Last Day of Training!!

Today was the last day of training!! I started out by celebrating with this for breakfast:

This was morning snuggles:

We had a "before class" training session with Jennifer this morning. We went over more mobility work with Benjamin and Sobe working together.
Here's the best video ever: (another one!!)

During the A.M. training, we brushed up on anything we felt uncomfortable with. Jeremy went over the public access test in great detail until we all felt comfortable with everything. I thought we would be way more worried and nervous about the test tomorrow but we really do feel ready. We've had so much practice and feel confident in handling Sobe. Jeremy does a fantastic job in making sure you're ready. They offered extra one on one practice times before and after classes, during lunch times and the trainers were always there on mall days waiting and available for extra training. We went to three extra one on one training sessions. Excel and Sobe are both mobility dogs so Lauren would crash our training session and we would crash hers...just to catch extra info and questions that might come up. It worked out great!

After lunch we went through everything from our trip home to our service dogs eventually retiring. Jeremy really emphasized the importance creating a consistent training schedule for the next 6 - 12 months. We also went through some school integration advice.

This whole day was really bittersweet for me. Just the thought of not sitting between Excel (golden doodle) and Soren  (lab/retriever mix) tomorrow made me sooo sad. And not having dinner with all the families every night... not being able to hear Peg's stories and Jeremy's great advice. I'm definitely going to miss the time we spent here. It's been a great break from the every day craziness of life. So, so thankful for this journey!!

Our test is tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. at the mall. Ben will be handling Sobe for the test. Then we meet with Jennifer at 12:30 to go over all the final paperwork and get certificates, medical records, tags and everything else on Sobe. Graduation will be at 2:30. It will be another big day, and probably a little emotional... as we've met some great friends here and made awesome memories!

Nighty night!!! Big graduation party tomorrow to get rested up for!!