Ashby Girl is officially H.O.M.E.!!!
We picked her up this morning around 11 and couldn't have been more excited! We took some time with Red, her trainer, to go through all the cool stuff Ash has been learning and making sure we understood how to keep instilling the positive obidience traits she's learned thus far! Red gave Dave and me the ultimate compliment when she said she could tell Ashby had a good foundation and was super easy to teach. That made us feel good! When someone pays you a compliment like that, it makes you even more motivated to continue working with your puppy!!! Even before we got Ashby, we had always said if we ever got a dog, we wanted her to be polite and affectionate... I think we've managed to get both! On our way home, Dave felt like Ash needed a little sip of water! It's always a treat for her to get to stick her nose in our cup for a little slurp and today proved no different! :) The poor thing was so excited she lost just about her whole face in the cup! 
Even though Red had given her a bath before we got there to pick her up this morning, Dave and I decided on the way home she needed another one - OUR kind of bath... with sweet baby shampoo to make her smell good and get a.l.l. the dirt out of her quickly growing coat! You could tell immediately she was thinking, "Hey, I got one of these this morning. Why am I getting another one?", but the sweet girl just stood in the bathtub and let us have our way! Though she's getting bigger, that was the easiest bath we've ever given her!!! And you can definitely start to tell she's got a little Poodle in her when her hair is wet! 
After our bath, we MUST break out the hair dryer or else she'll never get completely dry! Before we took her to camp, she didn't exactly like the hair dryer, but she didn't fight it either. Today, however... She was n.o.t. cooperating (but that could've also been due to the fact she also got dryed this A.M. - and I know what some of you are probably thinking, "You can't give a dog two baths AND blow her dry! You're going to dry her skin out!", but had you brought your sweet pup home after being at camp for four weeks, you'd do the same thing!)! With me and Dave taking turns holding her and the other brushing, we got the job done. NOW, she looks like our pretty girl. 
...Except for the fact that we probably got a little soap in her eyes (Baby Shampoo, though, so it wouldn't burn!)... 
...And that she needed to scratch and shake off - per usual! 
Her Daddy sure was excited to pick her up today! He's been talking about it for the last week! When Monday and Tuesday afternoon came around, he made mention many times that he wished he hadn't planned on Wednesday... But I think it made today's pick-up ever better!*Please excuse our "Wedding Central" index card front door behind Dave and Ashby. That was the only way we could get organized for our special day! I'm happy to note there aren't but a few cards left to be moved to the bottom of door!*
As for me, I'm tickled "pink" to have my pretty girl home! As silly as it sounds, I feel so much better knowing that she is all cleaned, primped and with her new collar on!!! We're just waiting on her bed, babies and the outter portion of her crate to be washed and dried :) No buggies are coming home to live with us (hopefully)! 
I wish we had taken some pictures of her with Red one last time before we left, but I forgot. Thank you to everyone who has said a little prayer that she would enjoy her time at puppy camp! I think she was a little sad to leave Red and all the friends she's been playing with over the last month! I feel like this was the best decision we could've made for her - both socially and behaviorally! Here's to hoping she's the wonderfully behaved pup we've always wanted to have!
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