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  • Canadian General Standards Board Service Dog Team Standard: A Failed Process
  • Guide Dogs
    • A Trip to Leader Dogs for the Blind
      • 1. Going To The Dogs
      • 2. Puppy Beginnings
      • 3. Bode
      • 4. White Canes and Guide Dogs
      • 5. Travel and Settling In
      • 6. Good Juno
      • 7. Bad Juno, Goodbye Juno
      • 8. Dog Issue and First Walk
      • 9. Dog Switch
      • 10. Bonding
      • 11. Unleashed from My Trainer
      • 12. Doors
      • 13. Obstacles
      • 14. Country Travel, Overhead Clearances, and Shopping
      • 15. Distractions
      • 16. Targeting, Indoor Work, and the Beginning of Trust
      • 17. Pride and Love
      • 18. Obedience Practice, Patterning, and Revolving Doors
      • 19. Going Home
      • 20. Wrap Up and Supporting Leader Dogs for the Blind
      • 21. Etiquette When You Meet A Guide Dog Team
      • 22. Home Sweet Home and First Walks
      • 23. Goodbye “L”
      • 24. Epilogue
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  • Detroit Jazz Festival 2020

    Detroit Jazz Festival 2020

    Detroit delivered their festival via internet, television, and radio. An excellent experience! (They) flawlessly delivered on their promise of a rich sound, high definition video experience. DJF 2020 represents a demarcation line in festival production.

    James L Menzies

    September 8, 2020
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    Beartrap, DetroitJazz, GayelynnMcKinney, HenryConerwayIII, IanFinkelstein, JoeyAlexander, LuluFall, MarionHayden, NoahJackson, ReneMarie, RobertGlasper, RobertHurst, SteveTurre
  • Coming Soon

    My blog has been quiet for over a year. It’s time to get back to work! I am redesigning things now. Watch this space for new blogs, beginning again in Fall, 2020.

    James L Menzies

    August 20, 2020
    Uncategorized
  • A Trip To Leader Dogs for the Blind

    A Trip To Leader Dogs for the Blind

    In early 2018, Jean M traveled to Rochester Hills, Michigan to obtain a new guide dog from Leader Dogs for the Blind. At the time, she wrote a series of Facebook posts about her experiences, providing information for her friends and neighbours about what is involved in getting a guide dog. Her posts were popular…

    James L Menzies

    March 10, 2019
    Uncategorized
  • Victory! National Standard for Service Dogs Has Been Withdrawn

    Victory! “After careful consideration, CGSB has withdrawn its intent to produce a National Standard of Canada for Service Dogs and as a result, ongoing technical committee work is not anticipated at this time.”

    James L Menzies

    April 21, 2018
    Uncategorized
  • What Have We Been Doing? An Activity Report

    What Have We Been Doing? An Activity Report

    Because we have been silent on this blog for a couple of months, you might think things have been quiet at Canadian Guide Dog; but we have not been idle.

    James L Menzies

    January 17, 2018
    Uncategorized
  • The Fragility of Human Rights

    The Fragility of Human Rights

    Canadian Human Rights Commission: “the process the CGSB has undertaken… will not produce a standard that protects human rights.”

    James L Menzies

    November 16, 2017
    Uncategorized
  • Thoughts About “Voluntary”

    “Canadian guide dog users should not be comforted by the idea of a national standard being voluntary. ”

    James L Menzies

    October 7, 2017
    Uncategorized

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