[nagdu] Swamp dog, Desert dog!

[The Pawpower Pack]

I just got back from a family reunion in Idaho.  We live in New  
Orleans where it is already high summer.  It still gets into the 40's  
at night in Idaho, most unfortunately.
It was only Laveau's second cross-country flight and her first flight  
on one of those little puddle jumper planes.  She basically slept  
through everything.

I am Deafblind and have meniere's disease which is causing a great  
deal of vertigo.  I'm doing physical therapy for it but progress is  
slow.  I was wondering how I'd do on this trip, but Laveau was a champ.

New Orleans is below sea-level and is sort of flat.  Idaho has hills  
which I'm not used to and Laveau did awesome work helping me balance  
on them.
She did get some tennis ball time with my sister's dog and she's warn  
out.  It's almost been two years since I adopted her from the inner- 
city shelter where she was scheduled to be euthanized because she'd  
been there for so long and nobody wanted her.
She is such a fantastic dog.  Also I think she is finally done  
growing, which is awesome.
I'm about to take my Canine Massage Therapist exam for certification.   
She has been my Massage Dummy-- letting me experiment on her.   
Learning on a Doberman has spoiled me since all of her muscles are so  
prominent.  I hope everyone and their dogs are having a great summer!



Rox and the Herbal HenchHounds
Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD. and Laveau Guide Dog, CGC.
"It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point  
out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half- 
wit, and the emperor remains an emperor."-- Neil Gaiman
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