Hi, my name is Thor. Well it was
Goliath but my new mama changed it. Well anyhow the good news is, I
found my forever home. My new mama and papa came to pick me up at from
my foster parents on July 27th.
2008. They brought my new brothers with them so I could get to
meet them. I was a little shy at first, even if I’m the biggest, but
after all there were two of them plus 2 two-leggers, but as soon as we
got to my new home I started to feel right at home. Wow is it fun to
play with my brothers in the living room, even when mama has to
constantly put all the pillows and throw rugs back, but hey that’s what
mama’s are for. And mama took me to obedience classes right away and
I’m doing so wonderful (mama says so) that we started right away on my
new job. Yes, I have a job now, I’m really important. I’m my mamas
service dog in training. See my mama has some balance problems (that’s
what she calls it) and I walk right next to her so she can lean on me
and when she needs to get up from the floor I stand really still so she
can pull herself up on me. Good thing I’m so big and strong and I’m
sooo much prettier than her ugly cane she used before. My mama always
gives me a big hug when I help her and I get to go with her everywhere.
To the store, where I help pull the grocery cart, to the pharmacy, where
she gets her hair cut, even to the dentist. Everybody asks about me
when we are out and about and my mama tells them how good I am, and that
I am a rescue dog from the Hand Me Down Dobe Rescue. I still got a “in
training” patch on my vest, after all I’m new at this, but I’m working
really hard to learn everything my mama and the trainer are trying to
teach me. But when I’m not working, I’m having a lot of fun with my
brothers and my parents. But most of all I love to sleep with my mama.
I get so relaxed that I even snore a little, because I know, as long as
my new mama is near, nothing will ever happen to me, cause she will
protect me and my
 brothers.
I do want to thank my foster parents, they were really nice to me, even
if I wasn’t with them for long and of course the Hand Me Down Rescue,
for matching me up with my new mama. She’s really happy with me by her
side. She told me that my birthday will be July 27th every
year now. I’m not sure what that means yet, but she says since we don’t
know my birthday for sure, we pick the day she got me to celebrate. She
says on my birthday and my brothers birthday we each will get a steak.
What’s a steak? Well I guess I will find out, but I’m sure it’s good,
because it sound like food and I’m always hungry. On September 13th my
mama took me to DoberFest. I got to visit with my foster family and
there were lots of other Dobes to run and play with. And I must have
been really good in obedience class because I passed my Canine Good
Citizen test. People said it was a hard test to pass but it was easy for
me. |