a final good - bye

I had all intentions of documenting, through photos and words, the time which we had spent with puppy #13. As you can see, and as difficult as it is for me to believe, it has been over a year since I posted here.

Last year, I participated in a Project 365 over at my photo blog and trying to keep up at both places became a bit overwhelming. Over at Life as I see It there are many photos of the precious little girl who spent the year with us.

Two weeks ago, B and I had the pleasure of watching the puppy, who had pottied on our floors, chewed through the sofa, and worked her way into our hearts, graduated. She did us proud.

I wanted to share several photos from her “town walk”, it is time for us to say a final good-bye. Tomorrow puppy #14 arrives and hopefully I will be better at sharing her with all of you.

A Walk in the Woods ~

B and "his" girl ~

Happy Day ~

The simple pleasures, a bright and beautiful day, the water and sand, a stick and someone to throw it again and again and again ...

Passing the Torch!

(Photo) LW looks to the next generation to take up the challenge of the journey from puppy to Seeing Eye Dog.

Today marked a joyous occasion as LW welcomed a new baby "sister;" a new furry face with a belly a Buddha would envy; another creature who with lots of time, love, patience, training, luck and physical health will one day become a valued set of eyes to a person in need. And so begins the journey of another Seeing Eye Puppy in the household. This time around; however, the protoge has become the mentor, the student a teacher..the second-in-command has assumed her place as pack leader. There are many lessons to come. We will follow them here.