One Year Together!

It's hard to believe, but Bracha and I have been together for a year! Exactly a year ago Rafi brought me to Bracha in her room at the Center, and our life together began. We had met several times before when Bracha came to visit, because she was so very sad and lonely after Suki died that she needed every minute she could get with me and could barely wait for the course to start so that she could have a guide dog again. I was determined to help her feel at home with me, and I know that at first it was hard for her. You see, I am a bit more aloof than Suki was, less demonstrative of my love and affection, and simply a different dog. But I know that Bracha loves me deeply and feels great affection for me, just as I do for her, and that she loves me just as she loved SUki. Bracha now knows that when I come over and just sit quietly beside her, I am feeling good, happy, and secure. And when I carry my toys to her and persist in asking to play, she knows that this is important to me and gives in every time. And I know that when she gets up every day she'll put out her hand and wait for me to pass under it again again, turning around in circles the way I love to do, and getting petted on my back as I go back and forth under her hand. She's used to my hard pull and my excitement when I know where we are headed, and I'm used to wearing a head collar to make it more comfortable for both of us to walk together. We've both made our concessions, and that's part of having a good working relationship. And now Bracha and I are officially working for the Center! We are so proud! Bracha is Assistant for Resource Development and marketing, and I am assistant to the assistant of resource development and Marketing. So we both have a job to do, and we'll keep doing it together. We've been to London, New York, and all over Israel, and we are going to do more traveling together this year, too. I know we can do whatever we need to do together, and that we are a great partnership. And next week is my birthday! Hooray! Bracha has promised me a trip to the pet store to buy some new toys. And I know after a year that when Bracha promises, she keeps that promise.