Two weeks home, three weeks as a team

I just realized,
This time two weeks ago, I was packing up to go, about to do one last work session with my instructor, and getting ready to leave. It makes me really sad to think the rest of my class is in that same place today, all going home today, packing up, and ready to go!
Also, on a more happy note, Essence and I are celebrating three weeks together as a team. She still has problem areas, things we really need to work on, but, wow, we're getting there!!

another day on the job

Today was another day and very calm one for essence, she is content and sleeping under my desk. I'm really happy with her performance. She handles the 69th street terminal like a little pro!! that is a big transit terminal, and many busses subways and other forms of public transit wiz in and our of it constantly, not to mention the people crouds of them!! she does just fine!!
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Essence on the counter

This morning as I stopped by the local pretsel place, my wonderful dog essence decided to jump on the counter, Of course I corrected her and gave her a leash correction for that, but isn't it great to have a young dog!!

essence and I back to work at last.

Well, today is our first day back to work, and things are going mostly fine! Essence did the rout to the bus just fine, and has used the park area here just fine, just peaing, no number 2. That's just what everyone wanted to hear. Anyway, my trainer came and we did a very short rout to the areas we need to use here and she did just fine, she did snatch a dorito on the steps, but that was kind of my fault, I wasn't paying attention to her and what she was doing. More later from the Essence Chronicals

sleeping, at last!!

Well, I just realized, I was sitting here at my keyboard, and guess what folks, guess what, can you guess??
She's actually sleeping, we've found the off button, yayayayayayayay!!!

Essence in the city

Today was a really great day for essence and I, we worked doubles with another team, I thought it could have been more organized, the instructor seemed a bit hap-hazzard about things, things like, who's leading, space between teams, and other minor details that I'm used to Graham managing. We did a simple rout here in the home area, and she was really slow and pokey, but then we went to the city, and she
picked it up no problem!! Her pace is good, and her pull is amazingly strong. I think we'll have to steady her down a bit, but I'd much rather steady down a bit than continuously hopup a dog in non guide dog lingo, that means I'd rather ask a dog to go a bit slower than try and try to get them to go faster!!
I think things are going to be ok!
Tomorrow I go back to work, and that should be interesting~!
More from the ETails later

First day of home training

Today was the first day of home training with garry, the geb field instructor.
I am not sure I like him, I'm not sure he's been really trained in teh geb way, and some of the advice he gave me seems contrary to the geb model. He frustrates me very much, and doesn't seem to understand what I need. I've tried to explain what I need, but have gotten very frustrated.
Essence is doing better in the house, although, I still don't know what she is doing when she is releiving her self. Noone has addressed this with me, they all act like, "well, you are action, so you should know what you are doing!" I felt that my needs were not met fully.
I plan to talk about all of this during my exit interview.
Angie and essence