Great News!!

Okay for those of you reading this blog, I have one favor to ask of you before you read the rest of this entry....please sit down. Are you sitting? You sure you're not just saying that? Great!

Well......


Cameron got matched!!!!!! He is on the list for the July class. He is among six other dogs that were all raised in Florida. Assuming that this match is a good one and he does not get sent back IFT for any reason, I will be attending Puppy Raiser Day next weekend at the Southeastern campus. I am looking forward to it!!! He has made me very proud!! I knew he could do it.

I will get to watch Cameron and his forever person work a route together as a team. When all of the students have worked their route for their raisers to see, we all go inside the Administrative building so that we actually get to meet the person. We get to exchange information about ourselves. I will get to tell Cameron's new owner lots of stories about Cameron (at least the good ones).

After PR Day is over, I would love to go see Hugh and Jesse again and maybe the Cameron's (Cameron's sponsors) too. We will see if our schedules permit us to do this. I will be taking tons of pictures so be on the lookout for more posts.

Take care,
Cameron's Mom

Cameron has been spotted!

One of my PR friends had to take her dog IFT today. CW(one of our black Lab males in the group) had to go IFT at Southeastern. It is time for him to start his new chapter in life. While CW was being handed off to the kennel manager, his raisers got to see Cameron while he was being walked by a volunteer!!! Talk about perfect timing! They took some pictures for me of course. If I can copy them, then I will post them on here for you to see. He looks great and seems to be very happy. His report cards are awesome as you already know if you have been looking at them. I couldn't ask for him to be doing any better in school.

Proud Momma :)

New Training Report 7-7-11

CANINE NAME: Cameron

MONTH: June 2011

POTENTIAL BREEDER: N

TRAINING PHASE:

TRAINING/COMMANDS IN PROGRESS

X FORWARD : Dog surges forward on command without encouragement

X STRAIGHT LINE CONCEPT: Dog should walk in a straight line, avoiding obstacles, until the team reaches the curb, steps or an obstruction that blocks the path of

X RIGHT X LEFT X RIGHT-RIGHT X LEFT-LEFT

X DOWN CURBS: Dog stops at the end of curb or ramp before leaving the sidewalk and crossing the street

X UP CURBS: Dog stops at the curb or beginning of wheelchair ramp before stepping out of the street and onto the sidewalk and crossing the street

X CLEARANCES (OBSTACLES, OVERHANGS) : Dog moves handler around objects on handler’s right side

X TRAFFIC: How the dog reacts and works in traffic

X INDOOR MALL

X OFF CURB TRAVEL: travel on roads that do not have sidewalks

X STAIRS X ESCALATOR

BEHAVIOR: Behaviors exhibited during training

X WILLINGLY ACCEPTS HARNESS

X DEMONSTRATES OBEDIENCE SKILLS

X WILLING TO WALK OVER UNUSUAL SURFACES

X RESPONDS APPROPRIATELY TO PEOPLE

X RESPONDS APPROPRIATELY TO CHILDREN

x ACCEPTS PHYSICAL HANDLING/GROOMING

X INTERACTS APPROPRIATELY WITH OTHER DOGS WHILE WORKING

X RESPONDS APPROPRIATELY TO NOVEL STIMULI/VISUAL SURPRISE WHILE WORKING

X RESPONDS APPROPRIATELY TO ENVIRONMENTAL SOUNDS/AUDITORY SURPRISE WHILE WORKING

X RESPONDS APPROPRIATELY TO ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI WHILE WORKING

X EXHIBITS APPROPRIATE KENNEL BEHAVIOR (NO FIGHTING, PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORS, OR EXCESSIVE BARKING)

COMMENTS Cameron is everything I love about Vizslas and then some! What a great dog!

I love the comments!

Cameron's Mom

Happy Late 2nd Birthday!

Happy Birthday Cameron! I know I am a day late but I honestly didn't think to put anything on here. I hope you are continuing to do well in your training and I hope you know how much I miss you! I love you so much sweet boy. I will see you soon, hopefully at your graduation as a guide dog. If, for some reason, that's not what you choose, there will be another day for me to see you.

Love You!!!!
Mom