Layout…compliments of Vickie

Posted: January 19, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Apso Aficionados, Lotsa Lhasa Info | 1 Comment

It will be interesting to see if a Lhasa Apso on the cover of Dog Fancy and this beautiful ad within (done by our Vickie!) will generate more interest in our beloved breed.

The Lhasa Apso Club of Central Colorado met Sunday after brunch at Mount Vernon. We set up the upcoming year’s meeting dates and had all intent and purpose to set up some doggie get-togethers for ‘regular’ folks, perhaps using meetup.com. With husbands chomping at the bit, we rushed through instead. The next meeting will be held after Lhasa Apso judging in Ginny’s grooming area. Better put those doggie get-togethers on the agenda. Could be some creative meetups, given we’ve planned a Wine and Cheese Party for that particular meeting.

P.S. My server is still having some issues with the hardware utilized by my websites:

Well Gandalf is kind of up.  We have ordered the new server, finally. Should arrive Feb 2.  In the mean time we are going to try and get things fixed up or moved to a different server.  The main issue will be the SGOL site.  I am going to try some things tomorrow so expect some down time off and on.  We lost the primary drive and I reconstructed from the last image backup a week plus ago, prior to the upgrade.  I know this has been as much a pain as it has been for us.

John

Dog Fancy Magazine

Posted: January 18, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Lotsa Lhasa Info | 2 Comments
Got this from Rose:
Was in the pet food store today picking up provisions and saw what i thought was a lhasa on a magazine cover. Since i didn’t have my glasse on, i picked it up to confirm it was a lhasa and not a ShitZu as they usually are.  Well, Dog Fancy had a feature article on Lhasa’ for the Feb issue so i sprung for the $5 bucks!.  Was thrilled to see them feature the Lhasa, i know their popularity has been slacking off.  As I recently told Ginny, I’d rather own something rare!!!  In case you didn’t see it, the last paragraph say it all:  “Once you have a Lhasa, you’ll never want anything else.  They’ll spoil you because they are so intelligent.  They really understand you.  They get inside your head and your heart.”  I think that says it all. 
 
 
 

Using “Dominance” to Explain Dog Behaviour is Old Hat

Posted: January 7, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Lotsa Lhasa Info | 7 Comments

Press release issued 21 May 2009

Paper in the Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research

A new study shows how the behaviour of dogs has been misunderstood for generations: in fact using misplaced ideas about dog behaviour and training is likely to cause rather than cure unwanted behaviour. The findings challenge many of the dominance related interpretations of behaviour and training techniques suggested by some TV dog trainers. Contrary to popular belief, aggressive dogs are NOT trying to assert their dominance over their canine or human “pack”, according to research published by academics at the University of Bristol’s Department of Clinical Veterinary Sciences in the Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research.

Click here to read the entire article.

Dogs decorating Christmas tree

Posted: December 19, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Lotsa Lhasa Info | 1 Comment

Julie shared this link. These dogs are awesome! Can you identify the trained behaviors used to make this video?

From service dog to SURFace dog..

Posted: December 16, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Lotsa Lhasa Info | 1 Comment

This is worth your time!!

Ricochet was born into the “Puppy Prodigies Neo-natal and Early Learning Program” with the intention of becoming a service dog for a person with a disability…
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