HAPPY19TH OF THE MONTH - THERE THAT GETS RID OF ALL BIRTHDAYS ANNIVERSARIES ETC FOR THIS MONTH..
I HAS HAPPENED AGAIN.. 3 DAYS AGO I BROKE MY EYEGLASSES BY SLEEPING IN THEM.. 2 DAYS AGO I FIXED THEM WITH GREAT EFFORT SITTING HERE AT MY DESK CUTTING AND SHAPING SOME TAPE TO HOLD THEM TOGETHER...... MAIL GOT DUMPED ON MY DESK-FOR THOSE 3 DAYS - AND DURING MAIL CALL I STACK THE POOP PICKERS CENTER FRONT BY THE KEYBOARD..
SO HOW--- THIS MORNING-- CENTER FRONT--- IS THE TINY BRASS SCREW AND WASHER THAT I LOST-- REMEMBER I BROKE THE GLASSES SLEEPING IN THE OTHER ROOM 3 DAYS AGO....-- IT IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE GHOST THINGS...
THE END OF MAILCALL LAST NIGHT WE KIND OF HURRIED DUE TO AN EMERGENCY-- AND I DID NOT GIVE PROPER THANKS FOR THE OMAHA STEAK BOX. SENDER ..-- NOW THERE IS SOME REALL FOOD INSTEAD OF SUB SANDWICHES AND CHINESE FOOD. MANY THANKS !! AND IN IT WAS SOME PORK-- WHICH I THINK EARLENE ESPECIALLY LIKES-- AND SHE IS DUE HERE TOMORROW...
SPEAKING OF SUPPER---AND TRYING TO COOK.. WHICH IS NOT MY FAVORITE OCCUPATION..
. I AM GOING TO LAY THE LAW DOWN TODAY IN THE KITCHEN-- IT IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD- LAST NIGHT TO TRY AND GET ONE PAN IN THE SMALL OVEN, THERE WAS NOT ONE INCH OF COUNTER SPACE--- LITERALLY-- STUFF WAS PILED UP IN FRONT OF THE MICROWAVE SO I COULDNT'T EVEN OPEN THAT DOOR... AND THE RE FRIGERATOR- PACKED SOLID TO THE DOOR. TODAY OUT COMES THE RED TAPE AND I WILL MARK OFF A SMALL AREA TO BE MINE... ALONG WITH ONE SHELF IN THE FRIDGE. DOESN'T SEEM UNREASONABLE--- HAVE A LOOK ON THE CAMERA-- YESTERDAY YOU COULD NOT EVEN GET A CUP OF COFFEE WITHOUT UNCOVERING THE KERIG MACHINE-- TOO OFTEN WE CLEAN UP MY MOVING THE MESS.. THAT DOESN'T COUNT...OR WORK...-
SO THERE WILL BE NOTHING IN MY RED TAPED AREA-- I MAY EVEN SPLURGE AND CLAIM A SINK--- THERE ARE THREE
SEE HOW LONG THIS LASTS...
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BLUE WENT HOME WITH LYN YESTERDAY--- BETWEEN LYNN AND HER DAUGHTER-- THEY BOTH HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH DEAF DOGS-- WHICH HE MIGHT BE....SO BLUE SHOULD DO VERY WELL WITH THE ONE ON ONE ATTENTION. THE CAMERA PEOPLE DID NOT OBJECT-- BOY HAVE THEY COME A LONG WAY-- WHEN WE STARTED THEY WERE SURE EVERYTHING WE DID WAS AN EFFORT TO ABUSE AN ANIMAL--- SLOWLY THEY HAVE LEARNED-- WE HAVE THE PUP'S BEST INTERESTS IN MIND..
JANINE TOOK BENTLEY HOME- AND LAST I HEARD SHE INTENDED TO GET HIM IN THE SHOWER... I WISH THE CAMERAS WERE IN ON THAT ONE./ HE IS STRONG... ( SO IS SHE) NOW THAT COULD TURN INTO AN UGLY CONFRONTATION-- BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE EVENLY MATCHED.
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TOMORROW WE WILL BE JOINED BY A PERSON WHO IS INTO CLICKER TRAINING.--- GET IT STRAIGHT-- I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH CLICKER TRAINING--- IT IS JUST I HAVE SEEN VERY FEW PEOPLE BE ABLE TO DO IT PROPERLY-- WITH SPLIT SECOND TIMING... AND IF YOU DON'T HIT IT RIGHT, YOU ARE UNTRAINING THE DOG.-- AND IT IS USED MORE FOR "TRICK TRAINING' THAN PLAIN OLD EDUCATION... AND WHEN I SAY TRAICK TRAINING , I PUT IN THAT CTAGORY THING SOME SERVICE DOGS HAVE TO DO .... LIKE OPEN DOORS ETC..-- OURS DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT...
THE COMICAL PART IS SOME PEOPLE BUY A CLICKER AND EXPECT THEIR DOG TO BE TRAINED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN IT IS ACTUALLY THEY THAT HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO GO BUY A CLICKER..
BEST CLICKER DOG I HAVE SEEN WAS BETH'S BLACK LAB..-- ONE DAY- SITTING IN THE T TENT ... SHE BET ME SHE COUD GET HER DOG TO BRING ANY OBJECT IN THE YARD TO HER AND PUT IT ON THE TABLE....
IT WASN'T MUCH MORE THAN 5 MINUTES HER DOG HAD PICKED UP THE BLUE BUCKET I SUGGESTED AND PUT IT ON THE TABLE.
SO IT CAN BE DONE...
I HAVE ALSO HAD DOZENS OF PEOPLE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW SUPERB THE CLICKER IS... YET THEIR DOGS DON'T CLICK...
THE CONCEPT-- DONE CORRECTLY IS GREAT.. BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBE RWHERE YU PUT THE CLICKER--- WHICH IS MY FIRST PROBLEM.
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CUT AND PASTE DEPARTMENT--- AND I KNOW I MISPLACED A COUPLE BUT HERE'S 2
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HI CARLENE,
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON IVY. SHE IS DOING AWESOME. LAST NIGHT WE WERE IN THE LIVING ROOM AND I GOT UP TO GO TO THE KITCHEN TO PUT A GLASS IN THE SINK. AS I TURNED AROUND, MY KNEE GAVE WAY AND I FELL DOWN. I SWEAR IVY WAS THERE WITHIN 2 SECONDS AND I WAS ABLE TO USE HER TO GET MYSELF BACK UP.
EACH DAY IS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.
I WILL SEND REGULAR UPDATES ON OUR PROGRESS.
BETTY A. TINGLEY
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Hi Carlene. Being that it is the season of giving thanks I want to share mine with you. I am thankful for SDP! A wonderful place that my heart aches for when I am away. A place where controlled chaos bows down to the sense of home that it offers. I am thankful for all the wonderful people who work and volunteer there to accomplish this mission that you founded. I am thankful for you. I will never forget the moment I met you and how I was nervous because you were to the point and in control of everything but also at that moment I wanted to know how you did it all and how you do it all! I am thankful that you brought Harry into my life and gave me that life changing opportunity and challenging one as well. I am sure that you hear how wonderful sdp is all the time and it really is! Thanks to you we all have something to be thankful for. You are amazing and a true role model. Thank you! Beth.
