Today our family received a second postcard from Moxie. We were excited to read that he has finished learning his right and left turns and is now on to crossing the street safely in traffic. It's been 2.5 moths since we sent our boy off to guide dog college and each Friday that goes by without a phone call from GDA I have a mini celebration. We continue to keep our fingers crossed that in only a few more months we may see Moxie cross that graduation stage with a recipient.
In other news our Gertrude (Australorp) has made a good recovery from her illness. It turns out that she was merely molting (18 month molt) and is already looking much better as her new feathers come in. As is typical with molting she has lost weight and stopped laying. Hopefully she feels back to her old self soon and gets back to work.Tomorrow we begin more work in the garden. I have eagerly planned six or seven projects which I don't plan to divest to Mr. Rural until after morning coffee. Shhh! It should be a productive weekend for our little homestead!
I'm so glad Gertrude is okay, thank goodness!! I wonder if the rest of your flock will start molting now too. Do they molt together?
ReplyDeleteChicks- Many flocks do molt at the same time whether because of being the same age or it being a particular time of year. However, in the year + we've had chickens our girls have all managed to molt at completely separate times leaving us running to the chicken guide before realizing it was "just" a molt. Ha ha
DeleteWay to go, Moxie! Our paws are crossed as she starts to learn one of the most difficult tasks for a guide dog: intelligent disobedience. Thanks for the update! (And good to hear that Gertrude is doing fine.)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Patti. I think I'll be on pins and needles waiting for that next postcard!
DeleteYea, Moxie!! When I raised for Guide Dogs in San Rafael, they used to give them letter grades on fridays. Fingers were always crossed for a C or better!
ReplyDeleteJenny, that is neat, but I bet it was nerve racking! Have you raised for CCI up in San Rafael or was it a seeing eye dog program? Love CCI!
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