Maureen & Shyla's Blog – September 2011 Archive (1)

We started out with high hopes.  Just as Serena and Venus Williams were born to play tennis, we were certain that our girl would rank World No. 1 in the therapy dog world.  After all, she was bred with superior traits in mind:  the loyal and gentle Labrador retriever mixed with the higher intelligence of a poodle.  How could she help but become a rising star?

Hah! Almost as soon as we took her home, those hopes were ground in the dust, quickly shoveled under a hail of loose topsoil…