Quebecer graduating from Polytechnique with service dog who attended every class

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11861254/que-service-dog-graduation/

Some weeks feel like survival. This one feels softer. 🖤🐾
New Cryptid Check-In: The Strange Shape of a Good Week.
linktr.ee/skylanarissa #ChronicIllness
#CryptidCheckIn
#ServiceDog #LunaTheServiceDingo

http://thecrippledcryptid.com/2026/05/21/cryptid-check-in-the-strange-shape-of-a-good-week/

Cryptid Check-In: The Strange Shape of a Good Week

Some weeks feel like survival. This one feels softer. Somewhere between electrolyte packets, Luna’s increasingly aggressive hydration surveillance, warm Illinois air through the Jeep windows, and l…

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1 diploma, 2 gowns: 1st Polytechnique student to use service dog through their studies graduates
Victor Bal says his graduation from Polytechnique wouldn’t have been possible without his service dog Kopeck. Bal is Polytechnique’s first graduate to use a service dog through their studies.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7205211?cmp=rss
My service dog has given me my life back. Distracting him can take that away
Rachel Lyons’s service dog, Geneva, helps her navigate the world, and often garners attention from strangers. But when people try to distract Geneva, it can cause medical issues for her.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/service-dog-first-person-ottawa-9.7138937?cmp=rss
🗞️ Tuesday Cryptid Dispatch: The Pec Thing, Flat Tires, & the Strange Shape of Found Family

Mobility is a strange thing to lose. Stranger still to get pieces of it back. This week’s Cryptid Dispatch includes flea markets, funnel cakes, roadside panic, sour peach Powerade, a Jeep named The…

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My service dog has given me my life back. Distracting him can take that away
Rachel Lyons’s service dog, Geneva, helps her navigate the world, and often garners attention from strangers. But when people try to distract Geneva, it can cause medical issues for her.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/service-dog-first-person-ottawa-9.7138937?cmp=rss
My service dog has given me my life back. Distracting him can take that away
Rachel Lyons’s service dog, Geneva, helps her navigate the world, and often garners attention from strangers. But when people try to distract Geneva, it can cause medical issues for her.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/service-dog-first-person-ottawa-9.7138937?cmp=rss
My service dog has given me my life back. Distracting him can take that away
Rachel Lyons’s service dog, Geneva, helps her navigate the world, and often garners attention from strangers. But when people try to distract Geneva, it can cause medical issues for her.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/service-dog-first-person-ottawa-9.7138937?cmp=rss
Saturday Health Update: Big Feelings, Bad Weather, & the Strange Joy of Getting Parts of Your Life Back

This week wasn’t just about getting a car. It was about getting pieces of my independence back after years of structuring my life around survival mode. Chronic illness has a way of turning ordinary…

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Luna Bean here 🐾
2 years home. Cookies were eaten. Balls were launched. Mama got a Jeep. I supervised everything professionally. 💜
linktr.ee/skylanarissa
#ServiceDog #LunatheServiceDingo #ChronicIllness #Disability

http://thecrippledcryptid.com/2026/05/15/%f0%9f%90%be-friday-luna-takeover-adoptiversary-week-ball-crimes-the-orange-jeep-era/

🐾 Friday Luna Takeover: Adoptiversary Week, Ball Crimes, & The Orange Jeep Era

Luna Bean here. 🐾 Certified Good Girl. Medical alert professional. Ball enthusiast. This week was my 2-year adoptiversary, which meant cookies, salmon, emotional support meatballs, backyard adventu…

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