Fall in the Ozarks

It's been nearly a month since I posted. Sorry for the delay but we have been moving and trying to get the house in order. We also paused life for our daughter Sami's wedding, which was BEAUTIFUL!

We have added new owner training teams to the Doghouse Roster and have three more soldiers waiting for trained dogs. We are getting new calls daily. We are about to the point of needing some administrative help which may work it's way into a good job for Amanda. She is already a great help on the computer. We have a new dog in training. Joe is a 7 month old Irish Setter / Golden Retriever mix. I did not realize until after getting him home that he is canine food aggressive. He was fed by hand the first two weeks and is finally getting to where he will eat in the presence of other dogs without going crazy wild. Other than that one issue he is a perfect candidate. He already knows sit, down, shake, brace and walks well on a leash. He is a real sweet boy that loves to snuggle. He also likes to lay his head on your arm or lap which can be transfered to a service task for anxiety easily. He is almost ready to go to an Owner Trainer home very soon!

Chuck will be coming home on leave in November to try and get a real roof on the house and get it house wrapped for winter. The chill is setting in here and this place is not sealed up well at all. We are also going to put in a wood stove when he is here to help keep it warm in here. The space heaters are not doing the job and it's not even really COLD yet. We also hope to get our household good out of storage from the army in a few weeks so we will have sweaters and coats...