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Elizabeth gave Germany and Elena a walk around Meredith farm while I sat in the car --- when he came up to the car looking for me I very clearly told him to go and eventually he did just turn around and go back to them um so hopefully he has in his head that this is the right thing to do.. So I am hoping and trusting that she will make sure he comes back here so that he doesn't feel he's been deserted.. you know I'm very sensitive about. Puppy raising a dog and then giving it to somebody else as a trained service dog .. so I want to be very aware of what Jimmy thinks of this transition
she later called--she had been reporting her progress on Facebook which of course I don't do so I had no idea what was going on but she did call to say that they had gone to a Petco and he'd been perfectly behaved walking very carefully next to her and jumping in and out of the car with no trouble but she did comment that he did not eat his supper and I thought ----ohh dear---he's upset---- no dinner and this is going to be a problem and things like that----- and then I remembered that jiminy likes to have just a wee bit of parmesan cheese on his dinner... so I told her that and she called back about 5 minutes later and she said he gobbled down the whole thing... so there are things that I have to remember to share with her to make his transition easy.. and having her come back here maybe for mail call I don't know um but at any rate having her come back here so that he remains firmly planted in goldies farm. She will have to learn things like frying pans and baskets... But so far she is reporting that he is following her around from the kitchen to the bathrooms to the bedroom to the closet so it sounds about right.
I do have to admit life is a little simpler without the conflict between malarkey and Gemini --- plus there's the interesting scuttle of trying to find a puppy or two to go to the nursing homes... and eventually become a useful dog citizen.. I'm a little upset actually I'm more than a little upset at not having a young puppy to bring along... I am a dog trainer.... I like training dogs... And my definition of being a dog trainer is that all my dogs should behave pretty near The canine good citizen as defined by the AKC... I will never be convinced when someone claims to be a dog trainer and they've got a dog right at their feet which doesn't behave worth a damn... so if I get a puppy or two it gives me another challenge.. pasta took 11 days from being in a group home with his litter to being a pretty good cannine good citizen. And I'm told and I have seen.... now he's behaving perfectly in the home in which he finds himself... And though he's happy to see me, he's quite firmly attached to his new owner who's about a 25 year old girl/// woman??
So I'm searching for one. Or even2.. puppy to play with and to entertain people... which eventually would become a useful citizen in the dog world.. I did hear some comment lately about not training a dog that was going to be used for breeding... I totally reject that concept as a cop out for running a puppy farm. The female I have now --- sizzle ---- had two litters--and I'd be happy to demonstrate the canine good citizen test with her at any time.. Any puppy I get... be it buying or rescuing.. will become trained to that level... and used in adult care centers in the process. Doesn't take that much and it gives the dog so much better life... than being a puppy factory.
Just looking around the internet for puppies... I had to glance at the dogs from Czech—have a look --- Claudia bohemia kennel -- absolutely lovely dogs---\
J...U....D...Y--- you flew once to Copenhagen and back in 24 hours---- how do you feel about. Frankfurt???? It has direct flights to boston... and they have pups
A harl would be lovely -- or a merle with white trim would be great too....
Anybody know of any dane pups that need rescuing? I am up for it...
