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       I hope your having as much fun this summer as I am! I only wish I had the energy to do more! Here is just a highlight of some of our grand adventures this month. Most of you have seen pictures on FB so I'll spare you the long details but just to see it all in one place, I'll share a list of adventures. July 1st was my birthday weekend and I had family come to stay. That was an adventure in itself! We took Azul and the grandkids on a kayaking adventure. Bon fire with family in the backyard The family and I went to a great pet friendly beach in Escanaba, MI. (twice!) We went camping at a campground (I haven't done this in over 10 yrs) and on a holiday weekend! We hiked up a to see a small waterfall. Roz met and played with SD Willow on the beach. Azul met and played with a little girl on the beach during one of our kayaking trips. Our Wednesday Group hiked around Little Fumee Lake, my first time this year and Roz's first time ever. The dogs and I made a road tim...

It's been awhile since I've done a Rockstar Azul post and everyone here knows why I've been so busy. I figure it's time a talk a bit about my awesome Service Dog and how amazing he has been through this all. Thankfully the medication I'm currently on has reduced the amount of tasking that I need now compared to a few months back. That also means my task needs have changed a bit. Azul is now only doing 2-3 migraine alerts a month and only a handful of overly dizzy alerts. Instead he's been doing more forward momentum pull and a new exhaustion based need to sit down alert that we are still fine tuning. We are working more heavily on the dropped item retrieve again since I'm spending more time in a vertical position then I've been able to do in years. Before opening the Training Center we spent a ton more time at home where Azul interacted more with husband during the day to day simply because I wasn't doing anything with him. After opening the Training...

Rockstar Azul March Madness Update! It's been awhile since I posted an update and I know you all understand with all that has been going on trying to set up the Yooper Paws Training Center. That all happened so quickly that I didn't even get a chance to post a sneak peak about the possibility to this group. And many of you have made it possible for this dream of mine to come true. Faith for all the help moving stuff in and setting up, clearing the snow, and watching over the place when I can't be there. Plus being open to learning how to teach classes and all your offers of being my Admin Assistant! Cindy for brainstorming with me and discussing what I thought was a pipe dream and has now become a reality plus for sending me the cool steps to use as stations. Scott for being willing to pick up FREE furniture for me and all your efforts in making it be something that will work at the Training Center. And everyone else for jumping in and picking up all the stuff that needs to...