A Bump in the Road

I am very sad to report that we have to return Hans to 4Paws. In the past two weeks he has shown signs of aggression. He has been nervous in new environments, growled at people on a number of occasions, and snapped at a couple of people. We have been in contact with the head trainer, who is retiring him from service work. Unfortunately, one of the people he has been aggressive with is our youngest son, Aaron, so we cannot even keep him as a pet. We are all heartbroken over this.

To those of you who have been taking this journey with us, we realize that you are disappointed as well. This is one of those times that we just hold on to God, because we don't understand why this has happened. Jonathan was making progress with his speech and we could see improvement in lots of ways. Now it feels like we are back to square one.

4Paws is training our new dog now. We will go back for another two weeks of training in August. Yes, that's 10 months away. They are replacing Hans free of charge, so we only have to pay travel expenses when we go.

We still believe that 4Paws for Ability is an amazing organization. There are behaviors in some animals that aren't apparent until they go to live in a family environment. Unfortunately, we were in that small percentage of families.

Thanks for supporting us through all of this.

Heather