After class yesterday, we all headed caravan style over to the prison and we got to have Tory in our car on the way over! First, we went to go see Ross, the dog from last year's program at his new job! Then we went out to dinner with the prison program's director to get to know the program a little bit before actually going into the prison. Afterward, we went to a mansion. This house was huge and had a hot tub in their living room, so yeah, I'd say we were accommodated really well. We were there with one of PawPADs clients and her assistance dog. Maddie and I ended up sharing a California King Sized Bed topped with memory foam. We were in absolute comfort all night. The next morning, while we were eating breakfast, the clients dog came over and alerted me a couple times and then actually brought me the client's meter, so someone suggested to me to ask him "high" or "low" and he told me that I was high. So yeah, I was alerted by a diabetic alert for high blood sugar...that's a first.
Then we went to the prison, while we were there, the inmates showed us how they train their dogs in agility and how it impacts the training of the dogs in the ways that they need it (confidence, rear-end awareness, and other related things). Then we went over our Diabetic Alert Training with them because they mainly focus on PTSD assistance dogs, and they were super into it. Tory showed off a few of her tricks and the prisoners showed off a few of their tricks that they have taught their dogs. Then we had a little bit of time and they showed us some of the stuff that they train their dogs to do to help people with PTSD. It was honestly such a great and amazing experience to go in and see how they train their dogs! I had some really cool and interesting conversations with the inmates about how they train their dogs. After we were done with that, we went to their "restaurant" to have some of their food and it was absolutely delicious!! They gave me a huge oreo milkshake, I couldn't finish it. Then we headed home and went out for a recap dinner after we got home! Overall, it was such a great and amazing experience!
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