Dr Kelly Fleming

Life is a journey, each person's journey is unique.

Life

  • Life with Bobby

    Life with Bobby has been hectic. He’s growing so quickly and learning so many new things. When he’s bored, he likes to drive Mummy crazy by stealing things and chewing on them. Another one of his favourite things to do when he’s bored is to steal paper and rip it up so Mummy can’t read… Read more

  • Eastern Orthodox and Tattoos

    The answer below is from https://favs.news/ask-an-eastern-orthodox-christian-tattoos-conversion By Nicholas Damascus Is it required to have a single tattoo removed if it was done before converting to the Eastern Orthodox Church? In my humble opinion, the question you ask is, at best, almost irrelevant.  When converting to the Orthodox faith, one does not expect to go back… Read more

  • Raising a Service Dog in Training vs Receiving a School Trained Service Dog

    I’m extremely grateful for my 3 boys who were trained as service dogs through an organization. I’m very grateful for the opportunity to raise Bobby. Unlike my other boys, he’s only known 2 homes – the breeder family and me. I only had one who went from the breeding facility to foster care, to school,… Read more

  • Bobby’s Adventures

    Bobby met his trainer yesterday and he was awesome. I’m looking forward to working with her. She seemed happy with all the training I’ve done with him thus far. He’s following commands quite well. I’m not teaching skill work but he’s picking things up for me and giving them to me in exchange for a… Read more

  • Standard Poodle

    Which animal would you compare yourself to and why? Over the past 22 years, I’ve been well trained by my Standard Poodle Service Dogs. I understand Poodletude, Poodle Logic, and  Poodle Time very well. I wouldn’t trade it for all the money in the world! 🐾❤️🐾 Read more

  • Bobby Meets His Trainer

    Today was a big day for Bobby and he took it in stride. I met with the person who will help me train Bobby to be a Service Dog. And in appropriate poodle-like fashion and with a hint of his unknowing future skills, he was curious about her but didn’t approach her and then totally… Read more

  • A Successful Team – Service Dogs and Their Humans

    For 21 years I had dogs that were trained by an organization. I received each of them without any knowledge of what they were like as puppies and the time they spent at school learning skills. I was told nothing about their personalities. I was simply shown how to maintain the skills they had learnt.… Read more

  • Heartbreak Turned to Joy

    Denied a successor service dog from the organization I was with for over 21 years was a different heartbreak than I’ve ever experienced. I have had 3 Standard Poodles from one organization that trained them for 21 years. After a long interview process with them last summer, I returned home and opened my mail. I… Read more

  • Bobby’s Update to His Human Followers

    An update from Bobby ❤️ The world is an exciting place when you’re 4 months old and 2 ft tall. Big machines that make noises. Tall things that kinda look like Mummy but walk on 2 legs. And wow ! All those exciting smelly things outside that you must taste. Everything goes in your mouth… Read more

  • Life Has Amazing Surprises

    My 40s were difficult years. Right after my 40th birthday I was diagnosed with breast cancer and 4 surgeries in 4 years, broke my back (again) in 2019 that took 6 months bedrest to heal and then covid in January 2021 which I battled for 4 months, and more hospital visits and stays than I… Read more