Troy and the day I broke my leg

Hi Ray. Great you are working on a new book! Here is my story. Troy was a Christmas present from our children He was born on Dec. 25, 2005 in Canada and had to travel when he was 9 weeks old all the way from there to the Caribbean. He made the 10 hour flight remarkably well and we soon discovered that he was a strong alpha dog. As there are no dog training courses on our little island I started looking for good information about how to train him and Dog Training Mastery, an owners manual by Ray Coleiro turned out to be a great alternative. We started training right away. It was so much fun and it although we have to be patient but we enjoy it. Troy is now six month old and the training has become much easier. He isn’t distracted so much anymore and he is listening most of the time! On July 19th I decided to take Troy on our daily morning hike in the rainforest. This hike takes normally 45 minutes with 10 minutes training at the end of the trail. When we had been hiking for about five minutes I slipped on some rocks and broke my leg. My foot was making an angle of ninety degrees and is was quite obvious that I couldn’t walk anymore. I was too far away from the main-road to be able to call someone so I had to push myself back up the trail. Troy first thought that it was a great idea to sit down and play with him and he jumped on me. I told him to be careful and he looked like he understood right away. He sat down next to me and listened to my sad story. Than he started running up and down the trail to see if he could find someone. He stayed close to me all the time that it took me to get closer to the main-road. Finally I was close enough to hear a car stopping and after yelling loudly I was saved. Can you imagine how good it looks when a bed with white sheets and pillows comes to you on the trail. Six strong man carried me in the ambulance and while I was air carried to the hospital in Sint Maarten Troy went with my savior to our house where friends took care of him. It wasn’t a nice experience but our puppy Troy made it so much easier for me, thanks to training and just because he is a great dog!