Best Learning

Our dog has fostered some of the best learning in our home over the six years she has been with us.  Yes, we got her our 2nd year homeschooling and since then she has been there for every project, game, and read aloud.  Although that is not why she is the best helper in learning.  

Scout, our family do has taught each of us patience, compassion, and joy.  Both kids have at some point taken on the task of training her in different areas and being the please-er that she is they each enjoyed success.  Always ready for a snuggle, she is the best to read with on any given day.  Since she can not care for herself, responsibility for walks, food, water, and clean up detail has fallen to the kids.  This taught them to care for others and the huge responsibility a pet can be in a family.

 My son loves hunting with Scout.  These moments have created a special bond and love between them that allows this tough boy to feel compassion.  When she was injured on a hunt by stepping in a badger whole and fracturing her back leg, he was the first to seek treatment, keep her calm, and follow the vet's directions to the letter.

 I am thankful we chose to add this sweet dog to our family and all that she has taught us along the way and all the future learning she will facilitate in the future.