White Bear & Owl the Service Dogs

My sons are SO mad I bought them matching Christmas sweaters but they're so cute 🤭 Well I'm not sure if Owl was mad or not, his face tells me he's about to do the weird skittering thing he does when he's really hyper but uh-.

[Image Description: Black dog with white socks, seated in the grass in front of a white slotted fence and blue sky, looking back over his shoulder]

Back in July, I went up with my parents to visit my mom's family for the first time in almost 3 years. Owl came with. I almost didn't come back with a dog, my oldest cousin fell in love with him and my mom was pretty sure they were going to go off together and not return 😅 [Smile emoji with sweat].

For his part, it was Owl's first time surrounded by so much nature and he...wasn't quite sure.

You see, there was a dock with open access to the bay we overlooked. You can see Owl looking out on the top area of this - you had to walk down three flights of stairs just to get to the actual dock. It wasn't an easy hike, especially with my chronic joint pain, but Owl thought it was quite fun and would make several trips in the time it took me to get down once, LOL. However, despite being part lab, he was convinced the water was evil and would only go up to chest height. He's really not a fan of nature.

One of Owl's favorite tasks, and the one I use the most, is retrievals. Sudden movements, stretching, standing up, and bending over can cause me to get really dizzy, lightheaded, and even faint, so Owl being able to pick things up off the floor for me makes life much safer. Also he's really weird and thinks its a funny game.

“Try another analogy”

I’m well aware people fuck with other people’s mobility devices. This is being purposely obtuse to the point. The point is that the general public should see this image and go “Oh, I wouldn’t do the first two so I shouldn’t do the third, either.”