The One With More Practice

The vet appointment has been set and the practice will continue until then. Thursday night, we practiced with the floor manager at the store I teach at, and he did really well. He fought a little at first, but he calmed down and let the manager hold his foot for at least 30 seconds. I was really proud of him. I hope he will do well Tuesday. I think I'm going to practice with him tomorrow evening after my class and then Monday morning at the clinic.

I did have a wonderful experience Friday. A trainer who I have met only a couple times at seminars called to offer to help me. She does protection training with my boss and said that she had been hearing about all I was doing from my boss and was so impressed that she wanted to help me. She said that she really thought it was great how much I was doing for my dog, and I was doing things that most trainers never had to do. She's been a trainer several years and has never seen a dog so bad at the vet that she's had to teach the behind-the-door trick. I guess this is the start of what will hopefully be a successful dog training career. If I can train my own dogs, I can do anything. :)

The good news is that the trainer who trained me is coming into town Tuesday night, so I will be able to go out and relax and have a drink the night I get the blood drawn. I haven't seen her in a couple months so it will be great to catch up with her and find out what's going on.

I'm also looking for jobs again. I applied for three I think I would really like today. One is in Redondo Beach. How great would that be?!? I've decided that I think the job would have called me back already if they wanted me to come back for the third interview. They seemed in such a hurry to make the decision, so I can't imagine that they haven't called someone yet. If they haven't called me by the end of the week, I'll call them and make them reject me. If you go to a second interview, you deserve a phone call. But from Ross' experience, I know that it doesn't always happen out here. I'll continue to keep you all posted as I try to escape my evil boss, Joanna.