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Hi everyone!

Sorry I haven't posted for a while, Mum has been using the computer all the time for her uni work and I haven't been able to get a chance to write.


Nan-nan and Aunt M have gone away. They went on the Indian Pacific so Mum, Dad and I walked up the street to the station to wave to them. Mum made a big sign to hold up that said "Have a safe and fun holiday - Aunt M and Crazy Old Biddy" - that's what she calls Nan-nan. I think it's rude - but Nan-nan seems to like it!

I was really good walking up all the steps to the station (and back down again). I have only recently learnt how to use steps properly. I'm still too scared to walk down the steps inside my house - but they are metal and scary!


Last week Mum, Dad and I went to a Bunnings store in Auburn. Mum was carrying me and we all walked into the store. The man at the door didn't notice me until we had walked in. He then yelled out "hey, no dogs in here". Dad and Mum turned around and started to walk back to him to explain that I'm not JUST a dog. Dad got to him first and the man again said "you can't have a dog in here". Dad had my ID out and said "actually...", then the man interrupted and said "no... come here" (really patronisingly)... he beckoned Dad to the door and pointed to the sign on the wall and said "see here... this says no dogs". Mum was really cranky because he was being patronising and grabbed my card off Dad, said "See here... this says assistance dog" (in the same tone he had used) and stormed back into the store with me. The man said "oh OK then, sorry". We shopped for a little bit and then on the way out he stopped us again and said "you've got me curious now... what's an assistance dog?"!!!


Nana and Pop left for China to visit Aunty Lou on Saturday. We drove them to the airport. Before we dropped them off we all went to Newtown Thai - where I had to sit under the table and ignore everyone who was walking down King St (if you know King St, Newtown you will understand how hard that must have been for me). We were sitting just inside the restaurant and so people were walking past approximately 1 metre from me at the most.

I behaved well and Mum and Dad brought me some chicken from the shop next door. However, when we were waiting to cross the road at the lights, another puppy came up and was also waiting to cross. I started barking at him because I wanted to play - Mum and Dad got very cranky at me and made me sit still and be quiet. Pop said that the other puppy must have looked at me and decided that I wasn't even an entree - I think he was referring to why the puppy didn't want to play with me.


The last few days Dad and I have been driving Mum to uni and then going to shops or playing.
Apart from that I have been just playing at home, growing, learning how to get onto and off the lounge by myself, growing, sleeping, learning how to get into and out of the car by myself, sleeping, oh yeah, and growing! I now sit almost whenever I am asked and wait until I am told it's ok to get up. I also drop and we are working on heeling but I still get distracted by nice smells and people. My favorite pastime at the moment is pulling apart tissues and I love it when I find one.

I think that's about it at the moment. Mum finishes uni in a few weeks and so I might not get to post again for a while. Sorry!
Thanks for reading!
xx Carbi