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 as a Service Dog, has helped me. She didn't say that or teach that to me...she showed it by example. I think if more people paid attention to the examples of an animal, more people would be a little less animalish and a little more human.
Teela was our first pet...and then we ended up getting Jasmine and Madison. Bayley the Labradoodle and Griffin the Staffordshire Terrier are my Service Dogs. They were both trained but they also have their own individual ways of doing things to help someone out. The remaining dogs, Madison the Black Labrador, Riley the Korky/Terrier Mix and Jazmine the Staffordshire Terrier are/were all our pets. The three dogs we have right now, Bayley, Griffen and Riley are known to us as the Three Musketeers. Madison, my first Service Dog, and Jazmine are no longer with us but when they were, the five dogs were the Fantastic Five. We got Madison when she was only six weeks old and lost her suddenly on March 15, 2012 at only six years old. My current Service Dogs were trained by 4Paws2Freedom.
Bayley and I are a true team asset. She knows when to comfort me, and when I'm stubborn she'll still comfort me more and more. When I need help and don't realize it, she always knows to get me the help I need.
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