{"id":194,"date":"2009-01-25T23:45:53","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T03:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wilanddenise.com\/jobina\/?p=194"},"modified":"2009-01-25T23:50:36","modified_gmt":"2009-01-26T03:50:36","slug":"circle-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wilanddenise.com\/jobina\/circle-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Circle of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Leader Dog Mississippi (11\/03\/1994 - 01\/21\/2002)Leader Dog Titan (2\/13\/2002 - Present)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I wrote the followin on April 8, 2002 and want to share it here.\u00a0 I sent it to Leader Dogs and it was published in an issure of Leader Dog Update.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Leader Dog Titan (2\/13\/2002 - Present)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was truly a hard day in January that Sippi died after a very short bout with one of the most aggressive cancers, lymphatic sarcoma, that a dog can get.\u00a0 <\/span>My poor smug nine and a half year little old man had no choice but to say goodbye.\u00a0 <\/span>Grief stricken, I headed off to Leader Dog to train with my second guide.\u00a0 <\/span>When asked if I would accept another Golden Retriever, I gladly said \u2018yes\u2019.\u00a0 <\/span>I wanted the best match possible.\u00a0 <\/span>On February 13, I sat on my bed after lunch waiting for my new arrival.\u00a0 <\/span>I felt quite lonely without Sippi and also a little guilty for moving on without him.\u00a0 <\/span>For more than seven years, Sippi was my constant companion, partner, friend, and guide.\u00a0 <\/span>There is no love like that between guide dog and handler.\u00a0 <\/span>Waiting in the room with me were some visitors observing dog issue day.\u00a0 <\/span>It helped pass the time to share a picture of Sippi with them as well as stories of our life together.\u00a0 <\/span>Leader Dog president, Bill Hansen, appeared in the doorway to tell me that I was getting a southern dog with the appropriate accent in his bark when Sue brought Titan in.\u00a0 <\/span>There he was, a smaller, more golden Golden Retriever.\u00a0 <\/span>At sixteen months and fifty-five pounds, excited Titan bounced around with all the puppy energy he could muster.\u00a0 <\/span>Wagging his seventeen inch tail, Titan greeted everyone in the room.\u00a0 <\/span>They doted over him like people dote over a newborn baby.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Then we were left alone to get acquainted.\u00a0 <\/span>I loved him from the moment I saw him.\u00a0 <\/span>He paced around like a confused boy separated from his trainer, Sue Horn.\u00a0 <\/span>He accepted my pets and love and sat in my lap between bouts of pacing.\u00a0 <\/span>He listened to my stories about Sippi and our life together.\u00a0 <\/span>He accepted me as his new person fairly quickly.\u00a0 <\/span>It had been years since I had a puppy and Titan had no problems showing me how it was done.\u00a0 <\/span>He is very vocal like my little dog that passed in 2001.\u00a0 <\/span>With toys in mouth he expresses himself in the woo-woo language of the Golden Retriever.\u00a0 <\/span>He has fit right into my life and has adapted well.\u00a0 <\/span>Born from Leader Dog breeders, Whistler and Jackson, and raised by Leader Dog Puppy Raiser, Diane Prieskorn and family, Titan was predestined to be a guide.\u00a0 <\/span>He is very focused in his harness making him an excellent guide.\u00a0 <\/span>He also loves the socialization he gets while on tie down in the office and in the nursery with the children.\u00a0 <\/span>Titan is all puppy at home and provides hours of entertainment clowning around with his toys.\u00a0 <\/span>Sometimes I think he channels the spirit of Sippi.\u00a0 <\/span>That Hoover nose starts working on the kitchen floor and he occasionally checks out the bathroom trash can.\u00a0 <\/span>Titan, being the huge love sponge that he is, has helped ease the pain of loosing Sippi.\u00a0 <\/span>He is my match made in heaven.\u00a0 <\/span>Only God knew that Sue was training Titan for me while Sippi was ill and dying.\u00a0 <\/span>This week, Titan will accompany me to Hunting Island, SC where I will release Sippi\u2019s ashes to the ocean.\u00a0 <\/span>I still miss Sippi more than words can express and my heart still aches from the pain.\u00a0 <\/span>The circle of life goes on and Sippi made his part in my life very full.\u00a0 <\/span>I am looking forward to many more years of that same independence and fullness of life with Titan.<\/p>\n

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Until next time…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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