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Blog entries by Abhean
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Fake Names
One of the reoccurring topics I see on the many boards and pages I visit is about using fake names for our service dogs while in public. Currently, the topic has been bouncing around in my head, so I thought I would use my blog to hopefully remove it. :D
While working in law enforcement as a K9...
General
Brain Games
Keeping your dog active is sometimes a challenge especially if you have a high-energy dog like we do. Even though we have a very active schedule that allows Dougal to go outside work and play there are times when it is simply not enough. Our rainy season here in Florida is one of those times we...
SD Adventures
Bad Start to Enjoyable Evening
We went to pick one of our sons up from the airport, he came down to visit! :love: As always we head to somewhere they want to eat once we pick them up. This evening it was Outback in Sanford Florida.
When I walked to the desk the hostess looked at me and Dougal and then promptly asked me if we...
SD Adventures
St. Augustine Ghost Tour
Later in the evening from our excursion to the Celtic Music Festival we decided to go on the old town trolley ghost tour. This is a trolley tour of some of the more haunted places around the old city. My wife and I have always enjoyed ghost hunting and I do believe she is very sensitive to...
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St. Augustine Trolley Tour
After lunch at the Celtic Music Festival, we decided to go do a look around and to do so from our third point of contact. My wife and I love history and St. Augustine has that in troves, so we bought tickets for the guided trolley that would take us around the city and show us some different...
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St. Augustine Celtic Music & Heritage Festival 2023
After donning the kilt and packing up the car we headed to St. Augustine for their Celtic Music & Heritage Festival. We love hearing the pipes, the beach, and ghosts!
The festival is a two-day event that includes music, highland games, food, and of course the merchant area. If you like Scottish...
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Service Dogs Are Not Robots
Our Saturday routine got off to a bumpy start. Typically it is Dougal for some park time then me, wife, and Dougal load up and head into town for breakfast and to the grocery store. This morning seems we spent too much time enjoying the warmth of the bed and got a later-than-normal start.
Well...
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Only in Florida
One thing I have learned while living in Florida is that you will always be surprised by the things you see. Florida seems to be the Mecca of places where people simply do as they want to and don't really care what other people think of it. Me, I love it! If I decide it is a good day to wear one...
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Morning Breakfast
I so enjoy being able to talk about our good experiences. Looking through social media service dog sites/pages it seems you only read about the bad experiences. I do understand that is a good way to relieve stress about a bad situation, but it seems that so few share their good times with their...
General
We all have things to learn
We all have to be reminded from time to time there are always new things to learn. Mine came a few weeks ago as I had misinterpreted how a person is defined as disabled where the ADA is concerned. While it did not take my reasoning behind telling everyone (with a service dog) that they need some...
Welcome to 2023! Well, a new year has arrived. I hope everyone is starting this new year in a wonderful atmosphere and in a great mindset.
The website has grown dramatically in both content and features this year. Personally, I have had a blast working on it. Content is steadily growing, and...
SD Adventures
Disney Day 2
So tired! 12+ hours inside Disney World is not an easy environment to cope with later on in life. I am finding it is much like that meme that says "Oh I got this, but my body is saying yea, try it, fat boy!". I truly feel like I jumped out of another C-130, my main cigarette rolled and my...
What a wonderful trip! As part of our Christmas celebration, we decided to book some trips to Disney World. Two of our kids and one of their girlfriends came down to enjoy the time with us. We decided that we should split our visits to Disney up as neither I nor my wife thought we could really...
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Jan's by the River
So this morning the wife and I headed out early to get the day started with our traditional morning breakfast, but instead of our normal haunt, we headed to Jan's by the River. We had been there, with Dougal, several times before without incident.
Once we had sat down the Owner came and sat...
I decided to put in a call to the ADA Network the other day for some questions I have about some of my assumptions about service dog law. This was kicked off due to so many arguments about 2 different subjects. I guess I do need to point out that the ADA Network is not part of the Department of...
While our great Nieces were down for a visit with their great-grandparents the wife and I decided to spoil the oldest niece before they left. So, breakfast and a shopping trip were in order!
As always Dougal (and the cats) woke us up at the butt-crack of dawn with their demands of food and...
Welcome to December! My In-laws are hosting their granddaughter and her family this week, so of course, we get to enjoy the festivities. Friday night we headed to Cottom Farm's Christmas Village to see the lights and for the young ones to visit Santa.
This is the second time visiting the...
A month or so ago I decided that it was time for Dougal to get a new collar. He either has been going around naked (no collar) or has been using older ones we have had laying around the house. I found a collar maker over on Etsy and decided to try them. Dogsartcollar was a grand slam!
I wanted...
