The puppies left yesterday for their training at the prisons and it was very bittersweet.  I haven't blogged in a long time because I have been so busy but I want to get this out while it is still fresh in my mind.  I feel like the luckiest person to have been able to spend the first twelve weeks of the puppies lives with them!  I have learned so much about caring for them and helping shape their persona ...

I know that everyone thinks their dog is the greatest in the world but I can't tell you all the ways that TRAVIS has changed my life but I hope to give you a glimpse in this overdue blog.  I am the happiest I can remember being in all of my life and that really says something.  TRAVIS has made me more emotionally happy because we are constantly together, he lets me know that he loves me and WANTS my love ...

February 26, 2012 Hello everyone Neal and Piper here back around January Mr. Henry talk with my wife and I about coming to UNCW to speak to a class about PTSD. During the conversation we decided to go ahead and attempt a trip to Wilmington North Carolina. This was a big effort for me because ever since the accident which started my PTSD we have not gone anywhere fact it was in October 2005 that we took our ...

Once we got Barb's van unloaded and everything staged and set up, we had a lot of people come up to us and ask about the dogs and the prison program.  A couple of families were <i>very</i> interested in the dogs, so they filled out applications.  Hopefully those families will be able to adopt their dogs at graduation! Also, many families wanted to know more about the Pet Expo on Sunday, Februa ...

Several weeks ago, Connor, Ivy and I drove to Wilmington, NC to visit the class Kyria is teaching at the University of North Carolina - Wilmington.  We were so excited that Kyria invited us to show off Ivy and share how we use Ivy for pet social therapy in an assisted living home.  We met up with Kyria at the hotel and Ivy was beside herself with excitement when she saw Kyria. Since it was a beautiful day ...

here i am, having to apologize for a long time between posts again. as promised in the title, i do have a really big announcement to make. i could have made it during this last week, as it was official and the materials were complete; but to be honest i was actually on a real vacation without any dogs, which is just about as rare and unheard of as it sounds, so i honestly didn't want to think about it :) ne ...