I have some new pictures to share. Holmes is adjusting to his new home and family very well. We have been training regularly and he has detected contaminated books, a door handle, bench, tape, boxes, toys and more! We have been to Downtown Disney, the doctors, the vet, visiting family and the school library.

Here are some more pictures:

The car ride, we are still working out where he will sit and who he will sit next to. Today it was Miss K. How sweet is this?

I believe we would call this one a bit sassy ;)

And you can see Holme's girl A in the background posing! She is not very happy to not be sitting with Holmes!

Here is Holmes and his girl resting at Downtown Disney. A just got sprinkled with some Pixie Dust and Holmes managed to get a bit too.....like a hot pink service vest is not bad enough for a boy dog, now he is all sparkly too!

Holmes, his girl A and brother C took a moment to pose outside the toy store at Downtown Disney.

Everyone took a break to watch the fountain...I had no idea a fountain was all that exciting!

What fun would it be if I didn't share a photo that just didn't cut it! Of course let's start with the fact that hubby took it, but poor Holmes' head is cut off and K is just a blur as she gets ready to jump in front of the camera...of course it is difficult enough getting all 3 kids to sit and get a picture with all of them looking at you at once, but add a dog to the mix and forget about it!

Finally, can you tell Holmes is quite comfortable in his new home? Check out how he is sleeping...well, techincally not sleeping, he heard me sneaking up with the camera...silly puppy!

Day 11...A new home for Holmes

Holmes is very curious about his new home. He had tons of fun playing ball with the kids today and they love playing with him! We even did a small training session today...and I am sure Holmes is stressed, but he can still smell those peanuts :)

Day 10

Holmes takes a trip....we are headed home!

We were very excited to be able to head home 2 days earlier than planned! Holmes was extremely well behaved on the flight home. He got a bath then we headed home to suprprise the kids, they had no idea I was coming home early!! It was so cute, they were all completely shocked! After a quick hello and a couple of treats Holmes had dinner and went straight to bed. he was exhausted from the exciting day!

Training Day 9

Today one of my favorite trainers was sick, boohoo, so it wasn't nearly as much fun! We went out to the ranch and I got to see my amazing dog find every tree nut. Holmes still amazes me every day. After that we went to lunch, where Holmes checked the food, and worked very hard to resist taking a lick of one of the trainer's yummy bbq ribs! I signed all my paperwork, so Holmes is officially all ours! Sorry everyone else, but I officialy own the most awesome dog in the world. Tommorrow is going to be quite an adventure and a very busy day for Holmes and I, so I won't be able to post. What I am doing tommorrow is a big secret....sorry, I can't share but it would ruin the surprise for my very favorite little people!
I didn't get any pictures during training today but here is my puppy looking very cute while sleeping:

Training Day 8

We had company today, the other dog we are training with is Mr Moose...he is twice the size of Holmes...

This picture does not do much to show the size difference, but we have to keep them separated, they don't always get along! We learned how to search a hotel room, there is so much to search!

Then we went to the park and I got some great pictures of my cutie! He was tired from a very long morning and did not want to work at the park, who can blame him? He did have enough energy to be very cute!

Tomorrow I will finally be able to see my little detective find the 7 other nuts and seeds he has learned in addition to peanuts and we will work on checking people for nuts.

Friday is getting closer and closer, I can't wait to get home and see my babies, I miss them so much!

Training Day 7

Today we went to Target to train. We searched in electronics and girls clothing. Holmes found all the hidden peanuts, he really is amazing. Next we went to lunch, not sure where, somewhere with fish and Holmes detected a contaminated menu. He was really tempted by a trainer's clam chowder and took a little lick...naughty boy! He got a bit antsy and started mouthing, that really needs to stop before I leave.

I am very comfortable with his ability to smell peanuts so tomorrow we are starting to test his other nuts. We are going to see how he does with Macadamia nuts, Seasame seeds, cashews and almonds. The next day we will hopefully work on Pistachio, Walnut and Hazelnut. That shoudl finish up his list.

Tomorrow we will search my hotel room since I just switched rooms today and then will go to a movie, which I am very excited for. We have not done movies in a very long time and I am anxious to see how it will all work out at a theater. Later this week we will go to a hospital, day care and maybe some more restaurants.
Today's embaressing moment was when I noticed poop on my leash and thought it came from the dog...nope, it was on my shoe....yuck! Yesterday I was really slick, I lost my car keys at the post office...I panicked that I shipped them or threw them away with the dog poop, but no, I dropped them while cleaning up the poop and a very kind stranger found them and saw me searching like a crazy women and got them to me!

I am so messed up I keep thinking today is Monday...I wish, I would be one day closer to going home!

Day 6 - Our day off

Today we had our day off, we just went to the post office and some shops and took it easy. Holmes is tired and enjoying the lazy day! His trainer gave me a picture of him that is so cute. Apparently Holmes enjoys making up games. He is on the small side for peanut dogs and can fit in this wooden box and he likes to roll his ball on the lid and have someone else fetch it for him. Smart dog....teaching people how to fetch! He tried to get me to fetch his toy for him today, and the best part was that he is as stubborn as I am, I wouldn't get the toy and neither would he, so it just sat there. Here is the silly boy in his box: