Monday, January 21, 2008

A Working Dog


We had a wonderful surprise this last weekend when our friend, Sol, (a fellow class mate of mine) stopped by to introduce us to his new Service Dog. Bebe is a beautiful Golden Retriever who has been trained from a pup to provide assistance to those with disabilities. Sol had been looking forward to bringing Bebe home for some time now and was finally able to do so after he did two-weeks of training with Bebe in St. Louis.
The girls thought it was a real treat to have Bebe over, they played and loved on her the entire time she was visting. The girls realy learned so much from Sol as he explained the many things Bebe was going to help him with. To be honest Kristy and I learned alot too. Sol has a cochlear implant which allows him to have partial hearing but with Bebe by his side he now has a perfect pair of ears to guide him along.

Bebe got to take off her working vest for a short time which was a signal to her that it was time to play. And play she did. We had such a wonderful time playing catch with our new friend Bebe, the working dog.

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