Hi! I'm Nicholas!

Hello!

My name is Nicholas and I am a Guide Dog Puppy in Training!  I don't know what that means yet, but I hope it's something good!

I have been in my new home with my Human for 3 days now.  At first I wasn't so sure about it.  They took me out of my warm kennel and handed me to this person who put this thing on my neck called a collar.  I don't like that at all.  And to make things worse, it won't come off no matter how much I scratch at it!  Then the person and took me and put a blue string on the collar called a leash and took me away from my brothers and sisters.  I was put in this box that my Human calls a crate.  It has a door and holes all over it so its nice and breezy, but I don't like it.  I especially did not like the way that it rattled around in the backseat of her car.  It was a long way to my new home.

When I got there, my new Human put me in this room called a kitchen.  It has a nice cool floor that I like.  It reminds me of my kennel back home with my siblings.  Where are they, anyways?  They should check this out!  My new home is nice.  I have 2 sister-cats called River and Chiana.  They don't like me much.  All they do is stare at me from the other side of the fence and hiss if I come too close.  I just want to say Hi.  Maybe after they get used to seeing me, they'll be friendlier.

My first night was kind of lonely.  My Human put me in the crate all alone.  I had no one to snuggle with or play with.  I cried and cried, but none of my brothers or sisters showed up.  I was lonely!  Every now and then my Human would tell me "its okay" and to "hush", but that just made me cry more.  I still miss my siblings, but I'm getting used to sleeping on my own now.

I'm not so sure about this crate though.  All I can do is stand up, lie down or turn around.  How am I supposed to go to the bathroom?  So now I howl when I need to go.  Now my Human comes and lets me out, puts on my leash and carries me outside so I can go potty.  Every time I go, she tells me I'm a "good boy" and that I was getting "busy".  Now I just have to learn to hold it until I get outside.  If my Human lets me walk to the door, I don't make it.  Then she tells me "its okay" and cleans up after me.  I guess she's alright.

She likes to sit with me on my back in her lap and rub all over me.  It feels good.  She plays with my ears and my paws and rubs my belly.  It feels so good that sometimes I fall asleep right there!

I think I'm going to like it here.  Things are getting better and I'm learning lots!  She already taught me to sit when she says so.  For my food, for my toys when its play time or just whenever.  She always plays with my ears and tells me what a "good sit" I have.  She's a good Human.

Well, its nap time.  I will talk to you all later!

Nicholas

P.S.  I'll try to tell my Human to put pictures of me up here.  I am really quite handsome, you know...