Caleb

Caleb Just Wants Everyone to Feel Better

I’ve written a couple times about Caleb helping me through the sick/tough days in Caleb Getting Me through the Sick Days and Caleb Saved the Day!, but what really has amazed me is how he acts when somebody else gets sick.  Seems the flu bug has attacked our house over the past
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Service Dog Trick – Get Mommy’s Slippers!

Without a doubt the highlight of Caleb the Super Dog’s day (duh… obviously other than hanging out with me!) is when mom comes home from work and he gets to do his favorite trick in the whole world… Get mommy’s slippers! You see, he loves this trick not only because he’s being
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Caleb Saved the Day!

Let me preface this blog entry by saying I’m not hugely comfortable about posting it, but feel strongly that I should, so here goes. I’ve always tried to keep my blog completely positive and only about the great things in life, but truth be known, that isn’t how it
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Merry Everything!!!

It’s Christmas card time! Funny thing, a few years ago I used to think what a pain in the butt it was to send out Christmas cards. I would keep putting it off and off, until eventually they became New Year’s cards or even later. A few years ago something changed and I
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I’m Thirsty… Caleb Getting Me a Drink from the Fridge!

Caleb and I have been working on a pretty cool trick over the past several weeks and wanted to share the progress with you. What we call it is… “I’m Thirsty”, and it involves Caleb taking off running across the house, pulling a towel on my mini beverage
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Caleb and I Made It on the Front Page of the Northeast Companion

Canine Companions for Independence sends out a quarterly newsletter about their great organization, the graduates, puppy raisers, and everything wonderful going on with their wonderful service dogs. Yours truly and Caleb the Super Dog made it on the front page with this article:
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And… Catching up the Month of September

And, stepping through last month up till now… August 31 – Caleb Looking Awfully Handsome on the Backyard/Deck September 8 – A Few Action Shots I made for CCI of Caleb Helping Me Pay for Vegetables at the School Farm September 10 – A Trip to Portland for a
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Two Months without a Post… What’s up with That!

Hmmmmm… How does one catch up after 2 months of blogging inactivity? Definitely with an apology for all of you who were concerned that something might have happened to me. I’m healthy and have had a truly wonderful summer enjoying the occasional sunny/non-rainy day, my new
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Beautiful Day at the Lake, Bit of Swimming, and Swimmers Tail!

Have any of you Labrador retriever owners out there heard of swimmers tail? Well, I never had, until a few weeks ago, and let me tell you, it’s one of the most pathetic/heartbreaking things I’ve ever seen. Let’s see… It started something like this. Caleb was
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