A hard, hard thing to learn... not every puppy can stay with you for ever. Nemo was being trained by us to tolerate children , He was 3 months when we picked him up in Fredericksburg Va and at 8.5 months he went home with his loving forever family at the 2008 Rhodesian Ridgeback Nationals in Gettysburg...

I honestly hate good byes. Kota is so like his Mother, a gentle cuddly sweet boy and Nemo was one of the biggest challenges in training I have ever had. BUt it was time to say good bye and for them to go home to NYC with their forever family.

Ceattle found dressing Nemo up waaaaay better than dressing up her bear or dolls!! She even coaxed him into riding in the bike trailer with her !!

Okay We were playing dress up and that silly halo looked so tasty I had to eat it.... But that's okay I spit almost all of it out !

The girls are pointing to the flood mark for Hurricane Katrina on a building 5 minutes from our home.

Ceattle walking her boy Nemo one last time before he goes home with his forever family. This is such a loved little boy!