Today we voted in the primaries here in South Carolina, and I had to use the curbside voting because I fainted. We picked up Scarlet first and brought them to their voting place. I was able to go in there, but wasn’t feeling super hot. Then after we dropped them […]
Lately my teeth have been hurting more and more, and I’ve been having intense gnawing stomach pain in the night. Last night I woke up at 1:30 AM with tooth pain and stomach pain. For three weeks I’ve been taking lots of naproxen and in addition to brushing twice a […]
I wanted to make a post about how I worked with Hestia to not be afraid of strangers. Japanese Chin tend to be a bit stand-offish to strangers, and Hestia was no exception when I got her. When people would reach out to her, she would move out of their way […]
Today we hung out with Scarlet! We watched The Greatest Showman, which is seriously one of the best movies ever! And then we went to Harris Teeter for grocery shopping. If you haven’t seen The Greatest Showman, you need to! It is a musical starring Hugh Jackman (Wolverine from The […]
I see so many people pushing their young dogs, taking them out too early, and then them burning out as a result and not being able to be service dogs. So I decided to write up how I go about public access training my dogs in training. I start out […]
I was looking through old Ollie videos with his service dog friends and had to share some! Ollie, Iris, and Oliver riding the bus together (that was the first day that Oliver and Iris had ever been on a bus!): Ollie, Iris, and Teagan at Taco Bell– notice how Teagan […]
I have been out to eat with many large service dog teams. The largest dog I have been out to eat with is a 250 lb English Mastiff. We had zero issues. I will post pictures below of meetups with Ollie (28 inch Standard Poodle), Iris (similarly sized GSD), and […]
Today Hestia and I met up with Tammy and Phoebe and we went to TJ Maxx to practice for our upcoming Public Access Test, to Dick’s, to McAllister’s, and to Pet Supermarket! We were practicing our public access skills a ton—which is a lot from little Hestia! We met up […]
Today Hestia and I went shopping with Brad’s mom, aunt, and cousin! We had a girl’s day out! While I was out shopping with them, Brad went to see a movie with his dad and brother. Family time rocks! They picked me up in the morning, and we headed over […]
On Wednesday we went to the airport with my Service Dogs on the Town class! There were three dogs there– Hestia my Japanese Chin, Phoebe the Standard Poodle, and Avalanche the Great Pyrenees mix. Tammy with Phoebe stopped by our house, and while Brad was finishing getting ready, we let […]
