Behind Every Great Service Dog is a Super Foster Home

Our Raja is with a foster family learning lots of new things before coming to live with us. They have a big task, and a fun one. Being a great foster home is more than liking puppies and their sweet puppy breath... Dagmar, her husband Doug, and daughters Meaghan and Hannah are taking care of the "baby", which is quite a job. THANKS BY THE WAY!!!! He of course is not sleeping through the night, and still potty training, and has no clue about the job that will be set before him when he comes to live with Zaki. They are playing lots of games and training Raja. From the post you can read that Dagmar already has Raja learning to play hide and seek. :)THANKS AGAIN BY THE WAY. One of the things that Zaki does is take off, and not in a "hide and seek kind of way". So although Raja will be simply another safety net, (you can't after all put the safety of a child in the paws of a dog!) He has one heck of a better nose than I, so I will be elated about the help! By the way, have I said THANKS yet??
Dagmar's update:

Dagmar and Raja
I think there will be some snow out here tomorrow. We have done our shopping, and do not need to leave the house if the weather turns bad.
Well, we might have to go out to go potty, brrrr
This morning the ground was white with snow. Raja had a ball. First he was not sure if he should step on it. But with a little coaxing he braved the
white strange stuff. And loved it. He tried to bite it, eat it, roll in it and just romp through it. It was all good.

Our trainer Laurie with Dagmar also Raja and Shadow

He is doing so well. We still have not done too much clicker training. Hannah has been sick. A few days of high fever, and a throat that hurt more as time went on. Took her to the clinic yesterday. Strep throat. Medicine started working late last night and she finally slept for the first time in 3 nights. I told the doctor I am ready for some nice pills too, but he just laughed. Today we went to have Hannah's cast taken off. Meaghan was doggy sitting. Not much training going on there either.
But he learned some things anyway. He drops things on command. Makes playing fetch so much fun. He almost does not jump up for treats. We are getting better. I think I need more training myself. lol
We have expanded our walks. Now we walk much farther, and that twice a day. If you think that makes him tired, you are so wrong. He has an endless amount of energy. He can play and run after is toy much longer than we are able to. He also is getting better at hide and seek. He loves to play it with Hannah. Each turn of seeking is as much fun as the first. He does not get tired of it.
Walking nicely on the lead is what we will have to work on more. He still races forward, lingers back and of course wants to carry his own lead. But for the first week we have made amazing progress I think.
Hope to see you soon. and stay off the bad roads tomorrow.
Dagmar

THANK YOU DAGMAR, DOUG, MEAGHAN, and HANNAH, WE soooooooo APPRECIATE ALL YOU ARE DOING!!!!!!!!