[PyrNet-L] Throw-a-way dogs

["Judith Stroh Miller" <jsmiller@newmex.com>]

One person's loss, another's gain.

I have mentioned my rescue pyr Rita and how she daily makes me laugh 
and smile.  Tonight I took Kazak and Rita to our local extended care 
facility to 'trick or treat'.  This was Rita's first time and I 
coupled the two together with training collars on, as I really did 
not know what to expect from Rita.< I have been working them on a 
coupler in basic obedience>.  Both were dressed in costume and both 
looked equally adorable, Zak in a black cape with red devil horns and 
Rita in a princess hat, with ribbons and beads and gauze.  I even had 
a friend along just in case I could not handle the two alone.

The plan was to just do a walk through, as this was Rita's first 
therapy visit, but talk about a natural...she knew just who to greet 
and place her head in their lap and who to just stand calmly and not 
bother.  She knew she was adorable and a little Princess and loved 
every minute of the time we spent there.

I expect this behaviour from Kazak, as we have been doing therapy work 
for about a year now.  But daily, little Rita just amazes me.
What a treasure!


Judith
jsmiller@newmex.com
Taos, New Mexico