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Five Best Great Dane Photos of the Week
Thanks to YOU for these great snapshots from our multiple indoor and outdoor Service Dog Project Live Cams! The great dane pups and parents are particularly photogenic don’t you think? Check out the five best here!
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A Letter to the Service Dog Project From a Service Dog Recipient
Dear Carlene,
I heard you were looking for an update so here it is. School is getting better, and Wendy will go outside for recess with me with Daddy helping a little bit, but a lot less than last week.
We went apple picking and it was Wendy’s first time. I went down the big hill to the trees to pick with Daddy only helping across the rocky parking lot and then holding the back up chain part way down the hill, but we did so good that he ended up letting it go and just having us do it ourselves. She didn’t want to go the way I wanted sometimes but I made her do it, and we walked ahead of Mommy, Daddy and Madi looking for apples on lower branches.
I slipped a couple of times because it was really wet, but I got up and kept on going, but I wasn’t happy about my pants being wet! I did fall once and grabbed on to Wendy and didn’t fall to the ground. Wendy was sniffing the apples on the trees and on the ground, but I told her that she couldn’t and then she was fine. We went quite a ways and finally had to climb the big hill to get back to the car and Wendy helped pull me up. Daddy and Mommy said we did great and it was almost all by ourselves!
Love, Hunter & Wendy
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Brie from ECAD, Educated Canines Assisting with Disabilities has opinions about what should be purchased at the grocery store.
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Each generation has significant historical events we’ll tell our grandkids about - where we were the day it happened, how it made us feel, and what it meant for our community, our country, and the world. For many of us, September 11, 2001 is one of those events. This video honors the four-legged heroes of the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation and the humans who worked tirelessly with them in the aftermath of 9/11.
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Some days you need to forget how to dog and just derp around. Goofy photo selects being featured all day on our Dog Bless You Facebook page.
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Working dogs need a break too. This pup from Canines for Service is enjoying Labor Day and hopes that you’re all relaxing!
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Happy National Dog Day! Celebrate by watching one of our films about working dogs or one of several live puppy cams of future service dogs.
From the search and rescue dogs of the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation to the assistance pups trained for our wounded veterans at Warrior Canine Connection, to therapy dogs who provide comfort, dogs are the unsung heroes of the United States.
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Meet Francie, the newest student at Warrior Canine Connection. As you can see, she is eager to learn how to become a mobility service dog for a disabled veteran.
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Puppy petting is one of the many early ways Bergin University of Canine Studies works to socialize future service dogs.
Want to learn more about what it takes to raise puppies for assistance dog work? Watch the Bergin Puppy Cam.
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DearService Dog Project,
I was thinking about DiDi being 4 years old…she has graced my life for 2 ½ years. I continue to learn from my amazing DiDi. We have been together now for 4 short years.
I can’t help but reflect on how she has helped me through some difficult life experiences, made me laugh when I needed to, and continues to see me through daily challenges. I am surprised by the ever growing number of people whose lives have been touched my beautiful best friend.
Several examples: a newly married young woman sitting next to DiDi and I on the airplane to Salt Lake City Utah had terrible flight anxiety requiring medication, but DiDi’s attention soothed to the point where she didn’t need her medication.
Skipping to last week, when my husband woke up at 2am with excruciating stomach pain. We ended up in the emergency room at the hospital, where I am immensely uncomfortable and queasy. But DiDi kept me calm and ok through the next 4 ½ hrs as doctors, nurses, a surgeon, and an internal specialist all came and went; some without even knowing DiDi was there. We were then sent to the ICU for the next 4 days as a team of doctors worked to find out what was wrong with Larry.
Again, DiDi helped me through long days with Larry in the ICU. At one point, another patients family member saw us in the hallway and asked me to bring DiDi in to see his father in one of the ICU rooms. DiDi seemed to know just what to do to quietly cheer up the gentleman. His delight at seeing her was evident in his smile and sparkling eyes. I couldn’t see his monitors, but bet his life sign numbers (heart rate, blood pressure, etc) improved, if only momentarily. Turned out, Larry had pancreatitus and a gangrenous gall bladder, which was removed. ICU nurses, doctors, specialists, surgeons, and cleaning staff were impressed with my regal lady as pictures were taken, discussions ensued, and attitudes brightened.
Thank you again Carlene and SDP associates,
Karen
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James, service pup in training, celebrating his birthday with his warrior trainer at Warrior Canine Connection.
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