Guide Dog Graduations

See my little sweetheart achieve the destiny she was born to reach. Ruffles, each of every one of us loves you dearly and we know you will be a great guide for Ted Clough. Ted, please take good care of her. We are glad that a special  man like you got our baby. You two will make a good match.

See Ruffles Graduate

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High bandwidth (Windows Media File)

Ruffles graduated on November 13, 2004 as part of Oregon class 106. The graduation took place at the Oregon Campus of Guide Dogs for the Blind.

The next link is a much longer video. This shows more then just the graduation. It shows the first few minutes when we sat eagerly awaiting our reunion with Ruffles. It would also be our first time meeting Ted (Ruffles' new partner) in person. As you can see, Ruffles remembers us. There was so much love it was almost unbearable. I apologize for the poor video. I stuck the camera on the tripod so I could focus on seeing my baby girl. It was so sweet. She would jump and lick and love us, then look back over at Ted to make sure this was OK. Short of the birth of my daughter, this was the most emotional few minutes of my life.

Click here for the long version of our reunion with Ruffles (high bandwidth, Windows Media)