Julie – Page 739 – Alta-Tollhaus

Hugo attended his first car show today. This is a show on campus which is held by the Society of Automotive Engineers. Only about 40 cars, not too scary for a first time. I decided to leave his service dog jacket off so that people would want to approach him. I've been doing this periodically to give him an opportunity to get friendly with a variety of people. After all, he will be used for pet therapy at the hospital when he gets to be about a year old, and I wouldn't want it to be overwhelming.

Hugo hadn't ridden in my show car before, but as soon as I placed his dog bed in the back, he knew exactly what to do....lay down and relax. When we arrived, we walked around a bit and sure enough, many people wanted to pet him...perfect ! I was parked next to a guy with a 4 year old, and the kid instantly bonded with Hugo. He followed us around, petting Hugo along the way. He even took out his Transformer's for Hugo to look at and asked if Hugo could come over some time...lol !

Very cute.

The show area was adjacent to a soccer field where about a hundred students were having a cook out, others were playing flag football, and others were playing volleyball in a sand pit. I made sure Hugo got to see all of it, plus walk in the sand. I figured it's a rare opportunity in MI. Again, more people wanted to pet Hugo, including several children.

I noticed two guys heading my way with an 11 wk old Golden Retriever. pup and a large Great Dane, so I asked if they would mind a short play session. They agreed and we found an area that had been fenced off for a football party the previous day. Unfortunately, the little one was too young for Hugo to really play with, and the Dane wasn't interested, so we went back to the show.

I place Hugo's dog bed in a shady area and we enjoyed the day relaxing, periodically walking around to look at cars and visit with people.

Hugo took a nice little nap and had no problems with the distractions.

When another dog walked past, he looked up, then went back to sleep.

It was such a nice day.