If you visit our house these days you’ll see we’ve added, temporarily at least, another dog to our menagerie of animals. The new dog is named Jordan, and he’s a big snugly Golden Retriever. That in itself is a bit odd for us, as we’ve always been much more of Labrador Retriever people around our house. One big issue we face as a result, is that Jordan has long, silky, yellow fur. Our labs all have short, coarse, black fur. Combine these two types of fur together and we now have a scenario where it doesn’t matter what color clothing you put on, EVERYONE can tell you have dogs. ARGH!

Jordan is a retired Helping Paws service dog. He worked for eight years for a woman named Bonnie. At the end of his career, it wasn’t possible for Jordan to stay living with Bonnie, and he needed a temporary place to stay while a permanent retirement home was located for him. Jordan was trained by my friend Jay, so we knew him well already. He still fits in well at our home, despite he fact we already have three dogs. We aren’t planning on him living with us permanently, but he is sweet — so who knows — maybe he’ll end up staying here.

–Pete