I have a 13 year old, 90lb. Samoyed! Thirteen! Blizzard is a smart, sensitive and talented Samoyed who has always been by my side. He’s my co-pilot, my sidekick, my breathing stress-reliever. I’ve been fortunate to be able to bring him to work with me every day for the past 12 years so we have a bond like no other! Blizzard had been doing water therapy since he had TPLO surgery on his knee 8 years ago. In January of 2017, he started to slow down and was having difficulty standing by himself. We continued therapy as much as we could, but what was once a fun activity for him, now scared him so much that he would shake in the treadmill. He went from walking 20 minutes to not being able to do 1 minute! I could no longer take him to work with me. He was having poop-accidents, was miserable, lost his appetite and was in pain. In June of 2017 I thought, for sure, the end was near... then we found Maja! Maja is THE most hard-working, caring and dedicated person I’ve ever met. Her passion for pets (or kids, as she calls the,) shines through the work she does with each individual “kid” she rehabilitates. She brought my Blizzard back! She started working on him in August. I was 7 months pregnant and could not bear the thought of losing him. I thought “if she could just keep him going until October when the baby was due”, then “keep him going until his birthday in November”. Now it’s been 5 months and we’re going strong. Blizzard barely walked, needed a harness and couldn’t do the water treadmill for more than 3 minutes. Now we no longer use a harness and he’s back to doing 20 minutes on the treadmill. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!