I couldn't get the text of your article on the site, and yes I would = love to read it in Word. I like to entertain myself during quiet spells by head writing Mitsy's life from her point of view. I'm not too sure how well = I do at getting into the little goober's head. She does a much better job at getting to mine. =20 I will check the link again today to see if your article shows up on the site. I did, for some reason, get the text of the article on the poodle guide, which was a fun read. Mitsy has kin in that program, both as = guides and as breeding stock. Pretty cool! Her breeder did a great job of = picking out the right pup for me when I told her I was considering training my prospective dog "if it happens to have the right stuff." If you could send the article in Word, that would be great. I'm looking forward to reading it. Tami Smith-Kinney -----Original Message----- From: vi-clicker-trainers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vi-clicker-trainers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Diane & = Raven Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:26 PM To: vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: (VICT) Re: Clyde. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.ippgazette.com/Issues/V4-1/FPV4-1.htm I don't know if this is open to the public... but the link above is to a Poodle publication that asked me to write a = =3D piece on Poodles in assistance dog careers. I wrote it from Raven's point of view... it was hard to teach her to use = =3D the key board...whew!! {{{chuckle}}} It was fun... If you can't view and would like to see it let me know and I will send = =3D it in pdf or word doc for you. And yes, you are right about the positive flowing into your interactions = =3D with others. I would hope I was positive in my approach to life before learning the = =3D dog teaching. And some of the reinforcement I did apply to my teaching = =3D of the dogs but more haphazardly before studying. But I like what it = =3D teaches about relating all aspects of interaction with animal and human. And I too think it is great fun and really like the sharing here. Best Wishes & Wags, Diane & Raven APDT#72225 http://AssistanceDogJournal.net http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Golden_Paw_ADC/ "My Assistance Dog is not my whole life, but she makes my life =3D whole"~D.L.Shotwell -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- -- Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document -- File: Special Poodles Assisting Special People.docx -- Binary/unsupported file stripped by Ecartis -- -- Type: application/pdf -- File: SpecialPoodleAssistSpecialPeople.pdf