[nagdu] Tami's back! was stress, how much is too much?

[Lyn Gwizdak]

Hey Tami, you still in Oregon?  Glad all is wwell with you.  Sounds like 
Mitzi is having fun.

I see you have a new e-mail address - i'll make note of it.  I have a real 
good story for you but not on the list.

Lyn and Landon
"Education creates tolerance towards diversity."
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tami Jarvis" <tami at poodlemutt.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Tami's back! was stress, how much is too much?


> Hey, you! I've missed all of you, too, except that I could keep in touch 
> by reading all of your messages when I had time. So many new people, new 
> dogs, new ideas or new takes on familiar subjects. Fun stuff!
>
> Mitzi is 6 now, very ancient. She is so sedate and settled, I worry about 
> her encroaching decrepitude... Well, but only when she's not running the 
> puppy into the ground or whizzing me along at poodle speed or bouncing 
> around just because she's happy or... /lol/ Yup, she's still going strong! 
> I'm starting to think seriously about the acquisition of a replacement 
> prospect, but don't plan to do anything for another couple of years, even 
> if I end up going with baby puppy... DD's baby pup is now nearly 14 
> months, and has a superb temperament, so I'll probably do some practice 
> training with her, once I figure out how to keep my arms attached because 
> she is a power pup!
>
> Yes, we sucked it up and took the plunge back in April. We'd been talking 
> about it for a couple of years, had rings in the safe and all, just never 
> got around to doing the deed... Hopeless Romantics, us! NOT!
>
> Anyway, we finally got Dad settled into the retirement center and his 
> house taken care of, so while we were at it, we bought a new house over 
> here and then moved ourselves. We are clearly suckers for punishment! 
> We're mostly settled in now, love the house and especially the bigger 
> backyard where the dogs can run play and I can play with them. Also, away 
> from the Road of Certain Doom, I can just pop out the door with my guide 
> and go to town! Once I get used to the colder climate. /lol/ We've done 
> some exploratory trips together, and I also need to explore new routes to 
> downtown for the snow, since the most direct route takes us up and over a 
> steep overpass. I picture myself being dragged up by my poor dog, then 
> just skiing down the other side. /lol/
>
> With all the hustle bustle and move and run around getting ever more 
> obscure bits of paperwork for the mortgage, I've found your comments and 
> questions about stress very timely. /lol/ We're still getting used to the 
> idea that we're actually through it all and starting to remember what we 
> do in our real lives. Whew!
>
> Glad you and Monty are still doing well. I hope you figure out what is 
> causing him stress and how to help him through it. You will, of course. I 
> think that the positive training methods and reinforcement provides a lot 
> of tools for problems that may crop up later on... I find it easy to 
> forget that Mitzi still needs that cheering and reassurance and praise so 
> get caught up in my expectations that she's just going to be all good all 
> the time... Ooops! Then I find myself doing what little I know of 
> Tellington touch, massage, other calming techniques like that we've worked 
> out over the years. Also, simply taking time out to arrange some fun type 
> of work, like a good brisk walk at poodle speed with a little variation or 
> something, and setting her up for success where she can show me (and 
> preferably an admiring audience!) how freaky clever she is can go a long 
> way toward cheering her up so she can just be all good all the time... Or 
> something close. /smile/
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tami (now Jarvis!)
>
> On 11/14/2012 10:46 AM, Julie J. wrote:
>> Heya!
>>
>> You're back!  I missed you.  Mitsy is still going strong I see.  How old
>> is she now?  And you got married?  Congratulations!
>>
>> Julie
>>
>>
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