Gabe has turned a real corner this past week.  He has really started to focus in his sessions and is demonstrating his sweetness to everyone who will stop by - something he was only willing to express in the quietest of moments before.  He becoming more and more comfortable with me approaching head-on and even let me slip the halter over his head facing him dead-on this morning.  Ah, the small things in life! But what it really means is that he is starting to trust.  A beautiful thing.  Seeing the expression on his face as his ears popped out from under the halter's headstall, a look of interest in what the session would bring, an absence of fear that I would do something he didn't like - that emotion, that moment, alone puts a big smile on my face.  He is truly a wonderful boy.