A Rough Year – Service Dog in Training I’ve been avoiding doing this post for several weeks, months really. This year has been rough, from start to finish. I’ll summarize as best as I can. Wesson, a Service Dog in Training, is washing out. He has a loving home that
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FOR THE GREATER GOOD
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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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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When It Says “No Dogs Allowed” Often times I have encountered businesses where I am greeted by the comment “We do not allow dogs in here Ma’am”. While I actually appreciate the sentiment (safety and sanitation in a business are great priorities), it would be better to simply be asked
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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
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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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Did you know….? There is no Federally recognized certification, identification, or registration for Service Dogs. The online registries, certificates, and fancy laminated cards you may have seen are just unscrupulous companies profiting from people’s misconceptions. Some states however, offer free registration to trained Service Dog teams, in order to assist in any access
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