Alright folks, I’m hosting the July edition of the Assistance Dog Blog Carnival.
I thought long and hard about a topic. I think we’ve had some great ones! So I sat and I thought, what kind of things are at the heart of experiencing the assistance dog world? I could come up with themes that addressed those of us who are assistance dog partners, but some of them seemed to exclude puppy-raisers (and far be it from me to exclude the people who make some of our partners possible!). I came up with ones that sounded good for people with program-dogs, but that I wasn’t sure would be as open for people who owner-train. I thought and I pondered, and then I had an idea.
The Difference.
Difference is a big part of our lives, those of us who are involved in the assistance dog world. There’s the difference in how assistance dog partners are viewed and treated. There’s the difference between an assistance dog and a pet. There’s the difference your assistance dog makes in your life. There’s the difference between our dogs. There’s the difference that being a puppy raiser creates in your life. There’s the difference that raising a puppy to be an assistance dog will make in the world. There’s the difference between owner-training and program dogs, and the difference in how people react TO that difference. There’s so darn many differences that I could sit here all night writing about them.
So there you go: the theme for the 4th Assistance Dog Blog Carnival is ‘The Difference’. Have at! Submissions are due by July 22nd.
Enjoy!
Edited to add: whoops, I forgot submission instructions! Please reply to this post with a link to your entry, what you want to be called, and what the entry is called. Thanks!
Awesome! So so so many ideas…!
Post: Confidence
Blog: By My Side
Link: http://asdbymyside.blogspot.com/2011/06/confidence.html
Thanks!
Excellent topic choice! There are several posts I’ve been planning to write that would be perfect for this.
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My submission https://trulyable.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/when-it-doesnt-work-out/
Great theme idea. Looking forward to participating again!
This one is going to be loads of fun if I can spare the time to do it – also have to do my monstrosity of Housing recert- ughhhh
Which do I want to do? Housing re-cert or Blog? LOL
This is an intriguing topic to think about. Thanks – I’ll work on it :).
[…] The fourth Assistance Dog Blog Carnival has been announced and this time the theme is The Difference. As per the usual, all are welcome to join provided your post is related to assistance dogs in some manner. Submissions are due by July 22nd. (Which, if history says anything, means I’ll start mine on July 21st.) […]
I’ve got several topics in mind- now to just narrow it down to one- I guess I will write on them all and see which one pans out the absolute best. One of those topics leaves me feeling a bit exposed showing a side of me that rarely anyone could imagine who did not know me before service dogs entered my life. A good topic for sure!
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Karyn,
I’m with you .. I have a couple different topics in mind – plan to write on them all and then decide which turns out best! Would someone remind me how we’re to submit our entries? I didn’t participate in the last carnival and apparently, have forgotten how to do that! Thanks and happy writing, everyone!
Linda
No problem! Just respond to this post with a link to your entry, what you want to be called, and the name of the entry. I’m gonna edit the entry to reflect these instructions – it should have been in there, whoops!
Wow. I actually have an entry this time.
Name: Carin
Blog name: Vomit Comet
Post title: What a Difference a Dog makes
URL: http://vomitcomet.blogspot.com/2011/07/what-difference-dog-makes.html
It’s good to be back.
Also, what gives with the double edit field? Is one of them a subject?
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I’m not late, for once!
My blog is Gentle Wit and my ADBC post is called “Moving On.”
Thanks for hosting!
My post: http://pawpower4me.blogspot.com/2011/07/difference-is-her.html
It’s titled “The Difference Is Her.”
My post is at http://duncanfloyd.blogspot.com/2011/07/hatred-to-hope.html titled “Hatred to hope” and I’m Flo.
Here is my entry for the carnival! The title of my blog is Gilbert and Me. The post is titled There’s No Place Like Home! The link is http://anastoff.livejournal.com/28684.html. I look forward to reading all of the posts for this carnival!
Name: Linda
Blog Name: From Puppy to Public Access
Post title: The Differences Between Laurel & Hardy
URL: http://frompuppytopublicaccess.blogspot.com/2011/07/differences-between-laurel-and-hardy.html
Great topic! Thanks for hosting!
Well, I don’t think I’m going to have time to finish up the post I had planned to write specifically for the carnival, so instead I’m submitting one of the several posts I’ve written in the last few weeks that fits the theme.
My blog is Dog’s Eye View and the post is Nine Years Later.
Thanks!
That double edit field is a real brain screw. Ok, I have no idea why, but Brooke had trouble posting, so here we go. Name of Blog: Ruled By Paws blog URL: http://ruledbypaws.blogspot.com
post title: My Scorpios
URL
Hey bud, URL goes here. http://ruledbypaws.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-scorpios.html happy now, ya silly commenting doo dad? So sorry for the duplicate…but that was kinda the most important part of the whole comment.
Any chance on an extension to the deadline? I’ve had my hands full with Thane’s negative med response here and sure wld like to do this but can’t with the deadline
Don’t worry about it, Karyn, I just lost a friend and I’ll probably be a couple days late getting the carnival up.
Insonia has its positive side- when it hits, I often also find myself with an inspiration to write.
My blog is Through a Guide’s Eyes
http://throughguideseyes.blogspot.com/
My post is:
A Decade of Difference
http://throughguideseyes.blogspot.com/2011/07/decade-of-difference.html
@brilliantmindbrokenbody
My heart goes out to you over the loss of your friend. Its never easy is it?
Easy, hah. I am not sure I know the meaning of that word, anymore. Unless it is synonymous with ‘fantasy’.
Thanks for hosting!
My name: patti b
My blog: plays with puppies (www.playswithpuppies.blogspot.com)
My post for the carnival: Living the DIFFERENCE
http://playswithpuppies.blogspot.com/2011/07/living-difference.html
Mine will be up in like an hour or two – thought the deadline was tomorrow and got lost in birthday stuff – hope htat’s not too late?
No problem. I had intended to put this post together this weekend, but the loss of my friend has made it difficult to work on…well…anything.
I’m late as usual. The name of my blog is believe in who you are and my post is called different beginnings. http://learninbabysteps.blogspot.com/2011/07/different-beginnings.html
I just wanted to let everyone know that the carnival IS going up this weekend. I would like posts by Friday, July 29th by Midnight, though I will be able to manage it if a few come on Saturday.
Thanks for all of the entries – I think this is shaping up to be a great carnival!
~Blaze
okay, so,
I submitted one entry a couple weeks ago but with too much time on my hands, I thought about it and wrote another entry. If we can only have one and if possible, I’d rather have this one included in the carnival.
Name: Linda Alberda
Blog: From Puppy to Public Access
Post title: What a Difference a Dog Makes!
URL: http://frompuppytopublicaccess.blogspot.com/2011/07/what-difference-dog-makes.html
thanks,
Linda (lkalberda@yahoo.com)
Here it is! It’s going up tonight. I hope that’s OK.
Blog: After Gadget
Title: The Rural Difference
URL: http://aftergadget.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/the-rural-difference/
Thanks so much for hosting, Kali, despite what you’ve been going through. I have been thinking of you, a lot.
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[…] The fourth Assistance Dog Blog Carnival has been announced and this time the theme is The Difference. As per the usual, all are welcome to join provided your post is related to assistance dogs in some manner. Submissions are due by July 22nd. (Which, if history says anything, means I’ll start mine on July 21st.) […]
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