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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. Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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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 Continue reading
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Bobby – Service Dog in Training
The difference between receiving a trained service dog when they are over 2 years old and having a puppy that you train yourself with the assistance of a trainer: Bobby doesn’t know that Mummy’s disabilities are different. He doesn’t know anything about walking on leash with a walking person because he knows Mummy has some Continue reading
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The Innocence of a Puppy learning to become a Service Dog
The difference between receiving a trained service dog when they are over 2 years old and having a puppy that you train yourself with the assistance of a trainer: Bobby doesn’t know that Mummy’s disabilities are different. He doesn’t know anything about walking on leash with a walking person because he knows Mummy has some Continue reading
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Ahh! My Biggest Challenge
My biggest challenge for the next year will be training Bobby to be a Service Dog. Oh, he’s a smart little guy. I’ve only had him for one week but the things he has learnt in that time amaze me. He challenges me to learn new things to teach him. He’s becoming really good at Continue reading
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Service Dog in Training
I’m not one to ask for help. Aside from my wheelchair, my independence comes from having a Service Dog. I have never been more than 6 months without a Service Dog in 21 years. It has now been 16 months without a Service Dog and life has been extremely difficult without the independence they give Continue reading
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The greatest gift of all is love
Love God Love yourself Love your family Love your friends Love all people equally Accept love from God Accept love from yourself Accept love from your family Accept love from your friends Accept love from all whom you meet Love comes in many forms: ☑️Kindness ☑️Generosity ☑️Unconditional Love has no limits. It cannot be boxed Continue reading
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Life Changes
I have been praying and looking for a successor dog to train as a service dog for a year now. It has been a difficult journey. Unexpectedly, please week, a bouncing bundle of joy came into my life. Bobby is a sweetheart and eager to learn. He is a quick learner and I know he Continue reading
Dr Kelly Fleming 