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OT - Cute comment. Out of the mouths of babes.
I was showing pictures of my new puppy to one of the little girls at the dance studio where my son takes classes. My puppy is a chocolate lab mix. She told me, "We have a teacher at our school who has trouble with her body, so she has a 'body dog' that looks like that that helps her out." I did tell her that they were usually called "service dogs" or "assistance dogs" but I thought it was cute.
What a stupid lady! Just like there are good and bad people of all types I am sure that the same goes for dogs. I am so glad that Polly didn't hear. She doesn't need her feelings hurt especially after working so hard.
I think just about any dog could probably be a service dog if they show the potential for it. I even knew of someone who had ad deaf service dog. I know of others who had Great Danes and Portuguese Water Dogs, German Shepherds and even Pit Bulls!
My last dog was a Lab/St. Bernard mix and he was the PERFECT dog (Although as his mom, I might be biased.) I think that he could have been a service dog or at the least a therapy dog. He was smart, calm, well-behaved, easily trainable, never barked. Sadly we adopted him late in life, so he never had that opportunity but he brought our family a lot of joy.
The headquarters for the agency Paws with a Cause which trains assistance dogs is down the road a few miles from my house and I know for a fact that while most of their dogs are Labrador and Golden Retrievers they have other types of assistance dogs as well as small terrier-sized dogs.
My new dog, Luna is a Chocolate Lab mix who was found by a friend as a stray. She is very good-natured and I am hoping that she will be able to be a therapy dog.
I think just about any dog could probably be a service dog if they show the potential for it. I even knew of someone who had ad deaf service dog. I know of others who had Great Danes and Portuguese Water Dogs, German Shepherds and even Pit Bulls!
My last dog was a Lab/St. Bernard mix and he was the PERFECT dog (Although as his mom, I might be biased.) I think that he could have been a service dog or at the least a therapy dog. He was smart, calm, well-behaved, easily trainable, never barked. Sadly we adopted him late in life, so he never had that opportunity but he brought our family a lot of joy.
The headquarters for the agency Paws with a Cause which trains assistance dogs is down the road a few miles from my house and I know for a fact that while most of their dogs are Labrador and Golden Retrievers they have other types of assistance dogs as well as small terrier-sized dogs.
My new dog, Luna is a Chocolate Lab mix who was found by a friend as a stray. She is very good-natured and I am hoping that she will be able to be a therapy dog.
I had some ignorant woman announce to everyone in the library that she worked for the AKC and she knew for a fact Dalmatians can't be Service Dogs. Lucky for her I was talking to someone new to our MS Support Group. Luckily Polly did not hear her.
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