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Hi! We are the Plunks: Jennifer, Jeff, Matthew and Maddie! Welcome to our blog. I started this blog to chronicle our service dog adventure, but it has evolved into a place for me to jot down my thoughts... about autism, parenting, family, working, but mostly about celebrating life and the God who gifted us with it. Enjoy the ride!

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Meeting Dante... Day 1 of training

We've had a great first day at training, and Matthew and
Dante are off to a good start. Dante is sooooo cute. This
experience is so amazing and so humbling. Our class consists
of several seizure alert dogs, a hearing ear dog
, some
mobility assistance dogs and a couple autism assistance dogs. Today
was mostly a "meet and greet" day; we get to work tomorrow.
Last time I checked, Dante was curled up next to Matthew in
the bed. He sought Matthew out several times today (which
was very exciting to me), but then tonight he has s
eemed a
little nervous around both kids... maybe just the newness

of everything.


Can't wait for Day 2, although it might get a late start

if we get the 10" of snow that's pre
dicted!