Today, we visited a lovely assisted living facility, where we had the dogs demonstrate some of their best commands for a small audience. Elyse fetched the newspaper and brought it to me (though not before trying to chew a corner off first ;) She also delighted the residents when she took my sock off with a good TUG! Elaine and Eldridge turned on lights, Ellie pushed the "Easy Button", the dogs "went to bed" on a series of towels we had line up on the floor. Farmer really stole the show. She fetched a set of plastic keys, then a giant, funny looking hat, and brought them to Mollie. And for the big closing act, she took a bouquet of pink plastic flowers to a very delighted lady in the crowd!
After the demonstration, we spent some time visiting with the residents, while the dogs settled in by their sides, or with heads or paws in their laps, bringing love and joy to their drizzly Tuesday morning.
Elyse was especially fond of a precious lady named Ann, shown in the pictures below. Elyse put her paw up on Ann's lap, and stayed that way for about five minutes while Ann stroked her soft head and looked into her big, deep chocolate brown eyes, and said over and over again, "Well aren't you pretty? Yes you are...yes you are."
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