(VICT) Re: Hospital and skunks and dog training
- From: "Julie J." <jlcrane@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:26:59 -0500
Sandy,
OMG! I'm glad everyone is okay or at least I hope everyone is okay? What
happened?
Hugs,
Julie
http://www.livingblind.com/eml
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and
those who matter don't mind.
Dr. Seuss
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From: <Infinitepaws@xxxxxxx>
To: <vi-clicker-trainers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:52 AM
Subject: (VICT) Hospital and skunks and dog training
> OK, just got out of the hospital ER today and to top off what was a shitty
> day, Alex got skunked slightly.. thank god she has a awesome recall or it
> probably would have been a lot worse.So here is the vision.. it is a
> couple
> minutes after midnight.. I am up because of all the uselesss fluids they
> ran and I
> have to go to the bathroom.. I let the dogs out, sit down on the toilet
> and
> start to go.. at which point I hear alarm barking from Alex.. from the
> back
> half of the lot..I cant get up.. grin.. I yell leave it and come.. She
> does..
> she is rolling a little and rubbing her eyes and stinks.. although she
> seems
> to have been pretty well missed, I then hop her into the tub and soap and
> scrub her face and chest and shoulders for good measure. So, to make this
> on
> topic for the list.. things like recall from skunk are definitely worth it
> (although I dont recommend practice to perfect this one!)...as well as
> teaching
> her to accept getting into the tub and being bathed with no fuss.. So, I
> now
> have a slightly less stinky dog and a lot shorter night..! Needless to say
> Alex will not be working for a few days.. Also, thank heavens, my Danes
> aren't
> the most prey driven dogs.. they didn't see or come near the skunk and I
> called
> them right after Alex.. I am so grateful for everyones recalls.. even the
> deaf dog that I had to go find, came as soon as he saw his hand
> signals..Given
> frantically by a less than well dressed mom , in the middle of the night!
> So
> practice those recalls.. You too might be saved the ignominy of having 5
> skunked dogs in a 480 square foot house! If this sounds punchy and funny,
> it is
> .. grin..it is 12:55 in the morning and this is definitely a unique 24
> hours..
>
> On another note.. are hospital ERs staffing always so jaded? I have only
> been to ER for concussions before this and wasn't tremendously with it
> then.
> They certainly were less than pleasant.
>
> Sandy Foushee
> Infinite Paws-Abilities Training and Service Dogs
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