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

Thu Nov 15 03:58:58 UTC 2012

Yah, I have sure missed Tami!  Glad you're back!  i thaught you went into 
the cyber stream and disappeared!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "rhonda cruz" <rhondaprincess at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Tami's back! was stress, how much is too much?


> hello tammi,
> welcome back.
> mya and i have missed you.
>
> glad you are doing good.
>
> On Nov 14, 2012, at 12:52 PM, Tami Jarvis wrote:
>
>> 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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