Hi Alex, Really enjoyed the giggly story about Zita and the wall but I think its probably advisable to tell her to take more water with it in future he he. TTFN Sally -----Original Message----- From: A. Machray - Email Address: a.machray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent On: 27/05/2010 08:35 Sent To: Guide Chat - Email Address: guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [guide.chat] New Guide Dog. Hi All, Many thanks for all the messages of congratulations and well wishes for the future. I have to mention, that while training with Zita, in the second week, with her dog distraction, we were walking along the pavement with Zita on the wall side, she got her eye on a dog on the other side of the road. We were walking along quite the thing and everything seemed to be going well when there was a clunk and we came to a sudden stop. I had no clue to what had happened so I asked the Trainer. With a straight face, he said, "Zita had been watching the dog and had walked into the end of a wall at an entrance". It took me a few minutes to get my senses back and stop laughing for to be able to walk on again. I did say to the Trainer, "Are you sure that this is a Guide Dog if it is going to walk into walls". Zita did not make the same mistake again but we could not help laughing each time we passed this opening. Alex & Zita