Bailey Palais-Stevens

October 2, 1999-December 17, 2012.  Bailey was not a GRREAT dog but she was a great dog, and she shared her entire life once she arrived in the States from New Zealand with one GRREAT dog or another (including several foster dogs some of whom became residents of the Palais-Stevens household). Bailey volunteered for over 10 years as a therapy dog (registered first with TDI and then with Delta Society (Pet Partners). She was also a certified crisis dog with National Animal Assisted Crisis Response (NAACR) and helped on several local events where crisis dogs were needed. When she was not volunteering at the Capital Caring Halquist Inpatient Center in Arlington, she was enjoying swimming in the pond at Golden Meadows Farm in Louisa, VA. Bailey’s first GRREAT sibling was Sundance (95-085), followed by Sassy (02-042) and then Buddy (06-177) who is in the 2013 GRREAT calendar. Bailey was dearly loved by her family and by the many people who met her. Bailey was also featured on a Dogs Purpose web site several years ago in a write-up about her work as a therapy dog.