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Skriven 2008-12-03 16:10:42 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Carol Shenkenberger
Ärende: RE: Shy and Retiring!
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Howdy Carol!
->     
-> (old message catching up)
-> 
Anytime is good time! (grin)

->  > -> Oh gosh that sounds so cool!  We have an SPCA one coming up and
->  > (foodie note)
->  > -> they are doing a dog tasting of (comercial) biscuits to see what the
->  > various
->  > -> soets really like here. (sounds fun to me!).
->  > ->
->  > It was fun! plus we got quite a bit of exercise wandering
->  > around behind the dogs! Scuppers was so pooped at the
->  > end of that outing that when we got home he just flopped
->  > down right in the doorway! (grin)
->  > 
->  > -> I suspect I'll be outthere with Cash and Charlotte, but ours seemed
->  > leashed.
->  > -> Thats ok. He can play still and wander about.
-> 
-> I forgot to close this one up.  We made it to one of the events (a later one
-> I think).  Cash had a ball!  They had various 'training' events where your
-> dog got to so through a sort of game like scenario.  Cash really liked the
-> one with the 'climb the stairs, run the walkway, jump through the low 
hoop,
-> get a kibble at the end'.
->
Sounds like an agility class, we've taken 
Scuppers to one a few times, but it's 
fairly pricey ($10 each time) and we 
have some of the same things for him
here at home (collapseable tunnel, and 
"wiggle sticks") and he gets to do that
in the back yard.
 
-> It was hilarous as they had several sized ones of that from little bitty
dogs
-> to big mastiffs.  Cash couldnt make the mastiff loop but it was high enough
-> he squiggled under it.  He tried the beagle run and got stuck in the loop
-> then he tried the 'large dog' one and ended up dangling with his butt in the
-> air and his legs about 3 inches short of the floor.  (He just looked at us
-> sorta laughing 'help me outa this one Ma?').
-> 
-> But the beagle run was the funniest.  He got his head through fine but his
-> shoulders wouldnt fit.  He seemed to know this and had slowed down and 
poked
-> his head in.  It was too low to crawl under, and too high to jump over.  So
-> he tucked his head in a few times, then backed off puzzled, then noticed 
the
-> sides had a spot he might be able to manage.  Looked like a little mountain
-> climber with one back foot on the ring bottom, one forefoot opposite side 
on
-> the brace against the wall and just sorta wriggled over it.  Even the
trainer
-> was in stitches when he got to the other end for his treat.
-> 
-> They had foods out suitable for dogs and people and the prices were not 
too
-> bad.  I got Cash and me a 12 pack of chicken 'nuggets' (ground chicken,
-> minimal spices, egg, light breading, baked, not bad or dry and Cash
-> loved'em while i found them ok enough).
->
Do you still have your food dehydrator? If so, you can
make "training" jerky out of things like liver..you make the
jerky and then freeze it for use as you need it! We give 
Scuppers bits that are about the size of a fingernail and 
he will just about do flips to get em! 
 
-> He sniffed lots of butts and got sniffed in turn.  He barked like a puppy
-> sometimes and bugle-bayed like a hunting dog at others.  He met 'Buddy 
the
-> bulldog' (english bulldog, big things) who's an elderly gentleman and rested
-> under a tree with him for a bit then was enticed away by 'Tiki' (Shi Tszu or
-> something like that).
-> 
-> Minor digression on Tiki.  She's a sweet little yippie sort as you'd expect.
-> Now, I would not have expected her to approach something as big as 
Cash but
-> she ran right up and started yipping, then ran off, loooked back, ran back 
to
-> him yipped, then looked back til Cash got the point that she wanted to be
-> chased.  Owner slightly worried had seen Cash communing quietly with 
Buddy
-> and came over to explain.  They'd recently lost a dog who looked alot like
-> Cash.  By then, Cash came running back being chased by Tiki...  ;-)
-> 
-> Ever seen one of those little dogs running at flat out max speed with hair
-> flopping and flying?  It's great!  
->
Oh they do! It's quite fun to go to the dogpark
and see the different owners and dogs interacting!
 
-> Once they got tired, they came back to us with the gentleman Buddy who
-> introduced herself with mutual sniffs to what area interests dogs most.
-> 
-> Cash once home became crash on the sofa.
-> 
-> ;-) Life is good, especially when even your friends butts smell good!
->                xxcarol

They seem to enjoy the time at the park!
chat with you soon!
hap 
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