Vet visit....

Today Faith was unable to attend school. She "does not feel good", we think it is one of her down times or depression faze. She craves sweets, and she does not want to get out of bed. She was a trooper and went to the school, got of the vehicle and went into school. I gave this to her as a goal because before when she was like this there would be NO WAY she would even get out of the vehicle. She attained her goal when she was feeling absolutely terrible. I was so proud of her. She slept all day until we had to take Cass to the vet this afternoon. Although it is not required we had him tested like they do therapy dogs for how calm he is. I wanted to do it for several reasons. First there is a teacher at the school that brought it up and said it was a requirement on post. Second, I want to lay the groundwork for future service dog owners so I can know what they can expect. It has become a division policy to test all dogs that will attend schools or go in public places on post since there was a horrendous accident a few months back with a therapy dog attacking and killed a child in its backyard. There is not a very defined line around here between service and therapy dogs so Faith and I said "lets do it". Needless to say the two vets were very impressed with Cass and his training. They were also impressed with how he is with Faith. They spent about ten minutes with him away from Faith to see how he interacted with strangers, being alone, and getting startled. The vet went over the list and he scored perfect in every category. Again he is not required to do this testing, however we have been received so well at her school and here on post it can do nothing but help Cass and Faith, and also future service dogs on post. Everyday he amazes me with how much he is helping my daughter. It may seem like not much to the untrained eyes, but to someone who spends a lot of time with her or those that have known her it is an amazing transformation. She will make it to school tomorrow. These spells usually last a few days and then she will be her happy self again. My computer has died again so I am borrowing this one, thus the reason for not writing. I have just received a banner so it is time to register to do a bake sale/fund raiser for Little Angels Service Dogs at the PX. More information to follow. Have a great week. Kris