HI

You haven't really met me yet. My name is Happe. I am a nearly two year old golden lab cross. I love fetch and running around like a crazy dog, mom says I'm a goofball and is always laughing at my antics. I love my snuggles, belly rubs and my mom.

♤Happe

The Beginning

I know I've been very bad about posting but there really just isn't that much going on. We sit around all day doing nothing, sometimes inside sometimes outside.

Story time:

I was not expecting to get a dog till mid April because that is when school ended for me, so when my instructor emailed me in February asking if I would be up to getting a new dog I was really surprised. They brought out two dogs that I got to work with to see if either of them would work. Juno 1(Danny) was sweet but there was not a connection there. Juno 2 (Happe) was also sweet and did not want to leave when it was time to go. A few weeks later on March 8th they brought Happe out for training  and now we have been a team for nearly three months and it is amazing.

☆Katie  

What an honor

We got to meet Legacy today. He's Leader dogs for the blind's 20,000 dog and Happe's half brother. It's a big deal.

P.D: a light yellow and light red dog sitting in the grass sort of looking at the camera with their mouths open

☆ Katie

Big Update

I GOT A NEW GUIDE DOG!! Meet Happe (like happy without the /y/). He is a nearly 2 golden/lab mix who will eat his own tail, go in circles, and will parade around with a toy or two in his mouth. He was a home delivery and it has been a crazy two weeks with school and training.

P.D a golden yellow dog laying on a blue mat gnawing on a yellow nylabone

Update

 Long story short I had to retire Ori due to safety issues. This past semester tried to kill me. I might be getting a new dog in April. I will be student teaching in the fall, no I do not know where yet but I will be in Ann Arbor, Novi, or Lincoln Park. Also sorry about being so lax on the posting, I have post ideas saved up but I do not have a guide dog any more so I feel really bad posting about my not very exciting, hectic life and also COVID.

☆ Katie

Service vs. ESA

This is a hot button topic for me, let me be on my soapbox for a minute here. Thanks in advance.

Thos was originally a Facebook post by the TRUTH about service dogs

I don’t know who needs to hear this but there is a difference between a service dog and an emotional support animal. 

There are psychiatric service dogs that are task trained to help migaite a mental disability. They are trained to do tasks that are directly related to the handler’s disability just like any other type of service dog. 

An ESA is not task trained to migaite a disability and simply the presence of the animal helps to alleviate symptoms of a disability. 

To qualify as a service dog they must be trained tasks that midigate the disability. It has nothing to do with weather your disability is physical or mental. It has everything to do with whether the dog is task trained to migaite that disability rather than it helping just by being there.

☆Katie

ADA 30th

On July 26, 2020, the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) celebrated its 30th anniversary. Leader Dogs for the Blind celebrates  this important civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. The purpose of the law is to make sure that people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone els.

Update

A few weeks ago I had to retire my guide due to major distraction issues that posed safety issues. I am in the process of getting a new guide, but who knows when that will be. So  there will be no more posts from Ori, but I'll keep posting, I've got a few lined up

☆Katie

Physical distancing

Can we please call it physical distancing instead of social list distancing? You can help without touching. And you're probably sick of all my articles about guide dogs and physical distancing, but knowledge is power and shareable. So please share

https://amp.abc.net.au/article/12479614

☆Katie

Watch This Video

I LOVE this channel. She's so educational. Hopefully it takes you down a rabbit hole of learning. And as alwayß ask questions if you have them.

https://youtu.be/KjUJRi1Gfs8

☆Katie

All My Friends in One Week

Week of 6/18: I got to see Piper, Bonnie, Mint and met Pretzel. Mom let her friend pull me into a doggy pool to swim. Mint still hates me as evidenced by the photo.

PD: Mint, a yellow lab, laying against a chair glaring at me as far from Ori as possible. Ori, a mostly black GSD, is intently looking at something on the ground.

♡Ori