It has been busy at our house !!

 Mom said Spring was in the air which meant Easter was coming !  The four legged hopping dog (Bunny) came over the night before Easter  and left baskets for Mom and Dad and treats for me and Avalon !  Wasn't as fun as last year because then we had to sniff out our treat baskets.  This year they were just with Mom and Dad's baskets.   Still good treats though.  Mom and Dad left to go have brunch with Grandma K and all of their guest then they headed to Wahoo to see Grandma S.  Avalon and I had to stay at home - Not too happy about that !!

Mom and Dad later in the week went over to my two legged sister's house and her boyfriend - Drew for a late Easter lunch.  My sister - Aunna had to work on Easter.  Mom brought over gifts for them.  Some of them had Christmas wrapping on them because they did not get to come home for Christmas.  I was hoping to go and get to see them but their four legged puppy might not have been too happy about that.  His name is Cranky Frankie!

Toward the end of the week Mom and me went to one of my favorite stores - HyVee- and did a KSDS presentation.  Mom put all of our supplies in the Ford the night before since it was at 9:00am  in the morning.  We wore spring clothes but it turned icky spring weather when we were done. Mom showed the slide

show first then talked about puppy raising and placement of dogs.  They had a lot of questions about service puppies being allowed in the store.  Mom explained the difference between  Guide/Service/Facility dogs plus therapy/emotional dogs.  There are a lot of categories out there !  Some can go into public places and others can not. Mom referred them to several web sites. At the end Mom took a picture of all of us and they thanked us for coming.

                             Pup Days 2019

Right before the weekend Mom packed up the Ford again for a trip to Washington, KS - KSDS INC.

 We had lots and lots of stuff in the Ford.  My luggage, Mom's luggage and special donations we bought for the doggies at KSDS College.  Huxley and his puppy raisers came too in their car.  We all stayed at the K-Motel which is right next to KSDS.   On Friday we had a GREAT puppy play date at the KSDS playground then the adults went out for pizza in the evening.  Huxley and I had to stay at the hotel  :(  The next day was a wonderful day with lots of other puppies there, their puppy raisers, KSDS staff /volunteers and special bags with puppy treats.

 I still participated with the puppies in training even though I am an Ambassador now.  I guess you could call it in-service hours.  We did basic command training and some more advanced commands.  I remember doing these when I was in college at KSDS.  

There was also a visiting commander who did some special demonstrations with a Paw Pad ?  I thought that was interesting.  There was a baby puppy there that she worked with.  He wasn't even old enough to go to a puppy raisers house yet. 
We went on a tour of KSDS.  There were puppies in the dorms but no command classes going on.  I remembered everything from my college days there and kind of missed being there.  I had soooo much FUN at college !!  I think there is a graduation coming in June.

I got to spend time with one of my favorite commanders at KSDS 

 Letha Nelson !!

 KSDS I will never forget you and hope to come back again and again for more 

in-service credits hours !