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On Sunday, we visited my parents for my dad's birthday.  It was our first visit with Hermione and it went well ( Read more... )

Theda, Meesha and Sawyer were sitting next to each other in the NE TT photo. I had read from a Myspace friend that Sawyer was an interview dog, so I was hopeful for him ( Read more... )

G-tube removed. Healing not complete, but so far so good.

Toilet training is also progressing.

I submit offerings to the healing powers and the potty training elves.

Hermione has learned how to push accessible crosswalk buttons. It combines two of her favorite things to do which is an UP and a PUSH plus the adoration of crowds. A man even yelled out of his mini van as he was driving by. "Your dog is so smart!" Hermione looked at me and wagged her tail ( Read more... )

Here's a great article about hearing dogs that my fellow CCI grad with a hearing dog sent me about a fellow grad.  It describes the way hearing dogs work and the decisions they have to make.  The decision to break a down / stay to alert to a sound is intelligent disobedience.  Some CCI dogs in hearing training don't make it through the hearing ( Read more... )

Hooray! Round 4 is over and we "got away" with just wrapping the arm and aspirin.  NO chemo or steroids this time.  I pray his tumor continues to shrink and there is no round five ( Read more... )

In case any one was wondering no news is good news about Little T's tumor.  I hope to have actual news on Friday ( Read more... )

Hermione is a smart girl.  I told her to get the phone which was on a table on a charger in an upright position. Being a novice handler initially I told her UP and GET. She readily went up and gave me her "I have no idea what you want" look since there were many things on the table and I have never asked her to get the phone before. So I learned ( Read more... )

Theda, a black lab, has made it almost all the way to Advanced Training and may find her match next month. She's the black dog on the bottom left.  Right next to her is Sawyer, a full brother of Hermione's.


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