I know there are some people who come to the blog for Trixie updates. I’ve been emailed by a few of them asking for updates on how Trixie is doing. So here’s the first of a few Trixie-related posts. I think my knee is finally completely healed. I think Trixie is thrilled to be able …
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White Cane for a Black Dog
Um, wow. Trixie is making me famous. One thing that the school in San Rafael does is send press releases to local media about people coming home with their new woofs. I guess it caught the attention of the Guelph Tribune, so they asked me if they could get a photo and do a little …
Trixie’s Famous, Why Leave Babs in the Shadows?
I figured since Trixie could be famous, Babs at least deserves her moment in the sun. So I dug up a picture of her and added it to her announcement post. So now you can know what both pups look like and compare. Hopefully I’ll have something of greater substance to say later.
Ooo! Look at the Doggy!
God it’s nice to be home, and settling back in with the pooch. She’s so fast, and people are always startled at how fast we can motor. Somebody asked me if she had a slow button. That made me laugh, because at the time she asked, I didn’t even think we were zooming that quickly. …
What’s This? A Normal Life?
Finally! I’m home and starting to feel like a normal human being again! For the first few days, I was so overwhelmed. I was trying to figure out where the dog fit into my day, plus trying to read the fifty odd emails I had set aside to read when I got home, plus decompressing …
Carin’s Guide Dog Diary: Day 29
Oh my god. I’m on the plane. My beautiful beast is at my feet. I’m…done! She’s mine and I made it! This morning I couldn’t sleep past 3. I ran around my room and tried to make sure everything was packed. I pray I’m not heading for an adrenal crash. My body is trying to …
Carin’s Guide Dog Diary: Day 26
Notes from Steve: Here’s day 26. Turns out Carin messed up my email address when she sent it out. Guess I know how important I am now, hahaha. I mean of all the people to not remember…Gees. Ridiculous. Also, Carin made it home without incident yesterday and her and Trixie are both settling in nicely. …
Carin’s Guide Dog Diary: Day 28
Flop. Graduation over. Tired. Ok, let’s run down the day quickly because I want to go to the computers, clean off all my emails, talk to Amy and then fall down so I can get up at 3 or so so we can leave at 4:45. Yee ha. Oh I want to practice one more …
Carin’s Guide Dog Diary: Day 27
Note from Steve: Yes, I realize that we’re jumping from day 25 to 27. I’m not sure what happened to 26, but I don’t have it. that means that it’s either lost in email land somewhere or that one of us made a mistake in the numbering at some point. Since I’m not entirely certain …
Carin’s Guide Dog Diary: Day 25
Yea! Things are looking up! Yea! First, the brace is staying on longer. They figured out the metal parts bend. Now that they’ve bent, it’ll stay on longer. It will eventually slide down, but it’ll stay on longer. I got up this morning after oversleeping and went to feed Trixie. Then I tried to get …