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julietFirst up: this poem by Taylor Mali is seriously awesome, and this video of him performing it is even better.
Secondly: Pupdate! Sidney has now mostly got the hang of housetraining (i.e. she is now prepared to go in the square, which was FAR TOO SCARY for a while, & she will ask at least once to go out) except when on her own in the house. She has also got the hang of "opening the recycling boxes, dragging all the recycling out, and shredding it into tiny pieces". The recycling is now outside in the cupboard, although I am unsure what the long-term solution is.
Other things she is very good at include: demolishing a proper bone in sub-15 min; getting things out of a Kong in similarly short order; chasing the crows in the park. Yesterday PetPlanet delivered a squeaky stuffed sheep, which received a Two Paws Up result, and to date has remained both interesting and largely intact for nearly 24 hrs. Long may this continue.
She also jumped the fence around the lake in the park last week, in pursuit of a moorhen. And then, obviously, paid 0 attention to me calling her back. Happily she's still nervous of water, so she just stood on the bank doing her Alert Dog Is Alert pose, while I climbed the fence to hoist her back over. Then she belted off into the children's playground (which is No Dogs Allowed, though there were already two other dogs there which is why she went in), and I got a bit irritable. We are now avoiding that half of the park.
On the more positive side: she's getting v good at sit, down, "leave it", and we're working on stay. And right now she is having a nice snooze under the radiator next to me. Watching her hurtle round the park at speed is fabulous (and the walks are doubtless doing me good too).
In non-dog news: I spent the weekend mostly at the London Free School, which was awesome. I watched several films (was facilitating the movie space on Saturday), including Made In Secret (an anarcha-feminist porn collective! sort of) which I strongly recommend (watch the making-of in the DVD extras to get a different view of it). Sunday I went to one workshop on the experience & politics of the menstrual cycle (fascinating) and another one on feminist self-defence (massively empowering; the facilitator is probably going to do a series of sessions sometime soon, so let me know if you might be interested. Self-identified-women-only.).
Also chatted to many interesting people, helped carry a sofa+occupants through the house to resolve a debate about where the debrief session should take place, played Tag (it was really very cold in that building!), and facilitated the final debrief. It was the talking-to-interesting-people thing that was the best part; the weekend as a whole left me knackered but inspired. Hopefully there will be another one in a few months!
Secondly: Pupdate! Sidney has now mostly got the hang of housetraining (i.e. she is now prepared to go in the square, which was FAR TOO SCARY for a while, & she will ask at least once to go out) except when on her own in the house. She has also got the hang of "opening the recycling boxes, dragging all the recycling out, and shredding it into tiny pieces". The recycling is now outside in the cupboard, although I am unsure what the long-term solution is.
Other things she is very good at include: demolishing a proper bone in sub-15 min; getting things out of a Kong in similarly short order; chasing the crows in the park. Yesterday PetPlanet delivered a squeaky stuffed sheep, which received a Two Paws Up result, and to date has remained both interesting and largely intact for nearly 24 hrs. Long may this continue.
She also jumped the fence around the lake in the park last week, in pursuit of a moorhen. And then, obviously, paid 0 attention to me calling her back. Happily she's still nervous of water, so she just stood on the bank doing her Alert Dog Is Alert pose, while I climbed the fence to hoist her back over. Then she belted off into the children's playground (which is No Dogs Allowed, though there were already two other dogs there which is why she went in), and I got a bit irritable. We are now avoiding that half of the park.
On the more positive side: she's getting v good at sit, down, "leave it", and we're working on stay. And right now she is having a nice snooze under the radiator next to me. Watching her hurtle round the park at speed is fabulous (and the walks are doubtless doing me good too).
In non-dog news: I spent the weekend mostly at the London Free School, which was awesome. I watched several films (was facilitating the movie space on Saturday), including Made In Secret (an anarcha-feminist porn collective! sort of) which I strongly recommend (watch the making-of in the DVD extras to get a different view of it). Sunday I went to one workshop on the experience & politics of the menstrual cycle (fascinating) and another one on feminist self-defence (massively empowering; the facilitator is probably going to do a series of sessions sometime soon, so let me know if you might be interested. Self-identified-women-only.).
Also chatted to many interesting people, helped carry a sofa+occupants through the house to resolve a debate about where the debrief session should take place, played Tag (it was really very cold in that building!), and facilitated the final debrief. It was the talking-to-interesting-people thing that was the best part; the weekend as a whole left me knackered but inspired. Hopefully there will be another one in a few months!
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Date: 2010-03-10 11:42 am (UTC)Come visit the Sidney-pup sometime?
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Date: 2010-03-10 11:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-10 11:42 am (UTC)Where are you based these days? I could probably arrange to come & collect, possibly with bike trailer :)
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Date: 2010-03-15 04:17 pm (UTC)Where does Pete work, given I saw him cycling on Horseferry Road the other week, cos I'm at Court there on Wednesday afternoon so might be able to do something clever involving dropping things off to him?
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Date: 2010-03-15 04:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-15 04:27 pm (UTC)I've also got my bike at work most days so can nip over on the bike or get my lunchtime run out the way with a run over.
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Date: 2010-03-10 12:04 pm (UTC)I totally forgot to bring your SHEET though. I'll get it to you soon, somehow!
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Date: 2010-03-10 01:20 pm (UTC)Must bring you T-shirts.
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Date: 2010-03-10 05:21 pm (UTC)Minus: Have to acquire a new thing.
Minus: Probably less space, so we have to empty more often.
Plus: If we can put the recycling bag in it like a bin-liner, emptying becomes a great deal simpler than now.
Plus: And we don't have the puppy emptying it over the floor for us.
JAT. We probably don't need to have this conversation in yr LJ comments, do we?
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Date: 2010-03-10 05:30 pm (UTC)I was thinking about that as well. Also it would be helpful to put the bag straight in there. Hm hrm.
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Date: 2010-03-10 02:08 pm (UTC)My boss is using puppies (theoretical puppies, not actual ones) as bribes to get us to meet our recruitment targets this month. If I get 80% of the jobs from a particular employer filled, I get a puppy. I have a puppy wallchart to colour in to track my progress.
Kongs
Date: 2010-03-12 12:14 am (UTC)There are some great ideas here:
http://dogs.thefuntimesguide.com/2006/02/dog_recipes_for_kong_chew_toys.php
Re: Kongs
Date: 2010-03-15 04:14 pm (UTC)