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Quote of the day: "Those who wish to pet and baby wildlife love them, but those who respect their natures and wish to let them live their natural lives, love them more." ~ Edwin Way Teale read more

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I have to boast about someone. She is one of my Critter Camp counselors, and she also helps me with teaching classes when I try to teach children about assistance dogs and how they help their handlers. I will call this girl "M." M was born with some developmental disabilities. When she was very young (she is 18 now), she had multiple brain op… read more

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Fynn and I have a big weekend ahead of us. 1/3 of it was completed yesterday, in teaching a group of 5th grade Junior Girl Scouts about Service Dogs and dog responsibility. Today I have about 50 kids coming over 2 classes from the Girl Scouts of Northern NJ. Fynn will meet the kids and do his various demos: playing dead at "Bang!", jumping over… read more

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I know cats pretty well. I've had them my whole life. But it's fun to always be newly surprised by what they can do. All my cats have been well-behaved and polite (never hanging out on counters, for example). Except Puja. And I raised her! I never encouraged or allowed her to put her face in my plate of food. But discouraging her not to … read more

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I have a strange and recurring dream. I dream that someone is rubbing my face with a emory board. Specifically, my cheek. The weird thing about my dream is that it seems to occur only in the morning. It wakes me each morning, and there is Puja, laying on my chest, purring and happy. read more