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Windsong Retrievers: August 2013
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Dedicated to the wonderful Curly-Coated Retrievers that share, or have shared, their lives with me. Here you may hear tales of Hunter, Deacon, Singer, Star, Taiko, Ziva, Zoomy, Priscilla and Rosie with a few more honorable mentions from time to time. Thursday, August 22, 2013. Despite Our Best Efforts. Despite our best efforts to find perfect homes for our puppies, sometimes things don't work out. Such was the case with Murphy. At 8 months of age, the email that he was to be rehomed came with the questio...
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Windsong Retrievers: October 2008
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Dedicated to the wonderful Curly-Coated Retrievers that share, or have shared, their lives with me. Here you may hear tales of Hunter, Deacon, Singer, Star, Taiko, Ziva, Zoomy, Priscilla and Rosie with a few more honorable mentions from time to time. Sunday, October 19, 2008. Destiny and the Junior Dog Judging Contest. Upon completion of the interviews, the scores were tallied and the Juniors were awarded placements from fourth through first. Out of the 20 or so Juniors who participated, Destiny was ...
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Windsong Retrievers: January 2009
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Dedicated to the wonderful Curly-Coated Retrievers that share, or have shared, their lives with me. Here you may hear tales of Hunter, Deacon, Singer, Star, Taiko, Ziva, Zoomy, Priscilla and Rosie with a few more honorable mentions from time to time. Sunday, January 25, 2009. The perils of training blinds. Training for blind work with Hunter, my Curly-Coated Retriever, was never ordinary. The theory is that you set up your training scenarios and run through them. Simple, right? On more than one occasion.
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Windsong Retrievers: She did it again!
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Dedicated to the wonderful Curly-Coated Retrievers that share, or have shared, their lives with me. Here you may hear tales of Hunter, Deacon, Singer, Star, Taiko, Ziva, Zoomy, Priscilla and Rosie with a few more honorable mentions from time to time. Tuesday, April 3, 2012. She did it again! Undaunted, she started over. Still looking strait up into the branches, she moved her first paw, second paw, third paw . . . and this time she got her fourth paw off the ground, then drat, she fell ag...Still undaunt...
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Windsong Retrievers: My dog can do that.
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Dedicated to the wonderful Curly-Coated Retrievers that share, or have shared, their lives with me. Here you may hear tales of Hunter, Deacon, Singer, Star, Taiko, Ziva, Zoomy, Priscilla and Rosie with a few more honorable mentions from time to time. Saturday, February 20, 2010. My dog can do that. The next step was the tricky part. After I filled the bucket from the hose out front, I took it back and called Hunter. He hopped up again and I placed the handle near his mouth and said "take it"....
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Windsong Retrievers: January 2010
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Dedicated to the wonderful Curly-Coated Retrievers that share, or have shared, their lives with me. Here you may hear tales of Hunter, Deacon, Singer, Star, Taiko, Ziva, Zoomy, Priscilla and Rosie with a few more honorable mentions from time to time. Sunday, January 17, 2010. Soft Mouth; Can you train it? How do you train a soft mouth? Is the number one question that I hear from dog owners, especially from retriever owners. This is often rephrased in the question "How do you prevent a hard mouth? It woul...
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Windsong Retrievers: February 2010
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Dedicated to the wonderful Curly-Coated Retrievers that share, or have shared, their lives with me. Here you may hear tales of Hunter, Deacon, Singer, Star, Taiko, Ziva, Zoomy, Priscilla and Rosie with a few more honorable mentions from time to time. Saturday, February 20, 2010. My dog can do that. The next step was the tricky part. After I filled the bucket from the hose out front, I took it back and called Hunter. He hopped up again and I placed the handle near his mouth and said "take it"....
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Windsong Retrievers: March 2010
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Dedicated to the wonderful Curly-Coated Retrievers that share, or have shared, their lives with me. Here you may hear tales of Hunter, Deacon, Singer, Star, Taiko, Ziva, Zoomy, Priscilla and Rosie with a few more honorable mentions from time to time. Monday, March 15, 2010. Sometimes It’s Good To Be Bad. The game warden later said that we had witnessed a rarely seen, mating ritual. It was the most special “hunting” moment I have ever had. Yes, sometimes, it is good to be bad. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Windsong Retrievers: Soft Mouth; Can you train it?
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Dedicated to the wonderful Curly-Coated Retrievers that share, or have shared, their lives with me. Here you may hear tales of Hunter, Deacon, Singer, Star, Taiko, Ziva, Zoomy, Priscilla and Rosie with a few more honorable mentions from time to time. Sunday, January 17, 2010. Soft Mouth; Can you train it? How do you train a soft mouth? Is the number one question that I hear from dog owners, especially from retriever owners. This is often rephrased in the question "How do you prevent a hard mouth? It woul...
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Windsong Retrievers: April 2012
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Dedicated to the wonderful Curly-Coated Retrievers that share, or have shared, their lives with me. Here you may hear tales of Hunter, Deacon, Singer, Star, Taiko, Ziva, Zoomy, Priscilla and Rosie with a few more honorable mentions from time to time. Tuesday, April 3, 2012. She did it again! Undaunted, she started over. Still looking strait up into the branches, she moved her first paw, second paw, third paw . . . and this time she got her fourth paw off the ground, then drat, she fell ag...Still undaunt...