I Don’t Want To Be Right Have you seen this post? It has been circulating social media. This current one that is posted here was copied from an “I love Dogs” page and in 5 minutes had over 1,000 “likes” and half as many shares and comments. Have you ever
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THE STRAW (THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’S BACK)
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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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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Health & Every Day Life The health issues I have give me some days where I can cope and be productive, and other days are not pleasant, to put it mildly. The main problem I have is that I have minimal control over when, or how severe my symptoms will
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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
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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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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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