:Roadie’s Slideshow…
Posted: May 26, 2008 Filed under: FFT Lhasa Apsos 6 CommentsAt last! I have no idea how long it will take to buffer. I have no idea how to make that take less time. But, hey! Here it is! The captions on the photos after Roadie journeys to Pennsylvania were on the back of the photos Alma sent.
:Iris wins again!
Posted: May 26, 2008 Filed under: FFT Lhasa Apsos 1 Comment
Iris is leaping with joy. Shelley is probably leaping even higher! Iris picked up two more points yesterday. Congrats!
Fernando was awarded Best of Breed at the same show, along with a Best of Breed the day before and a Group 3 under judge Sandra Goose-Allen.
:Seth
Posted: May 24, 2008 Filed under: Apso Aficionados, FFT Lhasa Apsos 5 CommentsCaroline sent an update on Seth, which I’ve placed below his latest photo. Seth sons and daughters include Roman, Roadie, Willis, Tango, Saul, Ethan, Ruby and Chloe. I delight in his great-granddaughter Jill’s antics daily.
I love lots of things about cyberspace, including this blog. Remember Ma Bell’s slogan, Reach Out and Touch Someone? That’s what the blog, the website means to me. It’s such a cool way to stay connected, including with people that have given the gift of a Forever Home to one or more of our dogs. Sometimes, though, what’s shot through cyberspace by perfect strangers tears my heart. I’m not sure about my purpose in sharing the following, especially in a post about Seth… Perhaps because this update is an example that dogs that have been under my care don’t have issues with human attachment?? Perhaps to repair my heart??
Well, here it is…
You mention that the dogs get plenty of human contact, but all I see
on your photos are dogs in kennels. This is hardly an ideal set-up
for dogs who attach themselves strongly to human beings.
I assume that they see a fair bit of you, and the show ring, though
the latter is pretty artificial for socialization purposes.
You write that you are interested in genetics and as a biologist I am
interested in what you might term behavioral genetics:
What is your program of testing the extraordinary ability to remember
visitors that Tibetan Lhasa Apsos exhibit?
And promoting the human attachment?
Ouch!
:Slight change in Rescue Reunion and Pet Expo
Posted: May 21, 2008 Filed under: FFT Lhasa Apsos | Tags: Debby Rothman 1 Comment
Taken from Vickie’s ApsoRescue blog:
While it has been a long-time coming, we’ve finally got solid plans … and a beautiful site to hold our first ever Rescue Reunion. Right about now, you’re probably asking yourself what exactly is a “rescue reunion.” Simply stated, it is a gathering of all the families (and dogs) that have adopted from our organization. Date for the event: June 21, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. UPDATE ON LOCATION: Due to a scheduling conflict, we’ve reserved space at Thompson Park, located 4 blocks west of Main Street (Hwy 287) on 5th Street in Longmont. Why Longmont? We have families all over the Front Range and Longmont is the most central (not to mention it is a nice little city away from the hustle/bustle of Denver).
Also attending the Apso Picnic will be pet owners of FleetFireTimbers Lhasa Apsos. If you’ve been to my house, you’ve met dogs of this lineage … Frankie and Dante, to be exact. The owners of FFT dogs are as delightful as the dogs themselves. Basically this is a gathering to enjoy dogs and dog folk. We’ll have a quick grooming seminar (faces/feet/butts), a handout on current vaccination protocols, Lhasa Races with betting (actual dogs don’t race, but we think you’ll have a blast anyway), and a potluck picnic.
A bit of history … Thompson Park is one of the three parks designed into the original Chicago-Colorado Colony town plat. The park is named after Elizabeth Rowell Thompson (1820-1899), a renowned philanthropist, temperance reformer and abolitionist who lived on the East Coast. A Boston reporter in 1899, called her the “founder of Longmont, Colorado”. In 1890, Judge F.P. Secor rented Thompson Park for $14 per month to graze his and a neighbor’s milk cows. The ladies of the town planted trees in the park and helped keep them alive with buckets of water from the St.Vrain — trees that still stand today and are identified in a brochure available from the Parks and Forestry Services Office (”The Trees of Thompson Park”).
This will be a potluck style gathering. Please bring a covered dish and chairs. Beverages and dinnerware will be provided. We are asking for RSVPs so we have an idea of how much we’ll need to bring for both dogs and humans. Please RSVP by June 14th at (970) 663-5910 or send an email to ApsoRescue@aol.com.
:Seward Kennel Club Slideshow
Posted: May 11, 2008 Filed under: Apso Aficionados, FFT Lhasa Apsos 3 Comments
Kunza at FleetFire Timbers 