dec 22 2020 riz

2020 12 22

 

You all have to believe in goldie ---- our Ghost Of the Lefthand Drawer— who arrainges things without my knowledge...

Yesterday I got an email saying someone had sent 3 cases of puppy food.. and I thought that was lovely in general... then.. last night.... I got an email – someone was given 2 female harl pups and they  were a bit much ... they sent a picture that is so darn cute, I could not say no...... besides haley and lynne said the same thing.... we do have room.....   tho   ---we could stand  someone to help as barn/groundskeeper.. some younger type for lifting heavy things etc...

Making me wonder where is Keegan --  he was super---    and somehow was involved with some study at Harvard two years ago .. well maybe that study is over and he's hanging around Rowley looking for a job hopefully .. he was a hard worker and fun .   just maybe goldie has that one lined up too !!      keagan... used to work here..... anybody know who or where he is???

If we do get these pups, they are just 12 weeks old/ slightly younger than our 15.. and all ready for the can feeding routine... probably on the nursery camera too !!

 

The email from Heidi about riz is really all I need for a dialyu doggie...

 

Riz was a pup that  the trainers Wanted to wash out  in 2019 as not service dog material. ---  I took her out training just to see what was going on ... and I found her wonderful... no problems/  it can happen that a specific dog and  specific trainer just don’t get along..... but I though she was great...   enter GOLDIE.....   just that day I had an application from a person who...

1.    Was looking for a replacement service dog – her’s had died

2.    Had had quarter horses in her life

3.    Had a sense of humor

4.    Was available immediately

5.    And was game to try what could be a disastger if I had mis judged RIZ..

6.  worked for the us dept of agriculture in washington  dc....... so if i screwed up it would be a big one.

 

So Heidi arrived within very few days I spent a few hours with her an RiZ they seem to get along fine and I warned her  of all the things that could go wrong or at least some of them .. and sent them on their way .  as part of her office file .. it was suggested that Heidi video tape RiZ doing the assistance dogs international public access test .. which to be honest I hadn't specifically done each of those chores .. so Heidi send a video which we still use now as a demonstration of a perfect service dog .. and Heidi in the last year has reported several spectacular things that ..riss  has done

the one before this story was RiZ getting Heidi down many flights of stairs into something like an earthquake center or bomb shelter or something in washingto n dc....I forget that part ..  but this story with her mother kinda takes the cake .

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Hi Carlene,

Tell Lassie she can go home....Riz is going to take over as hero dog! Yesterday, I was in my home office working when Riz started frantically barking at the window. Since she never barks, I jumped up to see what was wrong and looked out the window to see my mother laying in the snow. She had slipped on ice and fallen and couldn’t get back up. When I opened the door, Riz raced to her and kept nudging her until my mom grabbed her harness and used Riz and I as leverage to get up. We were able to get her in the house and thankfully nothing was broken, but I shudder at the thought of how long my mom may have lain out in the freezing cold had Riz not alerted me!

This is not something SDP trained her to do, but you did breed and train a thinking dog, which adverted a potential tragedy.  THANK YOU!

Heidi