Red had a full day as a therapy dog, he went to the chiropractor, a hospital, cardiac rehab, and a dentist, he worked five or six straight hours, never losing focus or concentration, never getting restless. And this was after a good workout herding sheep in the driving snow.

At the dentist, there was this young couple, she was having some work done on her teeth, he is facing a root canal. It was, he said, his first time ever at the dentist and he was anxious about the root canal. No big deal these days, I said, but it was Red who went right to him and stayed with him and his wife for a bit. He had them both smiling in a few minutes.