When I first began to think about doing this Guide Dog thing I knew that letting go would be the worst part. As I walked into the Guide Dog kennels I saw this 10 year old boy dropping off his first Guide Dog and his Mom said to me "This will be you in a year." Of course at the time I was too excited to get my first puppy! I wanted to do a Guide Dog mostly because Drew said no and because I love, love ,love dogs and we couldn't have one in our apartment because it was a 500 dollar deposit and it just wasn't convenient. So a Guide Dog was a good choice because you skip the 500 dollar deposit and the dog goes with you every where. Anyways when they put this little black puppy into my arms I was SO SO happy! Then they told me her name was Anetta and I was like what the hell! lol (Guide Dogs are know for having the most RANDOM names). But I quickly took her home to Davis so that Drew could fall in love with her just like I had. We were going to go straight to Moms to show her but we were set back because I locked my keys in the car! OOOps that happens more often than it should! Finally we got the keys out and
where able to take her to moms so that she could see this little joyful ball that would bring so many amazing memories! At first Alli was not too fond of her Emma could have cared less. She began to play with her toys and slowly but surely Alli grew fond of her. I think those weekend trips to Moms house led to this
My monkey dog(: This dog LOVES nanners(bananas)! I mean she will eat anything but boy does she have a soft spot for nanners! That's what makes her Netters! Of course she was a genius dog! She was potty trained in like 3 days and sleep like crazy! She was so lazy sometimes when I would take her to class she would walk NO JOKE a block and then as I was walking I felt this jerk and when I turned around sure enough she was laying on the ground refusing to walk!
After that came the terrible two stages and I mean there is not one thing this dog did not want to chew on and dig up! She mostly spent her time digging up Daves rocks and making a HUGE mess! Anetta would do this at least once a weeek! (sorry Dave my parenting skills suck) I remember that one day we said to ourselves lets just leave netters in the room while we go to longs (10mt trip at the most) and when we got home boy were we let know that was not ok! Toilet paper chewed up shoes cables BOOKS!! I thought about strangulation for just a split second then it quickly went away! Afterwards I remember leaving her in my car to run in the store to get something and hmm when I got back mess again! Damn Dog! (: Then came Moo Moo
Lord knows you would say "netters go lay on Moo Moo!" and this was her! She loves that cow of course he has lost some of his insides (shes still sort of a puppy at 15 months(:) but she loves Moo Moo more than her daddy though because now Moo Moo is in the garage do to him not "looking" good in our room and I guess Moo Moo smells but I have trouble believing that was the biggest reason he went in there.
Of course netters loves her daddy! I mean she loves him to death! You tell her go get Daddy Netters and she will find him guaranteed every time! She loves loves loves playing with Drew. At times she gets too rough but for the most part we spend about 30 mts a day laughing at her run with her legs tucked behind her butt and running like crazy! Dad has been awesome with her and he loves her so much! It is so awesome to see them together and I will truly miss that!
Like any good story theres always an ending. Netters goes back to Guide dogs February 1st(thats the most probable day they are still getting back to me but they are sure it will happen) and she will be transferred to the Oregon campus to do her formal training there and she will also graduate there. I cannot tell you how heart broken I am! I've cried I don't know how many times and I can't even imagine how much more I'm going to cry when I drop her off at the kennels. As she sits in here (on my feet) under the desk I realize what a great bond her and I have and how hard this is all going to be. When I drop her off Feb 1st that will most likely be the last day that I will see her because oregon is far away and I doubt that I will make it to her graduation. Anetta has been the most wonderful dog that I have ever had! She has just melted my heart to the core. I know that if I had to do this all over again and choose between a Guide Dog and a "regular" pet I would choose a GD every time, because without this experience I would have never had Netters in my life and how lame would that be! I hope that Anetta does well on her formal training because I know that she will make some blind person 100xs more happier than she made me because she will be helping them in so many ways! I dread and hurt that she has to go back so soon but it has been one heck of a ride and I've loved every minute of it (: Love You Netter!
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