Hello Everyone,
I hope you all had a good 4th of July! It was wonderful to see those of you who were at Grandma and Grandpa's and I missed those of you who weren't there.

I've been busy the last month training Gus. He now goes with me about everywhere. We are working hard on his public access skills. He has mastered many situation. Last week he went to his first sit-down restaurant and we hope to repeat that experience this week as we celebrate (a very, very late) father's day dinner.

Gus is 7 months old and is unusual in the fact that he can be doing so much so soon. I was told before I got him that English Cream golden retrievers (which is what he is) mature faster. This seems to be the truth. Gus is a very mellow, mature dog. Of course he still has puppy days and in the evenings can be a holy terror but by and large he is an amazing dog especially for his age.

Benny's seizures are well controlled on his current dose of medication. We had to up it a few weeks ago as he was having a seizure about once a week. He always has them at night. It's so scary. The afterwards is almost scarier sometimes. He is doing well on the new dose but unfortunately the meds seem to affect his behavior. He is sometimes anxious, barkey and unpleasant to be around. You don't see it if you don't live with him but it can be hard sometimes. We all just love him through it.

I am going to a mystery book club down at Bluebird Books and this week decided to try their Brown Bag book club. I'm looking forward to that. I'm trying to meet some new people and also expand my reading horizons.

I take my final for the entire Animal Behavior College courses on the 18th and then I am done and will have graduated!! I'm excited to have achieved something. It's been a long time since i can say that I did something tangible. Related to that is that I am starting my own petsitting business. I hope to have business cards and a website up soon.

I am also planning to go back to school. I think I have settled on online school after much back and forth between going to WSU, Friends, Sterling or doing it all online. I have chosen online so I can start my business and devote time to it. The commute to Wichita or Sterling would remove too many hours in a day. I'm not sure what my degree will be in yet. Right now I'm just aiming to get my bachelors. Not so much concerned with what it is in. I just want to enjoy what I take. I believe I will be going through Fort Hays.

Well that's all for me. I'm having trouble uploading pictures so this one is all I've got. I'll add more when I'm on another computer. I'm having computer trouble and we all know how stressful that can be.
Love,
Kate, Gus and Benny