How to heal a damaged heart

Jeanie is helping me feel whole again. Life without a dog is okay, but she has already filled some gaps in my heart which I hadn't quite realised were there. 

We walked along the road and up Paradise Gully Road to friends' lifestyle block this morning and I found myself quietly crying with joy as I watched her being a dog. 

She is beautifully-trained and responds to commands almost instantly - in Swiss-Kiwi-French! So I have a list of weird words and phrases to learn. This was a security trick by her owners to prevent a dog-thief being able to control her. They used to live in an area prone to such things.

I'm very happy :-)