We learned early in Emmet’s life that he loved nothing more than to swim. One of our difficulties with him was if he was allowed off leash, and there was any body of water nearby, he would end up swimming in it. One year, when he was maybe a year old, we decided to walk […]
Emmet was pretty easy dog to read in terms of how he was feeling. It was easy to tell when he was happy or excited and equally easy to tell when he was scared or in pain. How you ask? It was that thick Labrador tail of his. His life is full of examples of […]
As part of Emmet’s Service dog training, we would occassionally take him to public places to practice. One Saturday afternoon, we found ourselves at the mall. We practiced walking in and out of stores and practiced positioning skills in and among the displays, racks, and shelves in stores. Emmet loved being in public and would […]
One Saturday afternoon I was standing in my kitchen making lunch. I had decided to go simple that day and was cutting up slices of cheese to make cheese Quesadillas. As usual, the dogs were watching what I was doing intently, hoping that there would be some tragic accident that would cause cheese to go […]
Emmet loved water. He would try to swim in anything that looked like it might be swimable. Out at the farm, we used to water our animals using large stock tanks that held 100 gallons of water. For some reason, Emmet got it in his head that this was large enough for him to swim […]
OK. So it hasn’t turned out to be a story every day for 30 days. I’m changing it. It’ll be 30 stories about Emmet. Satisfied? Good. When Emmet was around one and a half, I was regularly taking him with me to my office, which was the Tech Support Office at Hopkins High School. I […]
I thought I had all the stories about Emmet. Our friend Sue sent us this story, that I had forgotten about. “But I hope that you find some comfort in the many touching and funny memories you have of Emmet. He did provide plenty of material :-). My favorite memory of Emmet was when Bucky […]
” In honor of my late Labrador, Emmet, I want to share with you 30 stories about the life we shared with him. Here is the first story: How did he do that? When Emmet was a puppy, I was a teacher at Heritage Middle School in West St. Paul. Since Emmet was a service […]
I’m heartbroken as I write this. Our beloved lab Emmet unexpectedly died last night after 10 years of bringing joy to our lives. We raised him from the time he was eight weeks old. He was a remarkable dog. The original plan was for him to be a service dog for Helping Paws, but after […]
Emmet is our 10-year-old black lab that we’ve had since he was a puppy. Unfortunately, he is now beginning his fight with malignant melanoma. That’s right. Malignant melanoma. The type of skin cancer that every human dreads because it is so hard to treat. It turns out that dogs can get it too and it […]