Amanda and I took River to see Pink Girl today. First we had to run the gauntlet of preschoolers lining the hallway - River enjoyed a brief petting session there on the way to Physical Therapy. Pink Girl was already stretching with her mom, draped over a padded bolster, so we moved River nearby to say hello. Her greeting was tentative, so I wasn't certain of today's mood. River was decorated with a pumpkin/jack o'lantern bandana and I had brought an orange balloon, to work the seasonal theme. She practiced some standing both with the balloon ( for him to bat at) and holding the hula hoop for him to jump - we did coax her to give the "over" command a few times. I had also brought along the tunnel for the first time and Amanda set it up and I had River demonstrate going through it and jumping over it. Pink Girl was seated at this point and the tunnel was aimed at her diagonally so that when River exited it, he was popping out right in front of her. She pulled back when he came through and Megan used this reaction to have her practice sitting up straight. With a little adjustment- too close made her throw herself too far backwards, this was effective for quite a few tunnel trips. Totally unplanned, but it worked. She did a bit of brushing River and then was whisked off to OT. New schedule will bring us together again in 2 weeks.
Visiting in the hallway as we left, chatted briefly with a family that is hoping to get a dog from Susquehanna Service Dogs for their son, discussing the training process and following their blog. I just love the connections that get shared because of the dog.
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