GETTING READY FOR THE PEACH STATE – 04.11.2011

Today was the 1st day of rushing around for Georgia.  While I was running around getting things ready, Orso was lounging on the couch, see below. 

I picked up the minivan we rented for the trip – it’s the same Town & Country that we took up to Lakeland – and I almost had to fight with someone over it!  The rental place was giving it to someone else even though it was reserved for me!  I had to have that particular minivan because it is the ONLY model they rent that the 2nd row of seats folds INTO the floor, leaving the whole middle area flat!  When they guy helping me at the Enterprise counter realized just how worked up I was about the confusion, he took the keys from the other renter and gave them to me!  Woohooo!  I got my Town & Country!  I never thought I would ever get so excited over a minivan, LOL.  Below is a photo of Orso kindly cleaning up after whomever rented it before us – they were nice enough to leave chocolate syrup AND Doritos for Orso to find!

The highlight of the day was getting a phone call from Orso’s groomer canceling our appointment for tomorrow.  Oh joy!  Off to search for moisturizing shampoo and a nail file!!!!

In the evening, Orso and I headed out to Jessie Herzon’s house for a private handling lesson.  She lives on 5 acres in the same area that we are trying to buy property and it was fun to see Orso running around like a crazy boy with all that room!  He got to play with Jessie and her brother, Ryan, and all the Labradors on the property.  We were there for a couple of hours and worked on all his conformation skills, including stacking on blocks, which is new for Orso, see below.  He did well and didn’t seem to care that he was on them.  What a good puppy!