by Marcie Davis | Sep 8, 2020 | Assistance Dogs, Dogs At Your Service, Facility Dogs, Guide Dogs, Hearing Dogs, Service Dogs, Doggie Healthcare, Your Dog's Health, Uncategorized
Assistance Dogs of the West (ADW) recently held their annual Courthouse Facility Dog conference. I was honored to be asked to interview veterinarian Dr. Brent Parker for one of the sessions. The information he shared is of value to all working dog handlers, not just...
by Marcie Davis | Oct 18, 2018 | Assistance Dogs, Dogs At Your Service, Service Dogs, Training, Training & Technology, People & Dogs
Assistance Dogs of the West with their award at the celebration. Photo by Katy Gross, Litteglobe, for the Santa Fe Community Foundation. My current service dog, Lovey, was trained by Assistance Dogs of the West. But I’ve been involved with this Santa Fe, New...
by Marcie Davis | Oct 12, 2018 | Assistance Dogs, Dogs At Your Service, Service Dogs
We recently were introduced to a long article about K9s for Warriors and the work that they do with veterans and service dogs that we wanted to share with you. The article talks about the organization, as well as a couple of partnerships between military veterans and...
by Marcie Davis | Sep 18, 2018 | Assistance Dogs, Dogs At Your Service, Guide Dogs, Training, Training & Technology, People, People & Dogs, Puppy Raisers
It certainly “takes a village” to raise and train an assistance dog. But many people have no idea of the time and work truly involved in the process. They also may not realize that not every dog that starts training makes it through. Pick of the Litter is a new...
by Marcie Davis | Apr 24, 2018 | Assistance Dogs, Dogs At Your Service, Guide Dogs, Hearing Dogs, Service Dogs, Americans with Disabilities Act, People & Dogs
There’s a lot of confusion about the Fair Housing Act. I get questions about this all the time. It can be complicated as the laws pertaining to service animals, emotional support animals, and therapy animals in the Housing Act are not the same as those for Public...
by Marcie Davis | Feb 10, 2018 | Assistance Dogs, Dogs At Your Service, Guide Dogs, Hearing Dogs, Service Dogs, Americans with Disabilities Act, People & Dogs, Public Interaction, Working Like Dogs Podcast
Lovey and I had the awesome opportunity to recently serve on a working group led by the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Assistance Dogs of the West. Our task was to create a Model Guideline for Service Animals and Emotional Support Animals in...
