Bear

Thought it was time to do a post about the most patient dog - Bear. Bear is getting on in years even if Wes says he is still only 7 - he is actually more like 15 years old. He has been so good with Sarah - you just couldn't ask for better.

He has had to endure several physical exams - both by the vet and then by Sarah - this picture is Sarah using her stethoscope. She did witness an exam by the vet where he took Bears temperature - Wes caught her the next day with Bears tail in the air and a very panicked look on Bears face.

Bear has had to endure other doggie indignities, which he graciously accepted. There was the surprise appearance of the sticker - not quite sure how it got there - we are pretty sure Bear didn't request it - but it appeared none-the-less.Sarah has also taken to taking Bear for walks - this was a spontaneous event - one day I turned around in the kitchen and there she was with Bear by the choke chain - it seems to be a the perfect height for Sarah and Bear just quietly and patiently just let her lead him all over the house - although he does give us these looks that he would prefer not to go for these spontaneous walks inside the house - so we then suggest that Sarah play with something else.The walks Bear prefers are the outside walks and Sarah loves to take Bear on these as well - at least there is one activity that Bear and Sarah enjoy equally.Bear has always been a very gentle and obedient dog and we didn't really have any worries about Sarah's arrival with Bear - but we must say that Bear has surpassed anything we could have expected of him - he has been so good - with the steps on - toys dropped on him - dolly strollers run over his feet, blankets put on him and the not so gentle "pets". In all fairness - he would have been justified on a number of occasions to offer up some kind of warning to Sarah's roughness - but he has just been the ever so patient and gentle Bear. Everybody loves Bear.