Spencer’s Puppy Class

This week, I thought I’d share a video of Spencer’s recent puppy class. He always has fun there, so I thought it’d be a good idea to show you what he gets to do. Hope you enjoy it!

Spencer’s Busy Life

This issue of Spencer’s World is dedicated to everyone in the armed forces. I would like to personally thank everyone whose ever served in the military, God bless.

Spencer has done a lot the past few months. He sure is a social and popular dog. While he does his typical things (go to work, go to restaurants, stores etc. with us), he has also go to do some exciting things!

Probably the most exciting Spencer got to to do recently was go visited wounded warriors  and their families in Bethesda. He went with another puppy trainer that goes to the same class as us. Spencer got to stay the night with her for three days and went to the hospital. He got very excited to see all the people and they were happy to see him. We’re told he did a great job and was an excellent dog, but I find it hard to belief he didn’t get into any mischief.

I also feel I should give some more exciting news. My dad received an email from one of the people that work for CCI and gave us some great news. Spencer gets to stay until May! We’re not exactly sure for what reason he’s getting to stay, but we’re excited nonetheless! Spencer is a big part of the family and the more time we get to spend with him the better.

Hope you all have a great week and a good Veteran’s Day!

Spencer’s First Theater Movie

This week, Spencer got to go to his first movie in theaters! He got to see the Expendables (yes, we took our one year old to a rated R movie), and did a great job! There were some loud parts in that movie which made him a little nervous, food on the floor, and he got a little restless but other than that he did fantastic! He layed down and (sort of) watched the movie with us. Spencer was a great dog and I’m very proud of him.

 

It’s been about a year since we first got Spencer, and what a great year it’s been. We are slowly preparing for his departure in February. He’s been a fantastic dog and he’s going to be a huge help to someone one day, and although many people (including myself) don’t want him to leave, I know it is necessary  and he’s going to do great in Advanced training. People say to me all the time, “It must be so hard to give him up!”, but I know I’m not giving him up, I’m giving him back. Knowing he’s going to help someone in need makes giving him back so much easier and I’m excited for him. Spencer is my best friend and I know he’s going to be someone else’s too.

 

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The Awesome Times of a Dog Named Spencer

In the times since my last post, Spencer has done some really exciting and fun stuff, like his trip to Maine, the farm, and Pennsylvania. So this entry should be quick.... I'm just kidding we might be here a while so we should get started.

I'd have to say Spencer had the best time in Maine and Boston. He got to do so much, it was almost too much for a little puppy to take! There was the trip in the R.V., which he really wasn't sure about in the begininng. He didn't know if he should sit, lay down, stand or what in the world to do. He eventually became used to it and was very calm and a good dog.

We finally made it to Boston and Spencer was excited to get up and actually do something! We decided it'd be fun to take a tour of Boston and see what there was to see, and we decided to do this on the hottest day of the year. Although, a good experience came for Spencer when he rode the bus for the first time. Again, this took him a while to get comfortable, but he overall did a great job. Another great experience came for Spencer at the aquarium, and that experience, was a seal. We eventually had to leave the seal alone because he didn't really know what the seal was and wanted to bark at it. Spencer seemed to like it there though and had a good time. 

The next day in Boston was college day for us! Spencer came along again and we first went to the MIT mueseum. Spencer saw all the robots and technology and was really curious on why everything was moving. He also saw a group of kids and wanted to meet them all. My dad tried to convince everyone he was a robotic dog, I rolled my eyes at him and said he wasn't. We later went back downstairs and finished looking at all the interesting things and Spencer, again, was a great dog. The next stop was my favorite, Berklee College of Music! Spencer was already kinda worn out by this point so after a while my dad took him to a place to rest and they were done for the day.

We later went to Maine and Spencer got to do alot more fun things! On our third day there we took Spencer on a four mile hike which he loved! About half up the mountain we were climbing, my dad found something new to Spencer, a snake. As you can imagine, this scared my dad and I a bit, but no, not Spencer. Spencer really wanted to play with this snake. We're really glad he didn't though, turns out this snake was a brown rattlesnake or something of those sorts. Spencer did a great job getting up the big rocks and we eventually made it to the top! The rest of the Maine trip for Spencer was a lot of rest and walking around to see what there was.

About a week after the Maine trip, Spencer had one of the best times of his life. While my parents and I voyaged to the Outer Banks, Spencer stayed at another CCI volunteer's farm, which was five days of nonstop running and playing with his friends Kianna and Carson. We were told Spencer was a very good dog, but I can't help but think he was a bit mischievous.

Spencer also went up to Pennsylvania this week and learned about ATV's (All Terrain Vehicles) and got to watch my mom and I take an ATV safety class, where he helped out by picking up cones with my dad. Spencer didn't do anything particularly exciting otherwise, but the ATV's where a great experience for him which I felt the need to highlight.

Thank you so much for reading, have a great week!

The docks at the aquarium

Our MIT Speech

Taking a dip in the fish tank

Making it up the Mountain!

The Lake!

Spencer’s Hunting Day!

Here are some videos of Spencer with the North American Versatile Hunting Dogs!
There’s more to come!

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Spencer, The Good, The Bad, and The Windmill

For the past few weeks, I've been writing about all the good things Spencer does. It may seem like he's nothing but good, and an angel. But I'm here to tell you, he's not. This week, he's been trying our patience as much as possible. While it may be annoying, it's normal.

One of the first things he's been doing is darting off. Down the street, through the back to the people's houses behind ours, and on and on and on. An example of this incident was when he was in the side yard playing ball with my dad. He bolted off to the houses' behind ours and came back with their little windmill. My dad took it back and play time was over for Spencer.
Chewing is another example. Like this morning, when I caught him chewing a coaster. Why in the world he would want to chew a coaster, I can't tell you. He will chew anything he can get his teeth on, and I mean ANYTHING, twigs, softballs, coasters, leaves, etc.

But he's not a terrible dog, in fact, he's one of the most well behaved dogs I've ever known. Spencer's a great dog and companion and will hopefully go to someone he can really help one day.

This week, Spencer went back to puppy class! He was very excited to go back and see all his friends.

After Spencer played with his friends for a while, they started working on stay and here. Spencer did very well, and did some heel and side along with the other tricks. They would line the dogs up on one side of the room, and there owner would go to the other side and call them, Spencer would always go to my dad or do heel or side the first or second time he was told.

Out was another trick they worked on, and Spencer did great with it. Out is where the dog goes through the door and turns around. We walked through the building doing this, and Spencer was always good at it.

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