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Well, in between
the news of 10-year old Toby's amputation for bone cancer and 13-year old Ski's
increasing "alzheimers", I just have to pass on the love and wonder of our puppy
Sampson. He has that deep brown-eyed pyr look at goes to your soul .
He is about 14 weeks old and I am just so amazed. I don't mean instincts
as in protective at this point.. but when he gets to be in the pasture in the
afternoons... he just pads around, right past or through my 13 pet chickens and
ignores them.. and the donkeys (minis) now are used to him and he pretty much
ignores them too... all in favor of the first good looking stick he finds.
He throws himself down to chew... maybe tastes a morsel or two of
donkey-apples. Then... creeping down the nearby cedar tree is Groucho...
the fearless kitten! I throw the big kong... Sampson heads after it..
shaking it right and left. I throw it again, and this time Groucho runs
across the grass after it too. But, then, he IS a cat and doesn't
know what to do with it. Sampson approaches... grabs the kong, and trots
away. Groucho follows.
He just doesn't bother ANY of the
"stock".
and another thing I am excited about is CLICKER
TRAINING! This past weekend, I hired a trainer to come out and show us
about it. I have read, but I soon discoverd there was no replacement for
someone showing me. She is coming again this Saturday. We talked,
etc. for about a half hour and then proceeded to the pasture to begin with
Snowman and Little John the two Mini-donkeys. They were so cute.
Soon, they were starting to target a stick well. Actually, LJ was tied up
and watched Snowman, so when it was his turn.. he already
knew.
Then on to Sampson. Sampson quickly started to
sit. We also are using it for crate and potty. My daughter was just
cracking up. She took Sampson out.. he peed (click - treat).. the pooed
(click treat).. then, he wanted another treat so he looked at her and FAKED
peeing! She clicked and treated... and laughed.
He is such a love and I am glad he is here too,
along with the other two.
Linda Anderson
Night Sky Farm
Stanwood, Wash.
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