Hobart's first snow.

Hobart got to experience his first snow. It has held off for awhile this year, but it always comes. It's could and wet, but we actually got about and eight of an inch of snow on the ground. Hobart didn't react at all! Here comes Christmas and another long Ohio winter!!!
~Elijah & Hobart II

Looking Back-Looking Forward (please read)

As far as I know I could be half way through my time with Dembre. Seven months in, seven months to go! Sure some people might say that I have a long time left, but I don't.... and I'm not scared to face it. When I took on Dembre at the end of last May, I knew that he'd be part of my life for the next year and a half. I knew that a whatever I did with him could make a difference between passing and failing. I knew that I would grow to love that little black puppy so much that giving him up would rip me apart. Yet somehow on that day in May I held a warm bundle of fur in my arms. That bundle of fur has been my mission; my dream; part of who I am! I think God placed Dembre in my life to teach me what it is to be selfless and what it is to change a life!
Looking forward, I'm excited about all the adventures that Dembre and I will still have over the next 7-10 months! There's going to be turn-in and I'm going to face it! Sure I'm going to cry my eyes out ( yes guys do that too)! I'm going to be SO proud of Dembre and I'm going to remember everything that I've taught him and everything that he's taught me. That bond will be broken, but we will never forget each other. I hope to hold in my arms another adorable puppy; another assignment that will change somebody's life. Even in that day of pain and change I want to keep going and do what I have just finished over again. I hope to do it over and over and change the lives of as many people as I possibly can.

This is the puppy who has taught me to love...

This is the puppy who has taught me to be patient...

This is the puppy who has taught me what it is to be selfless...

This is the puppy who has been with me through laughter and tears; through thick and thin...

This is the puppy that has taught what it is to have vision...

THIS IS THE PUPPY I LOVE!!!! THIS IS MY MIRACULOUS JOURNEY!!!!

Then 'n' Now

                               

Dembre sitting in the grass at 10 weeks old

Dembre sitting in the snow today (9 months and 2 weeks old)

Still Recovering/Dembre Update

Last time I posted I said that I was recovering from sickness. Well, I'm still recovering! I've regained about 1/2 of my usual strength and can hold out long enough to do some chores around the farm. Unfortunately I have picked up a cough and some congestion. I continue to do all I can to have a full recovery to health. Since I am feeling well enough to do some work I can also give Dembre more attention. He has gotten a lot of play time and I've thrown a ball for him to fetch inside. He got a long grooming session today and have tried to show Dembre I care every chance I get. I still don't feel like I can do a whole lot in the cold outdoors, except for short walks and bathroom breaks. Dembre would really like to play more in the snow though. Before I was sick he got to play quite a bit in the snow, but now that I'm not feeling well he's missing the play outside.

Dembre sitting by fire at our house

Beautiful! (Of course I'm not out there jogging with Dembre)

Sun through the icy trees!