Trains, forests, leaves... and llamas

For part of Forrest's training, he needs to be happy when traveling on public transport. So, his volunteer puppy socialiser Caroline recently took him for an exciting trip by rail!

Here we are at the ticket hall. 'Please take extra care' says the sign behind. Forrest looks like it's not really a problem! There can often be a lot of bustle and noise in a ticket hall, but it looks like Caroline's done exactly the right thing, by taking him during a quiet period so he can just sit and become used to the surroundings.

Now we're on the platform and Forrest is wondering what all the fuss is about. Where's the train? What's this platform for? What are we doing here? More to the point, where are my tasty doggy treats?

Ah! So that's why we're here! It's a train - or rather, an overground underground train, if that makes any sense.

Again, Caroline's done the right thing in that Forrest can get used to the overground form of this transport. Eventually he may need to help a deaf recipient navigate the actual underground, whether in London or in any of the other cities that have these systems. It's very important that Forrest is happy in all these situations - not just tolerating them, but actually calm and comfortable no matter what. He looks fairly calm and comfortable to us? What do you think? Tell us below! 

After a hard day's commuting, it's back out into the fresh air for our Forrest in, appropriately enough, a forest, with lovely leaf-strewn areas to sit down in.

And finally... a llama. No, we don't know how this happened either. Still, it's all part of Forrest becoming acquainted with the world, and now we know that, should his deaf recipient be confronted by a llama during their daily lives, he'll know what to do. Which, by the looks of it, is just to sit and stare. The llama looks friendly enough.

And that's it for your latest installment on Forrest! He's a fantastic boy and we're all very proud of him. You should be too, because you're helping him along his journey. Again, from all of us, thank you for sponsoring Forrest!