What are different ways to bond with your dog? Very good question here and because I am such a dog lover, one that I really wanted to address. Having a strong bond with your four-legged friend comes with it, a feeling that not everybody can describe. Personally, my situation is even more unique because I [...]
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Why can’t you pet service dogs? This is a very interesting question and I was asked it the other day by a small kid so I thought I would give a brief explanation. The best way I can explain why it is not good to pet a service dog is to give a real life [...]
So last week I took off to sunny Florida for a warm weather training camp, and Lars my guide dog who just celebrated his fifth birthday got to hang out at mamma’s house. I like to bring him with me when I travel, but Orlando is pretty hot at this time of the year, and [...]
So today, March 27th is Lars’ birthday, his fifth! He got an extra big breakfast and will be getting a new bone this afternoon, plus a multitude of treats during the day, but his birthday cake, which I said I would be baking this past weekend will have to wait for a few days. Originally [...]
I am not one of those dog owners who spoils their dogs with treat after treat, but from time to time I do let my guard down and will give my guide dog Lars something that he surely will remember the taste of, for the rest of his life. With his fifth birthday fast approaching, [...]
I never hesitate to show off my dog when given the opportunity and I thought I might do a little of just that for this week’s post. Lars, AKA Bar is my second guide dog and is four years old but is quickly approaching his fifth birthday. I met Lars on a rainy day in [...]
Lars, AKA Bar, my beautiful guide dog does not like people interfeering with his daily duties … ‘I may look al cute and black, But i can bark da smack. When I need to defend ma back, Yo fu watch for the Bar attack. Keep dose hands to yourself, Or I’ll bite off your little [...]
On the first day of Christmas, my daddy gave to me Some Glucosamine for my surgically repaired knee. On the second day of Christmas my daddy gave to me two bowls of kibble, and glucosamine for my surgically repaired knee. On the third day of Christmas my daddy gave to me Three Hurshey Kisses, two [...]
Halloween was not scary for me, thankfully as it was on the fateful Monday the 31st of October when I took ‘ol Bar back to the vet for his 16 week x-ray to see if his left rear leg, which was surgically repaired 16 weeks previous had made any progress in the getting better department. [...]
Today is a momentous week for The Bar and myself as we get to celebrate not one, but two anniversaries! The first special day is today as it happens, and marks four months since Bar went under the knife. For those who are unfamiliar with Bar’s story, he tore his cruciate ligament in his left [...]