Ann's Blog – March 2010 Archive (4)

Training Classes & opening weekend!!

So....I've started obedience training classes, one on one. It has been really awesome!! I'm very surprised at how much I am enjoying this!! The trainer is a behaviorist also. We train with treats and a clicker. This has been very good and I have learned a lot about how dogs think. I just had my second lesson yesterday. When I arrive at the trainer's home, he has a lot of outdoor cats running around (he lives on a huge farm). Samson goes nuts when he sees them and he told me that… Continue

Added by Ann on March 30, 2010 at 6:57am — 6 Comments

IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ...LETHAL MULCH!

I received this email from my friend and I thought I would pass this on to everyone.

Even if you don't personally have a pet PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO SOMEONE WHO DOES.…

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Added by Ann on March 18, 2010 at 7:18pm — 8 Comments

Groomer advice!

So, I have a friend (a camper in our campground) who does grooming and does it out of her home. She does a fantastic job on Samson. He had his 3rd visit on Thursday and when I went to pick him up, she told me, "as a friend, I want to let you know that you must take this dog to obedience classes". Well.....I feel bad, I have not done this yet. Samson is 9 months old and I have been doing it "myself". I took my chocolate lab to obedience classes (that was 11 years ago) and I was… Continue

Added by Ann on March 13, 2010 at 6:24am — 10 Comments

I love my boy!!!

He is soooo good. I took a walk today, like I always do, with Samson, in the camp. As we were walking, down the road was a mom and her two little girls, I mean, little like, 2 years and 4 years old. She could not believe how CUTE Samson was. She told me they had a St. Bernard that got epilepsy so bad, they had to put him down. She was heart broken and was thinking of getting a new dog soon. She was impressed by Samson. He sat, she pet him, he gave her his paw. The kids pet him…

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Added by Ann on March 9, 2010 at 2:41pm — 15 Comments