Our Last ADEPT Meeting

This Wednesday was our last ADEPT meeting of the semester.  Our meetings always go by fast, and this week was no exception.  Three hours went by in the blink of an eye.  We ate pizza and talked about the year.  One of our traditions is to share a high and low from each week, but for this week's meeting we talked about our highs and lows for the whole year!  I am going to miss the people and dogs so much! Our fearless leaders, Maddie and Linda, along with the rest of the ADEPT team, made this year one to remember.  It was wonderful working with such a supportive group of people over the last two semesters.  

We also celebrated the hopeful graduation of two of the dogs in the program, Sully and Ganther.  The dogs got a special dog cake, and Maddie made the interns a people cake too.  Neeco came back to campus for the meeting, and it was really great to see him!  I got to take a picture with him and Charlie, both of the dogs I worked with this year.  I learned a lot from each of them (and I hope they learned a bit from me too).  

This program has taught me so much and helped shape me into the person I am today.  It gave me the confidence to chase my dream of pursuing a career in dog training/behavior.  I am so grateful for Linda and Maddie, for the support of my fellow interns, and for the chance to work with some amazing dogs this year.  I am honored to be a part of the PawPADs family!

Next week will be Charlie and I's last week on campus together (although he will be continuing next fall with his new trainers).  He came to my last lecture with me this morning.  Now all we have left is finals week.  I get done with finals on Wednesday then I get the opportunity to take Charlie home with me for part of the summer!  I think that will make the end of the semester a little easier since I don't have to say goodbye to him quite yet.  Saying goodbye to campus will be hard enough as it is!

Anyway, that is probably enough sappiness for one day.  Until next time!