Life is short...hug your dog!
- Lisa Vaught
- Mar 22, 2015
- 2 min read
Spring appears to finally have sprung in East TN, the pollen is completely covering our deck, the cars~ yuck! Frax with his big doggie nose and great canine immune system is, well... he appears immune to tree pollen. Lucky dog!
East TN is known as 'pollen capital/allergy capital of the nation'. Great. Seems like just about anything else would be a nicer thing to be known for. So pretty much everyone, including my hubby Bill and I are fighting the usual symptoms, especially killer headaches.
This is where the story of living with a service dog becomes so special:
Feeling rather crummy, I lay down on the bed after drinking a big glass of water and tylenol. Immediately, Frax lay down next to me, taking his great big beautiful head and gently, ever so gently licking the area on my forehead that was killing me...then he rested his soft muzzle over my head, took his paw and 'patted' me. *This is something unique to Frax. Often when I pat him, he will 'pat' me back, taking his great big paw and gently sliding it down my arm, then repeating. It's very obvious he assumes if he likes patting and it makes him feel better, well, patting MY arm would be comforting!* Ultimately, I rested till the headache eased, holding his paw much like a human hand.
These are the things that people think you are pulling their leg about. Canine Assistants teaches their dogs to follow their intuitive feelings for their person. That's why they have a good record with seizure response dogs becoming predictive, and many other instances when a person's helper used reasoning that we don't as a society feel or acknowledge canines have to save lives. I'm here to say they do. Not all canines of course, just like people not all dogs are rocket scientists! With selective breeding and their unique approach to teaching their dogs, Canine Assistants helpers are genuinely the best they can become.
It's such an honor to have the help that Jet and now Frax provide. I am blessed.
Later!...
LV, FX & JT
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