Introducing Sybil

This is Sybil.  She was born Christmas Day 2013. She is a service puppy to be. She's about 6 weeks old in this picture. 

Here is the first picture we actually saw of Sybil.  She's about 5 months old and being raised by Sandy at Sho-Me Labradors in St. James, MO.  We had met with our trainer (Jason Devito of Canines4Hope.com) for the first time in person and he wanted to show us a gallery of dogs available.  Sybil was the very first dog in the gallery and Sammy loved her. We weren't ready to select at that time. We hadn't even done a contract or made a payment.

We made our deposit of $1,000 thanks to many different donations, all private. We started selling bracelets as well. In August Jason called to see if we were ready to select. He sent us another gallery.  Amazingly, Sybil was still available and we knew she was the one. It kind of helped that she was born on Christmas.....we felt she was our Christmas miracle for Sammy.

In October, we had finally raised $2500 to purchase Sybil from Sandy. Sandy was able to take some updated pictures of Sybil.

Our yellow girl is now almost 10 months old. She will be taking her first (maybe only) plane ride soon as she travels from Missouri to Florida to begin her training. 

Sybil will be trained in Autism assistance and Epilepsy response. It's possible that over time, she may be able to detect Sammy's seizures ahead of time. We are NOT expecting her to do that. We are looking for her to help Sammy stay calm and for her to keep him safe in the event of a seizure.