On tonight's trek around the community we saw not one, but two coyotes crossing a fairly busy street. They were headed to a local tap room.
There have been coyote attacks in our city recently so its time to woof about safety around coyotes.
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1/ Small dogs should be on leash in areas coyotes are known to frequent, especially at dusk. Even large dogs should stay close to their humans if they are in a designated off-leash park in a natural area. If a coyote is spotted DO NOT RUN. This will encourage them to chase.
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🧵Summer dog facts!
Dogs primarily regulate their body temperature through evaporation which is why we pant. If we didn't we would overheat.
If you notice our lips, gums, tongue and even inner ear are turning red, that means we're getting warm and vasodilation is kicking in.
1/ Vasodilation is when our blood vessels dilate so hot blood can reach the surface of the skin and cool down before returning to the heart. Because panting causes evaporation which is very effective at cooling, when we start to get too hot the blood flow increases to our head so
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🧵 Today a lady got close to me, said "are you a good doggy?", and reached out towards me. When I turned to see her I almost booped her hand and she told me "You're a #ServiceDog. You're supposed to ignore me."
WRONG.
She's supposed to ignore me. She didn't do that.

1/5 I'm not supposed to initiate interactions with humans. I didn't.

Today we also saw my friend, the butcher. He came right up to give my Mistress a treat for me. He spoke directly to her and I stayed in a down, even though he's my friend and I'd love to sniff him. He knows
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Ohmydogness! I was working and now I'm late for tonight's game! My @EdmontonOilers are playing the @NHLFlyers and I'm predicting a 3-2 Oilers win. I get a cube of Alberta beef when my team scores and a bonus for the win so I'm pretty excited.
#LetsGoOilers!

#NHLPups Goaltreat!!! My #Oilers score the first goal and I'm on this treat as fast as our goalie on a puck.

It's 1-0 for my Oilers over the #Flyers and we're just getting into swing of things. I'm ready for more goaltreats.

#HockeyDogs

My @EdmontonOilers are playing the @Canes today. I'm predicting a 4-3 #Oilers win. I get a treat every time my team scores and today grade A Alberta beef pieces are on the line. A lot riding on this game. But I have faith in Connor McDavid. He called me cute.

#LetsGoOilers The #Hurricanes score and it's now 1-0 over my #Oilers. Zero goaltreats for me so far. And our Captain has taken a stick to the face and has left the ice! Hopefully he'll be back!
It's still early in the game.
#LetsGoOilers!

#NHLPups

🧵 Admin note: Kuno & I want to thank everyone for their kind words. He took a little food from hand on his walk but just doesn't seem to have an appetite. I appreciate the suggestions of pumpkin & rice & chicken; if he was throwing up or had diarrhea I'd go to that 1st.
1/ Unfortunately he can't tell me what's wrong. He was happy enough to go for a walk but maybe a bit sluggish. I'm certain it's nothing too serious and he doesn't show any signs of distress so I'm not worried about bloat or anything high risk like that. But even if he seems
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🧵Note from the Admin:
As the handler for the dog, I need to advocate for myself and provide education. There's too many comments to respond to, but I should add some context.
We would never be offended if someone with an allergy requested to be moved because of it.
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https://twitter.com/servicerotties/status/1418051883126513670

However allergies were not the issue.
I also understand fear and if someone is visibly afraid or indicates that, I try to give them space and be unobtrusive. Fear is not something protected by the human rights act. Accommodations for a disability are. Fear was not the issue.

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The 10 most important things I've learned in 2020.

10. Be very careful where you put your teeth when carrying balloons. It's also probably not a good idea to carry eggs if you can't carry a balloon.

#DogsOfTwitter #yegdog #CanadianDogs #LifeLessons 9. Humans should order more dog treats and less of these bags of air. Don't they know they don't need to get air shipped to them?

Tonight I'm going to share a special
#ChristmasStory with you. It's based on the story our mamas tell us so that we aren't afraid and bark at Santy Claws. My canine friend Moe & a human named Jodie inspired me to create this as a holiday gift for my Twitter friends.

1/ Please follow along and be patient with me.

Our Story is called:
Moe Knows: A Christmas Tail.

Moe Knows loneliness. 

He was an adorable puppy. Some kind of bully breed mix born just before Christmas. When he was just a little tyke he was bought by a man wanting something
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I'm finally ready to try & make the cake!!!
The hardest part so far was carrying the eggs. But I did good & didn't break them!!!

#DogsOfTwitter #Dogs Ohmydogness!!!!
My cake batter is all ready to go in the pan.
This is where it's important to ask an adult human for help. It's always ok to ask for help when you need it.
I'm pretty excited. It's going to be an Apple Chai Spice Cake!

#DogsOfTwitter #Dogs #Baking

Grateful...
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#FeelGoodFriday started early for us. We will go to bed tonight grateful for what we have & that it's enough we could do something for another.

My Mistress took Roxy out for the bedtime pottywalk & when they got back, in between the front doors where

1/ the door intercom is was a young man. He apologized and said he was just warming up. He wasn't dressed very warm, and had a duffel bag with him. One can only assume it contained the few things he owned. He had a blanket over his shoulders & was warming his hands over the

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I try so hard to do a good job, but after 4 days of no good walks I was so excited that I became silly. We had stopped in a driveway to let some approaching people pass & when I noticed their dog was off leash I stood up, gave a "Wanna chase me?" snort & rolled in the snow.

1/ I know that's not proper #ServiceDog etiquette & it's doubtful I'd ever do such things in an actual work environment, but it's also important people remember we aren't programmed machines. We're sentient beings & sometimes we'll make the wrong choice.

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#AbLeg
Dear diary,
I know no matter what, I must put my feelings aside and never be aggressive to a person. It's part of being a service dog.
But right now I wish I was allowed to take a big crap on the steps of the #AlbertaLegislature to show my disgust. The humans ... 1/9 that have the privilege to represent #Alberta citizens are preaching #inclusion and promising to tear down #barriers and tackle systemic #discrimination are the same people that let my mistress slip through the cracks and are why we live in nearly complete #segregation from...2/9

Hi God.
It's me. Kuno.
I know there's lots of going on in the world and you're hearing lots of complaints. Today I want to say Thank You.
1 year ago me n my mentordog Roxy were put in the bedroom and listened as strangers came and took our mistress away in an ambulance.
#faith I didn't understand what was going on, I just knew it was bad. Mistress's daughter came and stayed with us a long time. Many many moons.
A few times she would take Roxy dog with her, and when they came home I could smell mistress on Roxy and took comfort knowing she was ok.