Conquering Life

And… Catching up the Month of September

And, stepping through last month up till now… August 31 – Caleb Looking Awfully Handsome on the Backyard/Deck September 8 – A Few Action Shots I made for CCI of Caleb Helping Me Pay for Vegetables at the School Farm September 10 – A Trip to Portland for a
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Two Months without a Post… What’s up with That!

Hmmmmm… How does one catch up after 2 months of blogging inactivity? Definitely with an apology for all of you who were concerned that something might have happened to me. I’m healthy and have had a truly wonderful summer enjoying the occasional sunny/non-rainy day, my new
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Beautiful Day at the Lake, Bit of Swimming, and Swimmers Tail!

Have any of you Labrador retriever owners out there heard of swimmers tail? Well, I never had, until a few weeks ago, and let me tell you, it’s one of the most pathetic/heartbreaking things I’ve ever seen. Let’s see… It started something like this. Caleb was
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The Roll-in Shower Works Pretty Good For Dog Bathes Too!

It was a beautiful sunny afternoon, both parents had the day off, and we decided it was the perfect day to give Caleb his first bath in his new home. A couple things made this bath really go a whole lot easier. First, my expertly designed (yeah… I’m so cool) roll-in shower
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Just an Utterance about My Safety

Just a thought for all you folks who love me, the super dog, and beeping your horn when you’re feet away from us. IT’S NOT COOL and scares the bejeebers out of both of us! A head nod or wave works just great! Okay… back to the previously planned programming.
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Video from my CCI Graduation

Looks like me and Caleb found our way onto the Internet in video form in a recent article published by the Patchogue Patch. Check it out in its entirety at: http://patchogue.patch.com/articles/video-dogs-graduate-from-medford-school Or Jump Right to the Video
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CCI Graduation/Meeting Caleb’s Puppy Raiser

And Part Two of my CCI Team Training Experience. Took me a little bit longer to get writing this than I had planned/expected, but I had lots of catching up to life to do, and a couple extraordinarily sunny days to enjoy with Caleb like this one. And graduation! What will I
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WHOA! You CCI folks sure know how to get the word out!

Howdy friends everywhere… literally everywhere! What an overwhelming response from my last blog entry!  Geesh! This one sure has spread like wildfire and Itoday I received the most hits of my blog’s history. You CCI folk sure know how to get the word out :-). Thank you for
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And the super dog is… Caleb!

Hey folks! I’m back in Northern Maine and with a new best friend! Let me tell you about the whole Canine Companions for Independence team training experience. In just a few words… absolutely wonderful, emotionally exhausting, super rigorous, inner peace inspiring, and heart
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I’m Getting a Service Dog!

Received some absolutely incredible… wait… beyond absolutely incredible news just a month ago from a very special place called Canine Companions for Independence. They’ve got a service dog ready for me! So what’s this all about, how did I get a service dog, what the
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