Dog Handling - Personal Ramblings 2019-04-29T04:07:32+12:00 urn:md5:a6407b570be288920034c4868ce30b5a Dotclear Diary of the last few days urn:md5:e8b171f0581994cecb8d7b234b81432e 2012-12-07T21:51:00+00:00 2012-12-09T17:24:11+00:00 Raewyn Saville Personal Ramblings <p>Well I haven't been very active in my blog over the last week due to a number of funny things. First I decided to get my Christmas Newsletter out and to do that,apart from writing it, I had to take pics of my dogs in Christmas Decorations and it rained for three days. I did manage to get some super pics of Fae on a colourful background which now... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2012/12/07/Diary-of-the-last-few-days"><em>Read</em> Diary of the last few days</a></p> Diary of the last two weeks urn:md5:5b98b1769fdfe8b36ef9c873f8200591 2012-12-01T00:00:00+00:00 2012-12-07T01:15:25+00:00 Raewyn Saville Personal Ramblings abused dogagilitydog behaviourFaemeningitisrescue dogsick dog <p>Oh dear the last two weeks have been a blur. First my computer has been down quite a bit doing funny things and not able to get to anywhere. Don't know if someone sent me something funny that caused it but anyway I disconnected everything and when I reconnected it is just fine. Whew. The 16th of November was the first anniversary of the death... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2012/12/01/Diary-of-the-last-two-weeks"><em>Read</em> Diary of the last two weeks</a></p> Entertaining at Old Folks Home with Dogs urn:md5:b7dcfa298b5d081b70e83e86f2352fc1 2012-11-20T01:06:00+00:00 2012-11-21T05:11:12+00:00 Raewyn Saville Personal Ramblings Performing Dogs <p>Yesterday five people with six mini dogs went to Glenbrae Residential Care to put on a show for the residents there. It was quite a lot of work to get ready and rehearse the show for a couple of weeks so that we wouldn't look completely unprepared. Some of our dogs in this group called 'Mini Magic' are quite old and have had a lot of experience... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2012/11/20/Entertaining-at-Old-Folks-Home-with-Dogs"><em>Read</em> Entertaining at Old Folks Home with Dogs</a></p> Guy Fawkes urn:md5:19fce8b919f00ea258816d4593693779 2012-11-05T15:50:00+00:00 2012-12-07T01:17:03+00:00 Raewyn Saville Personal Ramblings fireworks <p>the Nightmare of animal ownership... Tonight is GuyFawkes night in New Zealand. Two days ago new people moved into my neighbourhood from South Australia. I thought I had better warn them about Guy Fawkes as they have cats and dogs newly uncrated from travel and in a strange environment. They could not believe New Zealand still celebrated Guy... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2012/11/05/Guy-Fawkes"><em>Read</em> Guy Fawkes</a></p> Playing Catchup urn:md5:2d3ba73f36d42babff14773d6a01df47 2012-10-28T15:29:00+00:00 2012-11-17T02:29:44+00:00 Raewyn Saville Personal Ramblings <p>My computer went on strike so for the last week I have been unable to do anything on my blog. Several wonderful events have happened over that time on Puddlduck Farm. First we had a kid to our goat Carys, a wee boy - Doogal. Then the cow calved after I had stayed up all night to hold her foot. She had a beautiful boy - George. Then she... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2012/10/28/Playing-Catchup"><em>Read</em> Playing Catchup</a></p> An Observance urn:md5:875637027becf248f5b0c81097f0dd9c 2012-10-08T15:10:00+01:00 2012-12-07T01:19:43+00:00 Raewyn Saville Personal Ramblings anecdote <p>I Read this in the NZ Listener attributed to Jerry Seinfeld "Dogs are the leaders of the Planet. If you see two life forms, one's making a poop and the other one's carrying it for him, who would you assume is in charge."... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2012/10/08/An-Observance"><em>Read</em> An Observance</a></p> Daylight Savings urn:md5:49c9c9e74859475708599016195d51ac 2012-10-03T15:04:00+01:00 2012-11-17T02:05:31+00:00 Raewyn Saville Personal Ramblings <p>AND DOGS....... Dogs can't tell the time - right. N.Z has just changed over to summertime. This means the clocks go forward one hour, so that what used to be 5a.m. is now 6a.m., but if I get up at the new 5a.m. it still feels like 4 a.m. and I am tired as by 6p.m. when it is still daylight till 8p.m. and I can't use it because I am so tired.... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2012/10/03/Daylight-Savings"><em>Read</em> Daylight Savings</a></p> An Everyday Event - Rain or Shine. urn:md5:9822eb1913584dbde582203dc389556c 2012-09-28T14:41:00+01:00 2012-12-07T01:35:00+00:00 Raewyn Saville Personal Ramblings dogs as therapy <p>Every single morning of my life when I get out of bed I know that there is one thing that will happen no matter what and that is my morning dog walk. I acquired my first dog as an adult, all the earlier dogs were my parents working dogs, at aged 19 and at that time I was dancing (ballet, jazz and ballroom) regularly, I was playing Indoor... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2012/09/28/An-Everyday-Event-Rain-or-Shine."><em>Read</em> An Everyday Event - Rain or Shine.</a></p> Doggy Treats urn:md5:725adb994460d27fc26d59920fd14bfc 2012-09-05T21:52:00+01:00 2012-12-17T18:29:09+00:00 Raewyn Saville Personal Ramblings dog treats <p>Summertime doggy icecream. Somewhere in the dim recesses of my mind ( and believe me I can get dim at times) is a thing that sayes 'frozen is not good for dogs'. However, sometimes in summer when the pressure is on, I have been known to give my dogs a frozen bone, which has not killed anyone yet. My dogs live long healthy lives most of the... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2012/09/05/Doggy-Treats"><em>Read</em> Doggy Treats</a></p> What is happening at Dog Sports Rotorua urn:md5:1fe20a6c96032ab7d031b9c9548bde74 2012-09-03T21:51:00+01:00 2012-12-17T19:29:29+00:00 Raewyn Saville Personal Ramblings dog sportsDog Training ProgramRail Park <p>All that work for another move for the Club Very soon Dog Sports Rotorua will move from the Rail Park to another venue. I find this very difficult as it was about setting up a bunch of community groups to help the Rail Park be successful. However, new brooms which are really, old brooms have decided that the plan for community involvement is not... <a href="http://dogsplay.co.nz/dotcl/index.php?post/2012/09/03/What-is-happening-at-Dog-Sports-Rotorua"><em>Read</em> What is happening at Dog Sports Rotorua</a></p>

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