I have ARRIVED !!

Hi !!  My name is Karlyn and I arrived in Salt Lake City on March 8, 2013.  I will spend the next 17 months with my new mom and dad learning all that it takes to become a Canine Companion for Independence service dog.  I know that I have an importance mission, but along the way I am sure I will also get into a lot of mischief.  My mom will be taking lots of photos and posting stories to share the adventures.  In the meantime, here is where my store begins:

 
 Here is my mom:  Kanga  Isn't she beautiful !! 

 
 Here's my dad: Luca.  He's very handsome!

I'm going to be going through the same program both my parents went through to become a CCI dog, so I can someday proudly wear the blue CCI  vest and help a handicap person.

 Here is the very first photo taken of my mom, me and my brothers and sisters on the very day we were born - January 9, 2013.  We were our mom's 1st every litter, and our breeder care take was so proud of us.

 Here we are at 1 week old - boy have we grown.  There I am on the end with the purple collar.  When CCI puppies are born they are immediately assigned a color before they are ever named.  That way all information recorded about our height, weight, feeding, etc. can be carefully tracked from the very 1st minute we are born.

 Here is my official photo at 3 weeks old, I now have a name to go along with my purple collar.  And I am getting very big.

 Here I am again at 6 weeks old, playing outside with my brothers and sisters.  My breeder care taker said I was thinking about what was laying ahead for me.  My mom and dad had just found out that I was coming to Salt Lake City to live with them.  They were getting so exciting and started to collect all these photos from my breeder care taker.  They were trying to find out all they could about me before I came to Salt Lake.

Here is a photo of my brothers and sisters and I at 7 weeks, all playing outside.  We just love this California sunshine and the puppy playground!!

  Here is the official 8 week photo of the family. 
And we are from left to right:
Koda  (Male -  now living in Chicago, Il)
Kashi  (Female - still living in Santa Rosa, Ca)
ME - Karlyn (Female - now living in Riverton, Ut)
Kolby (Male - now living in Seattle, Wa)
Kanue (Male - now living in Chicago, Il)
Kira (Female - now living in Southern Ca)

Here we are, all kenneled up and ready for the drive to CCI headquarters where we will be examined by the vet, given our first set of shot, tattooed with our official ear tag number, given a final bath and put on an airplane to our new moms and dad.  Boy are we every excited.  We are all going to different destinations across the United States, but hopefully in 18 months most of us will meet up again at graduation turn-in where we can exchange puppy tales.