Wood Walk Redux

November 28, 2011
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November has been a busy month for testing one of my favorite things — measuring change. The other day when talking to my daughter Sophie I asked her to hand me a 1/2 full glass of water. She asked why I didn’t say half empty. I answered it was the nature/nurture effect of growing up [...]

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The Great Outdoors — Super Duper Smells AND Mud!

November 21, 2011
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Incorporating a dog with a special needs child requires adults take charge. If situations are avoided because of anticipated problems — as is often the case with autistic chidlren — culminating in temper tantrums, meltdowns and misery, it’s only natural avoiding such environments when possible would be one way to go about it. But if [...]

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Grow Up With Har-Vest SPECIAL OFFER

November 17, 2011
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If you can start out on the right paws with your young puppy developing loose leash manners in a positive and user friendly way, would you? Of course. Even if that meant having to shell out more bucks each time your pup outgrew a piece of equipment? Probably not. Having multiple kids allows for hand [...]

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How to Throw a Dog Birthday Party

November 14, 2011
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Take a beautiful fall day, 7 social dogs, more than twice that in people, a birthday cake for dogs (thank you Gary!), a birthday cake for their peeps, stir in the magic of the mix, and an ample supply of poop pick up bags and voila, the perfect recipe to honor the birthday girl. Checklist [...]

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Happy Birthday Bubbles

November 10, 2011
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Developing her feathering tresses, bulking up and settling in with the greatest of ease, Bubbles turns 1. It was great to celebrate (albeit a day early) with her and her family on the shores of Lake Erie. First, a practice recall session and reminder of permission to go play (with the stalwart and reliable role [...]

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Indian Summer Bliss with Dogs – Practicing Increased Confidence in Handling

November 2, 2011
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Living with a service dog isn’t always about work. But living in harmony and meeting a service dog’s needs to keep her in good physical and emotional health for her success on the job needs to include recreation. In other words, sometimes you just gotta play. But successful play requires work! In all the public [...]

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Halloween at the Mall – A New Sam and Bubbles Adventure

October 31, 2011
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The plan was simple. To have a family friendly public access outing at a mall. “Let’s make it low key,” I think. “Give Sam and Bubbles and the adults a chance to practice in a not t00 overwhelming environment but one that will allow for various stimuli.” So, a rendezvous was planned at Beachwood Place [...]

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Har-Vest Review from Brooke and Dee

October 21, 2011
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Five years ago when I first began tracking sales of Har-Vest, I bought a map of the U.S., glued it onto styrofoam and bought some colored push pins. Every time I made a sale, I selected the pin color to match the color of Har-Vest sold and started keeping track. Not sure if it was [...]

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Doctor Doctor, Give Me the News!

October 15, 2011
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Wishing it so doesn’t always make it so. But today I like to think Sam learned the magic of wishing and his mom saw a dream come true. Today Sam had 2 doctor appointments. Never a fun task. Two in one day! Often, per mom’s reports, such endeavors involve lots of dragging of child and [...]

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Bubbles Part III

October 5, 2011
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It’s been exactly two weeks since Bubbles paired with Sam. I have to admit I’m quite impressed with the speed with which they have bonded although I’m not surprised. It really speaks to my motto of getting the right make and model of dog for the job. And there’s the significant and measurable improvements in [...]

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