jen and chuck are waddling thru puppies
jen makes reams of notes-
i guess that is what organized people do-
then after all that - it is a gut feel anyway.
my only direction was that at least one had to be one of the blacks that i can not tell apart anyway.
they seem to be tilting toward taupe and stanley-- a good choice- 2 lovely dogs and there has been a minimum of wailing about "oh no not xxxxx"
i am sure jen will stay in touch---and report in
i have explained these are our children and we need to keep track of them in the daily doggie.
WE ---- 5 OF US-- WENT TO COSTCO YESTERDAy
it was a bit cold turkey for taupe --
making me think----- we should - from the start adopt the "go do things and then go back to normal" routine in a more definite manner.
namely "i will hold you back from joining your sibling and megan---- and very shortly stay with me and we will find them again." with a little more accent on "hang in there with me" and not as much "stay under my control and i will let you talk to her later"
there is a fine line....
seeing their partner as the one to save them from all the things a timid dane is fearful of- works better on the long run.
the "under control" is a switch that can go on or off./
of the 3 "hats" --- .
bentley will hang in there with me
yellow will figure "you dropped my leash- i am getting out of range"
and opal "i don't believe in being under control anyway"
they need work--- as soon as the nuthouse is finished
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fate has caused us to keep pumpkin --- as the minute jen was about to arrive, pumpkin was on 3 legs--- couple days of doxy and she is markedly better.. so that seemed to be fate saying "not pumpkin"-- who--- of all the pups--- is not the most agreeable--- she has been spoiled by 3 days in the house-on the couch.
they-- jen and chuck -- are leaving today for new years in new hampshire somewhere and will e back sunday--- so anyone wanting to meet them be here for the stew then flyihng back to south carolina with 2 dogs on tuesday--- one of the busiest travel days---
somehow we will figure that out.
planes out of boston have to be big ones--- i remember the planes out of toronto which were truly just not big enough for 2 service dogs..
and i had hudson--- cute little 170 pound hudson
colleen had ?? bailey and took the next plane.
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AND WE WILL NOT BE POO-ING TIL NEXT SUNDAY-- JUST BECAUSE BEING NEW YEARS IT WILL BE TOO CONFUSING TO GET EVERYONE TO BUY IN BY THEN.. SO GET TO IT...
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WE HAVE AN APPLICATION FROMA PERSON WITH BAROCA APHASIA- THAT IS A NEW ONE FOR ME--- IT INVOLVES COMMUNICATION-- NON VERBAL. how frustrating that must be.
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may i refer everyone to the old movie "miracle worker" - with patty duke as the young hellen keller.
there is a moment where helen realizes that the movements her teacher is making in her hand W A T E R -- means the fluid out of the well.
these dogs do come to that point--- at which time we should take advantage of that
bentley is at that point ... opal the young female dog ( read b i t c h ) has not come to that stage yet
second stage is achieving boredom--- and by then you nearly have a trained dog.
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after they leave we have to work on getting steve and charlie back for some
longer sessions of service dog vs play in the snow with the kids
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now stool reports
we are not feeding milk bones for a while--- we are expirementing with the concept that they may cause a loose stool
there had to be some reference to stools--- or it would not be a daily doggie/
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