd, 2017, I practically leapt out of my bed, eager to get to Guiding Eyes’ campus located in Yorktown, New York. Obviously, my suitcase has been packed for about a week. My mom has taken me on a shopping spree since my birthday was coming up in a week. All the clothes in…
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The Power Behind Silence
Every day at 6:30 in the morning we have to do obedience with our dogs. Obedience is a series of exercises in which you command the dog to sit, down, sit stay, down stay and recall. Usually this involve both verbal and physical cues. But today we did something different. We had to go to…
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I get excited about the littlest thing!
Going on my first night trip with Hara to get ice scream 😄 not that there’s a difference between night and day travel for me … 😂😏 but still …
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July 6th, 2017
Angela Villota Day Four of Training Day 4 of training consisted of my first attempt of obedience with Hara. I grew up around untrained pets, so it was such a mind-blowing experience when Hara listened to my commands. Yes, I know she is supposed to do that but… only people with untrained pets can relate!…
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Dog Day!
Angela Villota It is July 5th of 2017, and it is my final morning without a dog! This is it! We did one final session of fake obedience before breakfast, then I had to wait long excruciating 15 minutes for our 8:15 meeting where we would learn our matches. Deanna would be the one announcing…
Tales Of A Handler and her Dog 