I still can’t believe I got to have her when I look at her most days. I saved up $950 and it’s all I could scrape together. The breeder Greg had got to know me by then. We became friends. He said he was torn about what to do if any of the puppies turned out to be deaf. Said some people euthanise them. I couldn’t bear that. I told him I’d take any deaf ones with my hearing dog & train them together based on the hearing dog’s responses. He said, “You’re a good soul, R. Have her for $950.”