Wow…this month is already zooming by --- only 13 more work days! As for today: TGIF is my only comment!
I returned Wednesday night from five days in Phoenix where 3 co-workers and I attended the annual professional development institute sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. A day of flying, gaining 2 hours, attending three FULL days (8-5:30) of conference sessions, then another day of flying, and losing 2 hours made me wonder "where am I now and what am I supposed to be doing next?"
I am here and I should be grooming a dog!
As for Lhasa updates:
• If Secret is pregnant I will fall over in joyous shock. I have a waiting list of 12 people looking for puppies! However, Secret still has a lovely, trim, girlish figure that shows no signs of a pregnancy! Her due date is the 22nd, so I've resigned myself to disappointment. I'd thought perhaps she would "blossom" during the five days I was gone. Sadly, she did not!
• Dancer was bred in mid-May so perhaps we will have a July litter.
• Congrats to friend Marsha, co-breeder of Desi and Zach, whose two young males each won a major at the recent Fargo show.
• Speaking of Desi and Zach, Desi came into season while I was in AZ and poor Zach is beside himself wondering why he has suddenly been denied opportunities to play with his sister. I think Desi is enjoying her chance to play with Belle, who is more her size and who is much gentler in her play than Zach is!
• Our next shows are in Iowa City on June 26 and 27. Zach is entered both days, Desi one day, Belle one day, and Walker one day.
At one conference session we discussed "healthy emotional climates for children" and how such climates lead to the emotional skills of identifying, labeling, expressing and managing feelings; delaying gratification; controlling impulses; and reducing stress. Having the ability to handle frustration, control emotions, and get along with others as a young child predicts that child's success in school and later life. Children need a climate that makes them feel respected, important, accepted, included and secure. So do you… So do I… So do our Lhasas! Go give yours a hug!
My Lhasas certainly make me feel respected, important, and accepted. In their eyes I am faultless. Bless them for their loving hearts!
Life is good when you have a Lhasa to love you.
Joyce
Gosh is that a beautiful photo!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah. She is a pretty one! That is Joyslyn Lucy in the Sky, taken at her last show in Bloomington, IL. A few months later Lucy was sold to a pet home in CA, where she is absolutely spoiled rotten. Lucy was a comedian. In the show ring she would jump over the tape that held the matting together in the corners. I thought I had broken her of the habiat but at the Bloomington show a friend took video and we watched as Lucy kept a perfect pace with her front legs over the tape but jumped over it with her back legs! Lucy was not a big eater and judges kept telling me to put some weight on her. After hearing from some friends about a "Fat Diet," I found the recipe, bought the ingredients, gave it to Lucy who scarfed it right down. A week later she had scratched out her headfall and half of one side of her coat. She evidently was allergic to the wheat germ in the "Fat Diet." I just gave up. We got her back on track diet-wise. I don't remember how, so please don't ask! Then when someone called asking if I had a young adult for sale, Lucy left. She was adorable and had a sweet disposition.
ReplyDeleteTashi is eating a weight control lamb rice mix. The big deal is to not give in to his love for treats!! He'll do anything for a treat..stand on his hind legs and walk (not a trick, it's his way of trying to reach our food), and he even knows how to look cute. He'll come and put his front paws on my legs when I'm sitting on the couch. Adorable. He's just everything I could have asked for.
ReplyDeleteI can tell you love him lots. You will never know how much that means to me! Thanks!
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