I WILL SKIP THE 118 EMAILS WAITING AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE DAILY DOGGIE--
THE BIGGEST SUCCESS ( HOPEFULY-) WAS LULU-- SHE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BETTER-- AND WITH A GREAT DEAL OF CONFUSION SHE IS NOW THERE AS THEIR OFFICE DOG-- TO BE MANAGED BY COURTNEY--
AND AS SOON AS I FINISH THIS DAILY DOGGIE I WILL DO AN EMAIL AND SEND HER SOME THINGS SHE NEDEDS TO KNOW-- LIKE LULU WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE A YUPPY PUPPY IN TH EHOFFICE FOR THAT MID MORNING SNACK-
SO FROM LULU'S STANDPOINT.....
ON THE PLANE-- SHE WAS NO PROBLEM FOR OPENERS-- BUT ABOUT AN HOUR INTO THE 6 HOUR FLIGHE SHE BEGAN TO PANT AND WORRY ME-- BUT AFTER I SHARED MY TURKEY JERKY WITH HER SHE SETTLED RIGHT DOWN AND FELL ASLEEP FOR MOST OF THE FLIGHT-- EVEN OVER THE BUMPS OF THE ROCKIES...
SHE IS AN EDUCATED DOG-- NOT TRAINED TO DO MOVEMENTS- AND THIS IS A WHOLE NEW CONCEPT TO MANY DOG PEOPLE-- INCLUDING CHARLEI- WE WENT TO THE EXPLORE OFFICE BEFORE LUNCH- AND ONCE THERE I JUST TOOK OFF HER LEASH COLLAR AND HARNESS... SHE POLITELY INTRO=DUCED HERSELF TO THE STAFF-- ANN, COURTEY TOM AND CHARLIE AND JUST LAID DOWN AND WATCHED PEOPLE MOVE ABOUT IN A VERY SOPHISTICATED WAY..
LUNCH -- PERFECT-- A WALK BACK TO TH E OFFICE-- THEN CHARLIE TOOK HER HOME WITHOUT ME TO MEET HIS OLD DOG AND DAUGHTERS YAPPIE ( THE SIZE OF1/2 A ROL L OF PAPER TOWELS) HE SAID SHE WAS PERFECT LADY .
BACK FOR DINNER AT THE HOTEL-- AROUND A COFFEE TABLE BECAUSE THERE WERE TOO MANY OF US TO MOVE TO A RESTAURANT.... LULU WAS PERFECT IN TH ESITUATION WHERE IT WAS A PROBLEM TO FIND A PIECE OF FLOOR FOR HER TO LIE DOWN.... SHE MANAGED. I HAD TAKEN HER LEASH /HARNESS OFF TO SIMPLIFY MATTERS..
THEN THE CONVERSATION BEGAN ABOUT CHARLIE'S CURRENT LIFE WAS NOT CONDUCIVE TO AN ADDITIONAL DOG AT THE MOMENT-- AND ANNE AND I FIGURED WE WOULD BE TAKING HER BACK WITH US. I HAD HER IN MY ROOM OVERNIGHT TIL THE FINAL MEETING AT 8AM IN TH E HOTEL LOBBY-- THE LIMO WAS TO PICK UP ANN AND I AT 10
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IT WAS THOSE 2 HOURS THAT GAVE ME A REAL VIEW OF HOW THIS TEAM WORKS-- FIRST OF ALL--- THEY WERE THERE AT 8--- SAME LOBBY-- COFFEE- GROUP BREAKFAST (? IS THIS MY BAGEL OR YOURS KIND OF THING..) AND MIKE WAS THERE--TO SHORTEN A VERY LONG STORY-- MIKE JOINED THE GROUP AND WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR-- AND THE CHALANGE WAS --- GET HIM UP... ( WHICH ALONG THE WAY I HAD MADE THE STATEMENT WE HAD DONE THAT ) MIKE CAME EQUIPED WITH STILL PHOTOGRAPHER,& VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHER --IT WAS OK LULU YOU ARE ON... EVEN THO I MADE IT CLEAR SHE WAS NOT A FULLY TRAINED WALKER DOG.
I HELD MY BREATH-- AND LULU-S COLLAR AS HE GOT TO HIS FEET AND WE WALKED--- ONE STEP AT A TIME-- UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD NOT PLANNED AHEAD AND WERE AIMED AT A SHORT BUNCH OF 5 STEPS-- BUT MIKE WAS GAME. SO AFTER WALKING THE 30 FEET WE WENT UP THOSE STEPS- AND DOWN ---- ONE STEP AT A TIME WHOA AND GIMME A STEP--- WORKED FINE MIKE COULD BE ON HIS FEET --- WE MAMNAGED BACK TO HIS CHAIR AND MOVED THE OPERATION TO TH E WALKWAY OUTSIDE WITH THE VIDEOGRAPHER...WHERE HE LEFT HIS CHAIR, WALKED ABOUT 20 FEET WITH LULU AND ME-- AND I BACKED AWAY FROM LULU WHO BY THEN HAD FIGURED OUT WHT SHE WAS TO DO...AND HE WALKED ANOTHER 30 FEET WITH HER ALONE.
GOOD DOG LULU---
AND I WAS STILL TALKING TO CHARLIE ABOUT GIVING HER TO HIS OFFICE PERSON ANN-- OR BRINGING HER BACK WITH US AND HAVING HIM COME GET HER IN A MONTH..
IT WAS 10 THE LIMO DUE- LULU WAS ALL PACKED READY TO GET IN THE LIM O-- AND COURTNEY BREEZED IN WITH "CAN I KEEP HER AS OFFICE DOG" ANSWER ..." YES--- HERE IS HER LEASH AND SOME FOOD AND I WILL CONTACT YOU WHEN I GET HOME"
TURNS OUT... SHE MST HAVE GOT THE MESSAGE MENTAL TELEPATHY WHEN ANN SAID SHE COULDN'T TAKE HER-- SO COURTNEY CALLED THE LIMO COMPANY AND SAID.... "DO NOT TAKE THE 2 WOMEN AND THE DOG TO THE AIRPORT UNTIL I GET THERE..."
PERFECT SOLUTION-- COURTNEY WILL TAKE HER TO THE OFFICE-- OR WHEREVER SHE GOES AND CHARLIE WILL GET A GOOD LOOK AT AN EDUCATED DANE.
AND I NOW HAVE TO WRITE TO COURTNEY WITH INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT LULU THINGS LIKE YUPPY PUPPY...
I THINK THEY WERE IMPRESSED WITH LULU-- AND THEREFORE OUR PROGRAM
ANNE AND I WERE INCIDENTAL- THE REAL SHOW WAS LULU-
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