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Let the smack talk begin.
Are the start and rego times correct? They are lot earlier than last year.
They are 30 minutes earlier. We have found that in an attempt to avoid cars, we need to start a bit earlier.
This years Duaths seem to be 90mins earlier. WSTC usually start the Winter Duaths at 9am. It will only just be light at 7.30am. You'll be 'setting up' and 'trying to warm up' in the dark. Traffic could be a problem in the dark and it will be freezing.
hmm Maybe I made a mistake.
We were to have a committee meeting last night where I was going to bring this up.
I'll shoot an email to the committee to find out
Okay so here's the deal.
Registration is from 7am till 7:30 AM
Race briefing by - 7:45 AM
Races starts at 8 AM SHARP!
I have also put a news item on the front page.
You'll be there Nixon and you know it.
Ripper Race on Monday!
A big thanks to everyone that helped on the day and congrats to all of our competitors in what was certainly a quality, if not quantity field.
Yes, the start time does make it a bit tougher to get out of bed, but I think it is a winner with the reduced traffic and getting home an hour earlier is a big plus for some of us!
Hope to see you all there again in a few weeks for our next race on the 27th of June.
Peter Whyte
A bigger field expected for Race 4 with 50 something already entered on line and more expected later and on the day.
Current entry list (as at around mid day August 07)
Peter Whyte
Dean Hogg
Adrian Wrout
Paul Breguet
Robyn Mcgeary
Austin Parker
Bronwyn Morris
Graeme Cole
Sue Nixon
Brian Curren
Kylie Howlett
Melissa Urie
Leigh Stabryla
Anthony Kilkenny
Brianna Bunworth
Ian Spinks
Matias Abregu
Jeremy Ryan
Peter Henry
Chloe Butt
Trent Harlow
Kate Cartwright
Brett Whiteoak
Lisa Saliba
Greer Sansom
Jim Finnamore
Mark Letman
Dale Hemley
Darren Knight
Jayne Gaukroger
Matthew Binns
Noel McMahon
Andrew Spinks
Corey St. John
Scott Perry
Alexander Jannink
Raelene Quinn
Leanne Versteege
Brett Dunstan
Simon Wallis
Sam Stewart
Rebecca Montgomery
Shaun Rowland
Matthew Weate
Alexander Anderson
Heather Urie
Nicole Hart
Ron Moloney
Sarah Lester
Andrew Artis
Daryl Whitfort
David Buerckner
William Bardsley
As always, if you will be there but not competing or if you have a friend/partner/relative handy we are always in need of help for set up packup and race day marshals.
See you all tomorrow!
Peter Whyte


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hello and welcome back(this sounds so 'stranger' to me now)
anyways! a big hugs to all loyal readers for staying back and constantly visiting my blog! really a big SORRY that the blog was really dead... i just have no choice.. many things i haven't finish up! so therefore, please bare with me for another few weeks, then I'll have Raya break... and I'll be much more free to keep updating! :DI'm in the midst of having mid-terms exams.. and due date for passing up assignments.. i have more responsibilities than others.. somehow, i have to accept the fact that I'll sleep lesser day by day. I'll get more backaches and shoulder aches.. and i really hope that i won't fall sick! (due to stresses i face everyday!)
so that's it for the naggy introduction! hahahahahaha :P
time for some quick update about many more interesting things that happen to me! :)
first of all! this is a brand new elephant cover i got for my phone! :)
hhhmmm.. the previous white old cover spoil, and so i had to get another one! and i got this cute clothing for the phone at Ixora food court (for those MMU-ians) the shop where the signboard written Indo rasa! all the way at the back on your right! :) the uncle is such a wonderful friendly person, that you couldn't resist not to buy from me! and btw, i waited for only 3 days for the phone cover! meanwhile, a tip for those who wanna get themselves one! better screen shot the cover you want in your phone, and show it to him! it will be easier to explain to the uncle on what type and what color of cover you wanna get! :)
*i got mine with smiling face on me! :D
next: if you follow me on instagram! you will see this photo twice.. :P
we celebrated our boss punya birthday at Philea Resort, well plan went really well when all of us intended to surprise him with lotsa people over there! :) then the boyfie was spotted and found because he was just too big size to run away from his sight.. meanwhile, the girlfriends and myself ran like nobody business and manged to escape and the plan continues.. :)
many people attended and he had the smiley face on him when the clock strikes 12am! :)
the above picture is the 2 cakes that friend's bought and made for him! so nice right?
and then tadaaaa!!! the happy 2nd anniversary with the boyfie! ♥
nothing much to explain or say but we went for movie marathon that day (due to the busy-ness, we watched 2 movies together) we watched Pacific Rim (highly recommended) and Despicable Me 2 (the banananannana).. and after the movie, we went down town to 99 Garden for dinner! :) chose the place simply because the scenery there is just so nice (although all we saw was buildings) :)thank you for being there throughout the years.. dunno what else to say because i do not have the brain to think of fancy stuffs.. :P
and then another friends' birthday! :)
this time it was Caleb's birthday! (the 'since foundation bestie') so we never celebrate any, because it was mid-term season.. but we bough him pressies! :) i personally chose all the 3 books for him, and i have full confidence he will love it, because i know him well! :Dhappy smiling all the way when he received the pressiesss.. well, nothing much to say again.. but although we are not that close anymore! but somehow, we still are close together.. :P
(*not sure what am i saying)
a big thankyou to Glasses Online for this sponsored colored contact lenses
the story goes like this, on this particular day, i was checking my email (as usual) and then i came across this email from them asking me whether am i interested in becoming their ambassador???? i was like WHAT????? :O the first thing i checked was the IP adress, thinking what if it's a cheater or what.. and somehow, sixth sense told me that i should believe in them.. LOL...went and browse through their website and found out that okay, this online page existed.. and therefore, i replied them! i got to chose what brand, what color of contact lenses i wanted.. hehe :)
and of course, i have to blog and review about it, but i told them not now, because I'm too busy! :)the above picture is what i chose- Blincon BB Black lenses.. :) will review about it asap!
felt very grateful and thankful that the blog brought happy smiles on me again!
*somehow i wonder how did they find me, they said through the blog, but how??? >.<
and lastly! i had another cover.. this time is a pink giraffe! :)
housemate ordered taobao stuffs, and so i decided to browse through their goods online, and somehow their things are much cheaper than Malaysia.. erm.. but obviously is made in China.. but when the stuffs reached! the quality, color and so on is just way better than i expected.. (maybe they improvised their stuff already after so many complains about the low quality and so on..) this cover cost less than RM15 which is super cheap and they gave me screen protector, the earphone plug thingy with a cloth together which is to wipe the screen.. and many other stuffs! :)bought a purse too, and cost so much cheaper than what i saw at Malacca.. the purse that my brother bought for me at Thailand koyak-ed and i was super emo!!!! no choice to get another purse! :)
hhhmmm, you all may consider getting stuffs at taobao now, because the quality is much better as compared to last time! :)
(*but please don't blame me if you get lousy stuffs okays? so happen all the goods housemates and i bought were very very good) :D
that's all for this quick update!
as you can see July was a very good month for me!
because i see happy faces everyday!
but one thing which is not happy, is the busy-ness and lack of sleep..
so tata from now!!!
*cheers and stay tuned for the next post.. :P
as you can see July was a very good month for me!
because i see happy faces everyday!
but one thing which is not happy, is the busy-ness and lack of sleep..
so tata from now!!!
*cheers and stay tuned for the next post.. :P


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A hierarchy of needs
My clients are good dog owners. Their older dog is delightful: Healthy, happy, friendly and easy going. The dogs get walks every day, play in the house and in the yard, attention and affection, clear rules clearly enforced, a good diet, and good vet care. But the younger dog is not so happy. He's inclined to charge the front door aggressively, reacts with agitation and barking to dogs he sees on walks, and has lunged and nipped at people who approached to greet him. My clients note that while he seems excited to go for a walk, his tail is tucked for most of the walk and he has never, not once since they adopted him over a year ago, urinated while out on a walk. When he gets home, he rushes into the backyard to relieve himself. But, they have worked hard to socialize him by taking him out, hanging out at cafes, and taking him to dog parks (until he got too aggressive there). What's going on?
Those who have studied psychology will have bumped into Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Here's a link to the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs
Now, I have never formally studied psychology, so I'm simplifying here and trying to avoid a level of detail I am not really qualified to discuss!
Maslow proposed that all people have universal needs, and that these needs must be met for an individual to grow and develop and eventually reach a state he called "self-actualization." (If that phrase sounds familiar, this is where it came from.) The hierarchy is represented in pyramid form, with the most basic needs at the bottom. Here is Wikipedia's graphic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs#/media/File:MaslowsHierarchyOfNeeds.svg):
First and most basic needs are physiological: Food, water, shelter. If these needs are not met, the person is forced to disregard the "higher" needs to make sure these basic physiological needs are met. Next: Safety. If the person has enough food and water, then safety is next; avoiding steep cliffs, angry mobs, and saber-tooth cats all rise in importance. For modern humans, financial security and some kind of safety net against dire happenings are parts of this level. A sense of love and social belonging is next. This is a real human need, but a person cannot afford to attend to it unless safe and fed. Above this are esteem — the need to be esteemed and respected both by self and others. At the very top, self-actualization is the need to fulfill one's potential. A lot of people never have a chance to make this journey because their lives are consumed with meeting basic needs such as food, safety, or some degree of financial security.
The Maslow hierarchy is widely accepted and used as a model of understanding people and helping them improve their lives.
What I've noticed is that we can apply a similar concept to dogs, and a lot of the problems my clients have with their dogs is that they are focusing on the higher levels without taking care of more fundamental needs. Now, it would probably be a strain to try to wedge dog needs and experiences into the human-termed Maslow hierarchy, but it's pretty easy to see similarities, especially at the base the pyramid.
That's one way of looking at what's gone wrong with my clients' dog. They have done a great job of meeting many of his needs. He has food, water, shelter, security in his living situation, and good physical health. They love him, he receives affection and play, and he has a good dog friend as well. But what he does not have is a basic sense of physical safety.
The tucked tail is familiar — it tells us he is afraid on those walks. The inability to eliminate on walks tells the same story; he's just too vulnerable out there to stop and let down his guard while he pees or poops. The increasing pattern through adolescence of defensive aggression suggests he has not been able to escape intrusion on his space by dogs or people. While no one is out there beating him with a 2×4 or holding a gun to his head in exchange for his wallet… he feels about that scared when he is out and about.
His people had the information in front of them, but they know themselves to be good dog owners, and they also believe they have been doing the right thing by getting him out and socializing him. This belief has obscured clear vision. Once we identified what is actually happening, they could see it. This (really charming) dog is now feeling better with greatly reduced walks and some basic training in coping skills.
I see this a lot: The dog is super well taken care of, but is scared. And failure to meet this one primal need, for basic physical safety, is blocking everything else. The owner says "he knows how to sit! He knows watch me! But he won't do it when there's another dog across the street!" That's because a socially cooperative activity like following a command is always going to take second place to trying to ensure monsters don't kill you and eat you. (Yes, we know intellectually that the chihuahua behind the fence is not actually going to kill and eat our fearful 80 lb Shepherd mix, but our Shepherd mix may still feel that way.) Until we meet that need for a feeling of safety, there will be no easy response to obedience cues.
This brings us to one of the major flaws of some of the popular "dog psychology" dogmas. The most damaging is this: "If my dog recognizes me as pack leader, everything else will fall into place. He won't disobey or misbehave, because he knows I'm in charge." Listen — a wolf attacked by a bear, or a human, is going to fight, regardless of whether he is or is not an alpha, or lives in a pack with an alpha wolf, or respects that alpha wolf or is in constant conflict with that alpha wolf. Social structure is not going to prevent him from engaging a direct external threat to his bodily safety. Likewise, no matter how much your dog respects and trusts you, if someone is hitting him with a baseball bat, he's probably going to fight back at some point. And from your dog's point of view, if he is afraid of men in parkas, he's going to try to threaten men in parkas to make them go away because that's a simply more fundamental need, in that moment, than obeying you, his questionable "pack leader."
And here's another situation where a hierarchy of needs can get us into trouble. Food! The need for food is even more basic than the need for safety. Thus, a dog will put herself into danger to get food. If she's starving, she's going to try breaking into a yard with a nasty yard dog patrolling to see if she can steal some of its food. But since dogs are scavengers, they act as if they are always pretty desperately hungry, and that means even a happily plump dog will creep up to a scary stranger for an offered treat. The imperative to obtain food overcomes the requirement to stay out of reach of those scary hands. This is why I never want a scared dog offered treats by strangers; the dog will probably take the treats, but it will still be scared, and if the slightest little thing goes wrong, the dog is now close enough to bite. (Slightest little thing could be the person talking or standing up, or worse, reaching for the pup's head to pet "because now we're friends.") It's much easier to understand how this happens so often if we refer to a hierarchy of needs.
One final example of how disregarding this type of hierarchy gets us in trouble. It's this: "Fluffy is very scared in the shelter, but all she needs is some love and she will blossom." I will leave it to readers to work out the flaw.
In the past, I've seen a proposed hierarchy of needs for dogs. I can't find it right now. It would take some study to validate one for dogs. But, the Maslow hierarchy can still provide some insight into knotty behavior problems. Hope it helps.
The Internal Locus of Control
A few months ago, I saw a client who had a shy agility dog. The client was a little stuck on application of Control Unleashed principles and I helped her get unstuck. She's making progress. It was not a particularly dramatic case. But I'll always remember that consultation for what *I* learned.
This client is a psychologist who works at a prison. As we discussed the training of impulse control, I shared with her my mantra: I want the dog to control the dog. She then told me about working with prisoners who were preparing to be released. Many of these men (in the prison where my client works) have been in prison for a lot of their lives, and do not know how to handle the less structured environments on the outside. They have to figure out when, where, and what to eat; they must appear for official meetings on their own, with no one coming to collect them at the appointed time; they must find a job and show up on time, repeatedly, on their own. Even those determined to stay out of trouble have difficulty with this. These gentleman tend to perceive their problems as being caused by others and themselves as powerless to change their situations. My client told me she is working to build an internal locus of control in these prisoners, rather than letting them rely on the external locus of control (authority, constant rule enforcement) in the prison environment. Returning soldiers often struggle with the same issues, making their reentry even more challenging.
Ka-ching! This, I realized, was exactly what I have been trying to teach my clients to teach their dogs for years. Now I had a handy new vocabulary to help the owners understand.
I teach almost every client how to teach their dog better impulse control. We start with some simple Zen exercises. In these exercises, we're asking the dog to choose to sit still and look at the owner (or handler) to earn a treat, rather than staring at or licking a hand holding food. The key here is to say nothing. We make it easy for the dog to figure out the right answer, and reward him for each successful response.
Owners are often puzzled. "My dog already knows Watch Me" they say. "We learned Leave It" in class. Why are we doing this?
The answer is the internal locus of control. The dog has learned (to some degree) to follow a command. Some dogs are very good at this, indeed, and it's easy to see why the owner may be miffed at the insinuation that he's failed to train the dog or that the dog is anything other than brilliant. But — as I immediately explain — this isn't a failure of previous training or learning ability. It's a whole new skill.
Yes, dogs need to learn how to follow at least a few critical commands. Every dog should understand Come, Stay, and Leave It. Those are lifesavers. But there are many other behaviors I hope dogs learn to perform automatically. Automatically means "cued by the environment or the context." If your leash is attached, that should be the cue to walk nearby and keep the leash loose without the owner having to command it. If you are greeting a person, that should be a cue to sit and hold the sit for the duration of the greeting, without being told "off!" "down!" or even "sit." For behavior modification purposes, I'm often trying to teach a dog to look briefly at the trigger and then back at the handler… without being told. The difference is the internal locus of control. It gives the dog power to control his own agitated responses. It gives the owner a break from having to helicopter around the dog and constantly cue the desired behavior. It is peaceful and calming.
Some dogs do this on their own. Some need help. That is what I do.
Picking a dog
At last count, you could find 12,772,630 posts on the interwebs on how to pick a new dog. There are posts and tools to help you choose a breed, a breeder, a rescue or shelter, and a new puppy. Some of the information is good; some of it is idiotic. Most of it is too long and involved, and allows people to get hung up on relatively unimportant details, missing the forest for the trees. I think about this topic a lot. First, I've picked dogs of my own. A couple just sort of landed on me, while the others I chose carefully. And I did a pretty darn good job with the last dog I chose deliberately. I found a good breeder who worked well with me, and she helped me choose a great dog who suits me. (This is Mellie, for those who follow along closely.) But more important, I offer my clients the service of helping to find a breeder, a litter, a breed, a puppy or adult dog, from various sources. I've evaluated dogs in shelters; I've evaluated entire litters; I've interviewed breeders. Breeds have varied. Many of the clients seeking help are those who have recently experienced a traumatic loss of a behaviorally troubled dog and who don't trust their own judgment any more, so I'm under great pressure to identify the best chances at a great temperament. The stakes are high. I've come up with some shortcuts that can really help with the search. Here they are:
- Carefully research and take seriously all the bad, unpleasant information you can find on a breed you are considering.
- If you are getting a dog from a breeder, only buy from a breeder who promises in a written contract to take the dog back at any time in its life, for any reason.
- If you are getting a dog from a shelter, rescue or private owner other than a breeder, hire a good behavior consultant to help you assess before you commit.
- If you can meet the dog's parents, choose a dog whose parents are warm, relaxed and friendly with strangers, including you, and including the dam while her litter is present.
Of course there is no such thing as a short answer that is also complete. (There's no such thing as a long answer that is also complete, really.) There are other questions one should ask; these may depend on the breed, your plans for your dogs, whether the dog is in rescue or with a breeder, the dog's age, and so on. But these steps will hugely reduce the number of bad matches, and they should happen very early in the process. Here's discussion:
Focus on the bad about the breed.
Sounds awful, doesn't it? But the time to do this is before you actually choose a breed. If you are trying to identify a breed, identify breeds that you are considering or attract you. Then go read everything bad you can find online about that breed. Specifically look at rescue sites. Search google for "[breed name] problems." Talk to people who own dogs of that breed and ask them to tell you the two, three or four worst things about that breed. Now, ask yourself if you could live with a dog who exhibited these problems. There is one special caveat about this, which is at the end of this section.
I will admit that this is a little like reading all the warnings on any medication insert. It can be daunting. They pretty much all have the risk of death, coma, and seizures, if something goes wrong enough. Likewise, any dog of any breed can become aggressive to dogs or people, develop severe separation anxiety, etc. So we are looking for common themes; behavior problems that can be hard to avoid, or are at least not uncommon, especially with an inexperienced owner or in certain lines.
The worst fairly common problems with Border Collies are things like intense chasing of cars, bikes, kids, etc.; fearfulness and noise-phobias; dog is easily bored and may do awful things when bored, so lots of training time and mental stimulation is a must. If you have a kid and live in a noisy neighborhood full of skateboarders, you'd want to be a very dedicated and experienced herding breed owner to take on these challenges. Now, what about American Staffordshire Terriers? These dogs tend to be people friendly, bouncy and active when young, relatively easy to train and less likely to outsmart you, but there is a higher risk of severe aggression toward other dogs. If you have other dogs in the house, or plan to do any kind of dog activity in close proximity with other dogs, or are frail and easily injured if you fall down, this may not be the right breed for you.
These are just examples. You will see trends about the type and severity of problems that can occur, which differ from breed to breed. This is important information. The main point is: If you see the same information repeatedly on lists of problems with a breed, take it seriously! Do not allow yourself to be convinced that it is all in how you raise them (it is not, and I would be thrilled never to hear these words again). It is very easy to fall prey to confirmation bias when you are researching breeds. You have a positive impression of the breed and will start to automatically tune out information that contradicts what you feel. Resist this. Pretend you're a lawyer taking apart a witness on cross examination. Think critically!
Here is the caveat: Pit bulls. It is nauseatingly easy to find information online insisting that pit bulls are killing machines who will eat your children for breakfast. The truth is far more complicated. There are millions of dogs referred to as "pit bulls" in this country. Some are American Pit Bull Terriers (bred and registered). Some are American Staffordshire Terriers (same). Some are what I might call "street pits," which have the look of, and similar ancestry to, APBTs or AmStaffs, but are not registered, do not have pedigrees, might be mixed with all sorts of other breeds, etc. This makes for less predictability in looks and behavior; and a number of other "bully breeds" that are related to "real pit bulls" in various ways and in varying degrees. These include American Bullies, American Bulldogs, and Staffordshire Bull Terriers. These breeds and types do vary, from each other and within the type or breed. None of them is bred for human directed aggression, but some of them are very poorly bred. The motor pattern common to all these breeds is a very powerful grab/hold and/or grab/shake behavior which can be extremely damaging. Thus, if your bully-type breed dog were to go after a person, either because of lousy training and treatment or because of genetic factors (or both, most likely), he may do a lot of damage. Doing breed-specific research on these guys, especially "street pits," is virtually useless. My advice? Try to pick a dog whose parents you can meet, and who are friendly and relaxed with you and other human strangers, or who is at least 2.5-3 years old, and who is friendly and relaxed with you and other human strangers. And don't be an idiot by assuming this dog is especially good with children. Use normal precautions.
Breeders who take dogs back
I figure this one will tend to select for, if not guarantee, breeders who are careful about the health of their breeding stock, the behavior, and the number of litters they produce. If they know they will have to take some dogs back, they are not going to be as careless about producing really sick or miserable or dangerous dogs. Sure, there are breeders whose contracts specify the dog must come back to them and then don't honor it. Things can change, and some people lie. There is no perfect system. But investigating this will yield a whole lot of information about how seriously the breeder stands by her dogs, and therefore, how hard she is trying to create puppies who will be loved in their homes, not costing their owners an arm and a leg in medical bills, so that they will stay.
Here is what does not qualify:
- An oral commitment to take the dog back. It's not that oral contracts are unenforceable, but they are much harder to enforce in court and it's much easier for a party to weasel about the exact terms.
- Any commitment to replace the dog with another puppy in lieu of taking the dog back.
- Any commitment to pay you money in lieu of taking a dog back. (Some breeders will take a dog back, or refund your purchase price, or pay for medical care of genetic issues, or provide another puppy, and this is fine, if you have the choice.
But only the commitment to actually take the dog back puts enough pressure on the breeder to breed very, very carefully.) Sticking to this rule also helps put a lot of market pressure on breeders who are making dumb genetic decisions and worsening the health of dogs overall. It may never affect your puppy, but it will affect the larger population of dogs and their health. It's just a good idea overall.
Hire a behavior consultant to pick a dog other than from a breeder
This probably sounds like a "full employment for Greta" kind of recommendation. But it's not. This one comes from long, hard experience. Even people who are pretty good at picking puppies in low-stress environments (e.g. breeder's home) make terrible decisions in shelters.
First, it's hard not to be overcome by compassion and pity, and you may make an emotional decision. This is often not a good decision. It will be a better world when shelters and rescues can all do a really good job of assessing temperament and not offering for adoption dogs who are likely to be miserable, dangerous, unable to bond, and so on. But so far, many shelters are rescues either do not know how or refuse to protect adopters from their own ignorance and emotional responses.
Second, shelters, even good ones, are extremely stressful environments for dogs. You will see behavior in shelters that is not typical for dogs. Now, everyone is aware that dogs who are doing a lot of jumping and barking may not be so highly aroused once settled into a home, and may be willing to give that dog a break.
But the other side of the coin has ambushed so many of my clients that I now thing everyone really should have an experienced second pair of eyes on any candidate for adoption. This other side of the coin is "shelter shutdown." Some dogs who are more fearful will simply shut down in the shelter. They don't do much of anything. They just sit there. Our normal human interpretation of this is: "This dog is so calm. She's not reactive to people. She's not barking at other dogs. I'm sure she'd be just a darling enjoying some petting while we sit in the living room drinking tea." More often than not, though, these dogs are afraid and have gone into a "freeze" response to threat. Once the threat predictably lifts, and they have been in a lovely home for a few weeks or a few months, though, you will see the rest of the dog. You may see terror. You may see extreme predation. You may see resource guarding, an ingrained tendency to chase, hatred of men with hats, and so on. These problems can be severe, and they can be totally masked in the shelter.
Less commonly, in shelter, dogs who have zero real social interest in humans can also appear very calm, and these dogs are not good pets. Whether they are perfectly happy to aggress to get their away or handle threat, or are just completely detached, they do not have the ability to become loving companions. And how awful to be in the position, six months later, of euthanizing a dog who is not dangerous, but has no use for you and no relationship with you? This doesn't seem to be common, but it's a risk and these dogs tend to show as "calm" in the shelter.
Not uncommonly, dogs who seem very friendly and affiliative in the shelter are very affiliative… and also have separation anxiety. There is some data suggesting that separation anxiety is overrepresented in the shelter environment. Whether this is a cause or effect (or both) is not really known, but in any case, a dog who is wiggling all over you in the shelter may be a dog who will destroy your oak front door in two days of being left in the house, once he's settled in. Unfortunately, these are very hard for even a good behavior consultant to spot, but there can be clues you would miss and your helpful consultant will notice. I think this risk is generally lower in dogs who are fostered (shelter or rescue) since the SA will show up if the dog is fostered for any length of time. Even then, however, there are a few dogs who are OK if there's another dog in the house (as in virtually every foster home), but not if left totally alone, and they can slip through the cracks.
Finally, although I hope that the breeder you associate with is great at matching, you might want to hire a behavior consultant to help you pick a puppy or assess the litter. Most breeders are quite happy to accommodate this, in my experience, and if they're not, I'd consider it a red flag. This is important if you have very specific needs (sports competitor, service dog candidate, etc.), since a lot of specific traits are needed, specific problems must be avoided, and the signs can be more subtle. Someone just looking for a nice family dog may be able to weed out the shyest and the most overactive on their own.
Friendly parents
We don't always have the opportunity to meet a dog or puppy's parents, mostly if we are adopting an adult dog — especially one of unknown parentage. But if you have that opportunity, take it. It's good to meet dad. Dad provides 50% of the genes. You'd like to see a healthy dad, and preferably one who's had the requisite health tests for the breed and so on. You'd like to see a dog who's friendly and relaxed with strangers.
If it's an "aloof" breed, make sure what you are seeing is "aloof," not actually fearful or aggressive. Don't let a breeder tell you that a growl, spooky barking, or cringing and hiding qualify as aloof. Aloofness means not rushing to greet, and calmly sizing someone up for a few minutes before greeting politely. More important is the temperament of your potential dog's mother. Not only does she also contribute half the genes, but her behavior around her baby puppies tells and teaches the puppy a great deal about the world. If she is afraid or defensive when people come to see her babies, her babies are learning that people are scary and threatening — while they are at their very most impressionable, from the most important being in their world. Same if they react badly to dogs approaching. If the breeder says she doesn't want you to meet the dam, that is a huge red flag. If the litter is in rescue, the same rules apply.
Unfortunately, a lot of litters in rescue come from less than optimal circumstances, and some of those mothers are feral or nearly so; terrified of people, defensive, and also chronically stressed. The pups may be undernourished and they have certainly already learned the world is a scary place. These puppies have so many strikes against them that I could not in good conscience recommend adopting one. However, if the mom is friendly and welcoming to all and seems healthy and nourished, things can still work out all right.
It's often impossible to bring a strange dog in to meet a litter, but sometimes it can happen. The last time I assessed a litter, after checking with the breeder, I let my dog out of the car and allowed her to run right up to the pups' kennel. The mom calmly acknowledged my dog. The pups ran over to sniff her nose. No one was alarmed, upset, or afraid. That's what I want to see! This breeder had done a good job (and the pup I picked for my traumatized clients is doing wonderfully, and is quite bulletproof).
I know some rescue/shelter activists will be angered by my cautionary comments over adopting a puppy from rescue. Many of them are unaware of the severe disadvantage these pups are at. But puppies are not blank slates, and there are numerous factors (genetics, prenatal environment including nutrition and stress hormones, postnatal nutrition and stress hormones via milk, behavior of dam, treatment by other dogs and people, and so on) which can set the stage very, very early. This is another blog post, but for purposes of picking a puppy, I would think long and hard before adopting a puppy from a stressed, undernourished, and/or unsocial/fearful/aggressive dam. Cute does not cut it. Love does not fix it. So there you are, the short version and the long explanations.
You'll notice a bunch of stuff I didn't put on my list and you may be confused or outraged. Some of it (health testing, early puppy socialization, etc.) will tend to be covered by some of my broader recommendations. Plus, if you get a puppy at 8 weeks, you have another 6-8 weeks to do proper socialization, so a breeder's or foster's failure to do what I would do is not a deal killer. I specifically will always leave out the following:
- Puppy is a purebred. Nothing about pure breeding guarantees health or good temperament or good breeding practices. Judge those on their own merits, without trying to use "purebred" as a proxy."
- Puppy is AKC registered. See above. This gets you nothing except the ability to show in AKC conformation or certain other events. If you care about those, you can still use information in this article. Most people don't care and shouldn't care. Unless you are playing squash on an indoor floor, you do not need crosstraining shoes with nonmarking soles. This is the equivalent. You really only need AKC registration if you have a specific need for it, and if you do, you already know that. Otherwise it's worthless.
- Breed/conformation champion parents or grandparents. This can feel glamorous, but it tells you little to nothing about your future dog's health, behavior, or aptitudes. This is another huge discussion, but for all practical purposes, it is irrelevant for the vast majority of dog owners.
- Other stuff I'm sure people will attempt to call me on and will be outraged by the omission of from my list. I'll try to respond individually to respectful posts. I will respond once the first time an issue is raised, and then I'll be done, so if you don't get a response to your question, please read the comments.
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Making it easy to do the right thing, and hard to do the wrong thing
A standard piece of advice in training dogs and horses has long been to make it easy for your learner to do the right thing, and hard for your learner to the wrong thing.
This comprehensive directive embodies a great deal of the training we do. I like it a lot as a rule of thumb to help clients learn how to problem solve. On the other hand, it's ambiguous.
Ambiguity occurs when a statement is equally susceptible to more than one meaning (usually conflicting meanings). In the practice of law, there are rules for dealing with ambiguity in the language of contracts or laws, but in real life, we have no such guidance.
"Making it easy to do the right thing" is reasonably clear. If I want my dog to sit to greet, I might exercise her first so she's not bursting with energy; I might practice sits a lot outside of an exciting greeting context so that she is likely to choose sitting as a recently reinforced behavior; I might move slowly and quietly so that she doesn't get excited and feel like becoming airborne. I might hold a treat in my hand at nose level to keep her focus low. Or I might stand on her leash to prevent her front feet from leaving the ground.
The problematic phrase is: "making it hard to do the wrong thing." "Hard has a lot of meanings. Ignoring those which don't really apply here, it can mean "arduous" or "strenuous" (the opposite of "easy"). That could come into play: for example, standing on the dog's leash would make it arduous to get up high enough to jump on the person being greeted. It could denote difficulty (being puzzling, complex, or intricate — the opposite of "simple").
But "hard" has quite a few other meanings which some trainers invoke. "Hard" can denote "tough," "uncomfortable," "distressing," or "awful" (opposite of "comfortable"). It can also be "harsh," "firm," "strict," "exacting," "callous," "hard-hearted," "unkind," "ruthless," "merciless," "cruel," and "pitiless." (Antonym here is "kind." My goodness, my thesaurus has an awful lot of synonyms for this particular meaning of hard. Such focus on the grim!)
Another set of meanings involves "sharp," "powerful," "heavy" and "violent." The antonym here is "light."
It is easy to imagine this latter, large, set of meanings informing training choices. These meanings easily encompass acts like hanging a dog from a choke chain, kicking or kneeing it, applying an electric shock, or pinching its toes when it jumps up. I don't use these techniques for training* and I don't want to encourage my students or clients to use them either.
I've found myself wanting to say "make it easy for the dog to the right thing, and hard for the dog to do the wrong thing" to students to help remind them of a simple problem-solving algorithm. But I keep regretting it since it leaves too much room for reactive, abusive, or unnecessarily aversive training techniques.
If it were me, I'd change the phrase: "Make it easy for your dog to the right thing, and inconvenient or impossible for the dog to do the wrong thing." The problem is, this is really a lot less catchy sounding. Anyone else out there have a better suggestion?
Footnote: *I will lift a dog from a collar or knee it IF we are in emergency management mode; the dog is overaroused and/or behaving dangerously, and I need to get control fast. This is not the same as choosing a training technique and using it systematically.


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The Student Success Collaborative will examine higher education institutions' policies, programs and practices related to student safety and success. A review of the following areas will be conducted to identify exemplars as well as weaknesses in: advising and counseling; sexual harassment and assault; diversity and inclusion of students of different backgrounds (first generation, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, socio-economic status, and different abilities); financial aid; health and safety; commuter and residential student life; and general campus climate.
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Michael Hepworth
Sunset Restaurant in Zuma Beach, despite having
missed regulars Pamela Anderson and Pierce Brosnan on each of my visits
there. The restaurant admittedly has gone few a number of changes in the
kitchen and with management, but the atmosphere and ambience has remained
one of extreme friendliness. The locals continue to come to try items on
the extensive but not overwhelming menu.
The Sunset is rather a secluded spot nestled between
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a romantic spot. The two story building has a busy bar on the ground
floor, and the restaurant is located upstairs. On weekends they have live
music in the bar, but the sounds do float up rather easily. The band
however sounded pretty good, playing rock hits from a lot of well known
British bands in particular, so if you prefer to dine in quiet, make sure
you get there early.
The chef in charge now is Guy Vasquez from the
Pacific Northwest
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accompanied very creatively I might add with catalini beans, cranberry
beans, romano beans, carrot, foccacia toast point and lemon. Coming from a
bistro background, the chef has quietly steered the focus of the Sunset
Restaurant, and the combination of the salmon dish is a prime example of
what really works, and at $20, great value as well.
Before this however I would recommend the Braised
Lamb Stuffed Piquillos ($9) in a sherry vinegar and smoked paprika, a very
different style of appetizer. Piquillos are a small red pepper, not
spicy at all, and a perfect complement to the lamb which is cooked for six
hours. Salads here are also creative, with the Roasted Carrot Salad ($10)
with orange, marcona almonds, red endive all in a lively citrus
vinaigrette. The Aragula Salad ($12) was just as vibrant, and includes
roasted beets, pink lady apples, Humboldt fog, pickled red onion all
soaked in apple cider vinaigrette.
The restaurant is also open for lunch on Friday, and
for Brunch on Saturday and Sunday
11am to 3pm
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oysters on the half shell, shrimp, king crab and much more. The fact that
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Raven is broke and decides to get a job at a cheesy fake psychic hotline, along with Chelsea and Eddie. She tries to use the advantages of her job to ask out the boy she likes. Meanwhile, Tanya and Victor try to take money from Cory's room, but it doesn't work.
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Former Congressman William J. Randall, a conservative Democrat who represented his native Independence, Mo., from 1959 to 1977, died there on Friday. He was 90.
Mr. Randall, a lawyer, was an unabashed champion of Independence, the hometown of former President Harry S. Truman.
Mr. Randall, who represented Missouri's Fourth Congressional District, was sworn in on Capitol Hill in March 1959 after winning a special election made necessary by the death of his predecessor, Representative George H. Christopher, another Democrat. After 16 years in the House, Mr. Randall decided not to seek re-election in 1976.
He was a member of the House Armed Services Committee and the Government Operations Committee. As chairman of the latter committee's Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee, Mr. Randall came to national prominence in the early 1970's when he conducted an inquiry into illegal immigration from Mexico and charges of corruption in the Southwest region of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
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William Joseph Randall graduated from the University of Missouri in 1931 and from the University of Kansas City's law school in 1936. He served with the Army in the Pacific in World War II.
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I can't believe it is almost a week since I last blogged!!!So here is a new card using the image and tie border image "All Tied Up" from QKR Stampede,coloured with promarkers,papers/buttons and dies from stash,sentiment was from a craft mag freebie set.
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Thanks for dropping by and all your comments are much appreciated
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I was born in Chicago, Illinois, the only son of a full blooded Italian man and a Texas woman. So I come by my passion for Chicago Cubs baseball and my Texas pride honestly. One day out of the blue my father brought home four acoustic guitars. He mentioned something about all of us learning to play. I'm sure I don't remember exactly what was said after that because everything after seeing my first guitar was somewhat of a blur for several years. I was instantly in love with the instrument. My grandfather in Chicago played some guitar and showed me my first chords. I actually have that same guitar sitting on a stand in my living room as we speak (It's the one pictured on the right). It's an old Kay acoustic that he had retrofitted with some sort of pickup. It's hard as hell to play, but I love to pick it up and mess around with it. Anyway, I digress...
After several moves around the midwest, my parents decided to call it quits when I was in the 7th grade. Off to San Angelo, Texas we went to be close to my mother's parents. My mother met an amazing man named Maurice Horn. Or as everyone calls him... Moose. They married when I was in the 8th grade and are still married to this day.
In high school I formed a band with some friends of mine called "Texas Gold". It was here where the foundation was formed for every musical situation I would be in for the rest of my life. We were somehow driven by excellence and wouldn't settle for anything less. We would pick apart our harmonies, learn every musical part of every song note by note and painstakingly record every rehearsal. I'm convinced that my love for recording and production was born during these recording sessions. We pooled the money we made playing and bought a Teac 4 track reel to reel. Don't laugh... it was sooooo cool. Every time we would play a gig, the next day we would set up in our keyboard player, Jay Weatherby's parents garage and mic up our amps and drums to record. It seemed like we were in a constant session. To this day I'm not sure why we did it. It was during this time I discovered songwriting. Every time I would write a new song, off to the Weatherby's garage I would go. I spent so much time there learning how to record. God bless the Weatherby's for never complaining (out loud, at least.) I'm sure I drove them crazy. I actually have some of those recordings. They are awful, but I may put them on the site just for fun one day.
After graduating high school and attending as much college as my short attention span would allow, "Texas Gold" eventually broke up. However, the excellence that drove each of us as a group followed in life. Our bass player, Kelly Wilson, is currently an OBGYN in San Angelo. Guitarist Chris Mickelson is a doctor/fly fishing guide in Alaska. Drummer Wade Spradley followed family tradition and opened a successful upholstery shop and Keyboardist Jay Weatherby enjoyed a short career as a successful lawyer. He is now a Judge. Congratulations, you honor... We all stay in touch and remain close to this day.
After the break up of "Texas Gold" I did what everyone does when you decide to Leave San Angelo... I moved to Dallas. That was 1985. I played in a couple of "bar bands" on the Dallas club circuit while temporarily living with my dad and step mother (Joe and Leia, pictured right) who were married shortly after my parents divorce. They are also still married to this day. It appears that my parents just needed to find the right person for each other. Dallas was a good time for me. I had never lived as an adult outside of San Angelo and the pace of a city the size of Dallas was a nice contrast.
In my travels I was lucky enough to become friends with one of my influences, country artist Steve Wariner. (What a great freakin' guy...) He introduced me to a fellow Dallas musician named Dave Watson. Dave and I became fast friends and eventually roommates.
At the end of 1986 Dave, who was a bass player/singer/songwriter, suggested we move to Nashville. It was an idea that seemed to come straight out of the blue. I said.... okay. It was really that simple. We went to Nashville in February 1987 to look for an apartment and a job. I thought we'd land a job waiting tables. Instead we both got a gig playing for Lee Greenwood and moved to Nashville two weeks later. Trust me, it was as bizarre to me that all these things fell into place like they did as it sounds.
I ended up playing for Lee for 5 1/2 years. Lee is a good man and to this day he remains one of the most talented artists I've had the pleasure of playing for. My commitment for musical excellence that was planted during the "Texas Gold" years was fueled tenfold during my Lee Greenwood days. Lee is an excellent musician and expects the same from everyone he works with. He even blessed me with my first cut by recording "My Heart Is On The Line" on his MCA record "If Only For One Night", an album that he let all of us in his road band play on.
It was during these years that relationships would form that would last to this day. The Lee Greenwood band consisted of Chuck Tilley on drums, John Howard on bass, Steve Hornbeak on keys, Eric Horner on acoustic and myself. Chuck, John, Steve Hornbeak and I remain brother-like friends and still play together to this day. But that's getting ahead of myself...
In 1992 I quit Lee's band to join Pam Tillis' band. I spent a year or so with Pam. During this time I made another acquaintance that would change my life forever. Pam was an Arista artist and the president at the label (and the man who built the label from nothing) was Tim Dubois. Tim gave me an opportunity to make a record as a solo artist on Arista in 1993. That record deal never saw the light of day, but my relationship with Tim is one that I am truly thankful for.
(It's worth mentioning that during this time, my mom Sharon, Moose, my sister Deanie and her husband Rick, all moved to Nashville around this time. It was so great to have family so close again.)
After Pam I began to pursue my songwriting. I still played on the road doing dates with Olivia Newton-John, Faith Hill, Tanya Tucker, Suzy Boggus, Randy Travis, Sherrie' Austin, and others. But, songwriting and producing were starting to call to me stronger than ever before.
It was during this time that I met another songwriter/artist who was playing a solo piano gig at a restaurant/club by my house. Phil Vassar came to my studio one day as a hired vocalist to sing a demo for a client of mine. We instantly hit it off. I went to see him play at the Courtyard Cafe'. I got up on stage with him that night and played with him for the next 5 years. We opened our own nightclub called "Hard Day's Night Club". We wrote tons of songs together. One day we happened on a song that ended up getting in the hands of Tim McGraw called "For A Little While". In the mean time, Phil's songwriting career had completely taken off. He followed that success to a record deal which eventually ended our run with the "Hard Days Night Club". However, there hardly a time that Phil and I don't bring up something that happened during those days. We had a ball.
I used a lot of my "For A Little While" money to buy a Pro Tools rig for my house. For those of you who don't know what that is; it's a digital workstation. A computerized tape deck, if you will. The learning curve is really steep, but once you get the hang of it, it's an absolute necessity in the studio. I would daresay that 98% of the records you hear are recorded using Pro Tools. It's the industry standard, so I figured if I was going to run with the big dogs, I'd better get off the porch... I was co clueless about Pro Tools at the time that when I first had it delivered, I had to call the guy and ask him how to turn in on! Now I'm the tech support guy for all of my friends who have been buying rigs. It's the studio version of paying it forward, i guess...
John Howard, Chuck Tilley and I began toying around with a couple of band projects. There were a couple of versions of it in the beginning with me being the front man/lead singer. Through a "cattle call" type audition we had the amazing good fortune to run across a guy named Robb Houston. He sang high as a girl and played perfect guitar. He was hired on the spot before we even knew a thing about him. Turns out, he is the greatest guy and his personality fits ours like a glove.
After realizing that as a front man, I was a really good side guy, I decided to replace myself and move to the role that I was more comfortable. I wanted to be the creative leader of the band. I wanted to write and arrange the songs, produce the record and sing harmony... I just didn't want to be "The Guy" anymore. So I asked our good friend Andy Childs to join us. Initially we were "The Remnants". We were playing everywhere around town that would hire us until eventually settling on Douglas Corner Cafe. Under the watchful eye of our "executive producer", Tim Dubois, we played there every two weeks and were developing quite a buzz around town. After a fateful phone call with Warner Brothers A&R rep, Paige Levy and a visit to Douglas Corner by Warner Brothers then president Jim Ed Norman, we landed a record deal.
We changed our name to "Sixwire" (our pet name for a guitar) and recorded a record and put out our first single and video. "Look At Me Now" made it to number 25 on the R&R chart. However, sometimes no matter how much time and hard work you put into a project, the record deal gods don't smile upon you. We lost our record deal soon after our first single died. I don't regret any of it. I was on the road making music that I created. I was doing the road thing for myself for the first time, with my best friends in the world. There was no better feeling.
As for "Sixwire", we've just recently decided to take up where we left off. It's been a couple of years and it just feels like it's time to start playing again. Who knows, we just might end up back on the radio again.
After all of dust settled down, so did I. I now enjoy my writing and producing career. I'm engaged to my beautiful fiancee' Reagan Goans. I have a great house with a couple of cool dogs, great friends and new opportunities every day. My family moving up here as well has made Nashville feel even that much more like home.
I write songs and I produce records when the opportunity arises. Chuck, John and I play every chance we get with the "Small Time Rock Stars". (See the "Small Time Rock Stars" page) I also have had the great priveledge to work on several TV shows. It all started with Nashville Star for 3 seasons. Then I was the Music Director for "Can You Duet' on CMT followed by a couple of episodes of American Idol. Currently I am Music Director on "CMT's Next Superstar". The television work has been a lot of fun. Sixwire is adding new dates all the time and we've begun writing so we can record a new project.
Well, that's my story... I can't believe you sat through the whole thing...
Thanks for your curiosity...
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Let's take a moment to weigh in on one NFC South item that doesn't deserve to get lost in the shuffle of the New Orleans Saints punishment for their bounty program.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have announced that they've agreed to contract terms with veteran cornerback Ronde Barber on a one-year deal that means Barber will play his 16th season with the team.
This is significant on several levels. First off, even though he'll be 37 next month, Barber still can play. He weighed retirement, but the Bucs wanted him back, mainly because they need him. Although they did sign free-agent cornerback Eric Wright, there's uncertainty elsewhere at the position. Starter Aqib Talib has an April trial in Texas on an assault charge. Talib could face prison time or a suspension by the NFL. With Barber and Wright, the Bucs are guaranteed of having two quality corners. They also have some young corners and could add more in the draft.
So there's some stability at the position, but more importantly, Barber's return assures some stability in the locker room. Although Barber isn't known as a classic vocal leader, he's a good guy to have in the locker room. He conducts himself very professionally and it's likely some of that will rub off on some of the young players and help them develop into leaders.
Finally, I think this move is significant for coach Greg Schiano as he adjusts to the NFL. He's got a veteran guy that's been to Pro Bowls and that's nice to have around. This is a better start to the Schiano era than the start predecessor Raheem Morris got off to in 2009. Soon after being named the coach, Morris and the Bucs parted ways with iconic linebacker Derrick Brooks and that created a huge leadership void in the locker room.


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Phil Woosnam, the former Welsh soccer star who served as the North American Soccer League's commissioner and had a brief stint as coach of the U.S. national team, died July 19 in Marietta, Ga. He was 80.
U.S. Soccer said Mr. Woosnam died of complications related to prostate cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
"The impact that Phil Woosnam had in the growth of soccer in the United States was immense," U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati said in a statement. "He was a giant in the sport and his leadership, passion and knowledge will be missed."
Mr. Woosnam played for a number of pro clubs, including English teams Aston Villa, West Ham and Leyton Orient, during a 16-year career. He also earned 17 caps with the Welsh national team.
He came to the United States in 1966 at age 35 and became the U.S. coach in 1968, serving in the role for nine games, including four World Cup qualifiers.
He won the North American Soccer League's first coach of the year award while leading the Atlanta Chiefs in 1968 before taking over as commissioner, a position he held until 1982. Under his guidance, the NASL brought in world-class players such as Pelé. The league folded after the 1984 season.
Mr. Woosnam, the cousin of pro golfer Ian Woosnam, was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1997.