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This is the year Oliver comes home. I still need to talk to the breeder ajd see when or if the breeding has taken place so I can get a better feel as to when Olli will be ready to come home. I am very happy that after 5 yrs of research and putting money aside to be able to do this it almost happened last year but it didn't work out. I sent the deposit in now it's more hurry up and wait I don't mind the end is near. Once here the REAL fun begins.

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The breeder got my deposit on December 19 2016. Now the wait game begins. Sorry if I become annoying I'm just really excited for this next chapter in my life to begin. The Captain doesn't have a clue but once the pup gets here I'm going to have to watch The Captain like a hawk. He's not a fan of other dog's but after some time they will be best friend's. Slow is fast when it comes to dog training. Happy Yule and blessed be

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After talking with a breeder for almost an hour and a half I am happy to Announce that in the spring of 2017 if all goes well I will be bringing home a PUPPY. Yes you read that right after 4 LONG year's I'm finally ready to take the next big step. So watch here,Twitter, Facebook and YouTube for more details. I'm so very excited

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Sweet

Engineer by Elo-Doudoune

~Steampunk Love •❀• by Airship Commander HG Havisham

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You have been Dooley informed

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He has a very valid point.

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Happy Sunday

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In Defense of Poorly Trained Service Dogs

A while back there was a post with the title “At this point, I don’t even count ‘deep pressure therapy’ as a task anymore.” In the future I might share the post with my rebuttal, but I don’t have the spoons for that today.

One under lying complaint of this post was “shitty psychiatric service dogs”. As well as a comment I’ve seen on different Facebook service dog communities. “I have a right to go out in public and not be harassed by poorly trained service dogs!”

Well, depending on what is meant by harassed, no one actually does have that right. Service dog’s can’t be aggressive, and they have to be house trained, but that’s all the law says. It even notes that moments such as barking or lunging, are allowed if the handler can get that dog back under control. The bells and whistles of public access that we as a community throw around as must haves actually aren’t a requirement. Sniffing shelves, soliciting food and attention, walking up to strangers and sniffing their crotch, and even lunging and tugging erratically on leash are all behaviors that a service dog can exhibit while still maintaining its access rights.

There has been a lot of debates about if any type of test should be administered to prove the dog can behave well in public, and from what I’ve seen we as a community have said no. We see it as more important to protect those of our members struggling to live their disabled lives with poorly trained service dogs (dysfunctional aids) than to protect our own comfort and the comfort of the public at large.

These behaviors are not against the law because the are merely nuisances. They pose little to no risk to anyone. Of course it’s annoying to see a dog in a service vest chasing a squirrel and barking - out of control, or one who doesn’t know ‘under’ and so lays down in the middle of an aisle. And, of course, it’s much, much easier to handle a dog who is well behaved, well trained, and well mannered. But many disabled people have to make due with what they’ve got.

They, and their poorly trained service dog, no matter what tasks it knows, have the same right to be in public as you do. I feel like too often we forget that, and forget that these people are apart of our community.

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This helps break it down so you can understand the difference

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HAPPY 4TH OF JULY #steampunkadventuredog #servicedog #Rottweiler #steampunk #olli #TheContess #TheProfessor #TheCaptain #Mentalhealth #Anxiety #Depression #PTSD #OCD #Autism #Chihuahua

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My retired Service Dog helping me with the laundry.

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All who wander are not lost

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Something handy to have

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Here we are at another Hump Day

Here we are at another Hump Day

Welcome to yet another Wednesday. Hope your have a great week I’m doing well I got my A/C unit put in yesterday and I got back into donating Plasma again. Which I’ve been trying to do for awhile now. I had to visit the nurse just because I was gone for just over a month nothing serious I just explained what happened and off I went. I will say Monday night into Tuesday morning just seamed to drag…

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#PrayersForOrlando

We at Steampunk Adventure Dog would like to say that we are grieving as well and are trying to put the pieces back together and make some kinda since of this Tragic event.With this tragic event it makes this a weekend of loss for us. We lost someone in our building on Friday and then a close personal friend’s Husband had a heart attack on Saturday then this on Sunday morning. We are numb and…

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This is a tragic event that has left a country stunned but we will rise up and we will show these people that we are united and that they will NEVER win. We may have gotten knocked down but we won't stay down and when we get back up we come up swinging.