The Pet Lady

This is a wonderful picture of Popeye all dressed up for Woofstock. Wew ent to the dog event on Sunday. He did very well. But barked at the statue of a man..I think he thought he should have cookies. I was appalled at the number of people who did not let their dogs relive themselves outside before going into the display area.

the whole building stinking from all the pee and quite a few of the carpets were smeared with poop. I would think that the organizers will think twice about have this event indoors again.

Dog training has seen many changes in recent years. 30 years ago harsh training methods were the norm. Dogs were subject to choke chain and prong collars, with severe leash “corrections”. The mainstream of dog trainers considered that you had to give harsh pops on the leash to make the dog “respect” you, and therefore would be obedient.

Then several studies of the behavior of captive wolves were the driving force in dog training. This resulted in the theory that wolves and by association dogs live in packs and are dominated by the alpha dog. So trainings introduced the ruff shake (taking a dog by the scruff of the neck and lifting them up and shaking them) sometimes called Scruffing. And also the Alpha roll over. This involves hold a dog down by its neck until it submits.

Unfortunately there are still many so call “dog trainers” and “animal behaviorists” still used these methods.

Enlightened trainers now use humane methods with the premise that you reward the positive and ignore behavior that is not wanted. Training this way will make you think and try and get into the dogs head to find out what motivates the dog. once you know what motivates your dog you can use that to shape behavior.

If you are considering a trainer for your dog make sure that only positive methods are used.

In classes that I run the dogs are virtually free to do what they want, and I teach you to make your dog want to do what you want the dog to do.

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Animals need to be cared for.  Those of us that have pets love them, and want to to the best for them.  Warm in winter and cool in summer.    Food also is important.   The absolute best food for your pet is what it would eat if it was running wild in the countryside.  Not the city.  The city means that it would be eating garbage and that would keep it alive but not in the best of health.

Mother Nature knows best and if we want our animals to be in the best of health then we need to provide food similar to what they would eat in the wild

This means  raw meat, bones, and some vegetables and green matter.   If you do this then the benefits to your dogs and cats will be immense.

I feed Muttloaf  to my dogs    and they like it so much they try and steal it from each other..  Watch what happens when Aero finishes her dinner first and tries to take Popeyes away!This is my Dinner not yours!!

well I went out and got the coin sleeves and now to counting. But life is funny..I have put it out to the universe that I need something to change because the road I am on is spiraling downwards at an alarming rate. So I decided to put my boat on ebay for sale. Someone in town knew the boat and called me from the number I had posted. Lo and behold this person may have a place I can rent for my business considerably cheaper than where I am now. If I had not put the boat up for sale then I would have never met this person. If all goes well then I will withdraw my boat from ebay auction. I never really wanted to sell it anyway. I really enjoy the time I spend on the water.

But I got on the scale 240 lbs still…I know, I know you are not supposed to weigh yourself daily but the scale is there and I stepped on. I will have to put is out of sight

Well here I am 61 yrs old. Still working with no retirement in sight. 240 lbs and having to squeeze into my clothes.

So today July 11 2010 is the first day of the rest of my life.

As of today I will be writing a daily blog chart my progress to health and wealth.

Everyday I will do one thing for my health
and one thing for my wealth.

To day I will take my vitamins and apple cider vineger which I know i should take but I haven’t been following through

And I roll all the coins I have and open a tax free account at the bank

Wonderful July day that began with a walk in the woods with the dogs.   Then on to a picnic at Willow Lake Park.   I can highly recommend this park.  It is a trailer park but they letin day visitors .   It has a very nice sand beach and a lot of things for kids to do.  A rope swing into the water….I didn’t try it!  Diving boards, slides and various rafts complete the water equipment.  But then on shore there is a large play area for kids as well.     Water was warm and lovely. What is really nice is that part of the area is fenced off and you can bring your dogs and they can swim.   I applaud the owners of the park.    We brought a picnic but there is a snack bar where you can get hot dogs,french fries etc.

All in all a wonderful day and we all arrived home tired and happy.

I am watching the Hornby Eagles webcam nest. What a privilege to be able to see the birth of eagles. Mum and Dad are so loving and tender. What a wonderful site to see that terrible beak ripping off the smallest morsel of fish so that baby can have its first meal.

After that anytime the kid screams it gets fed….reminds me of my own kids!!

If you want to watch:   http://www.hornbyeagles.com/webcam.htm

Little Maggie ( a Maltese mix ) was with her owner in Florida for the the winter.

When she come home just last week, her owner dropped into the shop because all winter Maggie has had bowel problems….first consipation, then loose stools then blood and mucus in the stool….so she has been back and forth to the vet in Flordia with a number of changes of food…even the gastro stuff the vet has didn’t work.     So she come back to Canada,and buys two pounds of food and hey presto!  in two days Maggie is back to normal and has had no problems ever since.