Dogs are a big part of my life.
They keep me company while everyone is gone for the day.
Our first dog and all of our dogs are Dalmatians; Blaze, Pepper, Sparkle and Grace.
Blazed blessed us until she was sixteen.
She thought she was the queen, she was four years old when we brought home our second her name was Pepper.
Unfortunately Pepper died from epilepsy when she was four.
She sang to us every day she was a great joy.
We Miss them both.
That brings us to Sparkle, my umbilical cord, she follows me twenty-four seven and when I leave she is waiting for me at the door when I get back.
She's my girl I love her.
Blaze died and we searched and found a beautiful Dalmatian puppy.
Her hearing test showed she was deaf.
The owners were unable to sell any dog with a hearing problem.
Puppies with defects have no value and are put down.
This is a way to keep the gene from being passed down to the pups.
This was heart breaking for us that this puppy, our puppy would be put down just because she is deaf.
Sparkle who is great and also deaf and we trained with hand signals.
We still wanted this puppy.
How we are able to train and cared for our dogs was enough to convince them to let us have her.
We sent them the documentation that she was spayed and that is the guaranty that she will never pass on the gene that causes deafness in some Dalmatians.
We brought home Sparkle home when Blaze was eight.
Blaze was the queen and just ignored Sparkle most of the time.
The boys love when we bring home a new puppy and with Blaze gone and Sparkle eight years old it was a good time to welcome a new puppy with open arms.
This blue-eyed beauty went almost a whole day before we came up with a name for her.
Nothing really seemed to fit her personality until she went to turn while she was running and when she started to turn she wiped out falling all over herself.
I laugh so hard and said that was not graceful.
That is how her name became Grace, because graceful she is not.
Her nick name is Velcro dog she sticks to me like Velcro she follows and sits next to me every day.
Grace is just what we needed to bring more fun and love into our lives.
Grace lives up to her names in some way every day she is such a clown and what a joy.
Sparkle and Grace get me up and out the door to walk with them every day.
They keep me in the present not asking for very much, always looking for some love, a pet or a scratch and ready to snuggle with you at any time.
My dogs are the entertainment, protection, and company we enjoy every day.
I love my dogs they only act up if they feel you might be a threat to me or my family.
I would love to take all the credit for the behavior of my dogs and I think my training falls short of the connection they have with each other.
Grace pays close attention to Sparkle and I think that she was trained fast because she always follows Sparkles lead.
My dogs are not disable they are deaf.
They use other senses to make their way in this world.
Most people would not know that if I didn't tell them.
I watch over them, love them and they watch over me.
Everyone thinks that they're dogs are the best and I am no different.
Owning four Dalmatians I can say this is my favorite breed.
Soft as velvet, black spot on white, black lined eyes, black lips and a black nose.
Their eyes are golden brown, chestnut or blue.
They love to walk to the park and run every day.
These dogs motivate me to walk they calm me when I am upset, they warn me when I am getting a migraine and in some way they make me laugh every day.
I love this breed and all my girls past and present.
Sparkle and Grace are great dogs and even if they can't hear we love them and they love us.
Our dogs light up when we enter the room, they wag their tales and show us how grateful they are that we chose them.
They all have their own personalities and become a part of the family.
It is by free grace that I am saved through faith, and this is not of myself, but it is the gift of God.
EPHESIAN 2:8