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Poi Dog Ponderings: March 2012
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Monday, March 12, 2012. Last night Mary Jane and I said goodbye to our beloved Willa. She lost her fight with cancer and passed quickly. We will always be proud of how she touched so many lives, most deeply, our own. The vets think that the cancer we fought in her mouth, the cancer that we know has been advancing into her lungs, spread to her brain and caused the seizures. We officially retired Willa in August. It is clear that Ruby misses Willa too. She continues to listen for her and search for her...
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Poi Dog Ponderings: May 2009
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Sunday, May 31, 2009. Willa is out and about gaining strength every day. Here is a quick video update. Posted by Matthew McDermott at 12:00 PM. Sunday, May 24, 2009. Games for Search Dogs. I let Ruby go first. It was a simple exercise 2 only boxes. She sniffed both boxes, chose the right on and laid down a perfect alert. MJ and I were stunned, I could not believe that she remembered what to do after all this time. Posted by Matthew McDermott at 4:08 PM. Saturday, May 23, 2009. Monday, May 18, 2009. Poste...
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Poi Dog Ponderings: August 2012
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Ruby’s Busy Agility Schedule. This has been a busy month for Mary Jane, Ruby and Me with two Agility trials on back to back weekends at Texas A&M in College Station. Each trial was for a different governing body, one for NADAC and one for AKC. There are similarities and differences between the two organizations. It has taken me a bit to wrap my head around the rules for each. Regular 1 and 2. Having exposed Ruby to the arena and dogs the week before in NADAC made it a lot easier...
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Poi Dog Ponderings: April 2009
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Saturday, April 25, 2009. End of week 3. Willa is walking well. She seems to be tolerating the change in her lifestyle pretty well. Ruby continues to delight and frustrate us. Though lately it’s more delight. This video is for my friend who wants to see how Willa is doing. (I’ll put Willa on a slow treadmill later today for a better view.). Ruby is working on her jumpingshe cracks me up. Check out her down-stay during the Willa segment! Posted by Matthew McDermott at 8:40 AM. Wednesday, April 15, 2009.
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Poi Dog Ponderings: October 2011
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011. We entered Willa in Tunnelers . The course is all tunnels, no jumps or other obstacles to get in the way. You can imagine it’s FAST. Willa gets a little time advantage due to her age, but you’ll see she does not need it, I had a hard time keeping up. She took 2nd and got a Q! Listen to the crowd when Willa crosses the finish line! What a Great Day. Ruby ran the additional events. I learned that Ruby is so fast that I have to time my direction better. Here is tunnelers.
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Poi Dog Ponderings: September 2012
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Saturday, September 22, 2012. Begin with the End in Mind. I am often asked How do you get Ruby to do that . The short answer is I use positive reinforcement, a clicker, treats, love and patience. Here is a short video, shot in real time, for how we trained Ruby on one behavior. It builds on skills that we had previously taught her and serves as a good example of how effective clicker training can be. Keep the sessions short. In my case I keep it to 10 minutes or less. Use plenty of small rewards. As Mary...
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Poi Dog Ponderings: August 2011
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Today Willa received the Chief’s Coin and a Certificate of Appreciation for her service to Austin. Our commander read a short biography highlighting Willa’s service career and then the Chief of Police, Art Acevedo, presented me with Willa’s certificate. The award reads:. Willa likes the Chief, you can tell by how she’s looking at him here:. PS While we were inside for the awards ceremony some guy crashed into our new SAR truck! Right in front of Police Headquarters! In the rec...
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