Today I am at the library working on a project for school. Of course Billy is with me. We have been here for about 15 min now.


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At some point in every service dog handler’s life there will come a moment when a friend or family member will say, “Do you have to bring the dog?” or, “Are you sure it’s a good idea to have a dog in this situation?” Not only does this hurt, it can be very disheartening ( Read more... )

Mobility work is a broad category of service dog work in which the service dog is trained to safely assist his handler with balance and movement while the handler is standing or walking or changing positions. Some people include wheelchair work in the category of mobility, but this post will only cover aspects of wheelchair work that relate to ( Read more... )

Earlier this week Billy got a new collar.


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I went to the movies today. Billy went too. Nothing particularly special happened. We showed up, got our tickets, went and found a seat, went and found a different seat when the first seat tried to kill me, settled down and watched an awesome movie. (It was The Hobbit, for those that care). When the movie was over, Billy helped me down the stairs ( Read more... )

It has been almost two months since I had the energy/time/focus/will/interest to try to update y'all about what's been happening with me, Billy and Gypsy.

We are all doing well enough, Gypsy is settling into retirement and Billy continues to amaze me with his awesomeness.

( Road Trip to South Carolina )

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So the next step in Billy's training is full days at school in classes with me. We have done two full days Today and last week, Tuesday.

He is doing great! Please excuse the bad quality of the pictures, my camera phone is all I have right now.

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