Greetings from BlogPaws!!!! I got here a little early and I am eagerly looking forward to the conference. Look me up if you are here! Here is some dog news from the past week.
First and foremost, a shout-out to Dr. Phil Zeltzman who is celebrating three years of his wonderful newsletter for pet owners. It’s a big Internet with a lot of dodgy information out there. It’s good to see someone who is doing the right thing experience great success.
It seems like every day I see news about how dogs are helping soldiers. This week I saw this great story from the New York Times about the critical role dogs are playing in helping soliders recover from PTSD. What’s really wonderful about this story is a little twist — the psychiatric service dogs are receiving some of their training from inmates in correctional facilities! I also saw this story about a hero bomb detection dog serving with British soliders in Afghanistan. Go Chocolat! (I shared the NY Times story earlier this week on the Dog Spelled Forward Facebook page. Are you a fan yet?)
I’ve mentioned my “alma mater” St. Hubert’s here a few times. Apprenticing and now being selected to instruct there are two of my most proud accomplishments. So you can only imagine how proud I was to see that Pia Silvani, our director of training and behavior, made Bark Magazine’s list of the The Best & Brightest in the World of Dogs! Go Pia!
Last, you don’t need to be a military veteran to benefit from the loving care of a service dog.
Have a great weekend! I’ll be at the conference until Sunday. I’ll have some news and notes about it next week.
Congrats on being a dog trainer at St. Huberts. Sounds like you are going to get even more topics to blog about.
Congrats on being a dog trainer at St. Huberts. Sounds like you are going to get even more topics to blog about.