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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… Continue reading
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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,… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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! 🐾❤️🐾 Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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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
Dr Kelly Fleming 