It has been way too long to recap the past many months, so things will reveal themselves as they come up. Ving went into formal training in July. We hadn't reached 0 issues, but he was ready for the next step of his training. Then, 2 weeks ago, Ving was the Demo dog at the Guide Dogs for the Blind graduation. He was in Phase 7, the last phase before final testing. Alas, today, I got the call that Ving had been Career Changed for distractability. Reading the report, he was a lot of dog (which we knew, but hoped he would still fit the guide dog mold). He also did not take to the kennel environment with the enthusiasm I thought he would. We are hoping for Community Placement for the big guy. Anyway, not exactly a great start to the week!
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| Ving prior to boarding the Puppy Truck in July |
