Archive for January, 2009

 

journal entry #7

January 27th, 2009

Went to the pound today and when I arrived I realized that I was the only adoptions counselor there.  With four people waiting for someone to show dogs.  It took me about an hour to get all of the people taken care of and then my help arrived.  We continued to be busy throughout the [...]

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Journal Entry #6

January 19th, 2009

One of my group class customers opted to get her last three sessions as private sessions.  I visited her and her yellow lab today.  She said the dog was out of control but when I arrived all that I observed was normal puppy behavior.  She was havening a hard time getting her dog to do [...]

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Journal Entry #5

January 15th, 2009

I met with my customer who wants to train her dog for therapy to use in her own dental practice in the future.  We did an impromptu trial at the mini mall down the road from her house.  It did not go well the dog was too distracted to work at a level I felt [...]

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Journal Entry #4

January 12th, 2009

Today was my first appointment working with the Malanois. The dogs’ new owner is former military and this was his main reason for hiring me.  He told me he had to move some money around in order to pay the full amount required for the gold package but gave me an additional $500 down.  He [...]

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Journal Entry #3

January 2nd, 2009

Today was my volunteer day at the pound.  I donate 4 hours every Tuesday.  I usually do adoptions but sometime I give advice and last week I did some temperament testing on a neo mastiff named monster.  The director of the pound asked for my opinion on the dog because she wanted to know if [...]

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