Jeff Bishop

Saturday couldn’t come soon enough. I really needed a break. I did lots of personal stuff on Saturday: * I did some obedience with Rory * I groomed Rory. * I did three loads of laundry and packed all three of them into my suit case. * I packed many other items. I am almost … Read more

Karen woke me up at 5:00 or so. I could hear her XM radio or laptop playing music and she was quite chipper for 2:00AM Tucson time. I bet Joyce is really thinking she and Darrell are crazy with that sleep schedule ;). Today started with a yummy breakfast of scrambled eggs, toast, cinnamon bun … Read more

Today was the day to do country work and escalators. We got up about 5:15 and I gave Rory her pill for her foot and took her out after giving her food and water. Breakfast was at 7:00 and it felt odd having so many people already gone. Rick would be leaving at noon our … Read more

Today would be bus day and pet store day. I got up about 5:10 and got ready for the day. After PARC Shannon noticed some blood on the floor as I went upstairs from the PARC door. It was from RORy’s foot. It seems as we found out later to be a puncture from her … Read more

Monday was solo day for the Elm Street route. I got up pretty early and got ready for the day. In the morning Barb and I went out on the first trip and it rained for most of the route. It went very very well. I told her what actions I would take at each … Read more

Today turned out to be a pretty busy day at first. I got up to take Rory out to PARC. I took her down stairs to groom here. I did obedience. I then played with her for about 10 or so minutes. I then threw in a small load of laundry (actually two loads but … Read more

Today is Saturday and I had to work it like a normal day due to being slightly behind in class. We got up at 5:30 (actually I was up at 5:05 and was dressed and ready to go by 5:20) to take our dogs out. Breakfast was at 7:00 and I was told that Barb … Read more

Rory was raised in Pennsylvania by a family with 4 children aged 8 to 15. They had 2 other friendly and affectionate dogs but no cats. She was a good eater and was clean in the house. They took her outside to empty on a regular schedule so she didn’t need to tell them when … Read more

The next two days at the Seeing Eye were pretty uneventful compared to the last few days :). We started the South Route on Thursday and soloed it on Friday afternoon. The first two trips went without a hitch. She is really focusing on curbs now and doing a great job. I did notice that … Read more

Rory was born on 3/29/2008. Barb just came in and told me. She is also a pure Black Lab.