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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 440621" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #800000">GOOD MORNING ALL</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #800000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #800000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #800080">Tired Mommy - You always have such fun activities! </span></p><p><span style="color: #800080"></span></p><p><span style="color: #800080"></span><span style="color: #ff8c00">Marg - Your mother in law is blessed to have you and her son to allow her to continue doing the things she likes. There are many elderly parents who hardly ever get visits from their kids and then it is to just sit and talk, not actually get them out and about.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff8c00"></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff8c00"></span><span style="color: #000080">Little Dude's Mom - I read "And Then There Were None" with difficult child the last quarter of school. It fun to find a book that you both enjoy to read and discuss. It is good to see easy child is committed to her job. </span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000080"></span><span style="color: #2f4f4f">My parent's are coming this morning for a short visit. I hope the weather holds off as we have an outdoor project to do. This week difficult child will start helping at the dog kennel that we take our dogs to. Walking and playing with the dogs visiting the kennel. There are two very young sisters who have taken over the operation from their parents. The older sister (early 20's) is the manager. I am very impressed with these two young ladies - what a great opportunity they have. They are enlarging their operation with an expansion that will hold seperate wings for the dogs and a cat loft to take in cats. The dog wings will include a section for the noisier dogs, a section for the quieter dogs, and a geriatric wing for the older and more fragile dogs - all sound proof from each other.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2f4f4f"></span></p><p><span style="color: #2f4f4f">Last night Chewy and I visited the neighbor's son's dog. She was barking to get out of her kennel so I called the neighbor's cell phone to see if I could let her out. I took her for a walk and then the neighbor texted that her husband and son were on their way home to check on the dogs. I am not experienced with this dog's bark so could not tell if she was crying or just asking to go out. She is fine and when they arrived home, I brought Chewy out to play with their dogs. Now last night Chewy barked to tell us she wanted out of her kennel (about 10 minutes of putting her in). She also barked early morning before anyone got up so I got up and took her out. I just hope she hasn't learned already from the visiting neighbor's dog that all you have to do is bark to get out! Ahhhh, the fine line of figuring out if they really need to go out or if they just want to.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2f4f4f"></span></p><p><span style="color: #2f4f4f">Our dog trainer was here on Friday without his dogs and saw first hand the behaviours in Chewy we were trying to tell him about. He had a hard time getting her out of the intense, "I WILL play with you, and only you, not a toy. I WILL bark at you and try to nip at you and you can not stop me." He was VERY surprised. He is going to work with us on keeping that in check, helping us learn to recognize the onset and triggers and how to redirect before it gets to that point. We are really hoping that this is her puppy stage and very relieved that we have someone to work hands on with us to figure it out.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2f4f4f"></span></p><p><span style="color: #2f4f4f"></span></p><p><span style="color: #2f4f4f"></span></p><p><span style="color: #2f4f4f"></span><span style="color: #800000">Well, I better get going! Lots of work to do before Mom and Dad arrive!</span></p><p><span style="color: #800000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #800000">Everyone have a GREAT Day!</span></p><p><span style="color: #800000"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 440621, member: 5096"] [CENTER][COLOR=#800000]GOOD MORNING ALL [/COLOR][/CENTER] [COLOR=#800000][/COLOR][COLOR=#800080]Tired Mommy - You always have such fun activities! [/COLOR][COLOR=#ff8c00]Marg - Your mother in law is blessed to have you and her son to allow her to continue doing the things she likes. There are many elderly parents who hardly ever get visits from their kids and then it is to just sit and talk, not actually get them out and about. [/COLOR][COLOR=#000080]Little Dude's Mom - I read "And Then There Were None" with difficult child the last quarter of school. It fun to find a book that you both enjoy to read and discuss. It is good to see easy child is committed to her job. [/COLOR][COLOR=#2f4f4f]My parent's are coming this morning for a short visit. I hope the weather holds off as we have an outdoor project to do. This week difficult child will start helping at the dog kennel that we take our dogs to. Walking and playing with the dogs visiting the kennel. There are two very young sisters who have taken over the operation from their parents. The older sister (early 20's) is the manager. I am very impressed with these two young ladies - what a great opportunity they have. They are enlarging their operation with an expansion that will hold seperate wings for the dogs and a cat loft to take in cats. The dog wings will include a section for the noisier dogs, a section for the quieter dogs, and a geriatric wing for the older and more fragile dogs - all sound proof from each other. Last night Chewy and I visited the neighbor's son's dog. She was barking to get out of her kennel so I called the neighbor's cell phone to see if I could let her out. I took her for a walk and then the neighbor texted that her husband and son were on their way home to check on the dogs. I am not experienced with this dog's bark so could not tell if she was crying or just asking to go out. She is fine and when they arrived home, I brought Chewy out to play with their dogs. Now last night Chewy barked to tell us she wanted out of her kennel (about 10 minutes of putting her in). She also barked early morning before anyone got up so I got up and took her out. I just hope she hasn't learned already from the visiting neighbor's dog that all you have to do is bark to get out! Ahhhh, the fine line of figuring out if they really need to go out or if they just want to. Our dog trainer was here on Friday without his dogs and saw first hand the behaviours in Chewy we were trying to tell him about. He had a hard time getting her out of the intense, "I WILL play with you, and only you, not a toy. I WILL bark at you and try to nip at you and you can not stop me." He was VERY surprised. He is going to work with us on keeping that in check, helping us learn to recognize the onset and triggers and how to redirect before it gets to that point. We are really hoping that this is her puppy stage and very relieved that we have someone to work hands on with us to figure it out. [/COLOR][COLOR=#800000]Well, I better get going! Lots of work to do before Mom and Dad arrive! Everyone have a GREAT Day! [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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