Prepping

Mom agreed to let me borrow Dad's old wheelchair. She pointed out that it would need cleaning, as it's been sitting in her attic for the last 7 years. When we were washing it down, Rowan pointed out a name written across the back in permanent marker--Nina Johnson. I'll be the third generation to use this chair. Other families have heirloom jewelry; mine has heirloom medical equipment.

IRN, Guinness is learning new tricks. Today I taught him how to turn off a light switch. :) It only took about half an hour to get the basics down. I started with a switch faceplate in my hand, and gave him a treat every time he touched it on command. Then I put the plate on the floor, with a bit of treat wedged into the center cutout, and gave him a commend to get the treat. After he got that down, I put some sticky on the back of the faceplate and moved it to the wall. We worked it slowly higher and higher up the wall, until he was getting the treat at standard switch height. Then I balanced a treat on a switch turned on, and had him get that. He's doing that on command now. We'll keep it at this level for a day or so, then move to hitting the switch on command and getting the treat afterward. I'm very proud of him.