Service Dog

I’ve written a couple times about Caleb helping me through the sick/tough days in Caleb Getting Me through the Sick Days and Caleb Saved the Day!, but what really has amazed me is how he acts when somebody else gets sick.  Seems the flu bug has attacked our house over the past Read More

Without a doubt the highlight of Caleb the Super Dog’s day (duh… obviously other than hanging out with me!) is when mom comes home from work and he gets to do his favorite trick in the whole world… Get mommy’s slippers! You see, he loves this trick not only because he’s being Read More

This might come as a surprise to some of you, but life as a quadriplegic ain’t always full of fairytales and picnics.  Don’t get me wrong, I definitely have more than my share of awesome days and love life, and all that good stuff, but sometimes when I get sick it just really Read More

I had a really funny/awesome encounter with an adorable little girl and her mommy while cruising around the grocery store with Caleb yesterday.  The kid was in the driver’s seat, sitting in the bottom of one of those race car like grocery carts (what did I say… KIDS LOVE RACE Read More

Tune in to the 10 AM Sesame Street Episode, “Brandeis is Looking for a Job” about service dogs this morning!  One of Caleb’s CCI classmates and best buds will be showing the furry stuffed animals how it’s done. Here’s a little sneak peek of the song “Life as a Servi Read More

Let me preface this blog entry by saying I’m not hugely comfortable about posting it, but feel strongly that I should, so here goes. I’ve always tried to keep my blog completely positive and only about the great things in life, but truth be known, that isn’t how it Read More

Caleb and I have been working on a pretty cool trick over the past several weeks and wanted to share the progress with you. What we call it is… “I’m Thirsty”, and it involves Caleb taking off running across the house, pulling a towel on my mini beverage Read More

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 Read More

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 Read More

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 Read More