My girl being healthy is my greatest happiness ♡ —My guide dog is my most precious partner 🦮—

What is your greatest happiness, the most important thing to you?

For me, my greatest happiness is seeing my girl 🐶 living a healthy and happy life!

I'm sure this is the same feeling parents have when they wish for their child's happiness above all else.

To me, my girl is my daughter.

More than anyone else, more than my partner (sorry, partner!), more than my parents, more than my sister, more than my cute, cute nephews and nieces...

Truly, she is more precious to me than anyone.

Of course, she is more precious to me than myself.

If my girl weren't healthy...

I wouldn't be healthy either 😿

I broke my right hand in May, and...
Surprisingly, shortly after that, my girl injured her right foot too 😿😿

The nail on her front right paw broke, leaving the nerve exposed 😿😿

I felt so sorry, so incredibly sorry that I let her get hurt...

I stopped caring about my own injury and was just worried sick about her foot.

The vet told me,

"Nail injuries can sometimes get complicated, so let's watch it carefully and take good care of it."

I made sure she never walked on rainy days, did my best to keep her Elizabethan collar on...

I watched over her carefully to make sure no infection occurred.

A little over a month has passed since then—

And today, the vet finally told me,

"A new nail is growing in, so you don't have to worry anymore."

I'm so, so happy 👏🙌👏🙌

I'm truly relieved ♡

"What if the nail doesn't grow back properly..."
"What if it gets infected..."

I was worried for so long, but I can finally rest easy now ♡

After all, her being healthy is what makes me happiest!

My girl is 9 years old this year.
She is still healthy and adorable, but I do feel that her stamina has dropped quite a bit compared to before.

The heat this summer is quite harsh even for humans, but
for my girl, who is black, furry, and short-legged, it must be taking a significant toll.

I will never push her too hard.
No matter how high the electricity bill gets 😿
It can't be helped if it's for her sake, so I believe it's necessary to have her stay home in a cool room.

The other day, on X (formerly Twitter), another guide dog user posted something like,

"If you only walk them during the cool morning and evening hours and go out with a white cane during the day, you shouldn't have a guide dog. That's not a guide dog."

But no matter what anyone says, I want to prioritize my girl's health and choose the best path for her.
If it means she stays healthy, I don't mind if she has to stay home every day, and

I'm also considering taking taxis together when necessary.
I will also go out alone with my white cane when needed.

But my girl is a guide dog and my precious, precious partner.

I would never think that I "don't need her."
I can't imagine life without her.
There are so many things I can do and places I can go precisely because I am with her, and

there is so much happiness I can feel precisely because I am with her.
To ensure my girl continues to live a healthy and happy life,

I will put her first,
and I want to keep finding lots of fun things to do together!
I'm so glad her injury healed and she's back to being healthy ♡

My girl, let's go play a lot in the park tomorrow when it's cool out ♪