Meet Westin!
He is well worth the wait - Westin is so cute, so sweet, so loving, so wonderful!!!
Right now he is passed out in his crate, but it wasn't always that way....it started off when I arrived at Guide Dogs of America about 15 minutes before eleven, when orientation was scheduled to start. To my surprise, there were already three families there who were also getting puppies!!! One of the families is the one that we saw at Disneyland and we were thrilled to be getting littermates. Lorri, who works at GDA and is also a GDA graduate came in and chatted with all of us for a little bit - she is so funny and has a great sense of humor. The last person who was getting a puppy today finally arrived and orientation began. I learned that there were actually eight puppies in the litter - one puppy is going to Washington and two are going somewhere else (I don't remember..Oregon possibly?) and that the litter is 100% YELLOW (that is rare at GDA).
After the hour-long orientation (three of the families out of five were first time puppy raisers so it was pretty lengthy), everyone got handed puppy bags filled with a bowl, a sterilized bone, a stuffed toy, a puppy blanket with littermate scent on it, a few baby pictures, folders with info/shot records, collars, leash, brush, etc. Everyone also got a small bag of dog food - we got a big bag because Westin is sponsored (thanks Vons!). It was finally time to get our puppies!!!
Westin and one of his sisters, Wailea, were the first two pups out of the nursery!
We then got to introduce the pups to grass. This is Westin playing with one of his sisters, Wheely (I may have spelled that wrong).
First Cradle
We've got a big future ahead of us, little man..
Once we got home, I relieved Westin and fed him (boy does he like to eat!). He looked, tired, so I put him in his crate.
{puppy just woke up, play break}
30 minutes later.....
Where was I? Oh yes, he only cried for about 30 seconds before going right to sleep :) He is such a good boy!
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