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Cam: disabled handler, queer & trans, Canadian, they/them Atlas: papillon, cult leader Scooby: Labrador, SD, certified dumb blonde

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Little man got to do a short working outing to Mark’s yesterday and he rocked it!

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Bribery for decent pictures

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Silly boy

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Sleepy boy after working hard today💚

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My silly little guy

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This dog is becoming so reliable, it’s insane the amount of freedom he’s starting to give me that I never thought I’d be able to get back🥹

He’s so close to fully trained, it doesn’t feel real

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We went on a short nature walk yesterday for a training opportunity for Ricky Lea and he did SO well! I’m very proud of him! He didn’t bark at any dogs, the entire time he only let out one single bark (he’s a very vocal dog and the park was very busy, hence why I’m so proud) he did a fairly good heel on the walk, when I let him sniff stuff and told him “enough” he moved on and continued the walk. He’s such a good boy and days like yesterday give me a glimpse of what he’ll be like fully mature and it gives me hope he’ll be a great service dog 🥰

(ID: a tricolour rough collie wearing purple goggles with blue mirror lens and a pink harness sitting next to a white person wearing jean short overalls and a black tank top with a navy blue head wrap with gold stars and moons on it with a forearm crutch and sunglasses on a pier looking out over a lake with trees on the other side.)

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Big guy came to The Royal Winter Fair with me yesterday and he did a lot better than expected! He still needs to work on things but he tasked beautifully all day and ignored all the kiddos talking to him, he even ignored his buddy, Harvey, and ignoring other labs can be hard for him so extra proud🥰

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My handsome boy

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The best little dog is back to working again!

Been working so hard to get him manageable and I never imagined being able to work him again but here we are. So proud of him🥹

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A very good boy at our first powwow the other day😊

He did absolutely amazing and I couldn’t be more proud

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Big guy curled up under the table during a dinner outing😊

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Introducing Scooby

Scooby is a 1 year old yellow Labrador Retriever with about one brain cell and a whole lot of enthusiasm!

Scooby came into my life as a started service dog in July of 2023, I had not planned to get a larger service dog for another couple of years but as my chronic pain got worse and the mobility aids I had stopped helping as much as they used to I realized I had to start looking for a prospect sooner than I had wanted. After looking at and meeting multiple other dogs a couple of friends sent me Scooby, and after meeting him his trainer said we would be a good fit!

He has been my best buddy ever since, we’ve had a lot of setbacks in his training but my priority for him was to let him be the puppy he didn’t get to be. He’s much sillier and happier now than when we first met and while he’s not even close to fully trained at almost 2 years old, he has much more enthusiasm for working and life in general

Birthday: April 15 2023

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Introducing Atlas

Atlas is a 1 year old sable Papillon with a lot of attitude and a very big heart!

He loves having a job to do, whether that job is being pigeon patrol or being my service dog. Atlas has struggled with excitement reactivity for about 8 months now and while he has made huge progress and can effectively ignore dogs while on duty, he will never fully return to working. During the past 8 months he was fully pulled from working so we could solely focus on his reactivity, he just recently started doing the odd outing again and has been great! If issues pop back up he will be pulled again, likely for good

Atlas absolutely adores people, if he was allowed to he’d make friends with absolutely everyone he saw. He’s the reason a lot of people I know have changed their opinions on small dogs. He is such a genuinely happy and bubbly dog, you can’t help but smile at his wiggles and silly noises

Birthday: May 12th 2023