[nagdu] The third time is a charm

d m gina dmgina at samobile.net
Fri Apr 27 03:03:21 UTC 2012


Good for you this will keep you either one in trouble or two out of trouble.
I love it.

Original message:
> Dar,

> I do plan to owner-train again. I'm hooked! Or is that stark raving mad?
> /grin/ DD's new puppy -- now over 6 months old! -- is a nice practice
> train, but it isn't really time to get serious about Mitzi's
> replacement. I'm figuring that, unless something changes, I will be
> getting proactive about getting a pup when she is between 7 and 8. Which
> will be about the time the mutt monster is grown up enough to not be a
> total PITA. /lol/ Clearly, I am a sucker for punishment. I do have a
> line through my vet niece on some dobies she sees in her practice. She
> was describing a current litter and a fantastic prospect, but... That
> mother is no longer breeding. She will be seeing the pups from the new
> breeding bitch, so will keep me posted. /smile/ She sees other dobies
> and spends enough time with them to evaluate them, so that is handy. But
> even if I do get another young puppy, it won't be for a couple of years.

> Puppy Zay has a terrific temperament, hitting all the high spots for a
> guide prospect. Except that her size might be a bit much for someone my
> size... Then again, current rule of thumb estimates put her at about
> Monty's size full grown, and Julie's not that much taller than me.

> So I will probably consider whether to go ahead and finish Zay in a year
> or two. At this point "guide dog training" is what I would train any dog
> to do, with added this or that in leash manners for safety for both of
> us. DD has not gotten hooked on walking his pup, and I love walking the
> dogs... I will love it better when we all get the hang of letting Mitzi
> guide while the pup tags along. So for our safety and stuff, and because
> Mitzi is along to show her how it's done, she's picking up the
> directional commands and some other handy commands for leash work that
> transfer to guide work. Leave it, stuff like that. It's all baby steps
> but she catches on fast and is getting mature enough we can add
> advancements surprisingly quickly. But nothing complicated beyond that.
> I would not start honest-to-goodness guide training until 12 months or
> later, depending on how she was coming along in maturity and physical
> growth.

> Ask a simple question, eh? That's where I'm at in the decision making
> process. My general plan is to start pup hunting in a couple of years,
> tending toward dobie or poodle again... If I go poodle, I will look
> first with Mitzi's breeder, naturally. /smile/

> Is it spring in Montana yet?

> Tami

> On 04/26/2012 01:47 PM, d m gina wrote:
>> You have done well training your dog, and I have loved each storey
>> keep up the swell work.
>> I know the time will come when I can get the new dog, and I am feeling
>> much better.
>> Will you train another dog for yourself?
>> Wishing you the best.
>> Original message:
>>> Dar,

>>> Hey! It is great to see you back. I'm sorry you had that negative
>>> experience with the turn down letter. Been there, done that, can't bring
>>> myself to consider that school ever again... Except that cultures and
>>> personnel change, and they do put out great dogs and I know many happy
>>> teams. Still!  That was 5 years ago and more now, and I am still
>>> disgusted. And offended.

>>>   But I ended up with Mitzi poodle, since that, and the lack of return
>>> of my phone calls from the contact at that school clinched my decision
>>> to get my own dang dog and train it myself. /smile/

>>> Best with your new buddy to come! Exciting times, eh?

>>> Tami

>>> On 04/25/2012 08:10 PM, d m gina wrote:
>>>> Well that is what they say anyway.
>>>> I did find the rite size bed for the crate, turns out the crate is a
>>>> medium crate.
>>>> I took the small bed back got a large, and that was to big so the
>>>> medium fits just rite.
>>>> Gee just like the three bears isn't it giggle.
>>>> I won't try to get food until I know that I am going for the dog.
>>>> then I know it will be as fresh as it can be until I get home.
>>>> We have the diner set the two bowls got it from wall mart as well.
>>>> I was able to put that together.
>>>> If it falls apart then I will get the medal set.
>>>> I thought by doing it this way, would start to help me get excited for
>>>> my new friend.

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