We are getting a dog, his name is Thurston, we call him Thirsty. He is a year old black Lab that has been in training to be a guide dog for the blind, my sister-in-law Stacey has been his handler since he was six weeks old. He was not able to complete the program due to he has a soft trachea and the harness chokes him and makes him cough. He is however still able to be a companion dog to someone like Arna. He will go through training to alert us if she is having a seizure or difficulty breathing. He has always been so careful with Arna and never tried to take off with any of her tubes. she loves to give kisses to him, she licks his tongue, I know a little bit gross but very sweet. Most of all he will be a part of our family, we have missed our sweet dogs and have wanted to get new ones but wanted to wait till we were in our own home. This is such a great opportunity, I don't have to go through all the puppy training and house breaking(sweet). I am grateful that Stacey wants him to be with us, and she is happy cause she will still get to see him. Don't know when exactlly him will be coming back to Utah, but he will be living with Stacey until we have moved into the house.
Merry Christmas to us!!
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