Today was "Bite Day". That is where the dogs practice their protection, i.e. attack techniques. It was Valerie's first time at being a handler, and as you can see from the picture at the left, she got pretty bruised. I went into Sanford with Valerie this morning and we had breakfast at a genuine New York Bagel shop. The owner was from Long Island. Yum! Those bagels were sure good! I stayed at the school all morning and watched the training and then for lunch Val and I went back to the same bagel shop.
Afterwards, I stayed at the school and watched the classes until 3:30. I left because I was starting to feel really sick (nauseated) and I could not stay there one more minute! As a result, I missed seeing Valerie get bitten. (She had the protection suit on, but those dogs jaws are strong!) I have a mixed reaction. Part of me really wishes that I could have seen her work out in the protection suit, and the other past of me knows that I would've gotten terribly upset at seeing her get hurt, so all in all, it's probably best that I missed it.
Because I was still feeling so queasy when we got back to the motel, we just ordered pizza from Pizza Hut. The motel is right next to it, so I just walked over and picked it up. I absolutely did not feel like going out to eat. We think that maybe the Vicodin was affecting me (I had a prescription for my gums), so I decided that I would just take one pill at night from now on.
At the back of the Motel 6 is a big field, far from the roads, and the dogs just LOVE running and playing there. I am having so much fun here. I had planned to leave Wednesday morning, but I decided to extend my stay until Friday and just "caravan" back to Richmond with Valerie when she goes home for the weekend.
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That's all correct except for one thing. I was the decoy, not the handler. Henry was the handler. He was praising Ivan as he was biting me!
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