Chakotay has been adopted!  A friend of a friend ( who is now my friend too! ) adopted him. They met and he immediately opened up to her and snugglefest ensued!  He knew what he wanted.  They are the perfect match for each other. :)  Huge, huge thank you to everyone who shared his story and expressed interest in him, and for everyone who has ( Read more... )

A friend offered to watch Chakotay so I could "test drive" some foster dogs from the local shelters or rescues and such. I have been looking for months, much how I did when I went looking for and found Journey.  Nothing in the local area young enough, big enough or heartworm negative. I came across a listing for a dog claiming he was a Lab X ( Read more... )

TLDR: Chakotay's service training had more setbacks. Questioning how much longer to keep trying to make him something he simply might not be.
I met mom in Slidell yesterday to go shopping for some new clothing, since all mine are about to fall apart. Decided to try taking both Ember and Chakotay with us ( Read more... )

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Hey everyone. Apologies for the lack of updates about Chakotay lately, but there hasn't been a whole lot to report with him in the fear period.  I have been keeping Chakotay home and just practicing basic skills and not much else. I took him out a few times, once every two weeks or so to try and get him over the fear period, but it was always the ( Read more... )

By any chance does anyone have $115 to spare before the 15th?  There is a dog training seminar that day that I really need to try and attend.  It's to help Chakotay ( service dog in training ) try and overcome this fear period. The presenter is Debbie Jacobs, CPDT-KA, CAP2 and is specifically geared toward working with fearful and anxious dogs.  It ( Read more... )

Busy busy busy this month. Working on ceramics and other art. We recently had a surprise party to celebrate my Grandma's 90th birthday.  The whole family and Grandma's friends got together to celebrate. It was nice seeing so many people I have known since childhood. Lots of laughs and smiles were had ( Read more... )

Dog training friends, I am in need of some help.  Chakotay is going through one of the "dreaded teenage phases" ( I try to say that jokingly ) of puppydom.  Better known as a fear impact period.  He's at the 7 month mark, so I understand this is normal and I was expecting it might happen ( even though ironically it never really did with Journey ( Read more... )

The endless flurry of activity recently is making my head spin.  Here is a recap.

Before The TripBefore I found out Mike and I were going on a road trip, I had to unexpectedly relocate my art room from one part of the house to the other. That took a lot of energy and time and required some help from the neighbor to move furniture.
Then I found out ( Read more... )

I return. Sort of.  I have had a horrible go at it with reoccurring flair ups of my autoimmune issues. No thanks to the stress of having to jump through more hoops to get a little help.

It is better explained here, with neat pictures of my crazy flesh ( Read more... )