OUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY AS A TEAM!

One year ago this date (March 31st) Ruby came home from the PAWS With A Cause school at Wayland, Michigan to begin our partnership together.  That was the start of a beautiful relationship.  Thanks to her two Foster Moms:  Julie Sopko and Erica DeNeff, her Trainer at PAWS Barb Kozminski, Senior Staff Trainer, and to Pat Dolowy our Field Trainer. She is a wonderful girl who I love to pieces and a great, enthusiastic service dog.

Sign in Lobby welcomes me to meet Ruby for the first time

Our Very First Meeting February 4, 2011

Sign in Lobby Welcomes Ruby and Me to Ruby's

Graduation Ceremony  March 31, 2011

Graduation Ceremony in PAWS Headquarters Lobby with

Client Services Head Becky and Senior Trainer Barb.

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Another Graduation Ceremony Photo in PAWS Headquarters Lobby with PAWS employees who wish Ruby and me well. 

March 31, 2011

 

Ruby is welcomed to our home with a new toy.

Ruby and Me at our Stile at Gate A at Comerica Park,

the home of the Detroit Tigers

Ruby and Me with the Past Masters Unit of Moslem Shriners, Detroit

Ruby Bringing Me My Manual Wheelchair

Ruby's Second Birthday, August 2,  2011

Ruby's Certification September 15, 2011

Note her "Cert" Card.

Ruby's New Christmas Stocking Dec. 2011

Detroit Shriners Past Masters Christmas Party

Ruby and I on an Ornament on the PAWS tree in Grand Rapid

Ruby met Santa Claus and wanted to be by my side

Ruby and I at a Motor City Brass Band Concert. 

Michael Guido Theatre Dearborn, Michigan

Ruby and I at Motor City Brass Band Concert

Shriners Charity Hockey game vs Detroit Red Wing Alumni

Shown:  Ruby, Me, my Wife Geri, Paws Puppy Raiser Andrea

and PAWS Foster Puppy Flora

Ruby reunites with her Second Foster Mom Erica and Erica's Mom

 

Shriners Hospitals for Children All Stars vs. Red Wing Alumni Assn. Charity Hockey Game Sunday, March 25, 2012





Shriners All Stars and Red Wings Alumni



Michigan Sled Dogs did a demonstration

Sled Hockey Game between periods.



Geri(My Wife) {center}, Puppy Raiser Andrea with Foster Puppy Flora (near her) and Ruby and I (foreground) 

Reunited and it feels so good!

Ruby was reunited with her Foster Mom, Erica when Erica and her Mother came to
Motor City Festival of Bands at Dearborn, Michigan's Ford Commnity and Performing Arts Center.
March 11, 2012. 

Another picture of Foster Mom Erica together with her Mother, Ruby and I
Erica plays in the Michigan Marching Band.  Ruby was glad to see her Foster Mom Erica again.