Jenny | Snorkeling the ABC Islands

We have been out to take Jenny for walks. The Langley Animal Protection Services (LAPS) has an absolutely first rate facility on a lovely piece of property that includes a nice walking trail, lots of places for the animals to get exercise, a small pond, big trees… it’s just really a great place.

She’s a bundle of energy and lots of fun to take on a walk. She goes from side to side on the trail, eager not to miss a single thing. She does not pull on the lead, trying to take over the walk. She takes as much as you’ll give her, but will come back to you if you shorten the lead. She has her nose to the ground often, like she has the scent of something. She’s really curious about the world around her.

I’m sure she’s going to love all the parks to which we will be taking her.

Here’s a little movie of her playing with Pam inside the offices of the LAPS. She is on the lead, since there are some little kittens at the other end of the room, and she has some issues with cats (wow – who woulda figured a dog would have issues with cats?) There were no incidents while we were there however – she was just interested in playing with us.

Pam and I have been missing the sounds of little paws around the house since Max passed. Getting another dog seemed only a matter of time. I thought we might not, given the amount we traveled but we talked it over with a dog trainer and she felt it was fine.

We’ve gone to see a few dogs, at a number of shelters, but narrowed it done to a couple of candidates. We’ve finally decided on Jenny, a young Golden Retriever. She was in the Langley Animal Protection Shelter (LAPS), a wonderful facility where the dogs are given training in a very comfortable environment. The dogs are not simply housed, they are given daily training, with the goal of solving their problems from socialization to protection issues.

We are required to do some training with our trainer, Amy. So we’ve gone through the initial phases, and wanted to begin training sessions with Jenny, but unfortunately our trainer is going on vacation, so we’re not going to be able to conclude the sessions until June 4th. But she’s quite the lovely dog.

She’s super high energy, with a let’s go attitude. And she LOVES the water… they have a small kiddie pool that has fresh water in it, and she jumps right in and lays down! We’ll need to keep towels by the doors and in the car!

She’s going to get us off the couch and back into the parks! Looking forward to getting her home with us full time.

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