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		<title>Service Animal Relief Areas at Airports</title>
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Have you traveled through an airport since the U.S. Department of Transportation required airports to install service animal relief areas? Whistle and I flew to Washington, D.C. last week. We traveled through the Chicago Midway Airport and Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C.
We had a three hour layover on the way to Washington, D.C. in Chicago. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workinglikedogs.com/2010/07/service-animal-relief-areas-at-airports/</link>
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		<title>Courthouse Dogs Help Ensure Justice is Served</title>
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Have you heard of a courthouse dog? They’re not legal experts, but these specially trained dogs are being used in the criminal justice system to help provide support for crime victims and their families, and even for social workers or other staff members.
Increasingly, courthouse dogs are being used in states across the country. Although they’re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workinglikedogs.com/2010/07/courthouse-dogs/</link>
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		<title>National Assistance Dog Week August 8-14, 2010</title>
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We are so excited about the upcoming 2010 National Assistance Dog Week. And, to celebrate this special week, we decided to create and to launch a new web site dedicated solely to National Assistance Dog Week (www.assistancedogweek.org). As an assistance dog lover and partner, it dawned on me a few years ago that assistance dogs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workinglikedogs.com/2010/07/national-assistance-dog-week-august-8-14-2010/</link>
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		<title>Hair, Hair Everywhere! Summer time shedding</title>
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One of the things that I still am trying to get used to is the abundance of dog hair that rests on my clothes, in the tires of my wheelchair, and all over our home. Some people are so deterred by the amount of hair that dogs shed that they choose not to have an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workinglikedogs.com/2010/06/hair-hair-everywhere-summer-time-shedding/</link>
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		<title>Did you happen to catch &#8220;Through A Dog’s Eyes&#8221; on PBS?</title>
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I have been waiting all week to watch Through A Dog’s Eyes on PBS. It finally aired this evening and it was a beautiful documentary of a group of individuals with disabilities who were receiving their first assistance dog through the Canine Assistants program in Georgia. The program highlighted several individuals’ experiences at the training [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workinglikedogs.com/2010/04/through-a-dogs-eyes/</link>
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		<title>Whistle passed the recertification test!</title>
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I am happy to report that Whistle completed his recertification requirements with flying colors! His Paws With A Cause field trainer, Dani, showed up at our house around 10:00 a.m. She had an array of paperwork that had to be completed. She asked all the usual questions about Whistle’s performance and overall wellness. After all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workinglikedogs.com/2010/04/whistle-passed-the-recertification-test/</link>
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		<title>Recertification Tests Both Dog and Human Partner</title>
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Whistle and I are counting down the days until it’s time for our first recertification as a working service dog team. Our recertification will take place this Friday. I know every service dog organization is unique with its own requirements and specifications for its working dog teams. Our agency, Paws With A Cause (PWAC), requires [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workinglikedogs.com/2010/04/recertification-tests-both-dog-and-owner/</link>
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		<title>National Service Dog Eye Exam Event</title>
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Hats off to the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists (ACVO) and Merial® for conducting the 3rd annual National Service Dog Eye Exam Event throughout the month of May 2010. Through this event, more than 170 board certified veterinary ophthalmologists in the U.S. and Canada will provide free sight-saving eye exams to thousands of service dogs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workinglikedogs.com/2010/04/national-service-dog-eye-exam-event/</link>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Whistle!</title>
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It seems like yesterday when Whistle made the journey from Paws With A Cause in Michigan to Albuquerque, New Mexico to become my third service dog. I can just see him making his way beside PAWS Field Trainer Karole Schaufele through the Albuquerque airport. He looked so tall and lean to me. It was the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workinglikedogs.com/2010/04/happy-birthday-whistle/</link>
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		<title>Are Dog Parks a Good Idea for Service Dogs?</title>
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It seems like every time I turn around these days, some one is suggesting that I take my service dog, Whistle, to a dog park. As a person who uses a wheelchair, this is a little intimidating to me. I am nervous about letting Whistle off lead around strange dogs that neither he nor I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.workinglikedogs.com/2010/03/dog-parks/</link>
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