"Toilet Paper, What Toilet Paper?"Raja is continuing with his foster family, and appears to be getting into trouble as much as he can :) I love it! Zaki and Raja will be quite the pair I'm afraid! And I love that you can see Shadow's paws towards the back of the photo like, "It's completely out of my paws guys, really! I can't stop him" and after the chaos it is time for some rest.
"Napping" Having fun is hard work!Raja is now 16 weeks and has started having outings with her foster home to Walmart and the Book Mobile with Dagmar. Raja continues to learn all of the basic obedience and impeccable manners (when not eating the toilet paper wink, wink) Zaki is also getting frequent visits with Raja which is awesome, and one of things I really like about North Star's model. So what does having all of this "fun" have to do with becoming a service dog? This does not seem hard to you? It is critical for Raja to have as many positive experiences as many places as possible, not only to ensure that Raja will be confident to make choices when he gets to be with Zaki full time, but this is all shaping his temperment, which behavioralists believe happens mostly up to the 16th week. Raja has also started with my friend and trainer Linda Brennen for part of the foster time.
