Cody

<p>Cody was an abused dog who lost his home and abuser to Hurricane Katrina. He lived as an abandoned stray on the streets of New Orleans for 3 months before he was captured. Later he became a foster dog in Illinois. Cody was the most emotionally damaged dog Lauren had ever worked with and she knew that he would always need a therapeutic home so she adopted him. Two years later Lauren was also abandoned and alone when her husband of 29 years ended their marriage.</p><p>Cody and Lauren healed together over the next several years. He helped her recover from the loss of her marriage a hysterectomy a suicide attempt and unemployment. When she couldn't find a job in the U.S. Lauren moved to China as an English teacher; Cody went as her service dog for balance. In China Cody became an independent dog while Lauren worked on becoming an independent woman.</p><p>They moved to Alaska after three years in China first living on a remote and isolated island in the Aleutians and then moving to a less-remote but still-isolated island in Southeast Alaska. Cody's evolution from a quivering mass of dog flesh to a confident and capable dog was an inspiration to the people he met along the way.</p>