Kim, > Miss Viva is smart, agile, happy, the first in any empty lap and >still >"barks" continually.
Ah ha! Now I know where Keno's compulsion to "talk" to any man or beast that catches his attention at the park or on the street, to the ceiling fan that he suddenly noticed turning, to the dogs down the street that are barking, to the spider crawling up the wall . . . If he can't bark, then he yips. If he can't yip, then he whines. Fortunately, I am not amused by these shennanigins and he knows "Sssssh." Nicer than "shut up" or "quiet". More original than "no bark." He's very responsive to my requests to control himself. But it's sooooo hard! He tries though. And he's soooo cute. The funniest was a couple of weeks ago at night he suddenly woke up, starting barking his head off, jumped off the bed, ran through the house barking. Neither Windy nor I ever did figure out what he was barking at. A bad dream? Sunday he starts his first private obedience for competition lesson. I had entered him in a "fun and games" obedience class starting 3/30. The instructor is in my obedience club. Tues nite we were talking and when she found out I wanted to competition train him, she told me to start private lessons with Moira, who also has classes. Windy is in her competition work class Tues nites. She's a good trainer and I'm looking forward to working with her more. Also he starts agility on 3/14. So maybe with all this activity he'll be too tired to bark? Apple Valley has, if I remember correctly from Bradshaw's web page, 6 dogs and 8 or 9 bitches on Saturday, 2 dog specials. I think he got Keno's entry as there are only 4 dogs on Sunday. I entered only Sat. And I thought it would be a small entry since it's sort of out of the way. How was No. Cal? Is no news bad news? Susan _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
