Gwen passed her Puppy One Star!

Let's kick off this Pupdate with a fab photo of a very proud Gwen!

What's all this about then? Well, it's Gwen with her Puppy One Star award and rosette! Yaaaaaaaay!

We use Puppy Star Awards to help us chart a puppy's progress. The Puppy One Star tells us whether a puppy can play nicely with people and other puppies, and has mastered basic commands such as 'sit' and 'wait'. We're happy to tell you that Gwen can do all of these things really well - thanks to your support.

Here she is demonstrating one of her new skills: waiting patiently.

She's in a supermarket, which her eventual deaf partner might want to visit, so she needs to be happy and relaxed, focused on the person she's with. You can see how all her attention is on Sandy, her Volunteer Puppy Trainer, even though there are distractions all around. Clever Gwen!

Sandy and her husband Colin have done so well with her. As you saw in your previous update, they've taken her on holiday and she had lots of fun on the beach. As you can see below, they're making sure she's learning plenty about the world around her and gaining new experiences. Here she is experiencing a cow...

Doesn't seem a problem, even though the cow is giving her a dark look.

More 'stays' this time.

Colin loves this photo, telling us: "No matter how hard she tries, she won't out-stay her ceramic friend." We're glad she decided it's a friend because she wasn't sure last time!

And finally, for no other reason than she looks incredibly cute, here's a photo of Gwen looking, well, incredibly cute!

It's all in the eyes. You could say 'the eyes have it'!

She's such a lovely girl, doing so well because of your support. From all of us at Hearing Dogs, thank you!