Resistance Is Futile (No, Not From The Borg – From Yellow Labs Like These)
L to R – Zephan, Aubrey, Alexander, and Bannon. (Click to enlarge).
I’ve mentioned being at the Canine Companions for Independence graduation at the Southwest Regional Center in Oceanside, CA on Saturday. The primary reason for the trip was actually to pick up three dogs that were just released from advanced training and bring them home [...]
Today’s The Big Day – The Official Release Of ‘A Big Little Life’
Not much to say that I haven’t already said here and here, other than one BIG thing: it’s been announced since I wrote those posts that all the proceeds from the book will go to Canine Companions for Independence. I was out in Oceanside, CA over the weekend for the CCI Southwest Regional Center graduation [...]
Service Dog ‘Advocates’ Could Take a Lesson From Emily Litella
Remember Emily Litella?
In case you don’t, she was a fantastic Gilda Radner character on Saturday Night Live some 30 years ago now (a show which, BTW, in all the years since has never come remotely close to the level of talent and associated comedy back then) whose trademark was to always get confused about a [...]
“In This Big World, She Was A Little Thing, But…She Lived A Big Life.”
“In this big world, she was a little thing, but in all the ways that mattered, including the effect she had on those who loved her, she lived a big life.”
- Dean Koontz talking about Trixie in “A Big Little Life”
A coupla weeks ago I mentioned “A Big Little Life”, the upcoming Dean Koontz [...]
MRE For An MWD: Meal, Ready-To-Eat For A Military Working Dog
1st Lt. John Reed, a Milton, Del., native and platoon leader with 15th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, attempts to evade Capka, a military working dog, during a demonstration at Forward Operating Base Warrior in Kirkuk, Iraq, Aug. 1. (Click on photo for larger version)
There are military working dog [...]
Double Amputee Military Veteran Parachutes Into Walter Reed
Don’t really need to say anything about this one – the video speaks for itself.
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Double Amputee Skydives at Walter Reed
Dana Bowman
