On Tuesday (April 2nd), James called from CCI to schedule my phone interview. Easy Peasy! After we hung up, he emailed over some general information about dog care and welfare, some more information about CCI and the process I'm going through, and a note urging me to write down any questions I had about things in general or about the information he'd sent over.
On Thursday (April 4th), I anxiously waited by the phone for James to call. At precisely 1pm, my phone rang and Step 2 was officially in progress. James asked if Amy (getting her M.S.W.) could sit in on our talk. I had no problem with that, of course. James asked me questions about what tasks my last dog did most often, what did I think I was looking for in a dog, what commands were really important to me...and then he made me giggle. Q: Why do you think it's important that a dog maintain a healthy weight? (I'm paraphrasing.) My A: Been having trouble with some fat graduate dogs lately??? We both had a chuckle and I went into my "Thin is In" diatribe. (Fat dogs are a personal pet peeve.) He asked some logistics questions about my ability to get to team training, maintain myself during (getting myself meals and such), and managing field trips. I asked the few questions I had - and it was determined that while CCI is fully supportive of my bringing up a training assistant, I probably don't really need one. That works well, actually, since my potential training assistant had asked about potentially working some while in Santa Rosa and only attending some of the lectures. No problem. James verified that I had gotten the medical forms for Step 3, let me know that once my medical forms had been received our final step before being placed on the waitlist would be the in-person interview, and we hung up. Step 2 complete!
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