Thank you all for your kind words and suggestions. Good news! We have made a connection! A fellow my husband works with has a chow-retreiver mix that has just had a litter of the sweetest little pups you ever saw. They are 6 weeks now and will soon be looking for new homes. We decided to do the touch test and see if either of us would get choked up. Guess what, we are soon to be the proud owners of an albino chow-retreiver
? mix when we return from our Carribean Cruise. We have read about both of these breeds good and bad and after spending a few hours with the good natured and docile mother; who doesn't bark, or even seem to mind the 2 small children playing with its babies (5) we chose the runt of the litter who the owners say is much like the mother. I only work 3 days in a nursing home as an Acivity Director and will train the dog as a
working dog for therapy with some of my patients. My supervisor has a Minature Alaskan ?? which comes every second day and as I only work 3 days we will schedule dogs to alternate. Pets are wonderful therapy too! Thanks to all who have responded, it was much appreciated. I'll keep you informed as to how our still nameless dog is doing.