Kyle's initial exposure to service dogs were through SSD's demostration and therapy dogs.  Fern, the yellow lab below is a demo dog for SSD and great grandmommy to a litter of pups now as well.  Sweet, gentle and full of love, she was Kyle's first experience with the dogs from SSD. 

 

Trout, the black lab in pictures below is a therapy dog that visited us weekly prior to getting Gilly.  Working with Trout gave us so much information on what Gilly would be able to do for Kyle, with Kyle and much much more.  Our thanks for SSD volunteer, Susan for bringing Trout over weekly and working with us.