I think one of Red’s many purposes is to be a poster boy for working animals, a message to the people who think it is cruel for animals to work, and who do not understand the special joy and excitement working animals who are well trained and treated bring to their work, from K-9 to Seeing Eye and therapy dogs to draft  horses. This winter has been hard, it is still hard, but Red has lifted my spirits up every day, he reminds me that there is joy and beauty in life, every day, snow or not.