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| Re: One legged dog part two, guest post by Diane in MN [message #48751 is a reply to message #48749 ] |
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Hurray for Teddy! Hurray for you!
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| Re: One legged dog part two, guest post by Diane in MN [message #48754 is a reply to message #48752 ] |
Sun, 11 March 2012 00:40 |
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| HorsehairBraider wrote on Sat, 10 March 2012 22:36 |
I do wonder though... why he would worry about the armband. I know horses often worry about white things, because of the way they see. [ . . . ] Do dogs see like that too? Is that why he was so worried about the white armband?
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I really have no idea, except that in class we don't wear armbands, so when we do the sit and down exercises, we just take the leads off and walk away without putting anything next to/behind the dogs. I think he'd have reacted the same way no matter what color it was, just because it was a new weird thing that he couldn't turn around and watch. Anyway, I now have a practice armband in my dog bag and use it when we train. I'm hoping he finds nothing remotely surprising at the next trial. 
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| Re: One legged dog part two, guest post by Diane in MN [message #48757 is a reply to message #48749 ] |
Sun, 11 March 2012 08:57 |
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Way to go Teddy!
By the way, you look very distinguished in that photo.
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| Re: One legged dog part two, guest post by Diane in MN [message #48771 is a reply to message #48758 ] |
Mon, 12 March 2012 01:28 |
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| AJLR wrote on Sun, 11 March 2012 08:55 |
I wonder if this is another difference between dogs and cats? Any cat I know would have taken possession of the crate 0.17 seconds after seeing it and would have spent the next hour claiming it by sitting in it.
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Well, lots of dogs would have done that, too. Ted's reaction to unknown objects is a Teddy thing, not a dog thing. Tasha, who knows she is queen of the world and therefore doesn't have to worry about much, was in it as soon as I unzipped the door.
"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich
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| Re: One legged dog part two, guest post by Diane in MN [message #48775 is a reply to message #48771 ] |
Mon, 12 March 2012 08:57 |
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| Diane in MN wrote on Mon, 12 March 2012 05:28 |
| AJLR wrote on Sun, 11 March 2012 08:55 |
I wonder if this is another difference between dogs and cats? Any cat I know would have taken possession of the crate 0.17 seconds after seeing it and would have spent the next hour claiming it by sitting in it.
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Well, lots of dogs would have done that, too. Ted's reaction to unknown objects is a Teddy thing, not a dog thing.
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Ah, see, my knowledge of dog behaviour is sadly lacking.
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Tasha, who knows she is queen of the world and therefore doesn't have to worry about much, was in it as soon as I unzipped the door.
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What it is to have such confidence!
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| Re: One legged dog part two, guest post by Diane in MN [message #48780 is a reply to message #48758 ] |
Mon, 12 March 2012 10:45 |
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| AJLR wrote on Sun, 11 March 2012 09:55 |
I wonder if this is another difference between dogs and cats? Any cat I know would have taken possession of the crate 0.17 seconds after seeing it and would have spent the next hour claiming it by sitting in it.
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Unless you actually WANTED the cat to get in the crate, in which case the cat would vanish completely for hours on end....
Diane, if you've told us before I've forgotten--how did you fall in with Great Danes to begin with? Was it a concerted decision of "This is the breed for me!" at some point, or did you grow up with them, or what? I always wonder, with serious dog show folks, how they settled on working with one breed over another at the start of their careers...
"The time is always right to do what's right."--MLK Jr.
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| Re: One legged dog part two, guest post by Diane in MN [message #48793 is a reply to message #48749 ] |
Mon, 12 March 2012 17:24 |
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Ah, the mystery of the "one legged dog" is resolved.
Great post; Hurrah on qualifying, and congrats to you both.
Cathy
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| Re: One legged dog part two, guest post by Diane in MN [message #48799 is a reply to message #48780 ] |
Mon, 12 March 2012 18:21 |
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Black Bear wrote:
Diane, if you've told us before I've forgotten--how did you fall in with Great Danes to begin with? Was it a concerted decision of "This is the breed for me!" at some point, or did you grow up with them, or what? I always wonder, with serious dog show folks, how they settled on working with one breed over another at the start of their careers...
GUEEEEEEEEEEST POOOOOOOOOOOOST!!!!
Diane, you haven't written about this (yet), have you? I get people's stories muddled, and I seem to remember a forum conversation about how we end up with our critters, but I don't remember a BLOG POST about how Diane in MN fixated on Great Danes.
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| Re: One legged dog part two, guest post by Diane in MN [message #48806 is a reply to message #48780 ] |
Tue, 13 March 2012 02:32 |
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| Black Bear wrote on Mon, 12 March 2012 09:45 |
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Diane, if you've told us before I've forgotten--how did you fall in with Great Danes to begin with? Was it a concerted decision of "This is the breed for me!" at some point, or did you grow up with them, or what? I always wonder, with serious dog show folks, how they settled on working with one breed over another at the start of their careers...
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Okay, I was going to answer this, and then I read Robin's cry of GUEST POST!!! so I guess I'll do it long-form and write a guest post. I'll just say that falling in with Danes happened a long time before falling in with dog shows, and then start cranking away in Word . . .
"The point of books is to have way too many but to always feel you never have enough . . . " Louise Erdrich
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I might have to scan in some pictures of my Danes, too. 