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Calgary report
Jim and I are back from our annual summer visit to Calgary to see my in-laws.
Yes, we saw Matt. Not as often as I would have liked, but we did spend an afternoon on the deck of a sort of cafe-type bar where the guys drank beer and where I refrained. (I'm normally pretty healthy, but wouldn't you know I got sick in a strange town amidst in-laws who don't talk about such things. I couldn't add beer to my symptoms. I'm fine now, thanks and impressed with the Canadian health care system where one can get a walk-in appointment at a clinic and pay cash.) I did NOT get a chance to see Rocky and Friday this trip. Next year. Oddly enough, the whole family was interested in the Kennel Club show that happened to be happening while we were there. It wasn't as much fun as the sheep dog trials at last year's Stampede, but it was a dog related activity while I was away. We watched agility. I was so impressed. From what I could tell, the most common stumbling point wasn't an inability to do what was required on each piece of equipment (the weaves were obviously the hardest), but trouble getting the command right to know which equipment was next. That makes me feel good in a strange way. That's been my biggest problem with Cubbe. She clicker trains to learn new tricks right away and obviously loves it, but she's a remedial student on even the most basic commands. I was worried the whole trip about Cubbe in the kennel. I'd inspected the place, couldn't find anything necessarily wrong with it but worried all the same. She came back fine, fat, and excessively happy to see us. I've given up on trying to tell kennel employees how much to feed Cubbe. She goes in trim, comes back a butterball and slims down again once we put her on short rations when she gets home. They said she warmed up to them slowly just as I said she would but did come around. They further said she was great with people, great with housetraining, horrible with other dogs-- which I'd also warned them about. Apparently if they have 2 dogs who get along, they let them romp together for exercise. Cubbe got the individual treatment. They tried her carefully with 2 different dogs and then gave up. Cubbe does not play well with others. This leads me to a question. I have a friend in New York I've mentioned before. He's the guy with Molly the beautiful ginger colored Chow Chow. He'll be visiting my area often. I'd love to have him stay with us here, but he travels with Molly, and I'm reasonably sure that if Cubbe doesn't get along with dogs in general, she'll be especially intolerant of one on her territory. Still, I'm reluctant to tell my friend that he's not welcome with Molly. (This guy has been tremendously generous, and besides, I LIKE him.) Any advice on how to solve the problem or at least manage it? It is getting mighty awkward telling a friend that he can't stay over. And now a note about the group. I was using this trip as an experiment to see if the occasional post was useful. I was thinking it didn't really do much to discourage new people from entering into the age-old argument. I come back and see tons of lunatic related discussion. Or is it the same amount and it just seems like more since I've been away? I may bring it back posting it appropriately and, as always, clearly marked so it can stay in the regulars' killfiles. --Lia |
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