a family emergency, and she went to another raiser's house. She's a very cute, mellow 14 month black Lab. After working out a few house rules and reminding Tashi where the boundaries are, she did really well. I think OMSI had a lot of fun with her. Our pet dogs don't really want anything to do with him, so he enjoys having friends over to play especially now that Cody is gone. 
Happy Birthday OMSI!!! OMSI had a full day today. We went to church in the morning, and OMSI had to wear his birthday hat. Poor guy, he tolerated it but wasn't thrilled about wearing it. 
Then, we went home for a bit before we left to go to the IMAX theater in Seattle to see the new Harry Potter movie. We got there about an hour and half early to get in line, then the movie was little over two hours. OMSI was great the whole time, and slept in line and through the movie. Afterwards, we went out to dinner. With the movie and dinner, we were out for about 8 hours, and OMSI was very good the whole time. Of course, when we got home he had a lot of energy. It's amazing how calm he can be when we're out somewhere and how puppyish he can be at home.
Farewell Cody. While he is not a CCI dog, I have been training him for the last year. Cody is one of the nicest Goldens I've had the pleasure of working with (plus he's good looking!), and he will be greatly missed. He has helped rehabilitate many dog-aggressive dogs at my work, he has been a great playmate for OMSI (which my other dogs very much appreciate), and he has taught me a lot about training. Plus, he has been a patient teacher to an 8 year old girl who has been coming to puppy class with me and learning how to handle and train dogs. Today Cody has moved on to the next phase in his life. Cody will fly down to Honduras on
Tuesday, and will work with his new owner to educate people in Honduras about Service dogs.
