lordy... i used a wrong word and caused grief and agrivation.. this internet stuff is dangerous... last night bonnie bergin ( of bergin university of canine studies called)- i was thrilled to talk with her... we have a great deal in common-- except she has worked 1000% harder longer and correcter than i have... and has a huge training facility where they put out some fantastic dogs --- i am afraid to make a joke and call them "almost dogs" ( i.e.... but the are not danes :) ) for fear that will go viral....
couple days ago in the DD.....i was trying to imply that maybe they (bergin univ.)were unaware of the wierd training PROCESS we have with starting spoon feeding and i said "they were unaware of our project...." WRONG i meant to say PROCESS.. i have long wanted to expirement with our concept of training on a litter or two of the "normal" service dog labs and goldens-- i even suggested it to purina somewhere along the line...
she even invited me to come out to california and have a discussion with her bunch-- which i would dearly love... except ... flying across country is not my favorite occupation.. i did tell her one of her masters candidates had contacted me from australia and we are setting up a skype conversation... she said her two masters candidates from there were wonderful--- that may be my goldie moment... to discuss in depth the training via skype.. with her and let her bring it to bergin... ( i will figure out skype...somehow)
since i only knew bonnie's name i "went out there" and looked her up-- only to find in her xxxxx who is....? that the idea for service dogs came from the concept of the use of donkeys in other countries....BINGO--- FULL CIRCLE ---- she started thinking service animals with donkeys.... here i am without the courage to write to sheila obriens ( our ADI accreditating inspector) and give a long pitch for mini donkeys as service animals.. with or instead of the mini horse concept...
problem there is donkeys are the butt of many jokes-- not unlike great danes--- the general public- could stand to be more educated about both...
donkeys are not always stubborn and danes are not always goofy-- altho they often look like it.
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so the upcome of the episode is ... i will try and get our training a bit more organized in my head-- and hopefully this person from australia could cause a conversation among trainers to consider some of the things...
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bonnie said she couldn't consider adding danes for another 3 years as she is building a building.... i can certainly relate to that-- after my dealings with the ipswich building inspector deciding my dog house was a commercial building...
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gotta hand it to courtney... she does not miss a thing.
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anne finally got the interim report out to cummings- they had a problem uploading our budget info.. --anne had read the exact directions and was confused about how to do the report... i had not read hth directions and was determined to be confused without going the road "when all else fails read the directions"-- i hate calling people and sounding like i can't read.. i certainly can read teh words... understanding them is a whole new problem...
so she got that off...
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we have a wandering illness-- donna is out-- and now linda -- both blaming pam.. or megan... whatever..
which brings me to ? immunity... and c5 "puppy shots"...
i must have a discussion with george.....or anyone with some scientifif background.... if the c 5 shots are repeated at 6 weeks 12 weeks and 16 weeks to be sure that they trigger antibodies--- becaise if teh mother's colostreum provided the antibodies to prohibit the vaccine from working... then why is there such a panic about letting the general public be near puppies before "their shots"
i am sure there is a perfectly logical reason... but it sounds like it could be one of those things which could get going.... " if you use your cell phones in the birthing area a puppy will be stillborn"
george?????
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judy just brought in a copy of "IF" by rudyard kippling--- to frame and put on the wall over the coffee pot-- there are places to put things where people are forced to stand and look around-- the kerig coffee maker is one-- men's urinals are another...
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mindy--- the mantle female pup i am trying for the house-- and breeding ... along with sizzle.. i took her out with me yesterdy---the mission was to go buy 6 pieces of electrican conduit pipe to makd teh new puppy bus into a covered wagon sort...i got distracted as i wentby the lima bean store and ended up buying 5 bags of baby limas instead .
as with donkeys and danes--- so many people have bad vibes about lima beans that they are hard to find... now they are being re-thought of...and put next to the edemamy beans that they are beginning to appear in stores.
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i will try for the pipe again today..
