LAST NIGHT WE HAD AUDRY AND VOO IN HERE WITH NEAL ( I THINK) IT IS QUIET STILL BUT I CAN NOT IMAGINE ANYONE GOT SLEEP..( PAM WAS ON OVERNIGHT) THEY ARE INTERCONNECTEDLY ACTIVE..
AND TEHN WANDA COMMENTS..
THINKING ABOUT THE TRAINING OF THE AUDRY BUNCH... THERE IS ONE OF THE LITTER WHO IS SUPER TRAINED.. THE REST..... EH?????....TEH SUPER ONE IS DEVLIN'S DOG... I CAN'T SAY MUCH FOR THE REST OF THEM...
SOME OF THAT IS MY FAULT. BUT WE GOT ACCREDITED....I THINK...
DEVLINS DOG IS FOCUSED ON HER.-- THIS IS A GOOD THING.. THE REST OF THE BUNCH ARE AWFUL-- AND IT WILL TAKE SOME DOING TO TURN THEM AROUND.
I ALSO THINK ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS THERE HAS NOT BEEN ENOUGH ONE ON ONE...-- TEHRE IS A TERRIBLE FIXATION WITH VOO AND AUDRY ON PLAYING BITEY FACE AND NOT POAYING ATTENTION WHEN WE TALK TO THEM..
THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM DOWN THE LINE... THEY HAVE TROUBLE ACHIEVING BOREDOM FOR SERIOUS TRAINING...
AND IT HAS BEEN LAZ ON MY PART... IT IS AN ENERGY THING..... BRINGING TWO INTOTHE HOUSE IS EASIER THAN BRINGNING ONE AT A TIME...... BUT I NEED TO MAKE BETTER USE OF THE YOUNG LEGS.... OR BETTER... MAYBE BAILEY'S GREEN CART TO TRANSPORT BACK AND FORTH... WOULD BE A GOOD ESXERCISE ALSO...
WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE THINKING... INSTEAD OF ROUGH-HOUSING WHICH NEITHER BAILEY OR I LIKE AT ALL.
NEAL HAS HAD A FEW GOLF CART RIDS .. AND IS DOING WELL-- HE IS ...PXXXXX I FORGOT THE WORD AGAIN....WE/I NEED TO SPEND TIMEE DRINKING LESS OCOOFFEE AND EXPLAINING TO THE PUPS WHAT LIFE ID ALL ABOUT..
I JUST PUT NEAL IN THIS BIG CRATE-- AND HE THOUGHT "OH NO ANOTHER PLANE RIDE" BUT IN 5 MINUTES I HAD HIM LYING DOWN WITH THE DOOR OPEN ( I WAS RIGHT THERE) AND THEN I SAID OK... AND HE BOUNDED OUT.
THAT IS THE KIND OF THING THEY ALL NEED.. IT IS NOT ALL PLAY.. SOMETIMES YOU WILL HAVE TO DO AS YOU ARE TOLD.
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HI,
I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU (AND DONNA) OF COURSE...
VIVEN IS DOING GREAT. SHE HAS GONE TO STEVEN'S WORK AND MET EVERYBODY IN THE OFFICE. SHE HAS HAD A PLAYDATE AT OUR HOUSE WITH MY BROTHER-IN-LAW'S 2 BOXERS, ALSO. THEY WERE HERE ALL DAY AND EVERYONE GOT ALONG GREAT.
USUALLY SHE JUST GOES OUTSIDE WITH OUR OTHER DOGS, BUT THE EVENING SHE BARKED TOLET US KNOW THAT SHE WANTED OUT-NO ACCIDENTS IN THE HOUSE AT ALL SO FAR...
SHE SLEEPS WITH HER PURPLE PILLOW PET (DONNA SENT IT HOME WITH HER) EVERY NIGHT. SHE HAS SLEPT THRU THE NIGHT A FEW TIMES, BUT USUALLY SHE WAKES ME UP ONCE TO GO OUT-USUALLY AROUND 3 AM
SHE LOVES TO SIT ON THE SWING AND SHE LIKES WATCHING THE FIRE IN THE FIREPIT
SHE IS FITTING IN VERY WELL AND GETS MORE AND MORE COMFORTABLE EVERYDAY
I'M NOT SURE IF DONNA WILL BE AT DOGFEST, BUT WE ARE PLANNING ON BRINGING VIVIEN WITH US...
TAKE CARE-SEE YOU IN A FEW WEEKS...
MANY THANKS
JERI & STEVE
