Ranger was found fall of 2009 in Mabton, WA. He was being chased and beat with sticks by local high schoolers. my sister in law and niece found him and brought him into the bank that my sister in law worked at. she called my mother in law and my mother in law called me, knowing i had been looking into getting a dog for my children. because i had been offered a service dog for my PTSD. My husband and i met in iraq in 2003 and we now have 8 year old twins. he has been contracting since 2005 and i thought the kids could use something to cheer them up.

anyways when you hear "i fell in love at first sight" this usually means a person, well not here. as soon as i saw him he was mine. i took him home washed him up, named him ranger and made vet appts for later that week. That was the first day of the rest of my life. I never took the PTSD service dog and i have never regretted it.

in jan of 2011 within two weeks we found out my father in law (my best friend) had cancer and my little brother deployed to afghanistan. march of 2011 my little brother was hit by an IED. as a prior soldier i lost it. i thought i would have more control but i didn't. Ranger was by my side during all of this, never went 10 feet from me. he slept with me. cried with me, let me hold him when i needed him.

may of 2012 my best friend died. ranger was in bed with me when i found out. he licked my tears off my face.

two days later my truck was robbed. my husband was home at the time and chased him down the road with the shot gun. i woke up to screaming and found Ranger throwing himself against the door. frantic to help my husband. he had left my side for the first time and not thinking i opened the door and he started jumping and growling at the "bad Guy " who was now hand cuffed and laying on the ground with a few scratches.

This summer we moved from washington state to michigan. Ranger was my navigator the whole way. with my husband back in afghanistan. he was back at my side. he went to the beach with me even though he hated the water. he played in the snow with me even though he freezed his little buns off. he is always there. always by my side.

we had to get a kitten for the kids, because they complained that ranger is mine and not theirs. he lets (ninja) the kitten put him in head locks and lick and bite his head. he is the most wonderful dog ever.

im sorry this is so choppy but i wanted to get this in, and didnt know today was the last day. i hope you love ranger as much as we do. he is such a good boy and i have been asked many time if someone could buy him and i have always said no. thank you for listening.