Dogs, Snakes, and Donkeys, OH MY!

We have had many animals visit our school in the last weeks.
Mrs. Kornuta (our wonderful principal) shared a presentation with us of her newest family member. Mrs. Kornuta adopted a dog from the Animal Shelter- Toby. She shared with us how he was dirty and sad, but now he's clean, healthy, and very happy.
I explained to my kids that Sampson, my dog- who they have only seen pictures of, but have never met- came from the same place. But since he's too big, he couldn't come to school... (or could he??? :)




Ms. Riddle (our neighbor K teacher), brought her dog Sophie Belle to visit our class. Sophie is queen of Ms. Riddle's house :) and came to show us her tricks. She was so cute and fluffy. We loved her!

We also met Toby (Mrs. Kornuta's dog). He's working on his tricks and getting pretty good! Especially when he saw Sophie get treats for what she did! :)

One of our K students in another class brought his pet corn snake and tortoise. His dad told us all about them- and was very knowledgeable! What a great experience!

By the way, this corn snake will grow up to 5 feet!

THEN... one of our teachers met a lady who owns a baby donkey. She wanted to bring him to meet our students. Of course we were excited! His name is Speical and he rides in her car! We loved him... and he made some funny noises!

And of course! Mrs. Lindsey came to get a kiss! :)

SO! After a DONKEY came to school, I decided Sampson could visit as well- he is just about the size of that donkey! We met outside (my sweet husband brought him) and Sampson showed off his tricks. I was pretty impressed that he performed in front of 100 kids! I think they liked him.
High 5!

High 10!

"Steady" (put a treat on his nose and he waits until you say "take it!")

and the kids all time favorite- "BANG" and he plays dead :)

Oh how he loved the attention!

Thanks Mr. Kyle!

And this impressed me! Brock was so into the "bang" command. He came up to Sampson shouting, "Bang, bang, bang!" and Sampson actually went down! :) Good boy!

I'm a tad proud of him, we've worked hard. And all compliments to Petsmart training! :)
And thanks to Mrs. Kornuta for letting all these wonderful animals visit, education, and give us great experiences!