"Ok girl, let's run a few basic commands to make sure you're ready to pass your certification test tomorrow." Kurt laughs quietly to himself after saying this.

He knows he refers to Emma like she's a person but he can't bring himself to see her as just an ordinary dog. He tells Emma to sit and wait for him as he walks into the front room to grab her leash and harness out of the closet.

When he returns, Kurt has a small adoring smile on his face, he can't help but feel a little proud of himself when Emma hasn't moved an inch from her spot. He knows that she would be right there waiting for him but his mind always goes back to when a very enthusiastic White Labrador Retriever came home that very first day.

"Now you're absolutely sure you want to do this, right bud?" Burt says while putting a steady hand on a very bouncy 13 year old Kurt's shoulder.
Kurt let's himself calm down and takes his eyes off the front door to look up at his dad. "Yes dad. I can do this!".

Burt looks down at his son, swelling with pride. "I know you can, but this is a huge responsibility. This isn't just a one day fling idea. Training and raising a seeing eye dog takes years."
"I know that dad, I can really do this! I swear I can! I have been taking care of you for years, what's the difference between that and a puppy?" Kurt responds slyly to his now laughing dad.

"Well, you got me there, kid!" Burt says. Just as he finishes his sentence, the doorbell rings.
Kurt lets out a tiny high pitched scream and then brings his hand to cover his mouth, cursing internally for not being more calm.
Burt goes to answer the door but not before turning back to his son and saying "You ready?".
Kurt nods with a huge beaming smile across his face.

Burt opens the door just in time for a very strong little White Lab to come barreling into the house, pulling it's previous owner like the roles are reversed.

The puppy stops to lick and sniff at Burt's feet until it's eyes land on Kurt. With that, the puppy is pulling at the leash so hard that it's ripped from the handlers hand and let's the puppy free.

"Well hel...UGH" Kurt manages to get out before the puppy completely knocks him over and onto his butt.
Laughing as the puppy licks his face, he notices the dangling name tag on it's collar, Emma......

Kurt doesn't realize that's he has been staring off into space for a bit of time until Emma, now sitting in front of his feet, barks at him. "Whoa, sorry, girl!" he says in apology. Emma just wags her tail as if to say 'no problem'.

Kurt takes Emma's leash and harness and starts putting it all together and then lowering it over her head and looping her front two paws through.

He takes the harness with his right hand and looks down at her. "Ready to go, girl?" he asks. Emma looks up at him and then sneezes. Kurt laughs and says "I will take that as a yes".