Saturday, July 12, 2008
Visiting with Raine

I knew something wonderful was going to happen the day my human got out the leash she uses when she picks up Raine. My tail started wagging the moment I saw that blue leash come out and get hooked to the scooter. I tried to follow my human out the door as she headed for the van but she wouldn't let me come along for the ride. I was left to stew in my ever growing excitement and frustration of being left home.

When I head the van pull up I ran to the door only to hear the sweet barking of my long time playmate coming from the car port. I really tried to be a good dog and wait inside the house while my human brought him in but I simply couldn't. I burst forward and in a move, which admittedly was lacking grace, I burst forward and slammed head long in to Raine.

I hadn't seen him in such a long time and much to my glee he was just as excited to see me. Once inside the house my human released him from his leash and we darted out to the back yard to run and folly. Being well over one hundred degrees outside the romp through the yard was short lived.

We played and laid about the house most of the day. When it cooled down slightly at night we continued our playtime outside before we were called in for bed. In fact most of the visit was like that; lie about during the day and play at night. Plus my human took us on run for several miles each night.

One day was slightly different however. My human and her roommate wanted to go see an aircraft museum. Naturally Raine and I were to attend as well. We were a bit hit. The retired air force guys really liked us and we posed for a few pics here and there. Raine also proved that even a retired service dog can still perform like a service dog. We were both the models of perfect canine behavior.

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