It's been a while since I posted!
I was about to say "not too much has been happening," except a couple very big things are happening, lol.
First: Mistral!
After a long series of events I ended up with this adorable little 10-week-old fluffball, who has ear mites, a URI, and ringworm. Oops. Right now he and Delta are separated, because of the communicable diseases and because Delta is too interested. I'm meeting up with a friend next week to temporarily trade the Puppy Culture DVDs for a large crate, so we can work on some training where Delta can see Mistral. A baby gate does not stop a curious kitten. I learned that the hard way.

And my crates are all solid-sided, so no help with training Del to be calm while he can see Mistral.
Big thing number two is that the friend I'm trading the stuff with and I are planning to start a nonprofit for service dog training. There are several in our area, but all work solely with program dogs, and it's very hard to find good help for owner-trained dogs. We're going to fix that! It will probably be a lot of work, but I am very excited. I love working on fiddly tasks with stable dogs. It makes a very nice break from all the reactive and fearful dogs we're helping at the company I work for. (I won't be leaving them or anything; just doing both things. Variety is the spice of life!)