Hi Everyone!
Last night, the family jumped in the truck for another visit to our man, Riley! We get so excited to see him...he's like a long lost family member that we're getting to know!
We were surprisingly welcomed by a well-mannered labradoodle! Riley is becoming obedient! He was happy to have visitors of his own and was sucking up the attention like a dry sponge, but overall he really is understanding his commands! And more importantly, he was listening to Josh and I...not just the trainer! It helped that he had a poker collar on and he simply hates the correction of that!
Leah continued to begin to love on Riley. She wanted to pet him more and be near him. She was even chasing him at one point in the visit!!! It is heartwarming to see them. I can't wait to watch their bond grow! Now Logan on the other hand...seems to like the idea of Riley, but when he approaches her or we encourage her to approach him...NO GO!!! A bond will need to be established there too! As you can tell, I have begun to love this dog already! He is going to be a wonderful addition to our lives and I can't wait to see what he will do for Leah's development!! All of her therapists are so excited for Riley to become her partner!
We wanted to let you know that Riley and Leah will be spending some time out in public this coming weekend (we'll be there Saturday)! If you are free and want to take a drive to Novi, there is a wonderful opportunity at a Pet Expo. The website for the expo is http://www.petexponovi.com/. Riley will be there with his trainer from G.L.A.D. for socialization and we are going as representatives for their work. (We also want to partake in all of the cool stuff at the expo!!!) We will be doing additional fundraising at the G.L.A.D. booth in order to bring Riley home as well! So, we'd love to have some support down there and it's a cool thing to do on a lousy fall day!!!
I will attach a couple of pictures from last night...I have to keep you excited! We are!
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