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take her with us because she would not tolerate being cooped up in any confined space, including a crate. The veterinarian told us she would likely die if we tried to crate her to travel. So, we ended up taking her back to the rescue group. It was really sad but we didn't have any other choice. It was the best thing for her.
Charlotte was born in August of 2016 and she was matched with me in March of 2018. The reason it was recommended that I get a Service Dog was because of a problem I have with balance and stability (staying upright). It has become more prevalent in the last year or two. But it's one of those things that has made my wife become very concerned about, whenever we go somewhere, she wants to be near me or wants to make sure I am holding onto the cart, things like that. It's because she's always worried that I'm going to fall over. It has happened a few times. Once I got Charlotte it really helped and I haven't hit the ground once in the past month. Have I gotten dizzy, yes, absolutely. But I essentially have my hand on her all of the time, and she has helped me out so many times. For example, one day we went to the grocery store, and three separate times I would go turn around to hand something to my wife, and started getting dizzy, and because I was able to grab onto Charlotte's harness I stayed upright. If I hadn't had her I would have been done for. Like...concussion...how does that sound? That was just one day. When we go out to do things now, I am not as fearful as I was before. One of the things we did when I retired is we went to Disney World. One of my children was still young enough to be in a stroller so who was pushing the stroller the whole time? Me of course. I didn't want to go down in the middle of Disney World and have something happen. But now, if we go back to Disney World, say in a couple years or so, if we do that then Charlotte is coming too. Walking a dog around Disney World is no small feat. She is just one thing that has greatly improved the quality of my life. When I first started getting dizzy I would question myself...I was like am I
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