Adventures and Outings
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Mapping the Fog: Bringing It All Together This post on final service dog prep for HHN concludes the 5-part series. Don’t forget to start at the beginning, if you haven’t already! Or check out Inside the Fog to find out how it all came together. By this time, it was early October and HHN was…
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The Accidental Curriculum: How Real Life Became Haunted House School If you’re new to this series on HHN service dog training, be sure to start at the beginning with Part 1! Around this same time, I discovered a service dog blog by a trainer who lives in this area. She says that in addition to…
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The Training We Didn’t Know Was Training: Learning in All the Wrong—and Right—Places If you’re new to this service dog public access training series, be sure to catch up on Part 1 and Part 2! These early chapters follow Lady Priscilla’s progress as she prepares to navigate Halloween Horror Nights with confidence and calm. Thank…
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Calm in the Chaos: The Building Blocks If you haven’t yet read Part 1 of this HHN service dog series, catch up here! Around this same time, Lady Priscilla started showing signs of dog reactivity. Not aggression. But BIG feelings. She’d bark and lunge and throw herself 6 feet in the air. Not exactly ideal…
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Trial by Fog Machine Every autumn, as the sun sets over Universal Studios Florida, the park undergoes a chilling transformation. For those training a service dog for Halloween Horror Nights, this season marks more than just festive fear—it’s a proving ground cloaked in fog, chaos, and sensory overload. From late August through early November, HHN…
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Finding Her Footing in a Ghost Town Final post in the Traveling with a Service Dog series, featuring our most advanced public access with a service dog yet. The Procedure Room and the Paper Hat Doctor’s offices were already old news to Lady Priscilla. She’d spent enough time with Dad in exam rooms to understand…
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Hotels, Restaurants, and Training Truths Be sure to read Part 1 and Part 2.1 of this real world service dog training series, if you haven’t already. Checking In (and Checking Herself) Check-in at the St. Augustine hotel went smoothly. Lady Priscilla walked in like she belonged there and settled by Dad’s feet in perfect “Relax”…
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Packing, Road Tripping, and an Airbnb Be sure to read The Trip That Changed Everything, Part 1 of this road trip with a service dog travel series. We didn’t have time to “get ready.” Not really. This road trip with a service dog came together fast — a medical procedure three hours away, turned into…
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Traveling with a service dog in training? At the last minute? Sure, why not! Lady Priscilla had been doing well with public access. She navigated stores and doctor’s offices like a pro, handling each new environment with quiet confidence. But traveling with a service dog is a whole different challenge, one we hadn’t tackled yet.…
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Is Titanic Orlando Service Dog Friendly? Yes — Titanic Orlando is service dog friendly. It also carries a certain gravity that even sensitive dogs can’t help but notice. For Lady Priscilla, that quiet weight became the backdrop for one of her most meaningful public access moments to date. From the moment we entered, Lady Priscilla…