All of my dogs are indoor dogs. They eat home-made diets, lay on the furniture, and sleep on the bed. 

• DallisTexAnne, Delta Pet Partner, TDI, CGC
  (at Rest: 03/09/97-01/28/05)
• Gang Busters Buster-Beaumont, GDT, ranked IDT3, ranked IDT5, AD, TT, CGC OFA: Fair
• Montana-Blue,TDIA-OV, Delta Pet Partner, CGC
• AuRoara-Blaze, Deaf and training toward a title of her own

DallisTexAnne, TDI, Delta Pet Partner, CGC.

DallisTexAnne was dual registered with both Therapy Dogs International and the Delta Society. She passed in 2005 at the age of 8 1/2 and it wrecked me to lose her. DallisTexAnne was a 24/7 needs dog: It's easier to say what wasn't medically wrong with her than what was. She had a profound impact on my life and losing her changed me as a person. I have not been able to bring myself to add another dog to my pack since her passing. She did Animal Assisted activities in a home for the profoundly mentally retarded and developmentally disabled (MR/DD). She also assisted as a rep doing booth events where we instructed others about what therapy dogs do and the different types of therapy dogs. Dallis had some serious health issues and was a medical anomaly from head to toe from the age of 11 weeks (8 different vets told us she would die before she turned a year old)... She taught me more about life, perseverance, true happiness, and unconditional love and trust in her brief 8.5 years of life than any human could ever teach me. She had a lifelong battle with MCT and her image currently serves as the Guardian Angel for a non-profit organization that assists owners whose dogs have been diagnosed with cancer.

AuRoara-Blaze is Bilaterally Deaf. She is just as drivey as the boys and built like a tank at 102 pounds. I communicate to her with hand signals: She currently knows approximately 45 signs and several phrases. Roar was trained in tracking with a goal of doing Search and Rescue, until she had ACL surgery and at that time was diagnosed with spondylosis, which caused us to choose a different path of work for her.

She was also dx two years ago with eociniphilic myositis of the head (aka MMM) and has recurring bouts of it. I wrote a short story about her which was approved for inclusion into an upcoming book of short stories about life with Deaf dogs. Roar has awesome, if not sometimes freaky, communication skills and always makes me laugh with her antics. She hasn't been able to accomplish any true titles so instead she has been crowned " Official Queen Bee".