Home Evaluations Complete...Thank Goodness!

Sunday was our second and final home evaluation with Perfect Fit Canines. Again, we were asked to not give Sean his medicine until Jim and Susan were able to complete the evaluation. Sean was having a really good morning, so it actually wasn't that hard of a request to follow this day.

It was one of those great mornings you would just like to bottle as a parent. Emma slept over at my aunt's house the night before, so she wasn't here to wake everyone up at the crack of dawn. Braden was feeling horribly guilty for an incident the night before in which a book he threw met Sean's face (Sean has a lovely cut and black eye as a souvenir)so he woke up first, waited for Sean to wake up, took him downstairs, and got him breakfast. BJ and I got to sleep until 10am. Whoo hoo! I came downstairs and it was awesomely quiet, with Braden playing Angry Birds on his IPod and Sean playing Just Dance on the Wii. With a morning like that, anything seems possible.

So by the time Jim and Susan arrived, Emma was back and everyone was awake and happy. It actually got to the point where we had to think of things to provoke Sean so they could get the reactions recorded to show Sophia's trainer what to work on. I felt horribly guilty doing this. Who wants to purposely make their child upset? Especially a kid who, when he gets upset, is prone to massive fits and meltdowns. But we were somehow able to start a couple arguments with Sean, get a few desired reactions, and quickly calm him down. Thankfully all Jim and Susan needed was a little over an hour, and we were able to give Sean his meds and everything went back to normal.

So this is where we stand. The video of Sean goes back to Perfect Fit Canines and their trainer Jeff. He looks at the video as well as the other information Jim and Susan have collected from us and from evaluating Sean, and then he begins forming a plan on how to train Sophia, and from there, Sean and Sophia together. Susan will outline a plan with one or two things for Sean and Sophia to work on at a time, we pay a little bit of money towards Sophia at that point (that also covers the cost of the time and whatever else they need to train her for those particular tasks)sign off on everything, and then we begin. So hopefully we will be hearing from Jim, Susan, and Jeff as well soon, and training can officially begin!