2010 Rocky Mountain Cluster..by Vickie
Posted: January 29, 2010 Filed under: Apso Aficionados Leave a commentThis is unabashedly a repeat of last year’s post (and the year before) … the same information holds true for 2010!
Once again, we’re gearing up for the largest dog show in Colorado …
Dolphin banquet
Posted: January 26, 2010 Filed under: Apso Aficionados Leave a commentSegway. A word, an action, often used by Josh and Chuck on their podcast, How Stuff Works. This American Life doesn’t use the word, but each show is opened with a short story that introduces the concept of each show’s stories.
Last night I started agility classes with Edie and Elliot; Agility Foundations 1 and Agility Foundations 2. Norma Jean is enrolled in Family Dog. Getting home at 10PM, the first night of my work week might be a bit of a challenge, but wanting to learn, I decided to belly up to the bar. One of the things I’ve learned this past year or so from Ana and Lori is how to spark a dog’s ability to puzzle things out, to think. For a long time I’ve thought dogs had this ability, but had not a clue how to tap into this ability. Karen Pryor’s Lads Before The Wind opened the door for me in the mid90s.
Animals are amazing. They don’t have language as *we* know it, but they do communicate!
Transitions
Posted: January 25, 2010 Filed under: Apso Aficionados 4 CommentsIt’s been a time of transitions, this past month or so. For my server. For myself. Organizing life. Organizing time. Does one organize transitions, particularly life transitions? Or do the transitions simply happen? A combination, I suppose. Before I get waylaid contemplating the meaning of life, here’s a transition Susan is considering and has some questions:
I just got back from a short trip to Hawaii…..wonderful !!!! My best friend, (Dan) and his wife (Marti) and their 21 year old son (Cody) live on the Big Island, and I had not been over there since they had built and moved into their new house in Wailea — about 10 miles north of Hilo. Although I have fantasized about Hawaii ever since I first went there some 23 years ago, I always came back to my own lazy ways and to staying here. This time I think I need to pursue my dream of getting over there for longer portions of time, which brings me to my questions.
It turns out that taking dogs to Hawaii no longer requires the 120 day quarantine period that always made the whole prospect of taking them impossible. There is now a program by which the dogs can be tested and then approved for direct-release. That’s the primary hurdle for me. I can go. I can take the dogs. They don’t have to be quarantined. It’s convoluted and expensive, but it can be done.
So….I’m trying to figure out how to go for a month or three or four to see if I like it well enough to buy or build something there so I can stay for 6 months….or forever. If I could find someone who would rent to me with 4 dogs (HA HA HA !!!!!) I would simply pack up and go there for December-January-February or so and try it out. I doubt that anyone in their right mind would do that. So…..my friend Katy Rose would be willing to rent out her condo and move in with my dogs for however long I wanted to go for. (In fact that would be a boon to her, since she needs the extra income). Okay, so now my question: how long can I be away from my dogs without them really really forgetting that I’m their mom??????? Realize that I have no idea whether I can survive even a month without THEM, so this is just a fishing expedition for facts, which will eventually help me figure out how to accomplish this mission, but…..that is my main question: how long can I leave them (in their own home with an excellent caretaker etc) without damaging our relationship.
I will look forward to your thoughts, and feel free to put whatever of this you want onto the blog if that suits you
Susan
An auction
Posted: January 23, 2010 Filed under: Apso Aficionados Leave a commentThis was billed as ‘Italian Auction’, but from comments on You Tube, apparently it’s Finnish. Either way, take a peak!
Kathy’s birthday apron
Posted: January 20, 2010 Filed under: Apso Aficionados 1 CommentDebby,
Enjoy my cute birthday apron from Joe…of course, the pack takes sitting on command to new levels of comfort!!
The apron is by an artist in Glenwood Springs, CO. She is also on Etsy and if in the Denver area, her aprons are available at Silk Road Home Decor.
Kathy
Kunza at FleetFire Timbers 
