dec 25 2022
( the wood pile is full thanks to bud.. and mark)
i have zero intention of wandering outside the front door,,, til monday when the temp is expected to be a balmly 35 degrees,,,
sara inherited doing the chores both 12/24 and 12/25 and so far is doing an incredible job meeting the unexpected whacko situations with wisdom and courage.
i have to mention this only to fill you in on details...
regardless of how reliable a dog is--- there are times we just do not understand..... sometimes because we are to full of preconceived notions to be able to analyze correctly...
try this one....
lachy is wonderful-- very steady... will allow hugging ( most of mine do not) a terrriffic public relations dog.
however.... there is one person in mabey 100 who has armpits he is fascinated with. similar to a cat with catnip.... it is embarasing to have to pull him out from under somone's arm.. so we try and stop before he get too fixated,... there are not too many people you can question "what on earth do you use for a deoderant?"
but there have been a few i have been able to ask.. and so far see no relationship.
lovely george myers.... dvm.... i walked thru his back door one day carrying bailey as a pup...and he--- trying to get a rise out of me, which he did regularly-- said. " that is the uglest -dane pup i have ever seen". to which i replied " then it is a good thing she is mine and not yours"... bailey grew up to be beautiful( and not deaf... she was white..). but as perfectly trained as she was.... there was one person in the world that she hated and wanted to kill... and that was george myers-- if he was even on the property she would stare in his direction until. he left. and i was keenly aware of her displeasure.---- in his educated wisdom.. one day at dogfest he said " get me a cookie and i'll show you how to change her mind". so i gave him a cookie... he held it out for bailey who very stiff legged came and took the cookie.. then backed 6 feet away and continued to glare at him. i had to watch her... she was not kidding.
and it was only with george she was like that.
tiffany-- my first purchased dane pup -- beautifully trained -- often "on the bed" with her 8 children... in boston, charlestown, cambridge. wakefield to name a few $1000 per day they paid me.. i sat on teh bed with them and watched them like a hawk. no leash no collars....( because the public would grab and yank them )..... then one day at the pru tower-- nice looking 12 year old girl tif came to me glaring and growling at her... i grabbed her jowls and hung on while the girl went thru our "exhibit" of chickens and donkeys--i let go...she was perfect...for the entire following year,,, until.. pru tower... same girl... same reaction// luckly tif told me about her dislike before she confronted the child....
and before anyone gets on the "dogs are unreliable kick" remember the last actual dog bite i have had-- was on the same bed.. in medford where a 12 year old boy said to his friend “wanna see me bite the dog?” he bit my dog's ear-- blood everywhere as i came down across the kids nose with my fist.... which was sore for weeks) .i find dogs far more reliable than the general public....
Moral of the story... when mixing dogs and general public....the handler of the dog must be alert to protect the dog from the people as much as the people from the dog.
so the current issue... a pup--- a nice dog--- came running across the arena to have a go at janine's leg, then hand. janine has had this problem with several other dogs-- and is now scared of them- i can not blame her.
but again... before anyone gets too excited..... think back... everybody's favorite dog... . chaos--- bit janine several times--- in her ankles-- and we... in our wisdom.. thought it was hysterical to see janine run across the yard with chaos on her heels and slam the door of the shop to get way..
it is now no joke... what on earth do so many dogs have against Janine???
the cleaned up arena
nearly ready for dogs and horses
and donkeys
