Comment on Retiring Your Assistance Dog by LindaMaffei.
I have trained my own sevice dogs.Sydney Girl was my 1st; ACD lived 19yrs( got cancer@18) I have BorderCollie,Velcro. She is now 9 1/2 yrs & I need to begin to find&train her successor ( she will help me train him side by side) It will make her retirement survivable, she is my heart!