On this day five years ago, Lieutenant Florence B. Choe and her shipmate Lieutenant (junior grade) Francis Toner, were out for a Friday afternoon run. They were jogging on a frequently used path around the perimeter of Forward Operating Base Shaheen in Afghanistan, an area guarded by Afghan Army soldiers who had been trained by U.S. Forces. Suddenly, […]
When I first started my project with Warrior Canine Connection’s Honor Litter, I set four goals I hope to achieve, and laid them out in my first blog post Focusing On Service – It Can Be Life Changing. To move toward these goals, this is the first in a series of individual spotlights on each […]
I hope you all had a FANTASTIC Christmas and New Year’s, and that as you read this, 2014 is the BEST year yet! Our holidays were outstanding, but it’s time for the BGP blog to get back to work! I want to start off 2014 with a remembrance: When I first started this blog and […]
Now that you have met the Honor Litter and their namesakes, I’d like to give you a glimpse into their training and shaping – a topic I’ve always been very interested in. There actually was a time when I gave serious consideration to going back to school and becoming a dog trainer, but ultimately decided that […]
Hello one and all, and welcome back to the third installment of my introduction to Warrior Canine Connection’s Honor Litter! Are you ready to meet the last three puppies? I have to say that these introductory blogs have been rather difficult to write; photographing the puppies is (of course) an absolute joy, and I LOVE […]
First, let’s get this out of the way – I AM SO EXCITED! I’m absolutely thrilled to announce a new partnership and project with Warrior Canine Connection – an outstanding organization that utilizes wounded warriors who are suffering from psychological injuries to help train service dogs that will then go on to serve other Wounded Warriors throughout their […]