Cesar’s Way Wrong About Service Dogs: Part 1 – Overview

When I saw this picture and the accompanying article (“Junior gets his Service Dog certification!”) yesterday, I immediately understood what all the uproar was about.  Talk about a picture being worth the proverbial 10,000 words!

(Note that the offending page has now been taken down, but you can read a cached version here.  And, if that doesn’t work, click on the photo for a larger screen capture image of the article.)

My first reaction was “OK, can we stop the nonsense now?”  Because Cesar managed to capture in one … Read More

Why Pretending Your Pet Is A Service Dog Is So Wrong

I haven’t seen anybody address the subject of why pretending your pet is a service dog is so wrong and the damage that it causes better than Casey Lomonaco does in “My Thoughts on “Fake” Service Dogs”.

Really nothing else I need to say here – just go read the whole thing (it’s not that long) and give the link to anybody you think might be “unclear on the concept”.

Don’t Try This At Home

I see a lotta working dog pictures, but this is a first (at least for me), so thought I’d post it here for a little change of pace.

Just saw it on Twitter from the Australia Defence Force: “Defence photo of the day. A Royal Australian Air Force Military Working Dog jumps through a ring of fire at Australia Defence Force Academy Open Day.” (Click the photo for a much larger image.)

And if you don’t like it or think it’s cruel, contact the ADF, not me, OK?  I … Read More