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This afternoon, my mom and I took Brady to go visit my 80 year old grandmother at the nursing/rehab home where she's recovering from a knee replacement. The plan was to bring my grandmother outside to sit with Brady for a bit. While I was waiting for my mom to bring her out, an elderly woman in a wheelchair came over to see Brady. Though he's always friendly, he often tries to jump up with excitement, because he loves people so much (we're working on this 
) To my surprise, Brady sat down, let the woman pet him for a minute, and then layed down, right at her feet. I think he made the woman's day. I was so proud of him. So my mom and grandmother came outside, and a few minutes later, a nurse came outside, and said that all the patients absolutely love it when dogs come in, and would I be willing to bring Brady inside to visit. I thought that was awesome! Well we went inside, visited with my grandmother, and got stopped by a bunch of people when we were leaving - they all wanted a minute with Brady! One man called us in, and said his dad has always loved dogs. The man was bedridden, and couldn't see. Brady sat down right next to his bed, and the man put his hand out, right on Brady's head. The smile on his face when Brady started licking his hand was something I'll never forget. This was the first of 3 bedridden patients that Brady made happy today. I'm still amazed that as a young puppy, Brady was so calm in a brand new environment, with so many new people giving him attention. It was like he knew he had to behave. All I could think about in there was how he'd make such a good therapy dog - I'll be looking into it So that's my story, thanks for reading. I just thought that even though its such a simple thing, in a world with so much bad news, it was really a heart warming story. Just one more reason why Goldens are so amazing
) To my surprise, Brady sat down, let the woman pet him for a minute, and then layed down, right at her feet. I think he made the woman's day. I was so proud of him. So my mom and grandmother came outside, and a few minutes later, a nurse came outside, and said that all the patients absolutely love it when dogs come in, and would I be willing to bring Brady inside to visit. I thought that was awesome! Well we went inside, visited with my grandmother, and got stopped by a bunch of people when we were leaving - they all wanted a minute with Brady! One man called us in, and said his dad has always loved dogs. The man was bedridden, and couldn't see. Brady sat down right next to his bed, and the man put his hand out, right on Brady's head. The smile on his face when Brady started licking his hand was something I'll never forget. This was the first of 3 bedridden patients that Brady made happy today. I'm still amazed that as a young puppy, Brady was so calm in a brand new environment, with so many new people giving him attention. It was like he knew he had to behave. All I could think about in there was how he'd make such a good therapy dog - I'll be looking into it So that's my story, thanks for reading. I just thought that even though its such a simple thing, in a world with so much bad news, it was really a heart warming story. Just one more reason why Goldens are so amazing 
