Maybe flew today, and she flew last Friday, the first time
since she was eight weeks old.

I judged an agility trial in my old home town and, since I was
judging 17 of the 21 events and couldn't compete, I took Maybe
so she could experience some new stuff and meet my family.

Maybe's a very confident and thoughtful dog. She handled the
flight well, as well as our new home and new car (both loaned
by the organisers). Since I was pretty well the only judge,
two others took her for walks during the day but we had plenty
of together time during the evenings and night. It was pretty
cool being only with her without Rocky and Friday.

After the trial, we visited mom for a night, which meant
meeting more strangers (most of my relatives) and sleeping in
yet another house. Not surprisingly, the only incident which
put her ears down was meeting my 3 very young nieces. They're
very minding kids, and understood when I asked them to let
Maybe come to them on Maybe's terms. Still, three active
girls 'twixt 3 and 8 were disconcerting for *me*, let alone my
puppy who had never spent time with kids.

Maybe perked right up after a nice walk at an off-leash park
across the road from mom's house.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

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Rocky wrote:

Not surprisingly, the only incident which
put her ears down was meeting my 3 very young nieces. They're
very minding kids, and understood when I asked them to let
Maybe come to them on Maybe's terms. Still, three active
girls 'twixt 3 and 8 were disconcerting for *me*, let alone my
puppy who had never spent time with kids.

It sounds like she had a very successful trip!

Although my current dogs (unlike my past dogs) are not used to young
children, they seem to fall into the "retrievers are great family and
kid dogs" mode. Marcie has had very little exposure to kids running
freely. She's an interesting little dog in how she thinks about
situations and just chills for the most part, and I'll be interested to
see if she's one to break the mold. Now I just have to recruit some
youngsters!

Maybe sounds like a nice girl and I bet she really enjoyed her
one-on-one time with you.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

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In article ,
Rocky wrote:

Not surprisingly, the only incident which
put her ears down was meeting my 3 very young nieces. They're
very minding kids, and understood when I asked them to let
Maybe come to them on Maybe's terms. Still, three active
girls 'twixt 3 and 8 were disconcerting for *me*, let alone my
puppy who had never spent time with kids.

It sounds like she had a very successful trip!

Although my current dogs (unlike my past dogs) are not used to young
children, they seem to fall into the "retrievers are great family and
kid dogs" mode. Marcie has had very little exposure to kids running
freely. She's an interesting little dog in how she thinks about
situations and just chills for the most part, and I'll be interested to
see if she's one to break the mold. Now I just have to recruit some
youngsters!

Join the children reading to dogs program!

Maybe sounds like a nice girl and I bet she really enjoyed her
one-on-one time with you.

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wrote:


Join the children reading to dogs program!

Good plug Diddy!

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

Janet Boss spoke these words of wisdom in
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In article , diddy none
wrote:


Join the children reading to dogs program!

Good plug Diddy!


gracefully accepted

seriously.. The READ program is a wonderful way to introduce your dog to
little people in a calm/controlled environment. The dog lays down on a
stay... the kids read. They do all the work! Dogs love it. You will too.

In article , diddy none
wrote:


seriously.. The READ program is a wonderful way to introduce your dog to
little people in a calm/controlled environment. The dog lays down on a
stay... the kids read. They do all the work! Dogs love it. You will too.

OK - I sent an inquiry to our local program. We'll see!

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

Rocky wrote:
Still, three active
girls 'twixt 3 and 8 were disconcerting for *me*, let alone my
puppy who had never spent time with kids.

That would've put my ears down, too!

It sounds like Maybe is most definitely a nice, solid girl.

And happy Canada Day to y'all!

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

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In article , diddy none
wrote:


seriously.. The READ program is a wonderful way to introduce your dog to
little people in a calm/controlled environment. The dog lays down on a
stay... the kids read. They do all the work! Dogs love it. You will too.

OK - I sent an inquiry to our local program. We'll see!


Yay! It's relaxing, rewarding, entertaining, productive, good for your dog,
and your heart! Good for you! It's a win-win situation

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Janet Boss spoke these words of wisdom
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In article , diddy none
wrote:


seriously.. The READ program is a wonderful way to introduce your dog to
little people in a calm/controlled environment. The dog lays down on a
stay... the kids read. They do all the work! Dogs love it. You will
too.

OK - I sent an inquiry to our local program. We'll see!


Yay! It's relaxing, rewarding, entertaining, productive, good for your
dog,
and your heart! Good for you! It's a win-win situation

And even more so, good for the kids, so it's a trifecta.

Man I wish we could still do this in our school. But I think I've said
that before. Darned administration that just takes the easy route -
conflict with one child (and their allergies) 8 years ago? Blanket "no"
that holds to this day. No animals in the building at all. We'll just say
no to everything. No visits, no classroom pets other than fish, no no no.
Classroom hamsters were a great way to teach compassion and responsibility.
But, then agan, those aren't content standards, so we don't include them
anymore. (the same with home ec and shop AKA currently as "life skills" - to
refer to a previous post). Not on the OGT/proficiency, so no time for
those. Sad sad sad.

For those of you who can volunteer in the schools for READ.... do it....
(which obviously IS a content standard). You are doing more good than you
know. Just remember, get those fingerprints and that background check. I
don't know about other states, but all volunteers in Ohio need one.

Sue and Atty

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"diddy" none wrote in message
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Janet Boss spoke these words of
wisdom in
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In article , diddy
none wrote:


seriously.. The READ program is a wonderful way to introduce your dog
to little people in a calm/controlled environment. The dog lays down
on a stay... the kids read. They do all the work! Dogs love it. You
will too.

OK - I sent an inquiry to our local program. We'll see!


Yay! It's relaxing, rewarding, entertaining, productive, good for your
dog,
and your heart! Good for you! It's a win-win situation

And even more so, good for the kids, so it's a trifecta.

Man I wish we could still do this in our school. But I think I've said
that before. Darned administration that just takes the easy route -
conflict with one child (and their allergies) 8 years ago? Blanket "no"
that holds to this day. No animals in the building at all. We'll just
say no to everything. No visits, no classroom pets other than fish, no
no no. Classroom hamsters were a great way to teach compassion and
responsibility. But, then agan, those aren't content standards, so we
don't include them anymore. (the same with home ec and shop AKA
currently as "life skills" - to refer to a previous post). Not on the
OGT/proficiency, so no time for those. Sad sad sad.

For those of you who can volunteer in the schools for READ.... do it....
(which obviously IS a content standard). You are doing more good than
you know. Just remember, get those fingerprints and that background
check. I don't know about other states, but all volunteers in Ohio need
one.

Sue and Atty




Hmm they never fingerprinted me, or did a background check when we
volunteered. The school came to us and asked for READ dogs. But I do have a
background check, because I have a CCW. That's proof that I've certainly
had a background check, so i wonder if that's good enough for the schools.
Libraries also have READ programs, so it doesn't have to be limited to
schools.

But schools are so hinky about anything related to guns (They kicked a kid
out of school because he had a t-shirt with a cartoon, "transformers" or
something, on it printed with a gun)

I can just imagine showing a CCW card in the school. They might pass out,
and send me to jail. Shhheeesh