Harvey's Pack

10/07/2026

Today I took the chauffeur to the riverfront for the Iowa 2026 Healthiest State walk. We met up with some city employee friends for the stroll. If you're ever around Muscatine you should walk the riverside trail - nice scenery, nice walk, and I have created a scent fence to make sure you will be safe from any bears, wolves, moose, or rhinos. My job is never done....

You may notice in the pics - the chauffeur is a slow walker and never once passed me. Slacker.

10/04/2026

I made a new friend at the open house - Sparky!!!

I'm not sure he's really a FF though - he doesn't talk much...

09/01/2026

Over the weekend the chauffeur and I went to Cedar Rapids for testing. Every two years we have to test together to maintain our certification through Per Partners as a therapy team. Despite the chauffeur holding me back, we passed - with flying colors. We are actually rated as 'complex', which is the highest rating. So - good for another 2 years!!

Side note - Brother Jelly tested with my human as well, and they are now qualified as a team. It was hard, but Jelly and I made the chauffeur look good.....

08/27/2026

This was fun! Kiwanis is pretty cool... A good community group that focuses on making lives better - with an emphasis on youth. Great people!!!

Our Speaker and guests yesterday were Mike and Karen Hartman and one of their therapy dogs Harvey.

They spoke with us about the difference between a therapy animal, and emotional support animal and a service animal, as well as the work it takes to be a therapy pair (the human and animal have to be a pair)

We also learned the job of a therapy animal and how important they are to not only children but adults too!

Thank you Mike and Karen AND Harvey!

Harvey has a page and you can follow Harvey and his “adventures” Harvey's Pack

08/25/2026

I had an opportunity to visit the Muscatine Kiwanis and talk about therapy dogs. I'm somewhat of an expert on those.....

Thank you for the invite Muscatine Kiwanis!!

07/24/2026

Just a reminder - you should be on the lookout for dangerous situations on the roadway. I'm keeping an eye on the traffic near the station. It's dangerous out there!!

07/20/2026

The Chef and Chauffeur bought me a new bed for work - ya know... If I'm going to work at a fire station I need access to a bed.

This one is much better than the old one!

07/17/2026

I was waiting for a new fire truck!!!!

It looks pretty nice, but doesn't look very dog-friendly.....

07/17/2026

I heard that something big is arriving today, so I'm keeping a close lookout....

06/13/2026

I'm excited - next week I get to teach some young people about Dog Care! I hope they pay attention....