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Topeka firefighters mourn loss of a colleague – 10-year-old Lab who had investigated some 900 fire scenes with a 90 percent success rate in identifying significant fire causes.  Remarkable story of Boomer’s work.

Bombing is out of the news, but service dogs are still at work.  Details here:

Registration is open for our winter classes beginning the week of January 6, 2014. Here’s the schedule https://dogschooling.com/schedule/

• 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.