Delta Society Beyond Limits Awards – Connie Gates & Katie

CONNIE GATES of Huntsville, AL and her partner, Katie, a 12-year-old Golden Retriever, are one of five finalist teams for the Delta Society’s 2007 Beyond Limits Award as Pet Partners Team of the Year. They bring “unconditional acceptance, stress reduction and joy to residents and staff” at Hope Place in Huntsville, a shelter for woman and child victims of domestic violence, wrote one of their nominators. For the past ten years, Katie’s big, wagging Golden tail and her Golden smile have …