Give A Dog A Bone, But Don’t Give A Guide Dog A Ball

I saw this search yesterday, but was too sleepy to tackle it. 24 Apr, Sat, 07:35:11Google:why can you not let guide dogs play with a ball My answer may not be the right one, but it’s my understanding. I know a couple raisers read from time to time, so feel free to chime in, and …

Loose Standards On Loose Dogs

After that brief interlude of drunken stupidity, here’s another serious post. Jen sent me this, and it said we were free to circulate it, so here’s my attempt to circulate. I remember Helen McFadyen. I found her blog when I was talking about that horrible letter-writing campaign from CNIB that had Jim Sanders’s name falsely …

Happy Belated Birthday Trix

Ok, here comes the post in honour of Trix’s birthday. On April 9, she turned 5. My pooch is 5! Nobody believes me that she’s that old, but she is. I can scarcely believe that it’s been three years that I’ve had her. But the blog doesn’t lie, hahah! So let’s do a general update. …

A Trixie Dog Day Post, Long Overdue

You know what’s sad? This year, I failed to blog about Trix on any of her big days, which is a horrible shame. I made a promise to myself that I would always have a post up about her marking each of her dog days and birthdays and anniversaries of her coming home with me. …

My Latest Freaky Trixie Dream

I had a really freaky dream last night so figured I’d write it down. I dreamed I came into a store with Trixie, and someone else’s service dog attacked Trix. In the confusion, nobody could figure out which dog was the aggressor, and both of us were saying it wasn’t our dog. So, for some …

Sit! Stay…In This Cell. Good Boy.

The story of Mario Duane Porter getting charged for telling a police dog to sit wasn’t much of a story, but it did make me think of a couple funny ones of my own. Back when I was a camp counsellor, long before I’d given getting a guide dog serious thought, there was this camper …

Steve And I Go Audio

Steve and I were feeling silly and inspired, so we decided to do something new. I’m not sure if this is a success or a failure, I guess whoever dares to go exploring will tell us. Because Ro got all cute and made me a happy birthday YouTube video, we decided to make a recording …