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to no avail. So September 2018, I underwent another cardiac ablation (complete heart block) and dual chamber pacemaker implantation. Bobbi Ann literally saved my life; she knew before we did that something just wasn’t right! If my arrhythmia was left untreated it would have worn my heart out way before its time or could have caused a sudden cardiac arrest.
It’s extremely frustrating when people want to pet your working dog and ignore you as the handler. It's not their fault because they aren’t educated but then again it is because some people, as much as you educate them, it doesn’t change their thoughts or how they get offended because you stated, “She’s working, please don’t pet her” while they are reaching to pet her! I look at like if you're in the middle of a meeting that your job depends on and the whole time, you're presenting your big concept to your boss someone’s standing there in front of you jumping up and down saying, “Hey, hey, hey, hey look, look, look at me!” It would be a huge distraction and you would be offended, frustrated at their lack of respect, and overall emotionally discouraged.
That’s exactly what it’s like when people come up and distract your working dog because she is pretty. They don’t walk up and take an amputee’s cane or prosthetic leg, or a persons’ wheelchair who is paralyzed, so they shouldn't distract a working dog when someone’s life literally depends on the dog. There are so many different types of Service Dogs in today’s world for example medical alert dogs, like seizure alert, diabetic alert, among others such as PTSD dogs, Balance Assistance Dogs and many more. No matter what type of Service Dog the handler depends on the dog and distractions can be life changing or life ending!
Distractions are also a lot more than petting, calling the dog, kissing and speaking to the dog. Even eye contact is a form of distraction. We as the handlers are given a
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