by Marcie Davis | Apr 28, 2011 | Doggie Healthcare
Golden Retrievers are commonly used as working dogs. My beloved assistance dog, Morgan, was a Golden Retriever and he suffered from many illnesses as he aged. That’s why I was so excited to read about a research study to help Golden Retrievers in the Cornell...
by Marcie Davis | Apr 8, 2011 | Doggie Healthcare
Don’t forget that the Fourth Annual AVCO/Merial National Service Dog Eye Exam event is coming soon! Registration started April 1 and qualified service animals throughout the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico can receive free eye checks throughout the entire month...
by Marcie Davis | Mar 11, 2011 | Assistance Dogs, Americans with Disabilities Act
James J. McDonald, Jr., managing partner, Fisher & Phillips, LLP wrote a good summary about the March 15 changes impacting U.S. assistance dogs. His summary is listed below. It’s long but I found it to be very informative. Regulations issued in 1991 following the...
by Marcie Davis | Feb 28, 2011 | Service Dogs
I saw a news item the other day in the New York Post about Hollywood celebrity Candy Spelling (mother of Tori and widow of TV producer Aaron) bringing her dog, Madison, a Wheaton Terrier, into a New York restaurant wearing a “service dog jacket.” Is this dog really...
by Marcie Davis | Feb 25, 2011 | Training
Have you caught the recent articles in New Mobility and Action about Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled? Helping Hands is a national nonprofit organization based in Boston that serves quadriplegics and other people with severe spinal cord injuries or...
by Marcie Davis | Feb 17, 2011 | Service Dogs
I recently had the pleasure of visiting with veteran military dog handler, Larry Chilcoat on Working Like Dogs at www.Pet LifeRadio.com. Larry stopped by to visit with me about the ongoing efforts to build a Military Working Dogs National Monument. It is amazing the...
by Marcie Davis | Feb 10, 2011 | Assistance Dogs, Service Dogs
As a member of an assistance dog team, I know I sometimes take for granted all of the policy and administrative decisions that are being discussed and implemented. These laws and policies are very important, as they can directly impact our ability to function in...
by Marcie Davis | Feb 3, 2011 | Assistance Dogs, Guide Dogs, Puppy Raisers
What a lucky dog! One-year-old guide dog in training Ricki spent her birthday at Disneyland in California, but took a break with her people, Matt and Amie Chapman, to talk to me and Whistle on the Working Like Dogs show recently. Matt and Amie are producing a weekly...
by Marcie Davis | Jan 24, 2011 | Service Dogs Travel, Public Interaction
My husband, Franz, service dog, Whistle and I recently had the opportunity to travel to Orlando, Florida for work. While we were there we took some time to visit Universal Studios. We are big Harry Potter fans and we were interested in visiting the new Wizarding World...
by Marcie Davis | Jan 18, 2011 | Aging Dogs, Doggie Healthcare
One of the beauties of having a service dog is that your dog gets to go everywhere with you. That all changed when my service dog, Morgan, had to be retired. All of a sudden, I had to travel for work with my new service dog, Whistle, and Morgan was stuck at home with...