Everything Sven

11/10/2025

11/03/2025

PSA

🍫 Can dogs eat chocolate? Short answer: No!

Accidents happen, and sometimes pups get into something they shouldn’t. How dangerous it is depends on your dog’s size and the type of chocolate. Darker chocolate is the riskiest because it has more caffeine and theobromine—substances that are safe for humans but toxic for dogs.

If your dog accidentally eats chocolate, check the amount and type, and when in doubt, call your vet right away. 🩺

Stay safe and keep those treats dog-friendly! 🐾

10/28/2025

Some fun facts...

10/28/2025

So, here's some long overdue follow up.

For those of you who were following Sven's saga with environmental and food allergies we have some news. (You can see some of his hair loss spots in the video.)

I've finally had the time to settle down with all the moving and grammy's issues, but we were coming up to the end of the month, his kibble was winding down and it seemed like a great time to start to introduce him to a new home cooked food.

Nothing special, we're just doing cooked ground beef to avoid any eColi issues and tummy troubles, along with some organic quinoa. I've added this to his remaining kibble a bit at a time for a few meals now and it sees to be going well so far. No puking, no diarrhea as of yet. Portion seems ok as he's not begging for more.

In a week or so, as we continue to space out the ratio of kibble to new food, we'll start to add in the vitamin powder. For now there's enough in the kibble, don't want to overload his system at once.

We chose this option for ease, cost and convenience. For a dog this size along with certain allergies, raw just didn't seem possible. We've tried the freeze dried and other various options in the past and none have worked out all that well for us. I'm even a bit iffy about the vitamin powder as it has alfalfa and mushrooms in it.

We also do his heartworm pills on the 29th of each month, except for March, we do the 1st and the 30th, to stay on track. But with all the new stuff being introduces, I don't want to overwhelm his system too much, so we'll just have to watch and see how it goes tomorrow. It's going to be rainy and a good day to be home and cozy vs out in public. It's already getting a bit intense with everyone in the stores worried about their SNAP benefits being cut off.

Too make matters worse, I accidently forgot and let him have a chew treat from his Halloween stash we bought together. This was for being a good boy and posing for pictures. Anyway... below is a picture and a video. Hopefully if I posted them correctly.

10/26/2025

This year Sven is going as from

How'd we do with the preliminary photos?

It's going to rain the last 4 days of October here, so not sure if we'll get to trick-or-treat or go to an indoor event just yet, so maybe we'll get some more photos at a better angle. In this one I totally forgot his new pumpkin pail Ugh, and his beard didn't show up as much as we hoped for but I think he still rocked it, nonetheless. 🎸

10/22/2025

The laundry nightmare continues... we found a place that allows for rugs, comforters and heavy items in very large machines. Perfect, but it's $14.50 base price per load, add on any extra cycles and it's even more. Turned out to be worth it, the new machines are very sophisticated and can handle it. After a bit of a learning curve with the electronic laundry cards you have to pre-load and some help from the patrons we were off and washing. Phew!

Sven was a bit wary, wanted to do a lot more blocking than usual, then again I was very exhausted and there were so many new sights, sounds and different types of clientele than the place we normally go to, a much busier atmosphere - it will take some getting used to for the both of us, but we'll probably go back there again, everything was cleaner and more efficient drying times.

It's also close to all our other chores and I was able to pick up the tins, cheese and dairy to make homemade . I was in the mood for a casserole, and well it's got all the creamy-cheesey-noodley goodness a casserole has so it counts in our playbook. LOL

Pretty wiped out from 4+ days of laundry and not enough recovery time for my muscles, glad it's done although. Next up is cleaning out the car. Figuring out what day to spray it with shampoo, let it dry and then go vacuum it up and put the car seat covers back on and so forth. Always amazes me how much dog fur still gets under the seat covers. OMGs.

Just waiting on Amazon to ship part of Sven's Halloween costume before we post some pics. With any luck it should be here this weekend, (inflatable rock guitar)

10/20/2025

Rinse & Repeat.

This week we finally, finally made it out of the house to do laundry. Not one of our most favorite chores, made worse by the fact that we had a fire in the laundry room over the summer and I just let things pile up on us while waiting for the repairs. With the colder weather and the upcoming holidays we just couldn't wait any longer. I split this up into a few days, of my things, Sven's things and then all the blankets and towels. And even then it was murderous, a lot of lugging and tugging the wheely cart to load and unload the car, and then into machines and dryers. In the meantime the laundromat we opt to use got new machines, new rules and something things just aren't allowed in the machines anymore. I still have to find another place to go for all Sven's mats, my bathmats and the car seat covers. On top of that, some of the things I thought were dried, were just hot and sweated in the bags and are actually damp. I had to drape things over the furniture or hang on the shower rod when we got home. One load just doesn't feel or smell clean to me, maybe because I forgot the fabric softener or the burnt smell from the dryers, but we'll probably drag that one bag out for a rewash sometime this week when we go to do the rugs. I'm already wiped out again and barely able to move, down a $120 and really wishing for a better way of doing all this, aside from waiting so long and letting it build up too much, it's still a pain in the arse no matter how you slice it. At least it's done for a while.



Picture of Sven chillin' out on his mat while I'm folding our things.

10/16/2025

“Things people say to service dog teams (and what we wish we could say back)”

🐶 “Can I pet your dog?”
→ We get it - our service dogs are adorable. But they’re also doing serious work! Think of them like fuzzy medical equipment. Cute, but off-limits.

🧠 “What’s the dog for?”
→ Service dogs can do everything from alerting to seizures to helping with PTSD. It's okay to be curious - but it’s also okay not to ask.

🦮 “My dog wants to say hi!”
→ We love friendly pups, but service dogs need to stay laser-focused. A quick “hello” from your dog can actually derail important tasks.

👀 “You don’t look disabled…”
→ Invisible disabilities are real. Let’s not judge a leash by its cover.

📲 “I saw a video that said people fake service dogs.”
→ Unfortunately, it happens. But real teams go through a lot of training - and it’s best not to assume who’s real and who isn’t based on vibes.

We believe curiosity is great - but respect is even better.
Service dog teams rely on the public to help them stay safe, focused, and supported. The best way to help? A smile and some space. 💙

What’s the funniest or weirdest thing you’ve heard someone say to a service dog team?
We’re all ears (and floppy tails).👇😂

10/13/2025

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10/13/2025

Hi everyone, here's a few pics from some of this week's outings. Sorry it's not more, the behind-the-scenes stuff has been downright murderous lately. I had another massive migraine and just not able to keep up with all of it as much as I used to. And that's the way it goes sometimes with disability.

We took Grammy to breakfast and then headed to Michael's and Walmart, looking for some crafting supplies, each trip was a bit of a bust, we didn't find what we were looking for and will have to take a trip to NH in the near future.