This is one of my favorite pictures of Peanut with Socki. She was probably 10 years old, maybe 2005.
Aunt J’s Service Dog Socki was an incredible helper. Aunt J has MS. This was the first dog that we ever met that could do laundry and get things out of the refrigerator. Service dogs make life so much more manageable for people with differing abilities.
There is a lot of jealousy going on in the past year and a half since we rescued Charles. I definitely think it is a little dog thing. He came to us with resource guarding issues and it seems that it is contagious. Now, whenever I am sitting with Louise or Sofie (who were never jealous of my affection for the other), Charles appears and creates a conundrum. He is very demanding of attention. Mild-mannered Louise has had her full of the pipsqueak and has started to get demanding herself. Oh, my! Now no one gets attention. What’s a zookeeper to do?