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  • Birthday 05/24/1978

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    Middle Tenn, USA
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    K9 Search and Rescue. And any other activity that allows me to have my boys at my side.

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  1. The saddest part is that even when you try to educate the public, there will always be the ones who would buy from a place like his. I knew a person who did. She was looking for a BC pup and when I tried to help her find one in rescue she simply didn't want to wait. She told me where she was looking and I tried very hard to change her mind. She wouldn't listen and even got mad at me for what I was saying. She got a pup from him and the poor thing looked pathetic and sickly. She needed quite a bit of vet care. She even said "I was disgusted by the place, but I just HAD to RESCUE her." This person just simply didn't want to wait. She wanted a pup and she wanted it now, no matter where it came from. I'm afraid there will always be a market with this kind of customer base out there...
  2. My best friend does this for a living. After seeing how much it helped Timber after both of his knee surgeries I am a "rubbing" owner now too. My boys think its the best when they get that quite one on one time with me. Her slogan on her cards is the best... "You love 'em, I rub 'em."
  3. Poor baby! Mucho Mojo headed your way sweety.
  4. OMG DebC, I thought I was the only one who thought that! He was one of my favorite characters on the show!
  5. Ruger: He was mine and hubby's first dog together and a Ruger pistol was hubby's first gun so he wanted it to be Ruger. I have since shortened it to just Ru. Unless he's in trouble, then it's RUGER! Timber: His coat when he was a puppy reminded me of a pianting I had once seen. It was called "Snow Falling on Timbers" It was quite pretty, lots of blues and grays. His short name is Tim-Tim. Krazy: Well he earned that one all on his own... He came to us as "Mikha" and I hated it. 2 days in the house and we learned very quickly this pup ain't right! Hubby kept just calling him "that crazy ass dog" so it stuck. And we nailed it in the head with his name! RDM, that christmas song will never be sung the same in my house now!
  6. My Aussie is this way at our SAR training. I just wanted to say this thread has been uber-helpfull! Thanks guys!
  7. Oh my doG Becca! You nailed it!!!
  8. I have to second what RDM said. I waited until Ru was 3 before I got Timber and I am thankful. I didn't wait near as long to get Krazy and it shows. It was more stressful on me for sure. Timber was very slow to mature and then adding Krazy to the mix less than one year later was nuts. I urge you to really think deeply about it and not just that cute face in the picture. If I had it to do over again I would have waited until Timber was matured before even thinking about another dog. I know its hard, but it may be the best thing to wait.
  9. Oh my goodness!!! Look at those little pink toes!! What a sweety. Congrats on the new puppy. Sounds like you made a good choice.
  10. That's what first came to mind too, AMC. I had a friend in school who had Bells Palsy. Hugs to sweet RD from my crew. I will be sending good vibes out to ya.
  11. And I don't know about others, but when I do feed a bit of canned (even high quality) it changes the poo quality. I guess due to the higher moisture? I do add a bit of good quality canned as a treat or for meds, but that's about it.
  12. Does/has Niki EVER brought it back? Does she know to bring it back or is she just being stuborn? The reason I ask is my Ruger did this for quite some time. He knew to bring it back, but chose not to. So I succumed to him and would carry two. One to throw and then another to throw after he chased the first one. This however bacame quite a bad habit once he started his SAR training. So in order to fix this we would simply play with one ball and if he didn't bring it back the game ended. I only asked him once to "bring it here". If he didn't, I simply ignored him until he did. It took some patience but it worked like a charm. Now on the other hand if she simply doesn't know/hasn't ever brought it back then I totally agree with the long line. It is a great idea. I have used this method with my little Eskie who simply didn't know how to play when we got him. He got the idea very fast and now loves to fetch. We also would play in my long hallway. I would close all the doors and toss the ball down it. This way the dog can't really take off and pretty much has to bring it back. This was how we worked on it on rainy days. Hope this helps.
  13. Oh Julie! I know you are a wreck! I am sending good vibes her way. Poor baby.
  14. I have an American Eskimo for my "other" dog. He was a rescue. His breeder was supposedly an AKC breeder, however I didn't care. I think in his case, or breed for that matter, The AKC is not such a bad thing because they are pretty much bred for companionship and not working. He is probably the last "other" dog I will ever own as well. He is a good boy and I love him but he ain't a BC, that's for sure!
  15. It really is super exciting. Especially when you have a very keen dog that loves the work. The off lead walking is what we do every day. I get to exercise and he covers 3 times the distance I do by going ahead and back to me that way he is getting a good steady long distance type of cardio. Sounds like you are right on track. Keep it up. Let us know how it goes. I am hoping to have Timber's K9 sartechIII by spring and we will go from there. Keep us posted on how Kipp does.
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