Service dogs are incredible helpers for the body, mind, & soul. Chiyo isn’t just the extra pair of hands I need in daily life- he’s the heart that helps me to keep on trying when I feel like I can’t anymore.
I know that he knows I’m hurting extra right now, with an additional injury on top of my usual chronic disease, & I caught his expression while he was burrowing his whole little self into my side. I think that even with all the fun he has doing dishes, laundry, handing me stuff, guiding me around, and the countless other chores he performs for me, that this is where he tries his hardest. Everything he does makes it hurt a little less, and makes me able to smile a whole lot more.