Bombing is out of the news, but service dogs are still at work. Details here:
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Canine service with a capital S
Here is a remarkable story of a service dog in North Carolina helping inside a surgery suite because of the dog’s ability to alert the medical team of an approaching allergy crisis for the dog’s 7-year-old patient.
Register for January classes
Registration is open for our winter classes beginning the week of January 6, 2014. Here’s the schedule https://dogschooling.com/schedule/
Final training sessions for 2013
- We plan to have some practice sessions this week — Monday (16th) and Wednesday (18th). See the Nov-Dec schedule.
- We plan to resume our regular class sessions the week of Jan 6, 2014.
Weather alert: No 11 am class today
Too much snow and some ice underneath. We will cancel plans for the Level 2 class at 11 this morning (14th) and the photo shoot for the afternoon.
Weather alert for Saturday, 14th
The forecast has the possibility of freezing drizzle and or snow to begin Friday and continue into Saturday morning. Check here for announcements about our holding the Level 2 practice session and photo shoot before you venture out in poor weather.
Sit pretty, Bart
Remarkable Bart shows just one of his talents in the December 2013 holiday show
The stage is set for our free holiday show – have a look
Here’s the set with special lighting
Show is Dec 7 at 7:30 pm and Dec 8 at 2 pm. Come enjoy the lighting and especially the dogs and their tricks. See on pictures from our dress rehearsal.
Double-duty therapy work for military K9s
Wounded, injured military veterans are training service dogs to assist other vets as part of the wounded vet’s own therapy. Details in this NBC News video.
Promotional video shows benefits of pet therapy
Pet Partners has updated its therapy video. Nine-minute overview shows dogs and other animals working in a variety of situations. Story of a six-year-old girl with severe bone disorder is particularly strong. Here is the Pet Partners home page. Here is the home page of Therapy Dogs International, a similar organization.