BOO WAS A SABLE.  TOTALLY OPPOSITE FROM HER MOTHER IN EVERYTHING,

EXCEPT FOR HER LOVE OF THE KIDS AND FAMILY. SHE WAS DOG AGGRESSIVE, EXTREMELY TERRITORIAL

 AND WAS THE SOUNDING BOARD WHEN ANYONE ARRIVED. SHE RULED THE ROOST AS FAR AS THE

BEING CHECKED OUT, BUT NO ADULT DOGS WERE ALLOWED IN HER HOME, EXCEPT THOSE THAT

 ALREADY LIVED WITH IN THE PACK.

VERY STUBBORN AND BULL HEADED, SHE WAS A TRAINERS NIGHTMARE. OK, I'LL BE HONEST,

SHE WAS MY NIGHTMARE!

AFTER HAVING HAD HER MOTHER, WHOM WAS THE EASIEST THING TO TRAIN IN THE WORLD,

I WAS NOW FACED WITH A NEW PERSONALITY. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH AND TAPPING INTO MANY

 DIFFERENT RESOURCES( BOOKS, TRAINERS, BREEDERS), I FINALLY FOUND HER WAY OF DOING THINGS AND SHE HAD ME COMPLETELY

 TRAINED IN NO TIME AT ALL!  FOR ALL THE HAIR PULLING I DID, I LEARNED SOME INVALUABLE LESSONS...

NEVER LEAVE YOUR DOG AT HOME WITHOUT A SECURED AREA, SUCH AS A CRATE, OR A KENNEL.

 NEVER LEAVE YOUR SCREENED WINDOWS OPEN, EVEN IN THE DEAD HEAT OF SUMMER. INVEST IN A/C AND

 CLOSE YOUR WINDOWS, EXCEPT IF YOU HAVE ONE THAT CAN'T DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN SCREEN AND GLASS.

IT WILL BE CHEAPER IN THE LONG RUN, THAN REPLACING  WINDOWS, BECAUSE YOUR DOG HAS

 GONE THROUGH THEM. OR CHEWED YOUR FURNITURE AND FLOORS, WONDERING , HOW COULD THEY BE

 THAT HUNGRY OR SPITEFUL!

I CAN LOOK BACK AT IT NOW AND LAUGH!  BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY,

 I CAN LOOK BACK AND SAY , " IT WAS ALL MY FAULT, HOW DUMB COULD I BE? "

 SHE TAUGHT ME AWARENESS, NOT ONLY OF MY DOGS, BUT EVERYTHING AROUND ME, WHICH COULD

 POTENTIALLY BE A DANGER TO THEM OR VICE VERSA.

SHE TAUGHT ME PATIENCE, STRENGTH. RESPONSIBILITY , UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND HUMILITY.  FINALLY,

IN HER LAST DAYS SHE SHOWED ME HOW SELFISH I WAS BEING AND RIGHT TILL THE END SHE SHOWED ME COURAGE

AND DIGNITY. AFTER 16 LONG YEARS OF LESSONS, TEACHING HER HUMAN EVERYTHING SHE COULD, IT WAS TIME

TO RETURN TO A PLACE FILLED WITH PEACE, LOVE, FIELDS TO RUN IN AND ANIMALS TO CHASE AND BARK AT, TO HER HEARTS CONTENT.