Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Fun, fun fun!

Waiting for the ambulance to get here because my respiratory infection has taken a bit of a rough turn. Hopefully tomorrow someone will be able to bring Winston in for me. I can't use him in the ambulance and until I know what medications i'll be on I want him safe and sound. He got some Bach's Rescue Remedy w/ his breakfast because he hated me leaving last time.

Monday, January 29, 2007

Cues, Cues everywhere!

Winston has been very bored, and i'm afraid it is going to continue for quite a bit longer. First it was a lot of Paws Abilities work, and now it seems as though i've caught one heck of a respiratory infection. No outings for me means no outings for the Stone. We have however been working more and more on "trash!" which is incredibly exciting. I was having a lot of difficulty but thankfully the head trainer at SSD broke it down into smaller steps to try and vuala! Winston suddenly began catching on. My goal of a new cue each season is coming along quite well!

Over the summer Winston learned "elbow" - the repositional cue for him to push my elbow back onto my wheelchair
Over the fall Winston learned "hug" - the cue for Winston to come up onto my footplates and rest his head on my shoulder

I've also been spending quite a bit of time gathering all of Winston's photographs. I want to finally put together the absolutely amazing scrapbook that our good friends Sam and CPL Ivy started for us!

We'll wrap up with a photo of Winston that although it isn't the best, it show's his wonderful winter collar that I purchased for him at Target!

Intense

OH! Welcome SSD's newest litter of pups! Sadie Mae delivered 7 pups on January 25th! Go to the Paws Abilities Blog to view pictures!

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Fun fun with no pain!

"Hug" 1

Winston and I are enjoying his healthy lifestyle! Lots of new training and fun walks. He and I just stayed in Philly with our good friends Christina and SSD Ross.

We're going to try to post once a week for the new year!