This post is about Jan Ferguson-Kramer’s fabulous redbone hound Dixie – yet another story of the heart, courage and endless magic of a coonhound!
From Jan:
Dixie was rescued when she was seven months old. She had five different parasites, was 20 pounds underweight, had infected ears and a hernia. No contact with human beings for seven months locked up in a crate. We took her to dog obedience class and they suggested that we try her as a therapy dog. That training was the best for her all around as she learned to let people touch her and love on her. Her trips to the nursing homes were always special. The patients there loved having the dogs there to play with. One trip to the VA hospital in particular, she went up to a man who was bedridden, and unable to move. Dixie jumped up on the bed, laid down next to him and he cried. She learned to give love as well as receive it from being a therapy dog. Dixie was benefiting as well as the people she was visiting. She LOVES them and they LOVE her right back!!
Jan, thank you for sharing your story and it is my honor to welcome you and Dixie to the “family”!
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