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Whitney on the go, go, go

March 13, 20133 CommentsPosted in blindness, guide dogs, Seeing Eye dogs, travel, Uncategorized, visiting schools

Whitney and I got off the train from Milwaukee Saturday only to turn around and jump in the car with Mike to drive down to Champaign! I spoke to an animal sciences class yesterday morning at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, and Whitney stole the show, of course. My three-year-old Golden Retriever/Yellow Lab cross […]

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Worst in show

February 12, 201320 CommentsPosted in Beth Finke, blindness, guest blog, guide dogs, Mike Knezovich, Seeing Eye dogs, travel, Uncategorized

It’s guest post time again. Here’s my husband Mike Knezovich. It’s Westminster Dog Show time — bringing infinite Facebook posts of mugshots of canine contestants, and, for those of us who love that kind of thing, internal laughs just thinking about the movie spoof set at this annual event, “Best in Show.” (Best line from […]

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Breaking bad

December 16, 20127 CommentsPosted in blindness, travel, Uncategorized, visiting schools

As it always goes with school visits, the questions students at the Waldorf School of New Orleans asked after our presentation last Wednesday were the best part of the show. One of the younger girls wondered, “If you can’t see your dog, how can you tell when she’s telling you what she needs?” and an […]

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When Pick met Henry. And Mike met Beth. And Mike and Beth met Henry and Pick…

December 8, 201220 CommentsPosted in Beth Finke, guest blog, Mike Knezovich, travel, Uncategorized, visiting schools

Whitney and I are giving a presentation at the Waldorf School of New Orleans this Wednesday, and I’ve asked a few guest bloggers to fill in for me while we’re away. This first guest post is by my husband Mike Knezovich, who’ll be coming along with us to NOLA with some other dear friends, too. I lived […]

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