Lucy's Interview at Camp Bow Wow

Friday September 12th 2008

I brought Lucy to Camp Bow Wow for her "Interview" on Friday. At first, things were a little tentative. Josie, the "interviewer" took Lucy into a play area to get to know her one on one. Then she introduced her to the "interviewer dog" and Lucy got nervous and was too forward with him. Then, Josie told me afterwards, she thought to give Lucy just a few minutes in the group of small dogs off leash. She said that to her relief, Lucy sat on her feet and next to her for a few minutes nervously. That was a better reaction than lunging into the crowd of dogs too aggressively. After a few minutes, she encouraged Lucy who carefully ventured into the group.

All this took place while I nervously waited in their front entrance room. I hoped that Lucy would do well. Once I got the good report, she encouraged me to go off to work and if I were curious, to check out their web cam. I could barely stop staring at throughout the day! Here are pics I took from their web cam below:

#1 - Lucy is on the upper right hand corner. It's hard to spot her on the web cam, but she's the dog with the bushy white tail that curls & the black ears:




















#2 Lucy is on the right side of this photo and seems to be greeting the black dog that is resting.




















#3 I think Lucy is in the top right hand corner - the blurry white tail is probably her tail wagging. She seems to be interacting more.





















#4 Once again Lucy is in the right hand corner. As the day progressed, I noticed that she socialized more with the dogs. But at 2pm, she still hadn't walked over the plastic yellow bridge.





















#5 I took this image of the web cam at about 5pm. Lucy had finally adventured out of her corner and onto the yellow bridge. Below she stands on top of it surveying the view.




















At the end of the day, I excitedly drove back to Camp Bow Wow. I was happy to see an excited and happy Lucy greet me. The lady behind the counter handed me an adorable certificate that stated, "Lucy is now an official camper at Camp Bow Wow" as well as a "report card" which stated that she had a buddy named Toby. It turned out the Toby is an 8 pound ShizShu dog and was her buddy.

I was surprised that she wasn't tired. "Just wait til she gets into the car," said the lady behind the counter.

Boy, was she right! Lucy hopped into the car and was eager at first. In just a few minutes, I caught Lucy in a full snooze. That night she tucked herself into bed at a very early 8.30pm! I swear I saw a smile on her little face.

Here's Lucy all tuckered out:














Lucy's "Report Card":