It took my a while to get it, but when I did, I even felt more thankful for having Jessie in my life.
Jessie is the only dog that sleeps with me, with us during the night. Because she had such an traumatic experience being in a crate during her 24 hour flight from Serbia to the USA, we decided against crate training.
I also kept her close during the day and so I guess she and I are pretty in 'sinc' with each other.

Then she started to sometimes wake me up in the middle if the night, by licking my face. First I was annoyed, but then it dawned on me: Jessie only did this when I had a bad dream. So every time I have a bad dream, like last night, she comes up to me next to the bed and licks my face. Once I wake up from the bad dream, she gets back to were she was sleeping as if nothing happend. But it did!

​When we got our firs WSS, Mojo, I knew that this breed can be sensitive, and can therefore be put at work as a (ptsd) service dog very easily. And they are, but experiencing it with the Jessie, without me telling or training her, I find so awesome. I love this breed, but most of all I love my dogs, I love Jessie🩷

My Soul Saver, our handsome Mijne has been neutered two weeks ago. It has been a long 'contemplative road' but we, I decided after 4.5 years, that Mijne isn't stud material. Why it has taken so long, is also a very long story, but basically it is for two reasons. First of all it is my understanding that Mijne has ADHD in combination with a form of autism. i have been reading a lot about dogs and behavior, especially scientific research on dogs with (born) behavior issues. As of day one that Mijne came to live with us we knew something was off. He panics very easily and once he starts whining, howling, he can't stop. He's in his 'own world' and at that moment forgets all about his surroundings. He's hard to keep in control, like when walking with him and he sees something out of the ordinary he MUST and go see what it is, even if that means he has to drag me. I don't know if it's genetic or not, it seems that way because his only male sibling has the same behavior problems, but I don't want to take the risk that his offspring also ends up with the same issues. And I don't want puppy buyers to go through the same things with their puppy as we did, and still do.
Because of his ADHD behavior issues, Mijne has a hard time to focus. He's very easy distracted and for that reason alone he's not stud material. So this is also a reason why we decided it's time to have Mijne neutered. I am glad we got him neutered because now he can stay with the girls, even when in heat.
But because Mijne is a very handsome boy and such a fun, loving dog I have been sad also that this chapter is closed for good. But it was the only right decision to make.