tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34532970516528881312024-03-13T19:48:09.311-07:00Ari-Man~~~ laurel :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17500773284764428383noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453297051652888131.post-82594135381026279032010-02-25T07:32:00.001-08:002010-10-28T16:57:22.913-07:00<div align="center"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">Arsenal vom Keashaborn (Ari)</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">(April 21, 1999 – December 18, 2009) </span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">CGC, Therapy Dog, BH, TR1, RN <br />
PSA-TC, PSA-PDC, PSA-1 Novice</span> <br />
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</b> </div><div align="center"><div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:d45bc855-44cc-4c63-85a2-7842a5473fd5" style="display: inline; float: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div id="04835790-af2a-4b51-a239-d0e61763836f" style="display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div><object height="400" width="550"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/m56HxhNg9Cg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/m56HxhNg9Cg?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div></div></div></div><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="center"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">Thanks to all the decoys who ever worked or caught him!</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"> </span></div><div align="center"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">Shown in these photos in no particular order…</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"> </span></div><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">Bryan, Joe, Wayne, Greg, Matt, Jay, Jeremy, Ivan, Darryl, Sean, Todd, Chad, Harry and Chris</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"> </span></div><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">And the ones I remember who are not in these photos:</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"> </span></div><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">Michael, Terence, Daniel, Eric, Tom, Wolfgang G., Wolfgang L., Cory, Dennis, Chad, Gordy, Brice, Fred, Brian, Jerry, Joseph, Mark, Todd and Waleed<br />
</span></b> </div><div align="center" style="color: white;"><b></b> </div><div style="color: white;"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_pLzFbFDBzsc/S4aX_yP0DhI/AAAAAAAABg4/IKDTh0QpZXk/s1600-h/Arismovie5210.jpg"><img alt="Arismovie-52" border="0" height="329" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_pLzFbFDBzsc/S4aYA8RnpNI/AAAAAAAABg8/a2siuE1GnAA/Arismovie52_thumb8.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Arismovie-52" width="400" /> </a><br />
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</div><div align="center" style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://arigsdjournal.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: 'segoe print';">Ari’s Journal</span></a> <a href="http://www.lstonephotography.com/My-Dogs/Ari-1999-2009"><span style="font-family: 'segoe print';">Ari’s Photos</span></a></span> </div>~~~ laurel :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17500773284764428383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453297051652888131.post-23160887553866628252009-12-18T19:02:00.000-08:002010-10-17T17:06:21.341-07:00Goodbye Ari-Man<i><big></big><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></i> <br />
<div align="right"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't be dismayed at good-byes. </span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. </span></i></div><div align="right"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And meeting again, </span></i></div><div align="right"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">after moments or lifetimes, </span></i></div><div align="right"><i><i><i><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzobWbex3VBDbaLzVw5LzcjRuhe_cHKV_dkJ_y_aPdbU71OxkDIEBWwbVrdMAgqI8XlwDHUfWpDV59TH29mSv0BPGRs2xZ6KyopAUQfMH025AnD2OcajweY1tMCAkMrY0JdXbvii85kbE/s1600-h/1budwhite%5B8%5D.jpg"><span style="color: #e6e6e6;"><img align="left" alt="1budwhite" border="0" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNn0gb-yHTieFnR02WTNdmejtuBF_ZKUwjIpQGMsOYd-_Gq6YrW4tZm1HvICoTNUSzprvRUtk0R-UNNHqawwqeWbyxhLPvCBJFfAW9Y3hlUJibFQvNyLhAZhYjOA9_9vCkLJpmZbO8-Tc/?imgmax=800" style="border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="1budwhite" width="88" /></span></a></i></i></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is certain for those who are friends.</span></i></div><div align="right"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">………..Richard Bach <br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tomorrow </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br style="color: #d5a6bd;" /> <span style="color: #d5a6bd;">When you wake alone tomorrow and I’m not there with you, <br />
Just think of all the GOOD times and THAT will get you thru. <br />
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You raised me from a PUP, you did, and it was SO much fun. <br />
And you made SURE we always had the BEST time in the sun. <br />
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I LOVED my pool, my sandbox too, and Josie was a HOOT! <br />
I thought she was the COOLEST friend and lots of FUN to boot! <br />
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We MOVED out to the country where I could RUN and run, <br />
And I DISCOVERED birds and woods and had a TON of fun! <br />
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There were OTHERS living with us but you could NOT deny, <br />
That ALWAYS and forever I was your SPECIAL guy! <br />
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We were a TEAM just you and I, and ALWAYS did our best. <br />
We struggled YEARS to get it right so WE could pass the test. <br />
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Remember when we TRAVELED, to places NEAR and far, <br />
And where we went we tried our BEST to ALWAYS raise the bar. <br />
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There were times we MISSED the mark & REALLY blew the game, <br />
But THOSE times we knew for sure we had the MOST to gain. <br />
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There was a TIME my name was called, I thought I’d have to go, <br />
But your love was oh, SO strong, I stopped and said “no, NO”. <br />
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You SAT by me and stroked my head and CRIED so many tears. <br />
And it was THEN I knew for sure we had a few more years. <br />
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We had a few more things to do, a few more tests to take. <br />
But SOON I knew the time had come to MAKE that final break. <br />
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I passed the torch to Brita, who GLADLY took the lead. <br />
And so I TAUGHT her all I knew so SHE was up to speed. <br />
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I taught her all the GOOD things, like how to bite REAL hard <br />
BUT along the way I taught her the SECRETS of the yard. <br />
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The TRAILS I made along the fence, the ONES behind the woods <br />
The CRITTERS in the wood piles and a PLACE to hide the goods. <br />
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Then it got HARD to even walk and VERY painful too. <br />
So it became apparent and you KNEW just what to do. <br />
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It WAS so hard, I KNOW it was, but something we both knew, <br />
Was that DEEP down in our hearts, that, NO.. I've not left you. <br />
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No matter where you EVER go I'm ALWAYS by your side. <br />
So keep your ears and eyes ALERT for NOW I am your guide. <br />
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So WHEN you rise tomorrow, don't THINK we're far apart, <br />
For every TIME you think of me, I'm right THERE, in your heart.</span></span></div><div style="color: #d5a6bd;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="color: #d5a6bd;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b></b></span></div><div style="color: #d5a6bd;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b></b></span></div><div style="color: #d5a6bd;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b></b></span></div><div style="color: #d5a6bd;"></div><div style="color: #d5a6bd;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.</span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">……….Richard Bach</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></i>~~~ laurel :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17500773284764428383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453297051652888131.post-60292830954593741992009-12-18T17:28:00.001-08:002010-10-20T19:29:50.899-07:00Marilyn and Ari….<p><font color="#cccccc">I talked to Ari at about 3PM 12-18-2009</font></p> <p><font color="#cccccc">Immediately upon checking in with Ari I got the impression that it was hard work to move or keep his muscles going. Shoulders ache. Elbows ache – something systemic is coursing through his body (a systemic illness or disease). Pain in left knee. Everything feels old. </font><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_pLzFbFDBzsc/SywsIjACu_I/AAAAAAAABfo/EchDlRM3ohs/s1600-h/Brita.Ari.yard.5.5.08-44aa%5B5%5D.jpg"><font color="#cccccc"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: 0px" title="Brita.Ari.yard.5.5.08-44aa" border="0" alt="Brita.Ari.yard.5.5.08-44aa" align="right" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_pLzFbFDBzsc/SywsJ48aGnI/AAAAAAAABfs/RItxbM7CCHA/Brita.Ari.yard.5.5.08-44aa_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="180" height="263" /></font></a><font color="#cccccc"> </font></p> <p><font color="#cccccc">Ari: (proudly) I should not have been walking this whole time, but I did it. [Marilyn’s note: He says this as though he should not have been able to even walk or get on as well as he has these past months, but he is proud of his ability to override his body and still have a good quality of life. He shows me a picture of him just lying down and watching – watching everything that is going on around him. It’s very peaceful.  He likes to be able to just sit and observe.]</font></p> <p><font color="#cccccc">Ari: They came for me last night, but I told them to go. I wanted to say good-bye [to Laurel] and the time was not appropriate when they came so I sent them away. [Marilyn’s note: he shows me a beautiful array of spirits - so light and bright… a full entourage ready to escort him to the other side, but Ari was firm in his decision to stay until he could say good-bye to you in his own way. He did not want to ‘die in his sleep’ he wanted to be with you when he left.] You are a good mom!</font></p> <p><font color="#cccccc">[Now he shows me a picture of how he will cross, it is an image of his body lying and you at his head. The body is empty/hollow and very dead and his spirit rises out of it, a feeling of floating and total release – very peaceful, very zen. He calls this “Spirit Release”</font></p> <p><font color="#cccccc">Ari: It’s okay. You’ll [Laurel] be okay. It’s time for Brita now. You’ve taken good care of me and I of you.</font></p> <p><font color="#cccccc">[He tells me it’s not just his skeletal/muscular systems failing, but also his heart and organs.</font></p> <p><font color="#cccccc">Marilyn: Ari, did you tell her [Laurel] it was time.</font></p> <p><font color="#cccccc">Ari: Not yet.  I don’t want to go, but my body says otherwise. My body is making this decision for me, but we will see each other again.  I’m going to see Teddy and we have some work to do together.  There are others there that wait for me, too.  They have been waiting a long time, because I was supposed to have left this plane already.  And I could have left, too, if I wanted to.  But I did not want to and I am stronger than my body, or at least I was… for a while. I love my life. I love my love [Laurel], and I love my friends [other dogs and Joshua].</font></p> <p><font color="#cccccc">[He shows me a picture of a fire or a bonfire in your back yard]</font></p> <p><font color="#cccccc">{Back end and hips are not working, poop and pee is difficult to control/hold] He says: sorry about that.</font></p> <p><font color="#cccccc">He says: He wanted to be with you today when he goes, so he waited for you.  He loves you so, so very much. You are only separated by dimension, which is an illusion. In truth you are One and neither of you could love the other any more. You have his heart. You have done right by him and you have learned much from each other. Hold on to what you know and be You. </font></p> <p><font color="#cccccc">Marilyn Tokach <br />Training & Behavior Specialist <br />Pure Spirit ~ Animal Communication, Training & Behavior Solutions <br /></font><a href="http://www.Pure-Spirit.com"><font color="#cccccc">www.Pure-Spirit.com</font></a><font color="#cccccc"> <br />Direct: 952-226-2622 <br />Scheduling: 952-226-2660 (Office Manager: Kimberly) <br />Proud Pets. Proud Pet Owners</font></p> ~~~ laurel :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17500773284764428383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453297051652888131.post-12935694308790317132009-11-16T20:49:00.000-08:002010-10-17T21:24:36.989-07:00The Beginning...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">How did we meet? </span></span><br />
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">Well, I went to Schutzhund training one sunny Saturday morning in July of 1999 and came home with a puppy. "Just take him home and see how it goes," he said. "Maybe you'd like to co-own Arsenal with me." </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">ARSENAL....this a<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCEmGYA6sfBwZI379rBx6aA1lArZOm3TYUtbEgR9g0NZ7A55IlhMU8o5wcNirYLNrcKORVLeNnAJ6eObCHqGpyi17wnBz5wCkBTJCV7XhMr1-tDl-gvbZ-dZkqoQEHp7A7Ejb_HTW6fJbK/s1600-h/ari-4m.jpg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328476787808950834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCEmGYA6sfBwZI379rBx6aA1lArZOm3TYUtbEgR9g0NZ7A55IlhMU8o5wcNirYLNrcKORVLeNnAJ6eObCHqGpyi17wnBz5wCkBTJCV7XhMr1-tDl-gvbZ-dZkqoQEHp7A7Ejb_HTW6fJbK/s400/ari-4m.jpg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 162px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 224px;" /></a>dorable puppy is called Arsenal??? Well, you know how it goes.. take a puppy home and how can you NOT keep it!! BUT Arsenal... how about Ari?!?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">Ari was a goof from Day 1. I took him on a 10 day trip to visit the family on the East Coast only weeks after he came to live with me and he charmed everyone with his antics. The kids had water in a small pool and he discovered that digging in water was a blast so whenever he saw water that's what he did. I eventually put a word to it (DIG of course) so he would dig wherever I told him to. To keep him from digging where he wasn't supposed to, he got his very own sandbox. If he would dig in the yard I simply took him to the sandbox and told him to DIG and very quickly he learned that was his very own place.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #93c47d;">Josephine, who was 8 years old, thought he was the greatest thing since sliced chicken and I'm sure she thought he was there for the sole purpose of her entertainment. She did, however, make it VERY clear that SHE was in charge. That happened the first weekend when he mistakenly went for HER biscuit instead of the one I had for him. There was a huge ruckus and a screaming puppy that lastest for oh... 5 seconds. She stopped as quickly as she started, grabbed HER biscuit and bounced away. Ari popped up and took his treat as if nothing happened and trotted away having learned the first lesson of living with Josephine.<br />
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So... he survived Josephine and stayed. He acclimated well to the house and learned all about the dog door to go outside so housebreaking was a non issue. He was also 12 weeks old so he was really easier to train.<br />
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I fed my dogs a raw diet at that time and would get a small chicken at the grocery store and have the butcher cut it apart and then give them each half... THEY were happy campers. One time I decided to open a can of tuna fish for them so I divided it up on 2 paper plates. Josephine happily ate hers but Ari decided it was dead fish and flipped on his back and rolled on it... on the kitchen floor.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><object align="middle" height="400" width="400"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.smugmug.com/ria/ShizamSlides-2007090601.swf?AlbumID=9003553&AlbumKey=%20nWRJP&transparent=true&crossFadeSpeed=500&clickUrl=http://www#46;laurelstone.smugmug#46;com" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" height="400" width="400"></embed></object></span></span></div>~~~ laurel :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17500773284764428383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453297051652888131.post-46307502451693141772009-07-24T13:20:00.000-07:002010-10-17T20:57:54.065-07:00Addison's Disease - 2007<a href="http://www.addisondogs.com/">Addison's Disease</a><br />
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Ari started having trouble getting up in the morning January of 2007. The first diagnosis was <a href="https://www.vetconnect.com.au/5min/data/07780779.htm">Lumbar Stenosis</a>, then mid January he was diagnosed with <a href="http://www.lakelandveterinaryhospital.com/Anaplasmosis.htm">Anaplasmosis</a>, a tick related disease. Then a few weeks later he was not eating well and one morning I woke up and he was in a coma.<br />
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After I rushed him to the vet where he was given a 50/50 chance, I learned more than I ever wanted to about an Addisonian Crisis. He slowly came out of it and several days later came home for the weekend. The next week, no eating again and<a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pbi5X11AMdaBEdcNuEuR3Qw"> blood tests </a>revealed that his liver numbers were 10x normal. More IVs.<br />
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He now has to get a monthly <a href="http://www.percorten.novartis.us/">Percorten</a> shot and low doses of Prednisone to keep him going. Since then he stiffened up – Anaplasmosis again so once more being treated for that. In addition, he is borderline Pancreatic Insufficient and gets enzymes on his food and has some developed Spondylosis.<br />
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Ari aged overnight but his fun loving attitude never waivered. He still (September 2008) chases the school bus and keeps the yard free from critters. His Percortin shots have extended to 45 days apart and he seems to do well on 2.5 mg. of Prednisone daily.<br />
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During his Crisis he may have actually crossed over but returned because as I was driving him to <a href="http://www.greatlakesvetclinic.com/">Great Lakes Vet</a>, THREE large deer crossed in front of me before my first turn. I turned the corner and again they crossed in front of me. It seemed a little weird at the time because they were so big and they didn't really hurry and I had to stop. After researching it I found this written:<br />
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When I talked to <a href="http://pure-spirit.com/">Marilyn Tokach, Animal Communicator</a>, she had a very hard time connecting with Ari which was unusual but when she did, he told her it could go either way and was ok with whatever turned out. Because I'm a true dog lover, I told him that it was NOT ok and that he had more to do in THIS world!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453297051652888131.post-2900802711038412102009-07-24T12:54:00.000-07:002011-12-27T17:35:07.301-08:00Trails and a School BusAri's favorite this was running the fence line anytime a car or truck went down the lane to the neighbor's house. His favorite thing to chase, however, was the school bus that came twice a day. I think he had it timed because on weekends during the school year he would start pacing about the time it would have arrived. Over time, he created trails - along the fence line, looping back around the pine trees next to the house and back down to the end of the yard. He also had trails through the woods because he had another route to run when he was running around the whole yard. One time I counted how many times he did the loop and then calculated it and determined that he ran about 3/4 of a mile in the time it took the bus to get the kids and come back the lane.<br />
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<b>Summer of 2009 update: </b><br />
Ari's health started to deteriorate with the onset of a brain tumor which cause him to not be able to run like he once did and the trails were growing over and disappearing. One day I decided to clear them out an mow them. Not only did I do the ones in the weeds along the fence but found the ones through the woods and did those also. Everytime I walk those trails, I will remember Ari who carved them out in the first place by running until he could run no more. Below is a slideshow of them as we walked one Sunday evening.<br />
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Due to Ari's ups and downs with seizures most likely from a brain tumor and his inability to walk, I never thought he's be around the first day of school this year much less be in good enough shape to play with Brita while waiting for it to arrive the first day of school. The first event was the arrival of a dump truck and it's departure, then the kids getting the bus and then the bus itself! At the end of the series of pictures, Brita is so warm from running that there is steam coming from her body. It was a cool morning with low lying fog and at first I thought she was kicking up sand but then realized it was following her everywhere!<br /><br /><br />
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</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">I was standing on a hillside </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">In a field of blowing wheat,<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_pLzFbFDBzsc/Sj8Ms4XcBUI/AAAAAAAABPY/WyRFZfBHbT4/s1600-h/Brita.Ari.yard.5.5.08-44aa%5B5%5D.jpg"><img align="right" alt="Brita.Ari.yard.5.5.08-44aa" border="0" height="296" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_pLzFbFDBzsc/Sj8Mtjk-erI/AAAAAAAABPc/ent6SZG0D8U/Brita.Ari.yard.5.5.08-44aa_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="Brita.Ari.yard.5.5.08-44aa" width="150" /></a> <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">And the spirit of a dog</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">Was lying at my feet.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">He looked at me with kind dark eyes, <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">Ancient wisdom shining through. <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">In the essence of his being,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">I saw the love there too.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">His mind did lock upon my heart <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">As I stood there on that day,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">And he told me of this story</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">About a place so far away. <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">As I stood upon that hillside <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">In a field of blowing wheat,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">In a twinkling of a second <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">His spirit left my feet. <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">His tale did put my heart at ease,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">All my fears did fade away</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">About what lay ahead of me</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">On another distant day. <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">"I live among God's creatures now <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">In the heavens of your mind, <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">So do not grieve for me, my friend<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_pLzFbFDBzsc/Sj8Muj7SgaI/AAAAAAAABPg/6TV146yoJlA/s1600-h/Ari%20field%5B9%5D.jpg"><img align="right" alt="Ari field" border="0" height="303" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_pLzFbFDBzsc/Sj8MvpEffdI/AAAAAAAABPk/RlgXdJSOZHw/Ari%20field_thumb%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" title="Ari field" width="156" /></a> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">As I am with my kind. <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">My collar is a rainbow's hue, <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">My leash is a shooting star. <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">My boundaries are the Milky Way <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">Where I sparkle from afar.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">There are no pens or kennels here <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">For I am not confined,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">But I'm free to roam God's heavens <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">Among the Doggie kind.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">I nap the day on a snowy cloud <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">Gentle breezes rocking me, <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">And dream the dreams of earthlings, <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">And how it used to be.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">For we're all winners in this place; <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">We have no faults, you see. <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">And god passes out those ribbons <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">To each one, even me.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">I drink from waters laced with gold,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">My world a beauty to behold; <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">And wise old dogs do form my pride <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">To amble at my very side. <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">At night I sleep in angel's arms, <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">Her wings protecting me, <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">And moonbeams dance about us <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">As stardust falls on thee. <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">So when your life on earth is spent <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">And you stand at Heaven's gate, <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">Have no fear of loneliness-- <br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">For here, you know, I wait".</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">~ <i>author unknown</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</i></div><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_pLzFbFDBzsc/Sj8MzTnq3II/AAAAAAAABPo/1SgLUVLM2r0/s1600-h/Ari%20Dogza%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="Ari Dogza" border="0" height="256" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_pLzFbFDBzsc/Sj8M1iXiIvI/AAAAAAAABPs/64aB6KDYGAg/Ari%20Dogza_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Ari Dogza" width="240" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453297051652888131.post-16808463123058023182009-05-01T21:46:00.000-07:002010-10-17T21:16:40.223-07:00Conversations with Marilyn<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKjYb2NhJJkDS2cvCOni3AXoR7UkGPx3lsSF6zPxxEiU5giLvYHx1Lw0EBlin9Zfnf3OarRptcabmX34JkEPwwjh77yWqiQfxNFMnDaSDAdiLtKQy5XHRe-rFwbDqzwfLuSkDpMZAT4lMS/s1600/Arismovie-83.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKjYb2NhJJkDS2cvCOni3AXoR7UkGPx3lsSF6zPxxEiU5giLvYHx1Lw0EBlin9Zfnf3OarRptcabmX34JkEPwwjh77yWqiQfxNFMnDaSDAdiLtKQy5XHRe-rFwbDqzwfLuSkDpMZAT4lMS/s320/Arismovie-83.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ari - 4/19/99 - 12/18/09</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <br />
February 3, 2006 - First Conversation with Marilyn and she didn't know any of my dogs. (When she first asked me to describe Ari I said he was my skinny dog and my only short coat. She said does he have a big chest, I said yes he does and she said he’s telling me he’s proud of his big chest!) <br />
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What can I do for you to help you not to be so stressed and vocal when you’re doing bitework? You have such awesome obedience until you see someone who has a sleeve or is in a suit and then it’s all you can think about He really, really likes to bite so much so that he can’t focus on what he has to do. It’s hard for him because all he can think about is biting….that’s what he’s focused on. He said I didn’t screw him up that it’s just part of his personality. <br />
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(This was on a Friday…that weekend was the Mike Ellis seminar at Donna’s. I brought Ari in, put him in a down to wait and he rolled over so I could scratch his belly. He did this EACH time I brought him in and he’s not done that before so people were commenting about it. Normally he would whine…loud! BUT, he did BETTER than he’s ever done and I heard Mike saying as we left one time – Beautiful! He’s NEVER said that about Ari! People asked me what I did to him and I said “OH, we just had a conversation!! Minna knew what I meant!) <br />
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Also, what can I do so we can be a team on the field? You looked so good when Greg handled you. <br />
(This was in Baltimore last June when I had him entered in a PSA trial. He BLEW ME OFF in the first obedience to the point where he picked up a tennis ball and wouldn’t give it to me. I don’t think he thought he was doing wrong, I think HE thought we were out for a walk and he didn’t have to listen. On the way off the field I stopped by a guy that I had trained with the week before the trial and asked him to handle him or I would pull him. So Greg did handle him and they scored 84 one day and 88 the next in obedience. 88 ranked him 5th nationally in obedience, according to an unofficial survey at that time and that’s how tough the scoring is. In protection there are 3 scenarios and you have to pass all three and he missed one by ONE point. His over all percentage was 83% which is very good and other dogs that passed didn’t get that high a percentage.. <br />
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There was a discomfort level with him and he had to focus. (It could have been anyone who is a trainer.) With me there is a comfort level. He is SO tuned in to me, he knows my mannerisms, etc. (Analogy is if I have a dinner party at my house, I’m comfortable with the place. If I have to host a dinner party held at a friend’s house, I would have more focus because I don’t know what’s where. He HAD to concentrate.) <br />
(She said that I have to switch things up with him so he HAS to focus. Different places. Different locations on the field. Switch obedience and protection. Stay outside a fence where bitework is being done.) <br />
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<b>Olivia </b>– she and Ari are friends, like business associates. He Respects her, likes her, reveres her. (She and Ari are the ones that travel together to training and trials…) <br />
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<b>Tori </b>– he calls her the Princess. She’s the newest but she never incorporated into group. He feels sorry for her. She’s not “street smart” but “book s smart”. She doesn’t understand dog language and can’t relate to the others. (I hadn’t talked about Tori and I’ve always called her the princess and she hated the other dogs) <br />
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Kobie –</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> says she’s HIS GIRL. Arm around her….protects her. …not necessarily girlfriend but could be father/daughter relationship. (They do play together better than any of them) <br />
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Teddy –</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> is bigger than him. ….has a bigger personality. ….bigger aura. No real opinion. Doesn’t want Teddy around and wouldn’t mind if he went away. (And he IS bigger than him and he and Teddy do NOT get along!) <br />
Are you feeling ok? If there was one thing I could do for you, what would it be? <br />
He said he loves to run the fence line and would love it if it were longer. It’s the Best thing in the world. <br />
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(It’s already 250 feet long and he spends HOURS running it. Every morning from 6am until I bring him in he’s out chasing the school bus and anything that moves. Sometimes for 3 hours if I’m home.) I talked to her for about 30 minutes about Ari. <br />
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May 2006 .......Ari – feeling ok to trial – leg? Yes.. needed a break. (he had been limping) <br />
Looking forward to trip with “his girl” he said it’s just the 2 of us going. ….wants to be introduced to everyone as my dog. We’ll do well he said if I do my part. He'll be fine. (this is where we took first place and I made a point of introducing him to everyone.) <br />
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Wouldn’t answer about if he was with me before because he doesn’t want to ruin what we have now. <br />
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December 6, 2006 .............. Why did you go after the Irish terrier the other day at the dog club – he was really concentrating or gearing up for something (he had just gotten there and he and Kobie were running around the room) She had an attitude and it was purely reactive and only between him and the terrier. It had nothing to do with me or Kobie. She was moving into his space and was rude and selfish. He had to keep track of things and in hindsight it was probably not smart. He never intended to hurt her only tell her who was in charge. It was like the perfect storm and all came together at the same time and he reacted. Physical – back legs fatigued – very fit – not to worry body building competition - Arnold -Training – ok…grand scheme of things ok… winning team. Overall very good.. frustrated and not enough fun.. too long.. not huge reward.. no one available …. Train someone… be able to bite and bite and bite… that what he can do.. on first day let him bite without having to work… chomp on him.. he really likes Greg - Chris ok good too… testerone… he knows I am doing the best I can.. opportunity to offer 2 cents has to… not bitching or complaining. <br />
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February 2007 ...............after he almost died from an Addisonian Crisis how are you feeling - *******pretty good…muscle ache between shoulder blade – maybe stress – maybe not stressdo you feel well enough to work*******yea….doesn’t like the surprises like people coming from behind - this is disturbing to him… maybe too much pressure. He likes what he can see. He knows what to expect because it’s the regular guys … when a strange helper it bugs him.. He likes working in defense. do you know how close you came to not being here ******yes he does – at one point he really zoned and was balancing – he was very aware and so on the edge that he had no strong opinion. He is glad to be back and is excited about the working again. He’s sorry he stressed me out and when asked what he likes he answered being outside and being with girls. <br />
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I’m thinking about getting a girl puppy to train so when you can’t trial anymore we can still go and you can get fun bites…. How would you think about that? And a girl so you could hang out together. ******* A new puppy should be a girl and he could teach her to work very well. I said bad things too like chasing the bus and he said he can’t help it if she learns those things and that’s not bad anyway. <br />
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Ø How are you feeling? ……strong and perky – just fine <br />
Ø How do you feel about continuing to train? What else is there? Upcoming trial? – win – win – we’re gonna win… <br />
Ø How do you feel about Brita?....alot to learn but wants to learn… <br />
Ø What else would you like to tell me? Stop worrying about him running – this is what he loves to do and he’s fine. <br />
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February 27, 2008................ Ari – Feels great…..Great… GREAT!!….. Likes to run and roll in snow. He thought he wouldn’t like retirement but seems to have settled in with it – keeps tabs on the critters in the yard and knows what’s going on in the neighborhood. Regarding Brita – she’s good and she has a good attitude and good personality – she’ll never be as good as him when it comes to working but she does some things better (like listening to me). She doesn’t have the drive he has and if I would train them together he could demonstrate so things to help her. Regarding running with her – there would be an initial who’s in charge then things would be ok. That’s very important with her because she thinks she should be. Kobie takes things too personally – when I went after her it was more of displaced frustration – she was in the way. He loves me and wants to go on rides more often – it would be great to find a place where he can get out to run and explore. That would be something different and interesting.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4/29/09 Notes <br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">….Whole back end wobbly not losing use of only one leg but actually a leg and a half. Right leg can’t support and he can’t compensate. When he shifts his weight he falls over. <br />
….</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> No headaches but dizziness. <br />
….</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Is your time up? He won’t answer it because he doesn’t want to think about it. He's in denial. He knows he’s not making it easier for me or him. He likes being a dog and doing things with me and sometimes being a clown. He’s been with me many times before… cliffs, centuries ago, involved once, dogs together (street dogs). What can I do? Love him and hold him. <br />
….</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stomach bloated but dry mouth which is why he drinks so much water. He feels kind of spacey or tipsy. He sees his mental capacities leaving but not dementia. Something physical pressing … most likely brain tumor. <br />
….</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> He hates putting me through this and he wonders how I’ll ever survive without him to keep the girls in line. Loves me and hates the way he has to pee. (squatting) <br />
….</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Not long… 0-6 weeks. Very hard to say…</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kobie’s report (the caretaker – empathetic) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">· Ari vomits in the back yard in the corner and doesn’t want to tell me. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">· He’s trying to be strong and he’s not the dog he used to be and it’s sad. <br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Olivia’s report (into herself) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">· Knows nothing she is so itchy. Give her drugs.(she says). it’s maddening… <br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Brita’s report (matter of fact) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">· She knows that he’s not long for this world. Animals die. (Not rude but a reflective statement)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">· Nothing she can do so she’s accepting it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">· She’s sad that I’m sad and everything is heavy around here now. <br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teddy </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">· He’s (Teddy) everywhere….everything’s fine….comfortable…at ease…</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">· Fine with his resting place </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">· Ari’s coming soon but that’s ok since everyone gets along – they were together before. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">· He’s watching all of us and he’s everywhere.</span><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></o:p></div><ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">How are you feeling? Hurts in knee – might be something affecting nerve… achy in ankle – wobbly – bright light in brain… dragging whole back end also - is he leaking can’t seem to feel it – tail crocked… not sure of anything that happens in his low back – peeing pooping… likes to do it and when he does it feels good. – sensation… </span></span></li>
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</ol><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">He loves me… something up with nose… hard to breathe – cotton… does not want to leave because who would take care of me and keep the girls in line… not the same – planned to spend more time after teddy passed… likes to lay next to me… </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">How much longer – 3 weeks… 3 months… hang out in front yard… not in training area… next to me… showing flashbacks… learned stuff together … he’s running a picture show for marilyn from the past.</span></span> <br />
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</span></span></div></div>~~~ laurel :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17500773284764428383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453297051652888131.post-59101673927504621912009-04-28T16:45:00.001-07:002009-04-28T16:56:58.863-07:00<p style="text-align: left;"></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:16.5pt"></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;line-height: 16.5pt; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Segoe Print'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">What is an Obedience Title, Anyway?</span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p style="text-align: left;line-height: 16.5pt; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Segoe Print'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">Not just a brag, not just a stepping stone to a higher title, to just an adjunct to competitive scores, a title is a tribute to the dog that bears it, a way to honor the dog, an ultimate memorial. It will remain, in record and memory, for as long as anything in this world can remain. Few humans will do as well or better in that regard.</span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p style="text-align: left;line-height: 16.5pt; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Segoe Print'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">And though the dog itself doesn't know or care that its achievements have been noted, a title says many things in the world of humans, where such things count.</span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p style="text-align: left;line-height: 16.5pt; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Segoe Print'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">A title says your dog was intelligent, and adaptable, and good-natured. It says your dog loved you enough to do the things that please you, however crazy they may have sometimes seemed.</span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p style="text-align: left;line-height: 16.5pt; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Segoe Print'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">And a title says that you loved your dog, that you loved to spend time with it because it was a good dog, that you believed in it enough to give it another chance when it failed, and that, in the end, your faith was justified.</span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p style="text-align: left;line-height: 16.5pt; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Segoe Print'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">A title proves that your dog inspired you to that special relationship enjoyed by so few; that, in a world of disposable creatures, this dog with a title was greatly loved, and loved greatly in return.</span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p style="text-align: left;line-height: 16.5pt; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Segoe Print'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">And when that dear, short life is over, the title remains as a memorial of the finest kind, the best you can give to a deserving friend, volumes of praise in one small set of initials after the name.</span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p> <p style="text-align: left;line-height: 16.5pt; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Segoe Print'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">An obedience title is nothing less that love and respect, given and received and permanently recorded.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left;line-height: 16.5pt; "><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Segoe Print'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);">……..Sandy Mowery </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_pLzFbFDBzsc/SfeU-hkYHsI/AAAAAAAAA64/slvBJiq04Lg/s1600-h/DSC_8067%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px" title="DSC_8067" border="0" alt="DSC_8067" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_pLzFbFDBzsc/SfeU_59gHkI/AAAAAAAAA68/F7b1uw5yoVY/DSC_8067_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="355" height="305" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153); font-family: 'Segoe Print'; line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Arsenal vom Keashaborn </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153); font-family: 'Segoe Print'; line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Therapy Dog, CGC, BH, TR1, RN, PSA-TC, PSA-PDC, PSA1</span></span><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153); font-family: 'Segoe Print'; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>~~~ laurel :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17500773284764428383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453297051652888131.post-71875694522523117442009-01-25T08:11:00.002-08:002023-07-07T17:55:17.426-07:00The Retirement Trial 07-07-07<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Laurel & Ari Posted by Christie M on 7/10/2007, 7:37 pm User logged in as: Christie M</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">I know that I am ever so grateful every time I walk on the field with my dogs. Working at a vet clinic, I am made all to aware of the various ailments that can come up and shorten a carrier – and sometimes shorten a life. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">One of PSA’s great supporters and promoters has had an ordeal to overcome with her dog. Laurel Stone was shocked when her German Shepherd, Ari, was diagnosed with Addison’s disease. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Laurel pursued the very best diagnostics and later treatment. Today, Ari is a happy boy with many years left in his bones. However, travel and competition are big stresses for even the most vital dog. Laurel recognized this and although she loves to step on the field with Ari, she choose to do what is best for his in the long run. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Ari competed for his last time this past Saturday. Personally, I think he had a blast- being just barely in control. He loved the bite work. And Laurel allowed him to retire on a VERY good note.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxohheLgetNPRBhkDBKrK1UFSgGiW1_9FS1ARDb01iBVzSNQ8nZnUWjaLBEkhog35MuZz8VrQ2MxEUxIDJGgKg6rc3QZI88y2Aw62oCeOXf8V3rICbFSA_tZwVVRlCPI8BnoGBVenPU2P/s1600/DSC04244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVxohheLgetNPRBhkDBKrK1UFSgGiW1_9FS1ARDb01iBVzSNQ8nZnUWjaLBEkhog35MuZz8VrQ2MxEUxIDJGgKg6rc3QZI88y2Aw62oCeOXf8V3rICbFSA_tZwVVRlCPI8BnoGBVenPU2P/s200/DSC04244.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">There is no doubt in my mind that Ari will live a very long time, and coach his new little sister through many successes. But his presence will be missed on the field. I want to congratulate Laurel for training and working such an amazing dog. I also want to send my appreciation for putting his ultimate well-being above our selfish desires to compete forever. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Thank you Laurel, for allowing me to be a part of Ari’s career and his retirement!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Christie</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">• Re: Laurel & Ari Posted by laurel Stone on 7/10/2007, 10:44 pm, in reply to "Laurel & Ari"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Christie - Thanks for your kind words! PSA changed my life and it was a fine thread that exposed me to it. (Thanks Paula) </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Ari is a great dog and seemed </span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsQS3mcMszrMLSS_8-2VsRWqtpSgy16ZDcZv6Gnr358Q1iisNZ__pFBJ10_9tc1xNXoEEefW-y85K42JjsV7SUGLxBhhro2-9I9ou40SBy4WM4TI6v6LeohNNXpcXf-eBLosoz1DlqbqL/s1600/DSC04248.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicsQS3mcMszrMLSS_8-2VsRWqtpSgy16ZDcZv6Gnr358Q1iisNZ__pFBJ10_9tc1xNXoEEefW-y85K42JjsV7SUGLxBhhro2-9I9ou40SBy4WM4TI6v6LeohNNXpcXf-eBLosoz1DlqbqL/s200/DSC04248.JPG" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">perfect for PSA. He was my first dog I worked in the protection sports, was very forgiving to my mistakes and always wanted to work. When he started having trouble getting up in the morning last January, the first diagnosis was Lumbar Stenosis, then mid January he was diagnosed with Anaplasmosis, a tick related disease. Then a few weeks later he was not eating well and one morning I woke up and he was in a coma. After I rushed him to the vet where he was given a 50/50 chance, I learned more than I ever wanted to about an Addisionian Crisis. He slowly came out of it and several days later came home for the weekend. The next week, no eating again and blood tests revealed that his liver numbers were 10x normal. More IVs. He now has to get a monthly Percortin shot and low doses of Prednisone to keep him going. Since then he stiffened up – Anaplasmosis again so once more being treated for that. In addition, he is borderline Pancreatic Insufficient and gets enzymes on his food and has some developed Spondylosis. Last year, Ari was 7 years old and in great shape. This year it seems like he’s 11. Training since December has obviously been sporadic and having the opportunity to trial him one more time was wonderful. And, in his defense, after I looked at the video of the bite during obedience I realized it looked like a Schutzhund escape bite to Ari so he thought he was doing what he had been trained for before PSA!! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Kevin – Thank you for encouraging me today to write a bit to the list regarding Ari’s challenges. You’re right; it may just help people who run into health issues with their dogs. I can’t wait to see the photos you took.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Laurel Stone</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Ari (Arsenal vom Keashaborn) CGC, Therapy Dog, BH, TR1, RN, PDC, TC, PSA 1</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">• Re: Laurel & Ari Posted by Melinda Bilecki on 7/11/2007, 12:30 am, in reply to "Re: Laurel & Ari"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Ari is wonderful, and so are you, Laurel. I'm so glad to have gotten to know you and to have seen Ari work this weekend. Good luck to both of you and to the new member of your family as well! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">• Re: Laurel & Ari</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Posted by RSMichelle on 7/11/2007, 11:35 am, in reply to "Re: Laurel & Ari"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Laurel,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Kudos to you and Ari! Best wishes for a comfortable retirement for Ari.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">I love the photos that were posted of you both.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Respectfully Michelle, Ax & Enya</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">[ Chicagoland Working Dogs ]</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">• Laurel, Say it ain't so! Posted by Kevin Walsh on 7/11/2007, 7:26 am</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Ok, Ok we all need to retire some time .</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">I hope you all saw Laurel's post below about Ari. Here is an excerpt from a note I dropped her the other day, which describes my impressions of this nice dog:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Yes, I knew about some of your struggles with Ari's health. It's a testament to how much you love him that you have done such a good job in so many ways. I know that at some point physical constraints have to limit training. All the same I have been impressed with him both times I have seen him work this year. Especially at this point in his career. He was having a blast. Having fun, but really working too...Keep enjoying every day with Ari!! </span><br />
<a href="http://laurelstone.smugmug.com/gallery/5337201_NJZZY/1/326196477_eXxVB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">Please enjoy these shots of their last trial together before a well deserved rest. As you can see, this dog can work (numbers 65 through 105 are of this trial.</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">PSA2 (tournament style so that placings occur even if no one achieved a leg)- </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">1st – Greg Williams w/ Jue</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0;">2nd – Laurel Stone w/Ari</span><br />
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2008 – December - Way too much snow for December but Ari and Brita seemed to love it!<br />
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</div>~~~ laurel :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17500773284764428383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453297051652888131.post-19384257171111631412008-11-18T18:39:00.000-08:002011-01-28T11:53:01.382-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/pedigree/532832.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;">Click here to go to the pedigree database.</span></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div></div>~~~ laurel :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17500773284764428383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453297051652888131.post-20884324435915377672008-10-17T18:05:00.000-07:002010-10-17T21:20:50.345-07:00<div style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Life wasn’t always sweetness and light with Ari. I remember when I got him as a 12 week old puppy that occasionally he would fire up at other dogs….big dogs….and always male dogs. Easy to control as a puppy but then he got bigger. He isn’t a large German Shepherd and he weight is best at about 70 pounds…. yep he’s been up to 75 and down to 65 but 70 seemed to be about right.<br />
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</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"> So to begin with it was a challenge to keep them separated and was was interesting is that it was obvious they didn’t dislike each other because if one was in a crate, the other might be laying on the floor right by the crate. So, my commitment to them to provide a home was not thwarted by them not getting along. It was quite a learning experience for me and one that I would have rather not gone through and don’t plan to do so again.</span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><br />
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</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453297051652888131.post-92003724862614473012008-10-11T19:34:00.000-07:002010-10-17T20:28:27.965-07:00Dogs and Balls<div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:42px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt: 15.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(230, 230, 230); font-size: 21px;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt: 15.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Segoe Print';"><br />
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</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt: 15.0pt"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6">Ari and Tori</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6">had a blast running around the yard tonight</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print"; color:#E6E6E6"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6">(October 11, 2008)</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6">and there always seemed to be a</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6">ball in the picture or nearby. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6">The body language is awesome</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6">between the 2 of them at times</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6">which makes up for the</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6">lack of quality of the pictures.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6">(Just my opinion.. </span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:"Segoe Print";mso-hansi-font-family: "Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings">J<span style="mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings">J</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6">)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Segoe Print";color:#E6E6E6"><a href="http://torigsd.blogspot.com/">Click here for Tori’s website and her amazing story.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="Segoe Print";mso-bidi-font-weight: boldfont-family:";"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p></p></div><div><br />
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</div>~~~ laurel :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17500773284764428383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453297051652888131.post-65100361791880696782008-09-01T08:51:00.000-07:002009-07-24T12:44:29.322-07:00Ari's Career<div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><br /></span></span></div><strong><u><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Arsenal vom Keashaborn (ARI) </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></strong><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><u><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">CGC, Therapy Dog, BH, TR1, PSA TC, PSA PDC, </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></u></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><u><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">PSA 1 Novice, RN</span></span></span></span></span></span></u></strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style=""><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:date year="1999" day="21" month="4"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">April 21, 1999</span></span></span></st1:date><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i style=""><u><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Got Ari as a 12 week old puppy on July 17,1999 from breeder </span></span></span></span></u></i><st1:personname><i style=""><u><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Eric </span></span></span></span></u></i><st1:city><st1:place><i style=""><u><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Lund</span></span></span></span></u></i></st1:place></st1:city></st1:personname><i style=""><u><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">/Keashaborn Kennels</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></u></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i style=""><u><span style=""><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> </span></span></span></o:p></span></u></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:date year="2001" day="18" month="11"><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">November 18, 2001</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:date><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">.....</span></span></span></span><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Canine Good Citizen</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">…. Petsmart, </span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:place><st1:city><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Appleton</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:city><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> </span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:state><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">WI</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:state></st1:place><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:date year="2001" day="3" month="12"><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">December 3, 2001</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:date><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">.....</span></span></span></span><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Therapy Dog</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">/Theda </span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:place><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Clark</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:place><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> (</span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:city><st1:place><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Neenah</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:place></st1:city><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">)/</span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:personname><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Therapy Dogs</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:personname><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> Inc. Cheyenne WY #394</span></span></span></span></span></strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:date year="2002" day="11" month="6"><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">June 11, 2002</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:date><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">.....Schutzhund "</span></span></span></span><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">BH</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">....Sun Prairie Schutzhund Club, Sun Prairie WI</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:date year="2004" day="20" month="6"><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">June 20, 2004</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:date><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">……..</span></span></span></span><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Tracking 1</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">…..</span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:place><st1:placename><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Fox</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:placename><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> </span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:placetype><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Valley</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:placetype></st1:place><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> Police and Schutzhund Club, </span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:place><st1:city><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Black Creek</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:city><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> </span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:state><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">WI</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:state></st1:place><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:date year="2004" day="20" month="6"><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">June 20, 2004</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:date><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">……repeated “BH”…. </span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:place><st1:placename><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Fox</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:placename><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> </span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:placetype><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Valley</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:placetype></st1:place><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> Police and Schutzhund Club, </span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:place><st1:city><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Black Creek</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:city><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> </span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:state><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">WI</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:state></st1:place><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:date year="2005" day="4" month="6"><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">June 4, 2005</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:date><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> …..PSA </span></span></span></span><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">TC</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> (Temperament & Control)(84)….Baltimore MD </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:date year="2005" day="5" month="6"><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">June 5, 2005</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:date><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> …..PSA TC (Temperament & Control)(88)….Baltimore MD</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:date year="2005" day="20" month="8"><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">August 20, 2005</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:date><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">…..PSA </span></span></span></span><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">PDC</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">(Protection Dog Certificate)…. </span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:place><st1:city><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Oswego</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:city><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">, </span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:state><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">NY</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:state></st1:place><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:date year="2006" day="3" month="6"><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">June 3, 2006</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:date><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">…..</span></span></span></span><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">PSA 1 Novice</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> (</span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:street><st1:address><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">88% First Place</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:address></st1:street><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">)…</span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:place><st1:city><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Baltimore</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:city><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> </span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:state><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">MD</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:state></st1:place><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">September 2006….PSA 2 – 2</span></span></span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">nd</span></span></span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> place – </span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:place><st1:city><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Hastings</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:city><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">, </span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:state><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">MN</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:state></st1:place><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">October 2006…</span></span></span></span><span style="background: yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">Rally Novice</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> (99-2</span></span></span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">nd</span></span></span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> place, 98-2</span></span></span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">nd</span></span></span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> place, 97)</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">June 2007 – PSA2 – 2</span></span></span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">nd</span></span></span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> place – </span></span></span></span></span></strong><st1:state><st1:place><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Bourbonnais</span></span></span></span></span></strong></st1:place></st1:state><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">, IL</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">June 2007 – Retired</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><span style=""><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> </span></span></span></span></o:p></span></strong></p> <strong><span style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Indicates new title or certificate when highlighted</span></span></span></span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><br /></span></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pbi5X11AMdaCPJNohu6V1Dw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Click here _ Ari's Achievements</span></span></span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pbi5X11AMdaCPJNohu6V1Dw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><object align="middle" height="400" width="430"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><param name="movie" value="http://www.smugmug.com/ria/ShizamSlides-2007090601.swf?AlbumID=5337201&AlbumKey=NJZZY&transparent=true&crossFadeSpeed=500&clickUrl=http://www#46;smugmug#46;com"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><param name="bgcolor" value="000000"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><embed src="http://www.smugmug.com/ria/ShizamSlides-2007090601.swf?AlbumID=5337201&AlbumKey= NJZZY&transparent=true&crossFadeSpeed=500&clickUrl=http://www#46;laurelstone.smugmug#46;com" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" height="400" width="430"></embed></object></p></span></span><br /></a></p><p></p></div></div>~~~ laurel :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17500773284764428383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453297051652888131.post-50417161161312357292008-08-25T14:53:00.000-07:002010-10-23T07:45:44.982-07:00<span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://laurelstone.smugmug.com/gallery/5337201_NJZZY/1/326196477_eXxVB">June 2006 - PSA Trial in Baltimore MD -</a></span><br />
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The first video is the car jacking scenario and the beginning of the attack on the handler. Ari is pretty whiney when he barks so it's sort of amusing but he's serious with the bite. We lost a few points because of that and also because of the leash tightening as we stopped in front of the vehicle to put the collar on. Points for the civil scenario were 41.5 of 50.<br />
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The attack on the handler I think was one of Ari's favorite scenarios. He was ready and knew what what happening. The voice you hear is my daughter Candace who was videotaping and explaining things to 7 year old Miranda. Ari scored 45 of 50 points which is "With Distinction".<br />
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This next video is the end of the attack on the handler where he took a cheap shot as I was picking him up and he had outed when the steward said "out your dog" rather then when I told him to out. Also on this video is most of the courage test which he LOVES to do and he does it well! 67 of 70 points and "With Highest Distinction" was the score.<br />
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This next video is the very last part of the courage test (note the cheap shot again and the smile on the judge) and us walking to the edge of the field to wait for the critique. I didn't realize until then that there was a group of Schutzhund people watching who all had German Shepherds and they were all cheering for Ari because he was the only GSD! You can hear them in the background when Ari did the long bite.<br />
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Here we have Miranda who just loves Ari and would through a ball for him to retreive. Also is the critique by Judge Darryl Ritchie.<br />
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And the last one is us going off the field and getting hugged by someone I didn't even know! How cool is that! Successful day! New PSA 1 with an obedience score of 83.5 and a total protection score of 153.5 for a total of 237. This score earned us First Place for the Trial Day in our class.<br />
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The rest of the summer we played in the 2's and actually passed the obedience once. Other stories about this adventure will be in future posts.<br />
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Then, in February of 2007, I awoke to find Ari in a coma and rushed him to <a href="http://greatlakesvetclinic.com/">Great Lakes Vet.</a> After numerous tests, <a href="http://greatlakesvetclinic.com/OurVets.html">Dr. Jeff</a> suspected <a href="http://arigsd.blogspot.com/2008/05/aris-health-issues.html">Addison's Disease</a> which was confirmed with a blood test from the Marshfield Clinic. He did survive but his career was coming to an end. <a href="http://arigsd.blogspot.com/2009/01/retirement-trial.html">On July 7, 2007, we participated one last time in Bourbonnaise, IL which will be documented in another post</a>.<br />
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Now Ari is enjoying retirement chasing any unfortunate critter that happens to come in the yard and patroling the property for anything that might dare to enter his domain!<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">A Note: Today PSA1 includes a 4th protection scenario which is one of several that are published so the dogs can be trained accordingly.</span><br />
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</span></div>~~~ laurel :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17500773284764428383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453297051652888131.post-15631558672835643612008-05-29T08:52:00.001-07:002008-05-29T08:52:36.959-07:00About Ari<em>....coming soon.</em>~~~ laurel :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17500773284764428383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453297051652888131.post-59455653506486361172008-05-29T08:49:00.001-07:002009-07-24T13:17:34.612-07:00Health Issues - Addison's<span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.addisondogs.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span"> Addison's Disease</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">
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<br />Ari started having trouble getting up in the morning January of 2007. The first diagnosis was </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1569&articleid=456"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span">Lumbar Stenosis</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">, then mid January he was diagnosed with </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.lakelandveterinaryhospital.com/Anaplasmosis.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span">Anaplasmosis</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">, a tick related disease. Then a few weeks later he was not eating well and one morning I woke up and he was in a coma.
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<br />After I rushed him to the vet where he was given a 50/50 chance, I learned more than I ever wanted to about an </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.southpaws.com/news/99-1-addisons-disease.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span">Addisonian Crisis</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">. He slowly came out of it and several days later came home for the weekend. The next week, no eating again and </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pbi5X11AMdaBEdcNuEuR3Qw"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span">blood tests</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> revealed that his liver numbers were 10x normal. More IVs.
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<br />He now has to get a monthly </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.percorten.novartis.us/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span">Percorten</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> shot and low doses of Prednisone to keep him going. Since then he stiffened up – Anaplasmosis again so once more being treated for that. In addition, he is borderline Pancreatic Insufficient and gets enzymes on his food and has some developed Spondylosis.
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<br />Ari aged overnight but his fun loving attitude never waivered. He still (September 2008) chases the school bus and keeps the yard free from critters. His Percortin shots have extended to 45 days apart and he seems to do well on 2.5 mg. of Prednisone daily.
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<br />During his Crisis he may have actually crossed over but returned because as I was driving him to </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.greatlakesvetclinic.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span">Great Lakes Vet</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">, THREE large deer crossed in front of me before my first turn. I turned the corner and again they crossed in front of me. It seemed a little weird at the time because they were so big and they didn't really hurry and I had to stop. After researching it I found this written:
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<br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">When I talked to </span></span></span><a href="http://pure-spirit.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Marilyn Tokach, Animal Communicator</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">, she had a very hard time connecting with Ari which was unusual but when she did, he told her it could go either way and was ok with whatever turned out. Because I'm a true dog lover, I told him that it was NOT ok and that he had more to do in THIS world!</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br />~~~ laurel :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17500773284764428383noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453297051652888131.post-45632095105431494862003-10-17T22:01:00.000-07:002010-10-17T22:08:58.816-07:00The BH<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" id="table1809" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><tbody>
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<div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">All dog owners are permitted to participate who can produce proof that they have already successfully performed the special knowledge test at a sanctioned event of the VDH comparable to the regulations of the VDH Handlers' License, or who produce the official certificate of knowledge. Entrants who are first time participants in the VDH-BH test and cannot furnish the appropriate certificate of knowledge must successfully pass the written test of verification of their knowledge on the day of the event before they may be tested in the practical part. Dogs of all breeds and sizes are permitted. The minimum age for dogs to participate in a BH test is 15 months.In order to be able to hold a BH test, there must be a minimum of 4 dogs participating in the trial. If the BH test is combined with other types of titles, there must be a minimum of 4 participants (for example, participants in VPG [Schutzhund], BH, etc.). The number of participants allowed to be judged in a single trial day varies from 10 up to 15 and is governed by the total number of the parts being judged, which may not exceed 30 [parts]. (BH tests combined with the written test on theory counts as 3 parts. Without the test on theory, the BH test counts as 2 parts.)</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <br />
<b>Impartiality [Temperament] Test</b></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><span style="color: #5a5a58; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Before admittance to the BH test, all dogs entered are to undergo a temperament test, in which the identity of the dog is confirmed through checking of the tattoo number and/or chip number. Dogs that are not identifiable are not entitled to start in a trial. Evaluating the dog's temperament also occurs during the entire trial. Dogs that do not pass the temperament test are prohibited from further participation in the trial. If, during the course of the trial, a dog shows defects of character, even if it passed the first temperament test, the judge may disqualify the dog from the trial and enter into the scorebook the note, 'Temperament Test/Behavior Test failed".</span></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-weight: 700;">Evaluation</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Dogs which do not achieve 70% of the required points in Part A will not be permitted to participate in the Traffic Portion of the test.<br />
At the end of the trial no point score is given by the judge but rather only a rating of Passed or Failed. The trial is passed if 70% of the attainable points are earned in Part A and in Part B the judge considers the exercises as performed satisfactorily.<br />
The BH title is not a training title in the sense of the breed, show and breed selection regulations of a member organization of the VDH. A BH test may be repeated at any time. The outcome of each trial is recorded in the scorebook irrespective of the outcome.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-weight: 700;">A) Begleithund Test on the training Field. Total Points:60</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Each individual exercise begins and ends with the basic position. The dog sits directly next to its handler on the left side with its right shoulder at the handler's knee. Assuming the basic position is allowed only once at the beginning of each exercise. The handler is to stand in the basic position in a sportsmanlike manner. Standing straddle-legged is not permitted. The basic position at the end of an exercise can be the start position of the following exercise. Handler help is not permitted and if used, results in point deductions. Carrying something to motivate the dog, such as a toy, is not permitted. If a handler cannot perform an exercise correctly because of a physical disability, the judge must be informed of this prior to the beginning of the trial. If a handler's disability doesn't allow the dog to heel on the left side, the dog may heel in a comparable position on the handler's right side.<br />
The judge gives the command to begin each exercise. Everything else, such as the turns, halts, changes of pace, etc., is carried out without direction from the judge. However, it is permitted for the handler to request these directions from the judge.<br />
Praising the dog is permitted at the end of each exercise. Afterwards, the handler may take a new basic position. Between praising the dog and new start there should be a distinct pause (about 3 seconds). The dog must remain at heel between exercises.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-weight: 700;">1. On Lead Heeling (15 points). Command:" Heel" ("Fuss")</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">From the basic position at the command "Heel" ("Fuss"), the on-lead dog, wearing an animal rights approved collar or harness, follows the handler gladly. The lead may not be on the live ring of the collar.<br />
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At the beginning of the exercise, the dog and handler walk 40 to 50 paces straight ahead without stopping, perform an about turn and after 1 0 to 15 paces, show the fast and then slow paces of a minimum of about 1 0 paces. At a normal pace, they are then to execute a minimum of a right, a left and an about turn. The dog must stay with its shoulder at knee level on the left side of the handler. It must neither forge, lag or go sideways. The about turn is to be shown by the handler as a left about turn.<br />
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The command "Heel" ("Fuss") is permitted only when starting from the basic position and at the changes of pace. When the handler halts, the dog should sit quickly without help from the handler. The handler may not at this point change the basic position and especially may not move to the dog if it's sitting apart from the handler. During the heeling routine, the lead should be held in the left hand and must hang loose. At the direction of the judge, the handler and dog go through a group of a minimum of 4 people. The handler must halt at least once in the group. The group is to move randomly. Lagging, forging or deviating to the side by the dog while heeling, as well as pausing on the turns by the handler, is incorrect.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-weight: 700;">Group</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><span style="color: #5a5a58; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The heeling through the moving group is to be shown both on and off lead. While heeling in the group, a minimum of once around a person to the left and once to the right (for example, in the form of a figure "8") is to be performed. Once during each pass through the group, the handler must halt near a person. The judge may require the handler to repeat the exercise. Praising the dog is permitted only in the final basic position after leaving the group.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">About Turns (180)</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Two </span></span></b></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">types of about turns are permitted, but they both must performed as left about turns. When carrying out the about turn, the dog can either go around the handler or the about turn is performed with the handler as a left turn. (The dog stays on the left side of the handler.)</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-weight: 700;">2. Off Lead Heeling (15 points). Command:" Heel" ("Fuss")</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">At the direction of the judge, the lead is removed while the dog is in the basic position. The handler hangs the lead over the shoulder or sticks it in his/her pocket. (In both cases, the lead goes on the side opposite from the dog, either over the left shoulder with the snap on the right side or in the right side pocket.) The team returns immediately through the group with the dog off lead, halting at least once in the group. After leaving the group, the handler briefly takes the basic position and then begins the off-lead heeling routine comparable to Exercise</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> <b>1.</b></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><b><span style="color: maroon;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">3. Sit Out of Motion Exercise (10 points). Command: "Sit" ("Sitz")</span></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">From the basic position and with the dog heeling off lead, the handler walks straight ahead. After a minimum of 10 paces and on the command "Sit" ("Sitz"), the dog must quickly sit, without the handler pausing or looking back. After an additional 30 paces, the handler stops and immediately turns towards the dog. At the direction of the judge, the handler returns to the dog and takes the basic position on the right side [of the dog]. If the dog stands or lies down instead of sits, there will be a deduction of 5 points.</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
<b> "Sit"<br />
Basic Position ---------------------------------- X -------------------------------------------------- Handler<br />
10-15 paces normal minimum 30 paces normal</b></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-weight: 700;">4. Down Out of Motion With Recall (10 points)</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">From the basic position the handler gives the command "Heel" ("Fuss") and walks straight ahead. After a minimum of 10 paces and on the command “Down” (“Platz”), the dog must quickly lie down. Without other influence on the dog and without turning around, the handler walks straight ahead another 30 paces, turns immediately towards the dog and stops. At the direction of the judge, the handler calls the dog. The dog should run to the handler quickly and happily and sit in front. At the command, "Heel" ("Fuss"), the dog sits next to the handler.<br />
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If the dog stands or sits, but the recall is perfect, 5 points will be deducted.</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><br />
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<b> "Down"<br />
Basic Position ---------------------------------- X -------------------------------------------------- Handler<br />
10-15 paces normal minimum 30 paces normal</b></span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><b><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: maroon;">5. Down Under Distraction(10 points). Commands: "Down"("Platz"),"Sit"("Sitz")</span></span></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">At the beginning of the obedience performance of the other dog, the handler downs the dog from the basic position at a place designated by the judge without leaving the lead or any type of article with the dog. The handler goes 30 paces away and stands at this distance with his/her back to the dog. During the Down, the dog must remain lying calmly. At the direction of the judge, the handler goes to the right side of the dog and at another judge direction, brings the dog into the basic position with the command "Sit" ("Sitz"). If the dog sits, stands or is restless, only partial points will be awarded. If the dog moves more than its own body length from the down position, the exercise is failed.<br />
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Restless behavior on the part of the Handler, as well as other hidden help is incorrect.<br />
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Bitches are to be downed separately, if possible.<br />
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A dog which does not earn a minimum of 70% (42 points) in exercises 1 through 5 is dismissed from further participation in the trial.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><b><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: maroon; font-size: x-small;">B. Test in Traffic. General</span></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">The following exercises take place outside of the training field in a suitable environment. The judge along with the trial chairman determines where and how the exercises in the public traffic area (streets, avenues or squares) will be carried out. Public traffic may not be impeded.<br />
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Because of their character, implementation of these parts of the test requires a considerable amount of time spent on them. The performance requirements may not be impaired by the superficial testing of too many dogs.<br />
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No points are awarded for the individual exercises in Part B. In order to pass these parts of the test, the total impression of the dog as it moves through traffic/the public is relevant.<br />
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The exercises described in the following are suggestions and can be modified by the judge to fit the local conditions. If the judge is unsure in the rating of the dog, he is authorized to repeat the exercises or to alter them.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-weight: 700;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Order of Procedures</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><div style="color: black; font-size: 11px;"><span style="color: maroon; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-weight: 700;"><br />
1. Encounter With a Group of People</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">At the direction of the judge and with the dog on lead, the handler walks along an assigned section of a street on the sidewalk. The judge follows the team at an appropriate distance.<br />
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The dog should follow willingly on the handler's left side on a loose lead with its shoulder at the handler's knee.<br />
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The dog must be indifferent to the pedestrian and motor traffic.<br />
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On the way, a jogger (someone assigned to do this, not a stranger) crosses the handler's path. The dog should appear neutral and indifferent.<br />
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The handler and dog walk further and enter a loose group of a minimum of 6 people, in which one person speaks to the handler and greets himlher with a handshake. At the handler's command, the dog must sit or lie next to the handler and behave calmly during the brief conversation.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><b><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">2. Encounter With a Bike Rider</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">With the dog on lead, the handler walks along a street and is next overtaken from behind by a bike rider who rings a bell while passing. At some distance away, the bike rider turns around and comes towards the dog and handler. Beside the team, the bike rider rings the bell again. The traffic pattern should be set up in such a way that the dog is between the handler and the passing bike rider.<br />
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The dog should be indifferent to the bike and rider.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><b><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">3. Encounter With Automobiles</span></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">With the dog heeling on lead, the handler and dog walk past several cars. One of the cars starts up and as they pass one of the other cars, a door is slammed. As the handler and dog walk on further, a car stops next to them. The driver rolls down the car window and asks the handler for information. At the same time the handler commands the dog to sit or lie down. The dog must appear calm and unaffected by the cars and all traffic noises.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><b><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">4. Encounters With Joggers or Inline Skaters</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><span style="color: #5a5a58; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">With the dog on lead, the handler and dog walk along a quiet road. A minimum of two joggers overtakes them, without decreasing speed. Once one jogger passes, another jogger comes towards the handler and dog and runs past them without slowing down. The dog does not have to stay in heel position but may not bother either the jogger overtaking [them from behind] or the one coming towards them. During the encounters with the joggers, the handler is permitted to put the dog in a sit or down position.<br />
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Instead of the joggers, one or two inline skaters can overtake the handler and dog [from behind] and again coming towards them.</span><br />
</span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><b><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">5. Encounter With Other Dog</span></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">When being overtake by or meeting another dog with its handler, the dog has to behave in a neutral manner. The handler may repeat the command "Heel" ("FuB") or put the dog in the sit or down position during the encounters.</span></span></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-indent: -6.75pt;"><b><span style="color: maroon; font-family: Tahoma;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: maroon;">6. Behavior of the Dog when Tied Out Briefly and Left Alone; Behavior With Regard to Animals</span></span></span></b></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">At the direction of the judge and with the dog on lead, the handler walks along the sidewalk of a moderately busy street. After a short distance and at the judge's instruction, the handler stops and attaches the lead to a fence, tie-out or similar. The handler goes out of sight into a business or entrance to a house.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> The dog may stand, sit or lie down.<br />
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During the absence of the handler a passerby (someone assigned to do this) walks by with a dog on lead to the side of the dog being tested, at a distance of about 5 paces.<br />
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The dog that has been left alone must remain quiet during the absence of the handler. It must allow the dog being walked by to pass without acting aggressively (without pulling strongly on the lead or persistent barking). At the judge's direction, the dog is picked up.</span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0