Anita--In Our Home 12/6/06 - 5/29/08, In Our Hearts Forever

So much has been going on between the dogs and our home...I've been taking lots of pictures but not updating my blog! Here's a quick recap with pictures to follow over the next few days...Harley is home, house is moving along although it is temporarily unliveable AND Anita had her Town Walk.
We (me, Ed, Lee and Matt) arrived in Morristown for Anita's 10 am Town Walk. This is what I call her Graduation. We didn't even recognize her! She's yellower than we remembered and the 1/4 golden retriever was really showing with her fluffy tail.

Anita made us so proud. She took her trainer through Morristown like a well-trained Seeing Eye Dog. What a huge difference from the puppy we raised that was afraid of cars, loud noises and the salad spinner! We walked about a half block behind with another Seeing Eye person who filled us in about everything Anita was doing.

Her trainer gave Anita the command to move forward when a van crossed their path and Anita blocked her trainer from stepping into the street.

We learned a lot about Anita's training after we finished with her Town Walk. Her trainer told us Anita was a little aloof when she first arrived but settled in nicely after being there for a little while. Anita was one of her favorite puppies to train even though the trainers aren't supposed to have faves :-)

She is really good about ignoring squirrels, etc... and maybe that's because she's been exposed to all sorts of other animals. And unfortunately she still is a bit of a pooper scooper -- gross!

While Anita did well on her trips to NYC, she will probably be matched with someone who lives in a town more like Morristown or smaller.

There we are for one last picture with our girl...little people in the background.

We're so proud of Anita and can't wait for her final letter to find out where she'll end up working.