1/365: Good Boy
Image by riekhavoc (caught up?)
I'm restarting my 365 project today (!) and it literally couldn't be a better day to do it. Today, Max and I picked up a new puppy. We're raising it to be a service dog for people with disabilities. So, this 365 will likely be full of dozens of photos of Orent, the wonderful yellow lab we are raising for Canine Companions for Independence. Undoubtedly, some will be of the messes he makes or chaos he causes! It will be fun to look back after he's gone on to be a service dog, and have photos of him as he grew up with us.
But this 365 project won't just be about Orent, I promise! Just like last time, you can expect photos of demonstrations I'm organizing with my new job as the Director of Casino-Free Philadelphia, or training sessions that I coordinate with my other job working for Training for Change.
You'll also see more efforts at some "classic" (some might say cliched) shots that I never got around to last time around. And I'm hoping to rely heavily on my iPhone whenever possible, because the things that camera can do are pretty amazing and I'd love to use this project to learn more about the abilities of my "everywhere" camera.
So follow along on this exciting year... it's going to be a blast!
This time last year, a giant tree had fallen down.
PS - Because it's fun, I'm going to use this for the Monthly Scavenger Hunt item "Contentment".
meet nike
Image by fallsroad
a sweet yellow lab, six months old, with eyes to die for.
nike is currently being fostered by a volunteer trainer who lives in dallas, who pays all the bills out of his pocket, takes nike everywhere he goes (literally - shops, movies, restaurants, business trips) and engages her in rigorous obedience training.
when her basic training and socialization is complete nike will go to the national headquarters of Paws With A Cause to enter highly specialized training for specific client needs. eventually, if she is certified, she will be paired with a person with disabilities to provide assistance. from start to finish, the training costs about ,000 per dog. that sum also covers continued training in the field, plus a replacement dog should the original one be retired due to age or infirmity.
nike's foster trainer came up to oklahoma for a charity golf tournament sponsored by the oklahoma chapter of PWAC to raise funds for those people in oklahoma who are in need of assistance dogs.
i am awaiting confirmation from PWAC that i will be a recipient of a seizure assistance dog. it was particularly poignant for me to meet some of the dedicated people who take these puppies into their homes and lives to prepare them for the journey that may ultimately lead, one day, to my side.
Happy Spike in the Sun
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Spike posing for a photo. He is a rescue adopted from North Shore Animal League. We got him as a puppy, 6-8 weeks old and 8 lbs... He's 3 yrs old (Aug 2006) and is 70-75 lbs.
Spike Portrait
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Spike posing for a photo. He is a rescue adopted from North Shore Animal League. We got him as a puppy, 6-8 weeks old and 8 lbs... He's 3 yrs old (Aug 2006) and is 70-75 lbs.
Spike Profile
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Spike posing for a photo. He is a rescue adopted from North Shore Animal League. We got him as a puppy, 6-8 weeks old and 8 lbs... He's 3 yrs old (Aug 2006) and is 70-75 lbs.
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