While staying at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston, we were able to meet a very sweet labrador.Catie is the 'canine ambassador' of the Fairmont and spends her days in the lobby of the hotel. She lives with Jim, who is the hotel's director of concierge services and he brings her to work every day (Sunday & Monday are her days off). Guests are able to take her for walks or just play with her in the lobby. Catie was trained to be a guide dog to the blind but failed her testing. She now has two bookswritten about her work and adventures at the Fairmont and the proceeds from the books benefit the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, where Catie was raised. I bought two of her books, one for myself and one for my god daughter ... both signed by her owner, Jim and 'paw-printed' by Catie.
Thanks for all the kind comments about my trip and my mom 'awards'! I really can't complain, the boys are great kids and were so good, just typical 13 year old boys who happen to love sports. And, I did manage to get a little over an hour to myself on the morning before we flew home. I had a nice walk down Newbury Street and the Public Gardens - took quite a few photos too.
This is so sweet! I am going to post it on my book blog!
Posted by: Alyssa | May 29, 2009 at 09:45 PM
How wonderful for the hotel to be dog friendly like that and promote a book for charity! My kids would be the ones that would want to take the dog for a walk and pet her everyday. Very cool!
Posted by: Lisa Russell | June 01, 2009 at 11:21 AM
My kids would be the same way, Catie looks just like our Black Lab "Dozer" the bulldozer
Posted by: margaret | June 03, 2009 at 09:09 PM
Dear catie,Today I saw you at the Milton Librey.Would you like to have a playdate with me someday.I love your books.I hope you chase a lot of birds this Summer!
Posted by: Colleen | July 21, 2009 at 04:49 PM