Kaylia is at work today. She works on Fridays and gets a pay of $18 per fortnight.
I've just watched a video about a researcher using an MRI to observe the activity in a dog's brain when the dog is presented with praise or when presented with a food reward. Over a number of observations of blood activity and dopamine production in different dogs it was shown that praise generated a much higher level of dopamine (pleasure hormone). So it shows that our dogs are more motivated by their social bond with us than they are by food. Interesting.
Kaylia has speech therapy sessions every Tuesday morning and she really enjoys them. Often when I'm with her she works hard at improving her pronunciation of words. For instance she often remembers the school balls which were held at the Crown Towers in Burswood. In the past she has known it as "the Burswood Hotel" and she worked hard to get the BERZ sound. This morning she was saying "Crown Towers" quite well and I wondered where this had come from. She said that she had driven past it and seen the Crown Towers. She spelled the words on my phone. I am impressed!
