Bluestone runs a track.
Bluestone runs a track. Originally uploaded by Laura & the pack.
Our newest addition Bluestone is running a track. Bluestone (also affectionately known as “shut up!” Has some pretty big shoes to fill if he is going to help Chewy and step into Xena’s place on the detection team. But he is on the right track (pun intended.) He seems to understand the start concept all ready, like Chewy he is more interested in tracking than crittering. Now we just need to work on the indication concept of sitting or down instead of dancing all over the subject when he finds him or her.
Leu and Flower
Leu and Flower Originally uploaded by Laura & the pack.
I went to WV to help Lisa look at a potential working dog ended up bringing home three dogs that need homes! These two pups are pretty amazing. LeuSid the pointer/hound boy on the left is amazing detection work potential. He loves to eat did runaways for play and most important nothing appears to faze him. He loves people! He is confident in every environment we put him in so far. Just a real nice pup with good conformation and confidence to start working with. (There is that little issue about his bark a little deeper bark would be nice, but hey he doesn’t need to bark in order to smell after all is said and done.) We started out talking to the conservation folks about training him to locate Cheetah scat to help save the endangered species. If that does not work out we will be looking for someone else that might be able to use this little guy. Flower on the other hand is turning out to be quite the little lover, she is the beagle mix. Loves to be held and cuddled she is probably going to be looking for a good pet home as that seems to be what makes her happiest. We could train her as an assistance dog for a therapist. Ideally place her in an assisted living facility program or with someone looking for a therapy dog. Know anyone that might be interested in one of these two pups please have them contact me. Thanks Laura Totis 410 236 2788
Flower and Meg
Flower and Meg Originally uploaded by Laura & the pack.
Flower and Meg doing baby tracks at Morgan Run. We took the pups to a number of different places and just messed with them. It looks like flower will probably be best in a home as a pet. Therapy or therapeutic assistance dog would probably be ideal for her. My aunt was the activity director for a nursing home/ assisted living facility they tried to implement a program with a resident dog. Again this would be ideal for flower as she lives to be held and cuddled. She is a super pup all ready and still just a baby!
Lost Your Elderly Dog?
SEARCH DOWN HILL.
Looking at our records from the last couple of months we searched for several elderly pets.
Of these guys
We consider elderly dogs a priority simply because I don’t believe they wander off to die, rather that they get disorientated or for whatever reason they get themselves out of their safe yard and can’t physically get back home. There are two messages here; one is that if your dog is getting elderly and developing mobility issues fence the yard. None of the older dogs we looked for have been out of the yard in years. “They just went outside did their thing and came back inside according to the owners.” The other message is that if your elderly pet is missing start at the place he/she usually is, then look down hill especially if you don’t believe your pet would ever go down there because he/she had so much trouble walking in that area. If your elderly pet does not get stopped for some reason he/she is capable of covering many miles just slowly shuffling along. When we are called to search for lost elderly animals we search the immediate area first. The age of the track and/or weather is not a consideration because while we are happy to utilize a trail we are really clearing the area as we are searching for the actual animal. By the way in most of those cases the owners reported their pet was deaf or seriously hard of hearing, so calling was not an effective technique you may walk right past your pet and never know it, get a flashlight and look. Scent detecting dogs are one other resource that can be utilized in addition to visually searching. Their ability to search for the scent of the pet complements our emphasis on visually looking for the pet.
Good luck!!
Laura
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