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"cshenk" writes:
snip LOl, I hit the wrong key and old messages showed up. Might turn out to be a happy accident! Any of us old guard still here? Iowna is. She'll be 14 in a few months. Cash is fine too as is Daisy-chan the cat. I'm not old guard in that I don't think I was around then, but I've been reding the group for some time, though there are hardly any posts. We got a young rescue Staffie when our old and dear Staffie died a year ago. Because she was rather untrained, un-socialised and boisterous, I took her to the local obedience club and she been working her way though the Kennel Club Good Citizen scheme. I enjoyed it so much that I've started to try my had at instructing at the club which exposes you to a very wide range of dogs and dog behaviour. Never a dull moment! -- Ben. |
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William Clodius wrote in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:
cshenk wrote: snip LOl, I hit the wrong key and old messages showed up. Any of us old guard still here? Iowna is. She'll be 14 in a few months. Cash is fine too as is Daisy-chan the cat. Carol FIW myself and Peanut are still around, though she is feeling her age even more than myself. Bill Clodius Glad to see you Bill! I saw old notes from Alison. She wanted to chat but there were contraints that made us not really do that (one of the members didnt like it). She seems gone but maybe now, we can? I'd like to hear how Peanut is and yourself as well. I want to hear your good and funny stories and the days where you learned something. I'm well here. Retired from the Navy now and working as a contractor as a SQL programmer. Learned a lot about blind dogs after adopting one. They for example are a lot easier than deaf ones in the end. Carol -- |
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Opinicus wrote in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:
On Sun, 06 Mar 2016 15:21:08 -0600, "cshenk" wrote: LOl, I hit the wrong key and old messages showed up. Any of us old guard still here? Iowna is. She'll be 14 in a few months. Cash is fine too as is Daisy-chan the cat. We're down to 1 dog and no cats. Balim, our English cocker spaniel, will complete her 10th year in June. She's doing fine--a little too fine perhaps. Since we put her on Hills mobility kibble about six weeks ago she's recovered a spryness that sometimes tires me out and makes me wish they had something like that for us humans. Snicker, I love it! I am into beagles and they tend to be long lived. When we got Iowna (blind age 9, adopted age 11) we had to bolt bookshelves to the walls for the first time since Charlotte was a toddler. Yup, she was a climber. We'd find her 4 rows up. We tried to block her with bungee cords and she used those to jump. Well, she's almost 14 now and on Tramadol for arthritis. No more climbing much. I can tell tales of when she did though! Carol -- |
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Ben wrote in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:
"cshenk" writes: snip LOl, I hit the wrong key and old messages showed up. Might turn out to be a happy accident! Any of us old guard still here? Iowna is. She'll be 14 in a few months. Cash is fine too as is Daisy-chan the cat. I'm not old guard in that I don't think I was around then, but I've been reding the group for some time, though there are hardly any posts. We got a young rescue Staffie when our old and dear Staffie died a year ago. Because she was rather untrained, un-socialised and boisterous, I took her to the local obedience club and she been working her way though the Kennel Club Good Citizen scheme. I enjoyed it so much that I've started to try my had at instructing at the club which exposes you to a very wide range of dogs and dog behaviour. Never a dull moment! Smile, welcome! Naw, ya don't have to be old guard. In fact, some of the old guard are why the place was dead of traffic. You'd probably have fun learning the differences in dogs. Blind ones can be interesting and a lot of care can be needed. They can't do the 'flight' part of fright so care is needed to keep them from that. Hehe Iowna doesnt need the good neighbor schema and Cash is so mellow if a dog barks in his face, he'll just put his head on a pillow and go to sleep. -- |
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cshenk wrote:
William Clodius wrote in rec.pets.dogs.behavior: cshenk wrote: snip LOl, I hit the wrong key and old messages showed up. Any of us old guard still here? Iowna is. She'll be 14 in a few months. Cash is fine too as is Daisy-chan the cat. Carol FIW myself and Peanut are still around, though she is feeling her age even more than myself. Bill Clodius Glad to see you Bill! Thank you. Its good to see you too. I saw old notes from Alison. She wanted to chat but there were contraints that made us not really do that (one of the members didnt like it). She seems gone but maybe now, we can? Newsgroups such ath this one were supposed to have a focus, but it is difficult to maintain that focus without moderators, and difficult to find moderators without either their own agendas, or a lack of the patience needed to maintain their role for more than a couple of years. When I found this newsgroup around 2002 It had a reasonable volume of knowledgeable posts on topic, one or two frequent trolls, such as Jerry, that could be handled with a kill file. There weere also a couple of regular posters who weren't trolls, but weren't willing to accept their limitations, and easily got involved in public spats. About 2006-2007 the volume of posts started declining, due to a combination of the availability of other forums, and a lack of patience with the spats. Yours' and Alison's posts were far from significant problems, but in the end they were about the only posts appearing in this newsgroup, and that made them a symbol of how far the group had deviated from its mission. I kept this newgroup on my list, because the lack of postings meant that keeping it wasn't a problem though the rare postings that appeared were rarely on topic. I'd like to hear how Peanut is and yourself as well. I want to hear your good and funny stories and the days where you learned something. I don;t have anything to say that is particularly good and funny, but I do want to bring you and anyone else here that remembers me up to date. Our past few years have been difficult. Our other dog, Smokey, had always had problems with dominance and a high startle response. Initially the startle problems were largely confined to me. Once my oldest had left for college, and my youngest got ready for college, he became my responsibility. I am easily distracted, and have a benign essential tremor. As a result I would sometimes make a mistake in putting on his prong collar. Initially putting on the collar would never be a problem, but if after putting it on I had to readjust it I would sometimes get a bite that seemed to an automatic response that to me seemed fear based. My youngest, myself, and my wife had different ideas about dogs and we had trouble implementing a consistent approach towards his problems. The problems rapidly became unacceptable after a rattle snake bite to her face. The vets found it impossible to handle her while she was in pain from the bite. Aterwards she had fear aggression in normal visits to the vets so it would soon become difficult to maintain his shots. Then unexpected hand motions near his head by people other than myself could provke bites. In the end he had to be put to sleep. Peanut has never been a problem with people, but she has had her share of other problems. About four years ago, before Smokey's snakebite, she started developing anxiety on car rides. Then after Smokey was gone she developed immunal mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA). After two blood transfusions and a year and a quaarter of gradually weaning her off of imunal suppressant medications, she has been free of that problem, but near the end of that treatment she started to show a strong flee response in the presence of high pitched beeps from smoke alarm batteries dieing, and some TV programs. Then she had a rattlesnake bite on her face. Then she developed glaucoma (high eyeball pressure in her left eye) that turned out to be an unusual type of cancer behind the eye. We now have a pirate dog that is no longer afraid of high pitched beeps, but still is anxious on car rides. My dautghters, who used to be in 4H animal training with our dogs, have now both completed their undergraduate studies. My oldest is now in her second year of Vet school, and has a dog of her own. My youngest is a research assistant in a field related to her major and is thinking about graduate school. She has a cat. I'm well here. Retired from the Navy now and working as a contractor as a SQL programmer. Learned a lot about blind dogs after adopting one. They for example are a lot easier than deaf ones in the end. Carol Good to here. Most of my former coworkers of my age have retired, but I am still working for now. |
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William Clodius wrote:
cshenk wrote: Snip Our past few years have been difficult. Our other dog, Smokey, had always had problems with dominance and a high startle response. Initially the startle problems were largely confined to me. Once my oldest had left for college, and my youngest got ready for college, he became my responsibility. I am easily distracted, and have a benign essential tremor. As a result I would sometimes make a mistake in putting on his prong collar. Initially putting on the collar would never be a problem, but if after putting it on I had to readjust it I would sometimes get a bite that seemed to an automatic response that to me seemed fear based. My youngest, myself, and my wife had different ideas about dogs and we had trouble implementing a consistent approach towards his problems. The problems rapidly became unacceptable after a rattle snake bite to her face. The vets found it impossible to handle her while she was in pain from the bite. Aterwards she had fear aggression in normal visits to the vets so it would soon become difficult to maintain his shots. Then unexpected hand motions near his head by people other than myself could provke bites. In the end he had to be put to sleep. snip I don't know why I sometimes referred to smokey as her above, except that Peanut also had a snake bite. |
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William Clodius wrote in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:
cshenk wrote: William Clodius wrote in rec.pets.dogs.behavior: cshenk wrote: snip LOl, I hit the wrong key and old messages showed up. Any of us old guard still here? Iowna is. She'll be 14 in a few months. Cash is fine too as is Daisy-chan the cat. Carol FIW myself and Peanut are still around, though she is feeling her age even more than myself. Bill Clodius Glad to see you Bill! Thank you. Its good to see you too. I saw old notes from Alison. She wanted to chat but there were contraints that made us not really do that (one of the members didnt like it). She seems gone but maybe now, we can? Newsgroups such ath this one were supposed to have a focus, but it is difficult to maintain that focus without moderators, and difficult to find moderators without either their own agendas, or a lack of the patience needed to maintain their role for more than a couple of years. When I found this newsgroup around 2002 It had a reasonable volume of knowledgeable posts on topic, one or two frequent trolls, such as Jerry, that could be handled with a kill file. There weere also a couple of regular posters who weren't trolls, but weren't willing to accept their limitations, and easily got involved in public spats. About 2006-2007 the volume of posts started declining, due to a combination of the availability of other forums, and a lack of patience with the spats. Yours' and Alison's posts were far from significant problems, but in the end they were about the only posts appearing in this newsgroup, and that made them a symbol of how far the group had deviated from its mission. I kept this newgroup on my list, because the lack of postings meant that keeping it wasn't a problem though the rare postings that appeared were rarely on topic. I'd like to hear how Peanut is and yourself as well. I want to hear your good and funny stories and the days where you learned something. I don;t have anything to say that is particularly good and funny, but I do want to bring you and anyone else here that remembers me up to date. Our past few years have been difficult. Our other dog, Smokey, had always had problems with dominance and a high startle response. Initially the startle problems were largely confined to me. Once my oldest had left for college, and my youngest got ready for college, he became my responsibility. I am easily distracted, and have a benign essential tremor. As a result I would sometimes make a mistake in putting on his prong collar. Initially putting on the collar would never be a problem, but if after putting it on I had to readjust it I would sometimes get a bite that seemed to an automatic response that to me seemed fear based. My youngest, myself, and my wife had different ideas about dogs and we had trouble implementing a consistent approach towards his problems. The problems rapidly became unacceptable after a rattle snake bite to her face. The vets found it impossible to handle her while she was in pain from the bite. Aterwards she had fear aggression in normal visits to the vets so it would soon become difficult to maintain his shots. Then unexpected hand motions near his head by people other than myself could provke bites. In the end he had to be put to sleep. Peanut has never been a problem with people, but she has had her share of other problems. About four years ago, before Smokey's snakebite, she started developing anxiety on car rides. Then after Smokey was gone she developed immunal mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA). After two blood transfusions and a year and a quaarter of gradually weaning her off of imunal suppressant medications, she has been free of that problem, but near the end of that treatment she started to show a strong flee response in the presence of high pitched beeps from smoke alarm batteries dieing, and some TV programs. Then she had a rattlesnake bite on her face. Then she developed glaucoma (high eyeball pressure in her left eye) that turned out to be an unusual type of cancer behind the eye. We now have a pirate dog that is no longer afraid of high pitched beeps, but still is anxious on car rides. My dautghters, who used to be in 4H animal training with our dogs, have now both completed their undergraduate studies. My oldest is now in her second year of Vet school, and has a dog of her own. My youngest is a research assistant in a field related to her major and is thinking about graduate school. She has a cat. I'm well here. Retired from the Navy now and working as a contractor as a SQL programmer. Learned a lot about blind dogs after adopting one. They for example are a lot easier than deaf ones in the end. Carol Good to here. Most of my former coworkers of my age have retired, but I am still working for now. Grin, it's been a time since this group had much activity. Dogman meant well but the group was suffering by the time I came in (2008) and he regularily shut folks down on any more discussion. I suspect he was reaching to the older volume but had lost the users that generated it? Meantime, I have learned a fair amount about blind dogs and how to train them as well as how to safe a house around them. I'm today sitting 2 blind 3 year olds. Glaucoma, same litter, irresponsible breeder who apparently bred a glaucoma doxie to a glaucoma doxie and fellow didnt know it when he bought 'purebred' doxies. He didnt know where to take them when they understandably freaked out at the noice of a jack hammer removing a diveway at the same time as a tree being taken out. So, he sees me walking Iowna (blind) all the time and tried here. If you recall Cash, the heartworm dog, he's still here. He was allowed to run with a slow bicycle for many years but now, age 9+ (not determined) the vet prefers a human jog speed. He has a heart murmer that has been intermittant on test catching it, since we got him in 2008. I'm not sure on rattlesnake bites but luckily I liver where such isnt an issue! Carol -- |
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William Clodius wrote in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:
cshenk wrote: snip LOl, I hit the wrong key and old messages showed up. Any of us old guard still here? Iowna is. She'll be 14 in a few months. Cash is fine too as is Daisy-chan the cat. Carol FIW myself and Peanut are still around, though she is feeling her age even more than myself. Bill Clodius Hey Bill, I'm working with a lady on diets and a big one at this age can be anti-oxident boosters. Check www.monicasegal.com Iowna turns 14 on 2 July. -- |
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cshenk wrote:
William Clodius wrote in rec.pets.dogs.behavior: snip Hey Bill, I'm working with a lady on diets and a big one at this age can be anti-oxident boosters. Check www.monicasegal.com Iowna turns 14 on 2 July. We think Peanut turns 14 around July 4. We got her at about 12 weeks on Labour day. FWIW my vet student daughter says that Peanut is currently on a Pro-biotic diet with anti-oxidants. |
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William Clodius wrote in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:
cshenk wrote: William Clodius wrote in rec.pets.dogs.behavior: snip Hey Bill, I'm working with a lady on diets and a big one at this age can be anti-oxident boosters. Check www.monicasegal.com Iowna turns 14 on 2 July. We think Peanut turns 14 around July 4. We got her at about 12 weeks on Labour day. FWIW my vet student daughter says that Peanut is currently on a Pro-biotic diet with anti-oxidants. Yes, pro-biotics if there are digestive issues. Iowna has no digestive issues but has serious arthritis. -- |
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