Tag Archives: service animals
Training a Patriot Service Dog
Patriot Service Dog is a Florida based volunteer-run organization whose mission is to place service dogs with mobility-impaired veterans. The group is new, formed only in July of 2009. For a full dose of daily “awwww, they’re so cute!” you’ll want to check out their puppy blog.
From WALB.com:
CAIRO, GA (WALB) – A south Georgia [...]
Service Dog Denied Service at Fast Food Restaurant
Today’s post is a reposting of a repost. My dear friend Sheryl, otherwise known to the blogsphere as Wrekehavoc, and the woman who wrote this post both belong to the group DC Web Women. Sheryl reposted it on her blog to help raise awareness of what seems to be a wide gap in public knowledge [...]
Labradoodle Creator Laments “Designer Dog” Trend
While he was manager of the puppy program at the Royal Institute of the Blind back in 1988, Wally Conran, now 81, first conceived of mating a Labrador retriever to a poodle with the best of intentions of providing a non-allergenic guide dog to a blind man in Hawaii. The idea was that the puppies would be the [...]
Ricochet Catches A New Wave
Our friends Judy and Surf Dog Ricochet have a new fund raising cause! I am happy to share the press release with all of you and help support Ricochet and Ian. Please read Ian’s story, watch Ricochet’s video and spread the word.
SURF DOG RICOCHET CATCHES A NEW WAVE, AS SHE HELPS 6 YEAR OLD [...]
Ricochet’s Story (Video)
A lot of you have see the stories about Ricochet, the “Surfice” Dog. I know that we all cheered her on when she did her first tandem surf with Patrick and again when she was presented with that wonderful check from WebMD . . . but here is her whole story (so far!). For [...]
London’s First Mental Health Assistance Dog, Spirit
We are all well aware of the wonderful work that all service and therapy animals do for people who have a myriad of needs. In this article from London Free Press, we learn about “Spirit”, London’s first mental health assistance dog.
The panic can strike Jennifer Francis at any time. And when it does, her heart [...]
He Gets By With a Little Help from His Friend
Throughout history there have been great couples that, without each other, might not have achieved their full potential: Anthony and Cleo, Pierre and Marie Curie, Napoleon and Josephine, Lucy and Desi . . . Bonnie and Clyde.
Okay, not that Bonnie and Clyde. The couple I’m referencing is a pair of border collies. And what makes [...]
Sen. Al Franken, More Sevice Dogs for Veterans
Senator Al Franken’s first piece of legislation is one that is near and dear to our hearts — he is proposing that service dogs be make more available to wounded veterans.
In January Franken met Luis Montalvan, one of our service men who was wounded in the line of duty while in Iraq. Montalvan, 36-year-old ex-intelligence [...]
Mini-Horse Becomes Eyes for Blind Muslim Woman
Mona Ramouni lost her sight shortly after birth due to damage to the retinas. Despite this she has a job as a proofreader for braille textbooks and went to college, having to rely on her family to guide her. As an observant Sunni Muslim, Mona wanted to respect her parents’ customs and not bring a [...]
Seeing-Eye Horse, acceptable or not?
I’ve written in the past about controversial service animals, and in the same vein today’s story about the Texas woman who uses her seeing-eye horse to get around is raising issues around what constitutes a service animal.
Tabitha Darling of Fort Worth, Texas, is legally blind. She relies on Trixie, her horse, to get her around [...]