Our DAD in training!

Our sweet Goliath has been in training these past couple of weeks & can't wait for him to come next month for our trial run!!! He will be joining us for the Valentine's weekend! In the mean time, he has been training away in various locations, circumstances, & scents. We have been storing Emma's scent & are now shipping them to California for Goliath & his trainer Crystal to be working with her particular scent. How do we send scent, you ask? Whenever Emma is "low" (blood sugar below 70...normal is 70-120), she gets to chew on a piece of gauze to get her saliva all over it...then we place it in a container, then a ziploc freezer bag, & then freeze it. After we have gathered many samples, we then overnight to Cali. Pretty cool, huh? Goliath will know Emma's scent before he has ever actually laid nose on her! Have I mentioned lately how AMAZING these dogs are?

Goliath with Ashley (Crystal's daughter) at a street fair in Palm Springs.

Crystal has been so great with his training, even though we may have freaked her out a little bit after she saw one of my family pictures on Facebook. Goliath LOVES toys...any & all kinds of toys. Well, Crystal happened to see a picture of Emma on her bed surrounded by stuffed animals (those are just the ones she sleeps with). However, Goliath LOVES stuffed animals!! How will Goliath, Emma, & the stuffed animals be able to co-exist in the same bed? Crystal to the rescue!! Unfortunately for poor Goliath, he is having to endure some doggie torture!! She says he is doing great!

OK, now for your daily dose of "Missy crazy". I have been praying diligently about our DAD & asking for wisdom in our choices. I have waffled between Goliath, or a puppy to be trained by us, or a puppy to be trained by someone qualified. I have felt good about all options & really don't want to mess this up. (Wait for it...the crazy is coming!) I have often wished that God would just skywrite the answers to my prayers so that I won't miss His answers (I can be a bit thick). Of course, He hasn't quite done that. But... (here it comes) It's no secret that I watch a little show called the Bachelor...well...on last weeks episode, Bachelor Hubba Hubba took some girls on a group date to Six Flags in California & there all the way across my screen (the entire screen) of my tv said GOLIATH. Big as day!!! Maybe He didn't skywrite my answer, but maybe He put it on the screen? Michael, my husband, said that "there is no way God speaks through the Bachelor!!!" But, hey, if He can speak through a donkey...why not the Bachelor? Whatcha think? I thought it sounded reasonable! :0) Tune in later for another dose of crazy!!!