After loads of public exposure Molly and I gave our first demonstration for the Houston SW MS Support Group lead by Nathan Wolkovitz. Molly demonstrated how she can push/pull a wheelchair, get a drink from the ice chest, put trash in a can, carry items with her mouth, pick up items, retrieve the phone and remote.

After the presentation the whole class met for lunch. Nathan and I formed a bond that has grown into a great friendship, and working relationship. He is a Representative for My Service Dog, Inc.

At the same presentation I met Bill Klotz and he announced that he wanted a Service Dog and had been in the market for one for years. I agreed to help him and started looking for a Foster Parent and a puppy/dog.

Bill and I traveled by Metro Lift to the SPCA in Houston and found the first dog, Bear. I worked with him for a month and decided that he was perfect in every way but one. He would not retrieve. I sold Bear to a lady I met in the park named Sandra who later decided to sit on MSD, Inc's Board of Directors. Bear found a happy, loving home and I started looking for another puppy.

In the mean time... Molly and I gave a demonstration to the Katy MS Support Group led by Joe Fortner and his wife Sherry. Joe announced that he wanted to be a Foster Parent for Bill's next dog. Things were coming together.

One day I happened upon a phone number of a lady that use to train Service Dogs named Johanna Redmen. Her husband, who also had MS, passed away before I could meet him. When I called Johanna she said that she just happened to have a litter of Golden Retriever puppies. After testing several of them, Sharon (Secretary on MSD's Board of Directors), Jake (Her three year old son), and I chose a little boy and he was named Ranger.