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LATEST ARTICLES ( 30 )

• Service Dog Advocates, Is Your Proposed Rule Change Discriminatory?

  As an advocate for users of assistance animals, I get discouraged when I see service dog handlers on social media and blogs trying to undermine the rights of... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2014 HOME, PETS

• A Sick Day in the Life of a Service Dog

  

  Our free dispersed camping site I found myself suddenly wide awake this morning at 3 a.m. That rarely happens to me unless I'm well into hypomania, yet I had n... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 HOME, PETS

• Discriminatory Regulations Proposed by the National Park Service

  

  Maeve Joanne at Mammoth Visitor Center, Yellowstone NP The new regulations proposed by the National Park Service in regard to animals have at least two... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2014 HOME, PETS

• Want to Do Good? Share Positive, Useful Information

  

  My readers proved this to me again last night. A young Oregonian who lives with Asperger’s Syndrome, has lost her mom, and is moving into a group home may not... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2013 HOME, PETS

• Guest Blogging on Prozac Monologues and Healthy Place

  I've got two guest blog posts published on two different blogs recently. Please take a look and share if you like them: A veteran with PTSD considers living in ... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2013 HOME, PETS

• Mental Illness Travels with Me, but I’m Driving

  

  On the Grand Canyon Rim Trail It sucks when I get to someplace spectacular and find out that my disabilities are determined to get in the way. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 HOME, PETS

• Service Dogs and Money

  What are the costs associated with a service dog? The cost of the dog: The dog may cost from nothing to thousands of dollars. Some breeders will donate a dog... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 HOME, PETS

• View of Our Mobile Office in the White Mountains of Arizona

  

  NE Arizona, 9000 feet elevation Joanne Shortell, Maeve's Service Human [email protected] www.servicepoodle.com www.facebook.com/servicepoodle... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 HOME, PETS

• Good Day Sunshine

  

  Today was a beautiful day in El Malpais (the badlands). Sunny, not too windy, not too hot. We had to stay at the campsite because my electric assist bike had... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 HOME, PETS

• Cliff Dwellers Hike

  

  Maeve and Joanne in one of the Cliff Dweller's caves Maeve with Cliff Dweller caves in the background Joanne Shortell, Maeve's Service Human... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 HOME, PETS

• What Has Six Legs, Two Wheels, and is Really Green?

  

  No, it’s not a grasshopper on a dogcart . . . . It’s a girl and her service dog biking to a hike! (the girl is taking the picture) The new addition to the... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 HOME, PETS

• View of Our Mobile Office Near Safford AZ

  

  Joanne Shortell, Maeve's Service Human [email protected] www.servicepoodle.com www.facebook.com/servicepoodle www.linkedin.com/in/joanneshortell... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 HOME, PETS

• Soaking in a Hot Lithium Spa with a Gila Monster

  

  We’re back on the road again after a longer-than-expected holiday hiatus. New Mexico is where I expected to be by now, but a kind gentleman at our first... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 HOME, PETS

• Unhappy Valentines Day? One Easy Step to True Love

  

  Perhaps you've been looking for love in all the wrong places. I can tell you how to find a true love -- one who will love you until death do you part. Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2013 HOME, PETS

• Pros and Cons of Cats

  

  Cats: Is it advisable to have a cat? I answered this question tonight on Quora. Cats are terrific bang-for-the-buck pets. They are graceful, playful, wonderful... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2013 HOME, PETS

• How An Untrained Cat Can Be an Assistance Animal

  

  Cats are sleep specialists Emotional support animals (pets who help people with disabilities without having special training) can reduce the need for drugs and... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2013 HOME, PETS

• Share Your Burden With a Beast

  

  Emotional support animals (ESAs) can lighten the burden of mental illness and anyone in the U.S. who has a psychiatric disability (including children) is... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2012 HOME, PETS

• Working at the Beach in Oregon

  

  Maeve and I are really enjoying our time on the Oregon coast. We've been hanging out at Cape Kiwanda in Pacific City, Oregon, most of this week working and... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2012 HOME, PETS

• View from Our Mobile Office in Michigan?

  

  Sometimes my GPS exhibits a whimsical streak. We ended up unexpectedly in Michigan today. That was okay and we just kept going. Until this scene brought me up... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2012 HOME, PETS

• Driving Through Pennsylvania

  

  We left Maeve's ancestral home in Selinsgrove, PA and set the GPS to take us to Des Moines, Iowa via the most economical route. Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2012 HOME, PETS