Paris' Last Day

Today was Paris' last day with me. It was a pretty typical day nothing too exciting happened but here is what we did. :)

First was Paris' last puppy class. We met at a mall and it was a fun pretty relaxed meeting. At the beginning I passed out my cupcakes and everyone loved them. Then my leader asked me to show off everything that Paris does well. It was awkward but Paris did great. I showed her walking around all the dogs without getting distracted and on a loose leash, then I showed her awesome body slam "down" (she doesn't do it with quite as much pizazz anymore but it's still pretty funny.) Then we did a stay for a couple minutes and then food distraction (I dropped kibbles right in front of her and she didn't try to get them. What a good girl!) The rest of the class we played 'My Dog can do That' and worked on dog distractions.

[Paris getting lots of praise for walking around the dogs on a loose leash.]
[Paris doing her crazy, quick down. I love the way she looks at me, she is so focused.]
[Paris ignoring all the kibbles I am dropping. I was very proud of her.]

After puppy class we went through the car wash. This is one of Paris' favorite things she loves watching the brushes scrub the car, I thought it would be fun for her last day.

[Paris sitting in my car, you can see the scrubbers in the background.]

After that we went back home and had a nice romp in the backyard with her friends Moose and Boone. She had a great time and I took the opportunity to take a few cute pictures of the Paris.

[Paris trotting toward me with her tongue out.]

[Paris laying in the green grass with a big smile on her face and her tongue sticking out. If you look close you can see one of the black spots on her tongue]

[Me sitting on my trampoline with Paris laying next to me. We both have big smiles.]

[Me giving Paris a kiss on the head.

We ran a bunch of errands too to Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Petsmart, and a bunch of other places and she was as perfect as always. She is definitely ready for the next step. (I guess the real question is: Am I? I'm thinking. . . no) At least I got a few weeks to stop freaking out about the phase report, now I get to start freaking out again. :)

Good luck Paris! I am confident that you will do great. I have been honored to be one of your puppy raisers! You are one of a kind, perfect, fun, energetic, silly, hard-working, very loving, and I will miss you so much. You have taught me a lot because you can be quite stubborn but I love that about you and I will never forget what I've learned from you. You have all the skills to get you started and now the rest is up to you. I am so anxious to see what path you decide. (Although I'd love to see you in harness ;) Listen to your trainers and don't party too hard. Be a good girl and just know how extremely proud I am of you!

Only 14 1/2 hours left with Paris. . .