The Relatives Comes to Texas

It was a big weekend for Morey (and for me too!) My mom and youngest sister, Morey's grandma and aunt, came to visit and we all had a great time!

Morey's relationship with his "grandma" goes way back. She was the one who did the Puppy Prodigy Training starting when he and his littermates were 3 weeks old. Morey was called "Little Boy Blue" and was always one of her favorites. Morey is a sensitive dog and he remembers people in his life. During furlough classes and ICAN outings, he would always find her and give her "the stare". He seemed to remember her this time as well!

Grandma likes to spoil her grand dogs. She bought Morey a nice fluffy bed, which he very much enjoys. She let him sit on her lap (literally) when we were riding in the van. She brought him new (actually old) tennis balls and enjoyed meeting his many fans at church, work, and rugby. We had a fundraiser for rugby on Saturday and Morey got a new Texas Stampede t-shirt so he can proudly support the team. Don't worry-pictures of all these events will be coming soon!

Morey enjoyed bonding with his "aunt" too. She likes to play with the dogs and Morey enjoyed playing football and wrestling. She can also throw the tennis ball really far and gave Morey quite a work out! He also tried on a few new outfits, as she is the family member in charge of creative canine costumes.

The only difficulty we had with our visit was when I was out working with Morey. He wasn't sure who he needed to walk next to, me or "grandma". This made Loose Leash Walking a bit difficult as he was either lagging behind or forging ahead of me to keep some kind of happy medium between both of us. Grandma did a good job of ignoring him and not encouraging this behavior, but since she wasn't here very long we didn't have much of a chance to work through it.

Morey and I were both sad to see them go. We will be back in Indiana in 2 months and are already counting down the days!