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Happy Birthday Betty White!
Actress-comedian and assistance dog champion, Betty White celebrates her 89th birthday today! What a role model and tireless advocate for assistance dogs and all animals everywhere. We can all take a lesson in life from this bubbly, vivacious, hard-working, and...
Victory Ranch and the Great Pyrenees
This past fall my husband, Franz, service dog, Whistle and I took a drive into the rural countryside of northern New Mexico. It was a beautiful fall Saturday morning, the leaves had changed colors to a vibrant red and orange and there was a crisp breeze in the air. We...
IAADP Needs YOU to Get Clicking and take the Pepsi Challenge!
The International Association for Assistance Dog Partners (IAADP) is a contender in the Pepsi Refresh program, hoping to win funding for emergency veterinary care and other projects. They made it into the top 100 in December, but now they need your help to move into...
Fairfax School Leaders Deny Student Access with Service Dog
Recently, an article in the American Association of People with Disabilities Newsletter (January 3, 2011) about a Northern Virginia elementary school denying 12-year-old Andrew Stevens the right to bring his seizure alert assistance dog to school caught my attention....
Paws With A Cause New Target Weight Policy
To my chagrin, I am facing 2011 with an all too familiar New Year’s resolution to lose weight. Mind you, this is the same New Year’s resolution that I have proclaimed every year since I became a wheelchair user at age six. As a sedentary individual with a love for...
