SeanCharles
Diamond Member
Hello everyone! I figured I'd post this thread on the week anniversary of losing Sheba.
When I finalized Sheba's adoption, I had hoped that I would be able to get her trained as a service dog. At that time I was not armed with as much of the knowledge that I am currently gaining through occasional research.
With the fact of being in an apartment and realizing that she was not really suited nor really acceptable to apartment living, the service dog training went to the wayside. Once I got the house, I still had some things going As I had been trying to upgrade the degree I earned in 2000 to a associate's degree rather than a certificate. The funny thing is, upon walking through the front door, Sheba had been an escape artist and would be greeting me in the living room because she had managed to get over two barricading doors I had which were supposed to keep her isolated in the back part of the house with access to her dog yard. Instead, she'd trap herself in the front part of the cabin! While it was not so funny at the time walking in to see what she had gotten into or finding messes she made because she couldn't figure out how to work her way back into the back part of the cabin to where her dog door is she left me a mess to deal with. Now that she is gone, I can look back on this an marvel at how truly special and how intelligent she really was which was quite amazing.
Now that she is gone, and I don't have to worry about a move in the middle of bringing in a new dog to replace Sheba, I feel that maybe this time I can work on moving myself into having an actual public accessible certified service dog. I know that this process is going to take time and patience. My situation how work will fit into this equation is still something I am struggling with as they don't know what to do with me... I either have threaded on that or need to... Anyway, I wanted to write a thread on this anniversary day.
@Ellabella44 You win! (If it's you, you know what I mean...) I am looking at getting another female even though I had been considering a male dog. I realize, and have discussed a little, the differences in gender/personalities between male/female and do feel that more than likely a female would be easier.
P.S. I will definitely post more of Sheba's little moments as they come to me.
---SeanGeo
When I finalized Sheba's adoption, I had hoped that I would be able to get her trained as a service dog. At that time I was not armed with as much of the knowledge that I am currently gaining through occasional research.
With the fact of being in an apartment and realizing that she was not really suited nor really acceptable to apartment living, the service dog training went to the wayside. Once I got the house, I still had some things going As I had been trying to upgrade the degree I earned in 2000 to a associate's degree rather than a certificate. The funny thing is, upon walking through the front door, Sheba had been an escape artist and would be greeting me in the living room because she had managed to get over two barricading doors I had which were supposed to keep her isolated in the back part of the house with access to her dog yard. Instead, she'd trap herself in the front part of the cabin! While it was not so funny at the time walking in to see what she had gotten into or finding messes she made because she couldn't figure out how to work her way back into the back part of the cabin to where her dog door is she left me a mess to deal with. Now that she is gone, I can look back on this an marvel at how truly special and how intelligent she really was which was quite amazing.
Now that she is gone, and I don't have to worry about a move in the middle of bringing in a new dog to replace Sheba, I feel that maybe this time I can work on moving myself into having an actual public accessible certified service dog. I know that this process is going to take time and patience. My situation how work will fit into this equation is still something I am struggling with as they don't know what to do with me... I either have threaded on that or need to... Anyway, I wanted to write a thread on this anniversary day.
@Ellabella44 You win! (If it's you, you know what I mean...) I am looking at getting another female even though I had been considering a male dog. I realize, and have discussed a little, the differences in gender/personalities between male/female and do feel that more than likely a female would be easier.
P.S. I will definitely post more of Sheba's little moments as they come to me.
---SeanGeo
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