An Australian Labradoodle!!
Oak Harbor boy gets peanut-sniffing Australian Labradoodle
06:21 PM PDT on Saturday, October 24, 2009
By ROBERTA ROMERO / KING 5 News
The 1-year-old Australian Labradoodle just arrived from Colorado with Logan, her new owner.
“Roxie is going to be my newest, bestest friend,” said Logan.
But Roxie is much more than a boy’s best friend; she is a specially trained dog that can sniff out the smell of peanuts.
You see Logan is deathly allergic to peanuts. He is so sensitive to them he has been hospitalized several times just because of the smell of them.
Because of this allergy, Logan’s life was severely restricted and his parents, Derick and Judie, lived in constant fear
“A lot of times when I tell him goodbye in the morning that could be the last time I would see him, but Roxie is going to bring a lot of relief for me,” said Derick.
“It means Logan’s little bubble gets to expand a bit, I mean to get to go to a park to a birthday party, to a slumber party, Disneyland, things people take for granted every day he can do,” said Judie.
“I won’t have to go the hospital that much,” said Logan.
“Usually the training takes anywhere from 11 to 12 weeks of training and here we had two weeks to try and get everything crammed in,” said Derick.
And this all happened because of a caring community. Family, friends and even strangers in Oak Harbor contributed to pay for the $12,000 dog. One veterinarian even volunteered lifetime medical care for Roxie.
And now the Gonzales family is ready to head out into the real world, back home, where a boy and his dog can live a whole new life.
The Gonzales family thanked all who donated and supported them and Roxie.
Eventually Roxie will stay with Logan all day while he’s in school.
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