Here she is! What a beautiful dog!
These pictures were taken when we went to the Canine Companions for Independence campus in Santa Rosa to pick her up.
After meeting Isabel, we took her to the dog park at the CCI campus and watched as she played with some other dogs. Then we got a few training tips from the director of the breeding program(I think we looked like we needed it!) After that, we were able to walk her alone for a few minutes to get a feel for her personality and snap a few pictures.
Charles Shulz, a Santa Rosa native, was a great contributor to CCI!The kids had to pose with Snoopy! Even Isabel was happy to get her picture taken with such a famous dog!
After we left CCI, we headed out to Bodega Bay for lunch. Isabel relaxed next to our table while we ate. She is very easy going and mild mannered.
At home, we all had fun getting to know her and spending some time on the floor petting her!
We bought her a new dog bed and a rawhide bone. She was happy with both! She also jumped on the couch as soon as she walked in the door and later into our bed, so we will have to work on her not doing that!
Isabel looks very much like a yellow lab, but she has the reddish tones of a golden retriever on her ears and on her back(like highlights!) She is a really beautiful girl!
This evening we went to a local park and took a picnic dinner. The weather was really nice, so there were a lot of other families with the same idea. Isabel was very well behaved. She just waited while we ate, and then was ready to go exploring!
Although she does fetch, she is easily distracted (so the little kids fetched quite a few balls!)
When I first handed Camille the leash, Isabel thought she was free and headed toward the lake! So I corrected her and helped Camille get her walking in the right direction, and they walked nicely together! This is what I really wanted, a dog the kids could walk! We are all so excited!
We will keep up Isabel's blog with news about her adventures and, of course, her puppies!
Isabel looks very much like a yellow lab, but she has the reddish tones of a golden retriever on her ears and on her back(like highlights!) She is a really beautiful girl!
This evening we went to a local park and took a picnic dinner. The weather was really nice, so there were a lot of other families with the same idea. Isabel was very well behaved. She just waited while we ate, and then was ready to go exploring!
Although she does fetch, she is easily distracted (so the little kids fetched quite a few balls!)
When I first handed Camille the leash, Isabel thought she was free and headed toward the lake! So I corrected her and helped Camille get her walking in the right direction, and they walked nicely together! This is what I really wanted, a dog the kids could walk! We are all so excited!
We will keep up Isabel's blog with news about her adventures and, of course, her puppies!
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