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Gotcha Day - more will be shared later, but as of November 15, 2020, Beni has finished transition training and is now a member of the Garcia family. Congratulations, my Sprout. You did it!

Gotcha Day ❤️

NY, New York. 10/25/20. One of the last days I had the privilege to work with my boy, and he took on the challenge like a dream.
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Yesterday Beni visited Brooklyn NY, where we had brunch outside, and then we went through Times Square practicing heeling, stays, and some fun cues. Beni handled the city so incredibly well! Before handing Beni over to Bri I wanted to see how he’d do with a busy city like NYC, as the last city he was in was Belfast. He handled it like a champ and worked in Times Square on nothing but a flat collar and all for low value rewards, demonstrating he was not stressed and was just a happy and confident boy in the middle of NYC.
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I was truly evaluating him this trip and his behavior would determine when I handed him to Bri. Beni did wonderfully, so the last thing we need to do is finish transitioning him to Bri.
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I’ve now done all I can with Beni. This morning we had a transition training session and I gave Bri my boy to hold onto for the next 15 years or so. We still have numerous transition training sessions together so I’ll still see him, and I will now be the one to have sleepovers with Beni - I’ll have him back to fix up anything if needed, or if Bri’s family has an event that they aren’t quite ready to bring Beni along for. But other than that, the boy is with Bri and her family, and my days with my Sprout are pretty much finished. But I couldn’t be more proud of my little Spaniel.
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This boy is just such a good dog. Beni has been at Bri’s since yesterday afternoon - we are working on transitioning him over to her more each week. Since I left him at their house yesterday, he has alerted to 3 unexpected out of range blood sugars - a 228, an 86 which dropped to a 73, and a 62! That’s a low alert, a drop alert, and a high alert!
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I am so proud of Beni, how he’s alerting to all types of Bri’s out of range blood sugars, and how confident he is with alerting to Bri. Way to go Sprout! He is well on his way to becoming a graduated, Diabetic Alert Dog for his girl soon 💙.
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