More adventures

It has been a while since I posted and for that I am sorry. Alice and I have had many adventures around town. Several have been great and some not so great.

I do have bit of advise for parents that see a service dog. Do not allow your child to randomly come up to a service dog, smack them on the head and run away. This is the most common issue I have everywhere. There are many kinds of service dogs and those that are alert dogs could be seriously affected by that distraction. If you wish to pet, please ask us. Depending on the situation or if Alice has alerted recently, I will either say yes or no. Most of the time I will say yes.

I do have to give great praise to the Girl Scout Troops around the Richmond Metro area!! We had Alice out and you guys were GREAT! You guys asked politely and behaved in a manner befitting of nice future women in America. Each Girl Scout troop I encountered from the Daisies to Brownies to Juniors all asked to pet and then asked incredibly good questions. One Junior troop asked me this "What would you do without her in your life?" Whoa! Way to bring me nearly to tears girls. That is such a huge question that I could not give it the appropriate attention that it deserves.

If Alice was not a service dog for me then my visits to get my grocery shopping done would be filled with pain, pressure and anxiety if my feet would hold out. If I didn't have Alice as my service dog then my world would be very small and limited to 2 hours away from home. If I didn't have Alice then I really would not feel half as independent as I do now. Even when I am home, it is so comforting to know that if I fall, or if I need her help she will be there.

I also have an AMAZING announcement to make!!! Alice and I will be featured in the May issue of Sight and Scent Magazine for her service work. I will post more when it is published.