Each year our service dogs are required to complete Public Access Testing.  This year, CAROLINE, CAYLIE, and NIKKI decided to practice together at Concord Mills Mall.  We worked on walking through crowds, having a stranger pet our dog, walking with a shopping cart, lying down in a restaurant, completing a down, sit, and stay, and handling noise distractions.  The dogs did a great job!  The biggest di ...

These new puppies are GUS (left) and ELLA (right).  We are welcoming them to the paws4people family! ELLA & GUS are two wonderful black lab puppies who were generously donated by Barra Labradors. We are so grateful for these wonderful new additions! http://www.barralabradors.com/ These puppies seem to have the most wonderful disposition and are very mild mannered and sweet.  It is going to be so amaz ...

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 ...

This is a picture of a tunnel CAROLINE is attempting to learn to go through.  Unfortunately, she isn't having very much luck.  She is afraid of walking through the tunnel with even goooood treats!  She is also fearful of walking through tight places, around moving objects, or over cords.  If you have any ideas, I would love to hear them.  We are practicing so we can go through the tunnel with our pres ...

Budd [caption id="attachment_8948" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="BUDD Before Heading to Training!"][/caption] 7-23-12 – 7-29-2012 Once again Budd has switched handlers. He is now in the care of one of the senior trainers. Budd has adjusted well and gotten very attached to me, but I don’t mind because I absolutely love him. I’ve had him for about 2 weeks now and am learning that he has a reall ...

 I know I haven't posted in a week but so much has been going on so I have some important things to share so I hope you will read all the way through this post. Right now I am putting away books and things that I am still unpacking and putting in place and with every book or item I touch it takes me back to that time and as I am doing this I am once again listening to music.  None of you know but I used t ...

I usually wake up early because I spent 18 years getting up at 0200 but I am slowly getting better at sleeping in a little more.  I have been up for several hours now and I am up this morning because I had a nightmare related to past experiences that happened more than thirty years ago.  It has been a while since I had one of these so I was trying to figure out what the trigger for it was.  I usually sle ...

As I wonder what is going on with AIRLIE I am trying to keep myself busy.  I am sure others have noticed that dog spelled backwards is God and I really believe dogs are a special gift from God that stand out from all other animals.  I am adjusting to life in Wilmington and I must say this is a very busy place so I make lists and don't go out unless I have to.  Unless I am in a controlled environment it s ...