[nagdu] Welcome to the list / Tipton's on going training

[Larry D. Keeler]

Yah, you can attach one to each side of your chair and yell, mush!!  Is your 
chair electric?  I always threaten to do that to my wife!  But, her chair 
weighs over 300 pounds so she would have to use a couple of mighty large 
huskies!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Welcome to the list / Tipton's on going training


> Hi Laural and Jenny, I forgot to mention that I work my dog from a
> wheelchair and my dogs have to have a lot of energy and stamina to work
> this way. That is why I like Huskies for my guide dogs. Tipton is one of
> our rescue huskies. She never had the chance to really be a puppy as her
> former owner allowed her to become pregnant at 6 months of age. I don't
> know if this was intentional or accidental.She was picked up by Animal
> Control as a stray. The puppies were never found. We rescued her from the
> pound as she was slated for euthanasia. She had kennel cough,mastitis,from
> all the milk she still had, and was depressed and grieving for her lost
> litter of pups.She was listed as unadoptable.She is now healthy, although
> she still needs to gain more weight. She is very sweet and absolutely
> adores me and of course, I adore her. I am giving her time to just be a
> puppy for awhile.She had never had any training,but I am working on this.
> She now walks on a loose leash most of the time, will sit and lie down 
> when
> asked. We are working on sit and down stays.We are still working on house
> manners as she likes to steel food,get into the waste paper basket and 
> chew
> up paper.She also chews on any thing she can get her teeth on,like
> electrical cords and mouse cords  and table legs,ect......I am rapidly
> using up my second bottle of bitter apple.She has lots of chew toys and 
> she
> makes good use of them.My friend,Johnny,who also works with the rescue 
> just
> brought Tipton home from the vets.She is still pretty much out of it so I
> will just let her sleep on her blanket next to me. Oh.....my poor baby. I
> have to wait until she is fully awake before I can give her a pain pill.
> Well, I have to go for now.Take care,Mardi and Shaman and Tipton,who is a
> little under the weather right now.
>
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