Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Guide Dogs of America Girl Scout Outing
Today, I woke up at 6:15 A.M. to get ready to go to my troop leader's house. From there we would drive to L.A. and go to the Guide Dogs of America center. After I woke up, I went downstairs to eat breakfast and left at 6:40 A.M. Everyone was supposed to be at our troop leader's house by 7:00 A.M. but everyone was late. I just waited out front for the other people in my troop to arrive. At 7:40 A.M., we left for a 2 hour drive to L.A. It was really boring at first, but I remembered that I brought my math homework so I worked on that. I got two out of three pages done, and then I just talked with my friends. When we got off the car (there were multiple cars) we waited for the girls in the other cars to arrive. At 10:00 we went inside the auditorium to listen to our guide. She talked about the guide dogs, and lots of stuff. It wasn't really the fun party because I just wanted to meet the dogs. We watched a video on people talking about what type of blindness they had, and how the guide dogs really helped changed their lives and made their lives much easier. After the 10 minute video, it was 10:30. The guide had brought in a two year old guide dog. It was a labrador retriever named Walter. It was so adorable and friendly. The guide said that some dogs were fit for the job because they had a good temperament. All the guide dogs were breed by them, and they have to be healthy to help the blind. Our guide let Walter meet everyone, and he was so cute. After that, we went outside and went to see other buildings. She showed us the dorm rooms for blind people that were in training to own a guide dog, they stay there for 3 weeks and for free. The dogs were also free, but each dog takes $48,000 dollars to help train and support. Even though they are so expensive, the blind person gets it free as long as they meet the requirements. Outside, we saw a little play area with volunteers playing with the puppies that were only around 7 weeks old. They were so cute, and small I just wanted to hug them. The guide said we were not allowed to touch them because we wouldn't want to spread germs to the puppies because they have to be healthy. After taking pictures and watching the adorable puppies, we went to see the dogs that were around 2 years old like Walter. They were much more hyper, and they were running around and jumping up everywhere. We weren't allowed to put our hands over our fence or else the dogs might make a habit of jumping up, and if they're going to be guide dogs they can't do that. We had to pet the dogs through the holes in the fence. After that we went back into the auditorium to talk more about the dogs. We took pictures with Walter and then we went to the gift shop. We didn't buy anything though. After the gift shop, we went to eat lunch. We ate at a place called Teriyaki Madness. It was pretty good, there were signs saying "Warning: Food extremely addictive". The food was good, but it was not so good to the point where it was addictive. I got teriyaki beef with fried rice. It was pretty good. Then, we got on the car and drove home. I finished the last page of my math homework and talked with my friends. Our car was the first one back, and we were driving with the troop leader so we played in their backyard. They had a tree house with a swing. There was also a little elevator that other people had to pull, it was a pulley sort of thing. It took 3 people just to pull up one person. It was really hard, and it hurt my hands. My mom and my sister went on the trip too, and their car got their after 15 minutes or so. Then, I drove home. Going to the Guide Dogs of America center was really interesting and fun. I learned lots of things and saw lots of cute dogs.
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