Retriever Training is going great! Well, sort of....

Inara's now three months old. She's taking to training really well. I've been using every reference I have time to review -- Dokken, Wolter, Avery, others. House training and basic puppy obedience has gone great. We need to get her into a group training session, but I want to wait till the third set of shots and her rabbies is done for that. Colorado has a huge number of dog owners -- but that doesn't mean they're responsible! Retriever pre-school has gone reasonably well, too. Inara came from Ruffwinds Retrievers and they specialize in "pointing retrievers'. She took to pointing instantly. I couldn't believe how easy it was to get her to point to a bird wing. On the other hand, her "drive to retrieve" needs a bit more work. Probably too many toys and bird wings. In any case, I'm happy with her and loving each day -- except when traveling, like to day. Keep track at these resources: Pictures of Labradors and Puppy Safety.

Sunnyvale, California

I'm on buiness travel to Sunnyvale, California today. Sunnyvale is an interesting place because there is so much of our high tech history here and history is still being made today. But, its really kind of a suburban area. All the great businesses we know from "The Valley" are mixed in with communities of various level of income housing.

I was unable to find a copy of David Weber's A Rising Thunder at the airport yesterday. I wasn't going to wait for this next volume in the Honor Harrington series, however -- and I was saved by Audible. Its turning out to be a great book -- you can order a copy from my Squidoo lens, Honor Harrington. In any case, that gave me something to listen to during my flight. Got in and got checked in and worked for awhile. When I finally got hungry, I went to the Sunny Buffet -- given the price and the fact it was a buffet, it was pretty good, as you can tell from the picture.

David Weber's A Rising Thunder is Out Tomorrow!!!!

I love David Weber's series on Honor Harrington. Amazon shows the next volume in the series, A Rising Thunder, available tomorrow. I'm traveling this week, but I've got to find a way to get it! You can order the entire seires from my Squidoo page, Honor Harrington.

Inara's training fine -- and safely!

So, we're coming to the close of our first month with Inara. She'll be 12 weeks tomorrow. She's wonderful to be with and she's already sleeping through the night for us. So, I get 7 hours of sleep and then have a good reason to get up at 5:30 and get my day going! Check out pictures at Pictures of Labradors!

 I've also put together a nice Squidoo lens on Puppy Safety. You can see my philosophy on how I'm going to keep my puppy safe and flourishing. And there's stuff to buy, too!

 

Inara's training fine -- and safely!

[[posterous-content:hshFJqruatlHrhzcuiDh]]So, we're coming to the close of our first month with Inara. She'll be 12 weeks tomorrow. She's wonderful to be with and she's already sleeping through the night for us. So, I get 7 hours of sleep and then have a good reason to get up at 5:30 and get my day going! Check out pictures at Pictures of Labradors!

I've also put together a nice Squidoo lens on Puppy Safety. You can see my philosophy on how I'm going to keep my puppy safe and flourishing. And there's stuff to buy, too!