I try to be grateful
I don t know what to say to friends in Minneapolis. Are you okay? Of course they aren t okay. I m not okay, and anyone who is okay .. well, I don t see how anyone is okay. I don t think I ve told Continue reading
I found this cone in the gutter of a parking lot in Yellowstone. When my on-line tool identified is as coming from a Sitka Spruce, I knew it was wrong. It also guessed a few other spruces. I took it Continue reading
I do not trust the faint CONTROL line on the first test, Wednesday morning. The second Friday morning looks good.
NOT ME, as far as I know at this point, but two people at Bergin tested positive for COVID-19 and the remainder of the client training was cancelled. I got to the school on Wednesday morning, saw people all masked, Continue reading
Match day was a Wednesday. After matching around 11:00 AM, I had Dennis with me for the rest of the day, but he went home with his trainer that night. Thursday, his trainer passed him over to me, and he Continue reading
The match is made, and it s Dennis. He is the brother of Douglas, the dog I had before my current dog. He s about two and a half years old, and I m really looking forward to working with him. Questions?
Today the first Wednesday of the two-weeks if the Bergin client training is match day . The three clients have been in classes and practicals for two days, working with four dogs in rotation. The instructors have been watching Continue reading
The client training at Bergin tries to cover many of the different modes of learning we see the slides, we hear the instructors talk through the content, we get quizzed on the content, and we do physical action based Continue reading
I am also so tired. We had 45-minute classes and 15 minute breaks, along with 45-minute practice sessions with dogs. But the wrong parts include: I also got to cuddle tiny puppies for a bit, which was great. I miss Continue reading
The organization I ve been raising dogs for most recently Bergin College of Canine Studies is a strange duck in the service dog world. They are accredited and give out degrees in Cynology the study of dogs and Continue reading