I’ve been given the opportunity to host the Assistance Dog Blog Carnival, a collection of relevant blog posts on the topic of service dogs and their people.
This edition of the ADBC will go live on December 16, 2014. This round’s theme is:
This is an official call for posts! If you’d like to participate, write a post on service dogs, interpreting the theme “perceive” in any way you like.
So I have an announcement to make… There’s a puppy here.
I know, I know, it’s really soon. Really soon. And, that’s a retriever face. But stay with me for just a moment.
I’d been thinking about raising a service puppy for months, actually. Guide Dogs for the Blind has opened a puppy program for KPA CTPs specifically, and I’d been kicking around the idea. I had finally decided against it, though, with my dogs being ill and not particularly retriever fans.
I wanted to write a new post for the new year. This wasn’t what I wanted to write.
Today, I lost Laevatein. She had a great morning of playing in the snow as I unloaded dog food and running about the house kill-shaking her toy dinosaur. She jumped in the car I was unloading, ready to travel even though lately we’ve been going only to her chemotherapy, and was generally happy and enthusiastic. I left her out to enjoy the yard in the comparatively warmer temperatures, but when she didn’t return I went out to check on her. I walked over the entire fenced yard, looking see if a drift had made a ramp over the fence or anything, but when I returned to the porch by a different angle, I found her lying on it.
Have you heard of Read Tuesday? It’s like Black Friday or Cyber Monday, only it’s for books and it’s on a, well, Tuesday.
Autumn is coming, and Canines In Action is sponsoring our favorite monsters at The Historic Artcraft Theatre‘s Monster Mania! All six of Universal’s famous monsters in one fabulous film festival? When can we start?
(Win free tickets below the jump!)
I mentioned in my last post that I wished I had more good-quality photos of Shakespeare. (Most of his work was in the days before there were decent cameras in phones.) So my mom sent…
Do you know a dog who licks surfaces, people, or himself? A lot? Dr. Magnusson and I talk about why over at the Leo’s Pet Care blog. Check it out!
If I sound a little dazed or in shock as I write this, it’s because I am.
Today’s the day: Fired Up, Frantic, and Freaked Out: Training Crazy Dogs from Over-the-Top to Under Control has hit the shelves!
What does your pet want for Christmas?
We asked Shakespeare and Laevatein, who agreed to provide this guest post. You’d do well to read it; how often do you get to see a dog write in iambic pentameter? (That will be Shakespeare, of course.)
And down below you’ll find a Linky for the related blog hop and a contest for a $50 gift card. Check it out!