Oh, yeah, Karen, I forgot to tell you that you have to join IPDTA. It's $25 -- I think it's worth it. You get to be around "great minds," as it were. You'll...
Karen, my replies are in blue below! And I apologize for being offline for a few days! I do think about you all the time even if I am swamped with craziness...
Well, I am so excited to learn some new techniques. As far as Cesar is concerned, I live an alpha attitude. I grew into it years ago. My dogs look to me if...
Wow! Sounds like you've had quite a day! I'm so glad it went well with Allicks today. Did you get the highway dog? They are so hard to catch. Just a...
Hi myself Mansi I just searched for those who are film professionals. and so i found u. i have found a wonderful website www.Filmaka.com - A Growing Film...
midnight is a GREAT and wonderful BLIND black lab we adopted last summer from the pound. clicker training makes sense to me and i hope to him...obviously he...
Hi, I adopted a blind dog also, unfortuantely he has passed away. There is a blind dog group too that is very informative if you didn't know. I'm sure Andrea...
Greetings once again, Mr. Hartman. March 23, 2007 I sent an assignment suggestion to you regarding blind dogs. Since I've not had a reply I'm sending it again...
Agreed, Carol. I banned the person who posted an ad for this website from our group! But I will certainly write to get them to stop selling animals! Thank you...
Hi, gang. Sorry about the spam. I just changed our group settings so that all new members have to be approved by me. That should prevent spammers joining and...
Apparently the person who just spammed us was a member before I restricted membership. She has been removed as a member. Sorry about that. Keep clicking!! ...
Hi everyone, Since we all use Yahoo Groups to receive messages from this group, I thought I would let you know about a free service I found called Grouply. It...
Please do not sign up for this unless you know this person personally and trust her. Apparently you have to give your Yahoo ID and password to register. NO...
Hi Andrea, Been a long time, hasn't it? Look, I just took in a foster dog from SharPei Savers where we had gotten blind Murray years ago. This little girl is 5...
Folks, we got a reply about how that blind dog is doing with her cat-chasing problem. Good news! The dog is getting better. And THANK YOU, Lynn, for sharing...
My boss and his wife have a new poodle cocker spaniel mix puppy. She came from a pet store and was about 2 1/2 months old when they got her a couple of weeks...
Beth, AmbrrNanaDog was a real biter as a puppy. She's a shelter alumni, so who knows her history. She is THE BEST dog on the planet (next to Gabriel, of...
There are a couple of problems associated with using punishment to teach a puppy not to bite. The first problem is that it's unnecessary. I know that...
Hi Andrea and Karen, Thank you both for your responses. I have tried to pass on some of the information to my boss's wife who will be the main care giver. ...
Beth, don't feel guilty. You did what you could for this little dog. I do feel that you enabled a great discussion on two groups about the situation and what...
You are right Andrea. There is not real abuse but as you say simply ignorance and later on if the trend remains the same as in the past with the last dog, then...
As you know, Possum lost her battle. It wasn't the full-blown CCD, fho from blunt force trauma, IBD, inflamed PPMs, or mangled teeth. It was her off the...
Hi, everybody. I might as well tell you now that Lassie has passed over. I have never known a sweeter, more caring dog. She truly reached out to people in...
I want to thank everybody who sent me kind words and wishes, both within the group and off-list,  following the passing of my dear Lassie. She was truly the...
We find so often that time eases things and then the reality sinks in. My heart is with you on this journey of loss and healing. Healing takes time and...