It's been half a year since my last post.
A few things have happened in the meantime. Here's one of them:
Cade.
Cade at LSES after reading with the school kids.
After a training session.
At the dog wash
Cade (top left) with two new service dog pups.
The journey of raising a service dog in honor of my sister has turned into a journey of raising a service dog FOR my sister.
It is a mission that is challenging, beautiful, fulfilling... I love the work I am doing with him.
But that is not to say it's always easy. Yesterday I had to dig deep to find reserves of patience when I felt like I had nothing left to give. He was a total clown at puppy class and had the attention span of a gnat.
The day before that was the complete opposite. I had one of the most satisfying training experiences ever. He was up for new challenges. He excelled at everything I asked of him and was angelic during our public access training. We really clicked; we were a team.
This last picture is pretty shadowy, but I feel like it captures how I feel about Cade these days.
All the training ups and downs aside, this pup has a big part of my heart.
And he knows it.
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