Therapy Bits

My first guide dog Goldie was very stubborn.

She was a golden retriever. She was a beautiful dog, but boy did she have a mind of her own.

If we were walking somewhere, and if I took a different route to what she was used to, she’d stop and refuse to walk.

It was hilarious, but annoying if you had to be somewhere in a hurry.

One day I was in the city centre with her. I was on a busy street, she sat down, and refused to budge, I didn’t know why she was refusing to move.

I pulled on her lead, no joy. I tried coaxing her to move, but nope. She was refusing to go anywhere.

Eventually I did get her moving, but after that she got very lazy…refusing to work whenever it suited her.

So I had to retire her early. She was only six when she retired from being a guide dog.

I kept her and she lived to be 13.

She died of a heart attack in 2009. I still think of her and miss her.

FOWC with Fandango — Stubborn – This, That, and the Other (fivedotoh.com)