GUS: Life is a Carnival - Tuesday Evening
Welcome one and all to the Tuesday night GUS diary! GUS (Gave Up Smoking) is a community support diary for Kossacks in the midst of quitting smoking. Any supportive comments, suggestions or positive...
View ArticleWHEE from Sheddhead NOW! With Gratitude 2007-07-22 PM
WHEE (Weight, Health, Eating and Exercise) is a community support diary for Kossacks who are currently or planning to start losing, gaining or maintaining their weight through diet and exercise or...
View ArticleWHEE! I messed up!
WHEE (Weight, Health, Eating and Exercise) is a community support diary for Kossacks who are currently or planning to start losing, gaining or maintaining their weight through diet and exercise or...
View ArticleBlagojevich bribe trapped ON FILM!
Please follow me over the jump for indisputable proof that Blagojevich received bribes.
View ArticleWHEE Move Toward Fitness
Since I half slept through Wednesday night when I should have been WHEEing... - to quote Budhy... HERE I AM! WHEE (Weight, Health, Eating and Exercise) is a community support diary for Kossacks who are...
View ArticleWHEE Richard Simmons Phoned Me
WHEE (Weight, Health, Eating and Exercise) is a community support diary for Kossacks who are currently or planning to start losing, gaining or maintaining their weight through diet and exercise or...
View ArticleSunnydays with Pooties, Woozles and Fluffy Critters
Thank you to triciawyse for giving me the blessing to try my paw hand at a Pootie diary!! The Pootie-Woozle (and more) diary is not for the discussion of political issues or name calling or questioning...
View ArticleGreetings and Salutations!
Hi, wonderful Kossacks! I'm still here (like, on this planet), though a dependable internet connection ('cept while at work) hasn't been particularly available. I do have a connection, but much of the...
View ArticleWHEE - Step One
Sorry! This was briefly posted last night. Getting it to post (due to formatting) was a DOG. When I returned to view it, I kept getting "Edit Diary" mode. I finally deleted it... and then could...
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Daily Paws
Who let the dogs out? Norfolk Terrier My friend and I attended a day at the International Kennel Club show in Chicago, in February. One of only a handful of remaining ‘benched’ shows (where the dogs...
View ArticlePrithee Attend
Run hence, proclaim, cry it about the streets ~ Julius Caesar 'Tis official(leth): I invite thee to celebrate: Talk Like Shakespeare Day
View ArticleSomeone Left Her Tied to a Light Pole
Her beginnings are unknown to those of us who love her. Presumably, someone decided to purchase a German Shepherd bitch pup. They took her through housebreaking, taught her some (very) basic...
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Happy Arbor Day Good Works
Friday, April 30 was Arbor Day, a national day of recognition started by the father of a local (Chicagoland) hero: Joy Morton. Many people are familiar with the name Morton, as well as a certain logo...
View ArticleA Rant and a request for help or direction
Rant: I wanted to go on a 5K this weekend. Tomorrow is Mother's Day, so while Sunday 5K's are usually more common than those on Saturday, not so this week. Driving home from work yesterday, I saw...
View ArticleRest In Peace: Art Linkletter - 1912 - 2010
I just learned that Art Linkletter passed away today at 97... While Art said: I've learned it's always better to have a small percentage of a big success, than a hundred percent of nothing. He was...
View ArticleBad Dog! No Biscuit!!!!
I heard this song played as background music on "NCIS" (the best show on tv). The NCIS crew was searching a house that belonged to a Marine who'd handled a drug-sniffing dog. The dog (later...
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The CGC - What and Why?
What is the CGC? The Canine Good Citizen is a test and subsequent award given by the American Kennel Club (AKC) to dogs which pass a series of ten exercises (tests) given by a qualified evaluator....
View ArticleBeginning Novice (Isn't that repetitive?)
I saw more German Shepherds today than I've seen over the past year - and that includes going to the International Kennel Club show in Chicago & watching the breed being shown. Sasha is exhausted,...
View ArticleGUS: Swapping Tales
I've been spending a lot of time training my dog Sasha, going to classes, thinking about her (what we're going to do next, where I might train or show her, or whatever), and writing about her. I will...
View ArticleSasha, CGC
I'm taking a big risk here. This diary is being written on Monday, July 19, to be posted in the evening of Tuesday, July 20. IF Sasha cooperates. Introducing: Sasha Mae Sheddhead*, CGC (That's...
View ArticleBlagojevich Trial: Defense rests
The defense rests. WGN News (Chicago) now confirming -
View ArticleRally On.
After more than a year of intensive work with my Westie, I showed him in AKC Novice Obedience Trials. After 14 (or was it 17? maybe a million.) attempts, we completed 3 successful "Qualifications" and...
View ArticleThe Eye Roll
One of sheddhead's favorite jokes (yeah, I have a few, but fewer still that I remember...) ** Rolls Eyes ** Oh, roll them back, they'll only get dusty. More eye rolling over the jump.
View ArticleAgility
I've been working with Sasha (my rescue German Shepherd) in obedience. We started with basic ("Family Dog") obedience classes, moved into "Canine Good Citizen", and have gone on into "(Beginning)...
View ArticleI Am Really Very Angry.
This morning I woke up 9 minutes before the darned alarm for the second morning in a row. You know, a couple of hours early gives time for a quick bathroom trip and then 120 or so more minutes of...
View ArticleMeet my dog with one leg
For some time, I've been telling you about Sasha, my rescue German Shepherd. Since sometime in late winter, we've completed 2 eight-week "Family Dog" Obedience courses and a four-week Canine Good...
View ArticleAn Amazingly Good Time
I was lucky enough to spend nearly this entire weekend in the company of my rescue German Shepherd, Sasha. This was our schedule: Saturday 7 am - hit road 8 am - check in for 2 APDT (Association of...
View ArticleWoof! There It Is!
I want to write about my dog, but we haven't really done anything new since I wrote about the Rally Trial on Sunday. I'm (very) impatiently waiting for the professional photographer to post photos...
View ArticleGet well soon, Senator Durbin!
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Senator Durbin has had a stomach tumor removed today. Over the jump, please.
View ArticleRemember When Danny Couldn't Walk? An Update
Just over two years ago, I posted this diary. I was going to say, "this amazing diary," but that's inaccurate. It's just a diary. Before the second update, it says very little, except, "My nephew is...
View ArticleIt's just a book
The 'debate' in America about Terry Jones' plans for "Burn a Koran" day completely floors me. It's just a book. It is. It's just a book. More, over the jump.
View ArticleDear Chamber of Commerce
Dear Chamber of Commerce, I heard an ad provided by the Chamber on WBBM News Radio (780, Chicago) today. I'd tell you what it was for, except it really wasn't for anything. It was simply an ad...
View ArticleTwo Down. One to Go.
Sasha is my rescue German Shepherd Dog. Since early this year, she and I have taken a bunch of "family dog" obedience classes, more classes geared toward Canine Good Citizen test preparation (which...
View ArticleThe Nose Knows
For a little under a year, I've been working on a variety of dog (woozle) related sports with my rescue Shepherd, Sasha. We started in 'Traditional' (though basic) Obedience in February 2010. She...
View ArticleAdoption Nerves
Tomorrow, I am travelling a couple hours away to try to adopt a rescue Shepherd. If I am successful, like Sasha, this dog will be co-owned by my boyfriend and myself. However, he's going to spend...
View ArticlePuppy Headache: Ain't it Great?
Yesterday, I wrote about my fears that my boyfriend and I would not be approved to adopt a German Shepherd rescue (versus the fears we would be.) What a long day. But we have the puppy.
View ArticleWeight Loss Kos
I was back on track earlier this year, feeling pretty good, and (re) losing some of the weight I'd gained. And then something hit. It was no single thing. Work is stressful; stress has been growing...
View ArticleClasses Start February 28
I heard from the lady who runs Family Dog Obedience and Rally classes a few weeks ago. I had taught 'traditional' obedience with her years ago; over the past year I took classes from her with Sasha...
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Lunch. With Sid.
Today at lunch, I met a guy named Sid. Didn't have a lot to say, though he looked like he was ready to break into song.
View ArticleReport: Night One, Intro to Nose Work
Last night, I taught a dog class for the first time in 3 or 4 years. I used to teach traditional Obedience; between (unrelated) depression and dealing with the (ahead of his time) Teabagger...
View ArticleNew Website: Opinion request
I've started co-teaching doggie Nose Work classes. I'm teaching them with a woman I used to teach traditional obedience with, at the facility where she teaches positive (click and treat) obedience...
View ArticleNight Two: Introduction to Nose Work
Last Monday, I taught my second Canine Nose Work class. It's getting fun, and my co-teacher (Linda) and I have plans to take it up another notch! Our class contained nearly all the same dogs, who...
View ArticleNight Three: Introduction to Nose Work
HOT DAMN, did we have fun! Yeah, I'm teaching my first session of Intro to Nose Work with my co-teacher, Linda. Two of eight teams have dropped out - one caused by a tear to the dog's ACL (didn't...
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A Game for you and your dog
If you own a dog, I'd like you to do something for me. If you don't all ready, I'd like you to take your dog to classes and interact with your dog during those classes and practicing in between. And...
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RIP Tater
He wasn't the cutest dog in the world. But he was one of the sweetest RIP Tater, 2009 - 2011
View ArticleSasha Passes 2 ORT's
(ORT means Odor Recognition Test) Tonight Sasha, my rescue Shepherd (#1) passed two Odor Recognition Tests - one for Birch, and one for Anise. Before a dog can be shown in a Nose Work Trial, it must...
View ArticleSheddhead, ANWI
ANWI™ means Associate Nose Work Instructor, as recognized by the National Association of Canine Scent Work, LLC®, or NACSW™. This past weekend I attended days 2 - 4 of 7 days of seminars, to become...
View ArticleNose Work Movies and Pictures
Because I've written several diaries about Canine Nose Work (and because I've spent the last week editing and uploading video clips), this diary will be mostly photos and videos. To learn more about...
View ArticleI'm a teacher, too. My students have four feet, though.
Or maybe my students have 6 feet, because they are always a team of a dog and a person. I used to teach family dog obedience. After many years off, I've started teaching K9 Nose Work® this year. My...
View ArticleThank you for your help
A couple of months ago, I asked for input about my new "Nose Work Dogs" website, in this diary. I got a lot of good feedback. I mostly read, "Add some pictures to the home page." So, I stopped...
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