On September 10, I went to my first town council meeting in Harrisburg.  I was a bit nervous, but needed to go to support a law that The Coalition for Justice is trying to pass in North Carolina.  This bill is called Kilah's Law for a 3 year old girl who was abused and shaken like our Jack.  Here is the link for her story and the proposed law: Kilah lives just a few minutes from us and I have spoken wit ...

 Hello everyone.  I have so much to say about the things happening in my life since the last time I wrote.  As you know I have been sitting dogs as a way to get ready for my service dog that I bumped with back in may (AIRLIE) and an opportunity came up for me to dog sit TRAVIS who belongs to Mr. Henry because he had to do a 24 hour Echo Cardiogram on one of the puppies and it was going to be too intense ...

I'm getting excited. I heard from Terry the other day, and he said that very shortly he and Kyria would be flying out to visit Bliss and her trainer. They will assess her progress with the public access training and see where we are on the timeline for getting us together. They hope to have an update for me around the 15th or 16th of June. I fly out to Oklahoma on the 21st to see my husband graduate f ...

It’s hard to believe that almost two years ago, we first met Kyria at a party in Atlanta supporting Paws4People.  We knew nothing about the organization other than service dogs were trained for children.  Little did we know that Paws4People is that and so much more!  At the party, Kyria seemed very quiet, but devoted to the dogs, several of whom were at the party.  Lucky for us, someone at the party m ...

Yet another semester in my assistance dogs class has flown by. This one was filled with several highlights including class visits from Monty’s Home (along with our stressful evaluations!), Jeff and TAZIE, Rachel and DAWSON, a few soldiers, the P4P Family Reunion/Graduation and 5K, and we even had some classes taught by Terry. In all it was of course, and just as I expected, another great semester spent le ...

Life changes never take long when Terry is around. There is not really any moment when engaged in paws4vets that doesn't make me smile and enjoy the experience. Terry has been an uplifting friend and mentor throughout my involvement in paws4vets, allowing me to stretch, learn, and teach in situations I'd dreamed of being involved with,  have challenged me, encouraging me the entire way.  He's made ...

My name is David, and I was fortunate to be one of those chosen in the first group of inmates at the camp in Hazelton to be involved in the paws4prisons program. An often-asked question is what have I gained as a participant of this program that may continue with me for the rest of my life.  Above and beyond the experience and knowledge gained as a participant of this program, and having the companionship ...

an excerpt from the "Because You Dream" book [caption id="attachment_8168" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Kim and DRAKE"][/caption]When I first met Mr. Henry, I thought this is the man that says I work with Paws4vets or I work the supply room. I told him about my work history with animals and he took me under his wing. Our relationship grew and he started to see my other abilities.  He would call m ...