Took Kodi and Cookie on a walk this morning.  Had a nice time but the local neighborhood idiots who don't train their dog were out.     Their rescue dogs tooks the agressive stance as usual and it is nothing new.  I am trying to get Cookie ready for her CGC test and she is doing well.

Cookie is gaining more confidant in herself.  She did the dog walk at Agility class last night and is more willing to go on the equipment. 

I have been talking to people down in North Carolina about moving down there and buying a house.  My husband think he is control of how we are going about it but at this point he has no control over what Sapphire and I do at this point.    He will be up here with his nice house alone with whatever he want to do.  I will be down in NC without someone telling me what to do and how I can live my life.

Bill is not a bad person but really has no clue how to treat another person on a personnel level.  I can thank his dysfuntional family for that.  He was raised by two selfish and self centered people who had idea how to treat a nice person with respect.  The whole family is very bad.  I can't say that I am perfect either.

I just try to do my best.    I just get tired of being told what to do from day to day. 

I sent my memberships into the local golden clubs.  I will never let anyone else ever train my dogs again.  Kodi has thyroid issues because of the abuse he got as a small pup.  Cookie who is the same age is perfectly healthy.  I will never shock my dogs.  I never have and never will.

I get tired of the very good pro who thinks they know how to train a field dog.  The only thing I see is a person shocking a dog to get it to go in a direction so they get those titles.  The titles don't mean much when the person who is operating the button does so as a way to make shortcuts for proper training.

I am reading the new book put out by some people called positive training methods for sporting dogs.

What I have read is good.  More shaping the behavior than shocking for the behaviors you want.

Denise

Well I have been thinking about why Kodi is sick and Cookie is not.

Feeling better after a very Bad week

Well I had a very bad fight with my husband this morning.  Looks like the time is coming near when are marriage of many years is going to end soon.  He is very selfish and will never change.  I had to sleep on the couch last night because he went to bed early and blamed it on me.  He sat in front of the TV all day yesterday watching war movies and doing nothing else.  He works all the time and pays no attention to anyone except for an occasional pet for the dogs.  His communications skills are very poor and I am tired of living with someone who thinks nothing about anyone else except for his own desires.

I will have to find a house to live in down south somewhere.  I do have my Army pension and can find some type of a parttime job to support myself.  I think my daughter with Autism will be joing me but the picture for that is unclear.

She can't stay with him because he is very controlling and down right mean.  He can't be trusted with anything at this point.


My family wants me to move back to South Dakota.  Good Luck after the crap I got back two months ago.  My brother is much more important than the daughters.  He basically just moved right back in with his 30 year old daughter who thinks it is fine to mooch.  I don't understand why he is the way he is... I really think he is very bi-polar more than myself.

It is easy to just take the easy way out.  I have never had the easy way.  I was neglected as a child and had to endure things on my own for most of my life.

I will look into veteran resources on Monday down in the Carolina's.  I am going to apply for a work at home job with NEW again.  Job wasn't that bad to begin with but will interfere with my dog stuff for now which is okay.

I have to get out of this place called Westfield because it is not doing me any good.

Denise

NAHRA Test

Lilly's right paw is hurting.  She was a bit more active this morning.    Kodi is still limping too.  I am not sure what is causing the doggies to go lame.   Buck Shope is a mean man.  He thinks he is "God".  He is far from it.  I really don't like Men who abuse dogs.  People pay good money to go to these workshops.  I learned nothing as he told me to shock Kodi.  He got mad when I didn't.  Kodi came back fine on his own with praise.

I wish people would seek out better assistance when training.  The Electronic Collar is not the answer.  Praise is the best.

Some of these are from the Nahra TEst.