Linda

thank you to all the K9 officers and handlers that keep us safe

[Linda @lebmeb]

We need more parents like this!

[Liberta Cherguia 🇪🇺 @MbarkCherguia]

Kid verbally abuses retail workers… Dad drags him back to apologize in front of everyone.

Good parenting or too harsh? 👀

[Linda @lebmeb]

Rona+ Tropical plants....so beautiful! Sale on now
#yql #plants #therapy

[Linda @lebmeb]

Rona+ Tropical plants....so beautiful!
#yql #plants #therapy

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

Michelin-starred restaurant's presentation of a smoked apple worth $400🍎

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Baking Timelapse’s
https://t.co/s8WZKIcQYp

[Linda @lebmeb]

We love #rviita drinks as well. You are so talented not to puncture the pouch!

[Team Servicerottie🇨🇦🐕‍🦺🦽 @servicerotties]

It's important to know when to bite hard and when to hold gently! You bite hard when playing tug so you don't lose the toy. You hold gently when retrieving so you don't damage things. Nobody wants teeth punctures in their drink pouch!

Video description for inclusivity: Chesnyy retrieving a pouch of iced tea that was accidentally dropped on the kitchen floor.

[Anthea @Anthea06274890]

@EndWokeness Here’s the entire video of the brutal attack on this couple in Cincinnati.

This is a hate crime that has attempted murder, written all over it.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

Two lesbians are appalled by the gay propaganda books in the children’s section at Barnes & Noble.

“Okay, we're gay. But we're in Barnes and Noble and there's a gay kids book section. And this is crazy.”

“It's pushing it. For a baby. This is pushing it.”

Why are you promoting s*x to small children, @BNBuzz?

Video: nevernotcringe / tt

[brian humphries @brianhumphrie19]

This is the annual Street Wheelers weekend. All the nice rides out on parade. Show n Shine on Sunday.

[Linda @lebmeb]

You are an amazing woman! 🥹🥹🥹

[Team Servicerottie🇨🇦🐕‍🦺🦽 @servicerotties]

Admin post:
A very special #ThrowbackThursday to this very week last June.
I had done okay for a couple of years with no major medical episodes. Until last June.

I don't share much about the health challenges here. It's personal and I don't like the world to know about some of the struggles. They are there, ongoing, and I try to live as normal of a life as possible.

I avoid hospitals at all costs. I have a good medical team and my main specialist knows that for me, it's all about quality of life and being able to be productive and do things. But last summer a recurring infection hit hard, and we had an emergency appointment in the hospital clinic. My doctor let me go home to make arrangements for the dogs and get a few things.

I sent one text message. "Can you come over after work. We need to talk." @HeyPistol's dad, Jason, came over and helped me make arrangements for Chesnyy. I knew she'd be happier being able to run around with the other young dogs in the service dog program, hang out in the office, and get cuddles from the staff. But Kuno would worry so he would go stay with Jason. That was always the backup plan. I trained Jason to know Kuno's cues, and fostered their friendship, so if something happened to me, he'd have a person he'd feel safe with.
Jason had spent hundreds of hours walking Pistol beside Kuno and I. He knew his likes, dislikes, quirks, and the things that made him happy.

I was really sick. Technically, Kuno could have come and stayed at the hospital with me but I wasn't well enough to take him out for walks and exercise. That wouldn't be fair to him so we decided once I was admitted Jason would pick him up and take him to his place. Jason came back to the hospital with me so I didn't have to be alone. They make you go through the ER to get admitted so there was a long, and very painful wait. It took 18 tries to get an IV site. It was horrible. And I was scared. There's always a lot of "what if's" in these situation. Would we need to redo an amputation? How far has this spread? How long will I be here? Days, weeks, months. I'm really grateful I had a friend that was there who knew me well enough to just be quiet when need be and to have someone to talk to when I needed that. I'm super self conscious and he's pretty good at disappearing at awkward moments and re-appearring when needed. But eventually he had to leave to go take care of the dogs.

But he let me have face time with Kuno. He came to see me the next day and told me he had taken some time off work to make Kuno was OK. It's not easy for a service dog to go from always being around their person to having to be alone 9 hours a day. He also brought me slurpees which help the stomach immensely. I think it's the cold. He made sure my dog was OK. That made it possible for me to get better.

That was a tough infection. The antibiotics did a number on my kidneys and I ended up getting a nephrologist on my medical team. I was home with my dogs 2 weeks later but for months I was exhausted, sick, and even now still have an open wound. But I'm stubborn and headed to Calgary to win the National Rottweiler Specialty in Rally Obedience with Chesnyy a few weeks later.

My life often feels unpredictable. There's so many barriers out there in the world and so many obstacles that it's like I live in a state of constant stress. Somewhere along the way I developed this resiliency, a faith that somehow I'll be OK. I think I learned that from Kuno. No matter what we faced we somehow made it through.

And now here I am, finally getting a place to call home, a sense of security, and a chance to do things to maybe make the world a little better. I often don't feel lovable or like I have much value. But somehow, there's a whole bunch of people that think I'm valuable, that I matter and care. And dogs that love me no matter what.
❤️

Today is a good day.

[Team Servicerottie🇨🇦🐕‍🦺🦽 @servicerotties]

Friends! We finally found it!
A rare wheelchair-accessible home with ramps, a yard, and an accessible bathroom. Pretty much move in ready. We just need a bit more to cover the down payment & moving costs. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance. 💙 You guys have always been so supportive but if there's anyway you can help, now would be the time as we don't have much time to make this happen.
https://t.co/kcjLzzb3Wr

[Anything's PawsAble @Marla_jsmith]

Trying to find a house that's easily adaptable for a wheelchair is getting disheartening. What makes no sense is that in the new developments where the community is built to a more accessible standard, every single house is 2 stories and would need an elevator.

[The Handmaid's Tale @HandmaidsOnHulu]

NEVER. LET. THEM. GRIND. YOU. DOWN. #TheHandmaidsTale

[Linda @lebmeb]

@albeebHerald Just be prepared to share if you do

[non aesthetic things @PicturesFoIder]

How the another car pull up with the other car 😭

[Lethbridge Police @lethpolice]

In the interest of public safety, the Lethbridge Police Service is issuing the following warning regarding Brent Miles Hansen, 29, a high-risk offender residing in Lethbridge. #yql
https://t.co/LtcpTED4De

[Linda @lebmeb]

Apparently Rantanen didn't hurt @connzary... according to Kelly, Zary injured himself???!!!
#NHL @NHLFlames @Sportsnet @KellyHrudey

[Team Servicerottie🇨🇦🐕‍🦺🦽 @servicerotties]

For those who have asked, we've created a fundraising page for the Kuno memorial trip.
If there's funds leftover they just end up going into our entry fee fund, medical equipment maintenance fund, or the "maybe we can get a house one day" fund
❤️

https://t.co/mTewxpWEzJ

[Bon Jovi @BonJovi]

Rediscovering our '93 cassette tape with a work tape version of "Always"

Check out more tapes on Backstage With Bon Jovi- https://t.co/4b44Ff5PvH

[Team Servicerottie🇨🇦🐕‍🦺🦽 @servicerotties]

#ThrowbackThursday to when we decided to attend an event organized by #Edmonton city councilor @michaeljanz featuring speakers from multiple community agencies. Turns out wheelchair users weren't welcome so we were left outside.
THIS is why we bark about #Accessibility

(To this day we haven't received a response as to how many tax dollars were spent on this event)