Mia is officially a Certified Youth Dog Trainer! 🐶

She really wants to be a veterinarian when she grows up and wants to begin taking steps now to make that happen! Her first big step towards her goal was taking & completing a course on dog training through Everybody’s Doggy.

Since we have 4 Shepskies, she has a lot of opportunity to practice and perfect her training skills. She has been working with them diligently. She is able to have each dog follow her commands, including during meal times while they all wait in a line with a full bowl in front of them until she gives permission to eat. It is very impressive.

Her next step is to find a local animal shelter that is in need of volunteers. There is a kitty only one around the corner from us which would be extremely convenient, but it wouldn’t utilize her skills in dog training, so we may have to venture out of our immediate community.

She also hopes to get the opportunity to help friends or family members let her work with their dogs as well. Maybe in a few years she could offer dog walking services in the neighborhood.

Once she reaches high school age, she plans to take a veterinary course at the local vocational school. I really love that homeschooled children are still eligible to take the certification courses while continuing their education at home.

She is, and we are, very proud of her for taking steps towards her future already and she asked to celebrate by making cupcakes. I helped a little with baking, but she did the Frosting & decorating on her own (with inspiration from Pinterest of course)  and the cupcakes turned out soooo freaking cute!

She did vanilla cake with chocolate Frosting & dog faces, and chocolate cake with vanilla Frosting & paw prints. She used mini oreo cookies for the center of the paw print and chocolate chips for the paws. She used regular size oreo cookies (golden & original) cut in half for the dog ears. Sprinkle eyeballs, and a fruit by the fruit for the tongue.

I love that she is following her passion & love for animals ❤️

Until next time ♡ Mama Morozov