Fall Festival

Our amazing therapy clinic had their Fall Festival the weekend of Halloween. Pony rides, bounce houses, face painting, firetrucks, police cars....what's not to love? Avery wanted none of it! The bounce house was a little full and overwhelming for her and she's never wanted to step foot on a firetruck, but the pony ride I thought was a sure thing....nope! She did want to do the face painting and talked about a getting a butterfly the whole time we stood in line. As her turn came and she sat down in the chair, the lady asked what she wanted. "A dragon" was her response without hesitation. Didn't see that one coming.

We did get to visit with some of the volunteers from Canine Assistants and some of the dogs in training.  (This is the company we are on a waiting list for a therapy dog) Avery would have spent the whole afternoon with them.  They had one dog that was going to be graduating and given to a family in 2 weeks and a new puppy who had just started his training. When we told them we were told it would be about 5 years, they said they tell that to everyone and they know a family that just got a dog after 2 years. Keep your fingers crossed!

Avery and the new puppy in training....he looks on top of his game, right?

 Notice his ease of distraction in the next series of photos. The last is my favorite as you can see he is in trouble :) At least he has 18 months of training to learn you don't mess with Avery's baby dolls!