Family Gatherings & The Greater Good Over the holidays, I attend my husband’s family gatherings. One was at one of my favorite places. It is a large barn that had been renovated to add a full kitchen area for catering large events. There is a pond, wedding chapel, and small petting
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MAGIC PUMPKINS
Service Dogs & Magic Pumpkins! A service dog has many wonderful benefits. Legally, it is considered a medical device, much like a wheelchair, or an oxygen tank. The trained animal can help mitigate disabilities and make life significantly easier for those of us who are handicapped. But a service dog is
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Dogs – It’s Not Just the Training To have the greatest chance of success in training a dog for service work, you need to start with a dog that has a suitable temperament. One of the things I do to help people is evaluate dogs to determine suitability for service
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Service Dog Awareness Education In my daily life as I go places and educate about service dogs, I am often asked what I do about “Fakers”. The answer is always more or less the same- try to help if possible, educate as much as I can. The handler may not
Continue readingDOG TRAINING QUESTION: ANGRY AT THE BARKING DOG
Dog Training 101? Earlier today I had a caller ask if it was wrong that when her dog barks, she gets annoyed and yells at the dog to “Hush!”. The caller loves her dog very much, but sometimes the seemingly random barking just pushes her buttons. So she became frustrated.
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This post was originally shared by an acquaintance in one of the online Service Dog groups I am a part of. With his permission, I am sharing it with you all. If it touches you the way it moved me, please forward it on to a friend. Written by Todd
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Just Another Day! A few weeks ago, on one of the first trips I took on my Service Dog Awareness missions, I ventured into a restaurant near my home with my Service Dog, Grace. I stood nervously fidgeting as I anxiously awaited a less than enthusiastic manager that plodded ponderously
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