Re: [OT] Photo Album Added: Peanut's May Days

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The Norwegian dog specialist Turid Rugaas was the first to

> describe these signals, there's lots of them. They are very useful

to

> use for humans too, if you want to calm your dog if they are

> aggressive, scared or won't calm down e.g. to sleep.

Hey Aase!

I'd love to know more of these when you get time! How fun!! Thanks

for the pics!!!

Love Lana

[Guest guest]

> The Norwegian dog specialist Turid Rugaas was the first to

> > describe these signals, there's lots of them. They are very

useful

> to

> > use for humans too, if you want to calm your dog if they are

> > aggressive, scared or won't calm down e.g. to sleep.

>

> Hey Aase!

>

> I'd love to know more of these when you get time! How fun!!

Thanks

> for the pics!!!

>

> Love Lana

Well, nevermind, Aase, I see you read my mind from across the sea!!!

LOL!!!

Love Lana

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Hi Lana,

I thought the pics were so fun to see, so I couldn't resist trying to

e-mail them to Turid Rugaas. I had an old e-mail address to her from

when I got some help from her years ago. She was so wonderful helping

me, especially over the phone when Shanti's anxiety got really bad

after I got her. So when I mailed her now, I told her a bit about

Shanti, the special relationship we had and the experiences I had

with her with the amazing communication etc. (including how she " came

to me " when she died, you may remember me telling how I heard and saw

her here, then called the vet and they told me she died just then). I

told this to her just to make her understand the special relationship

the two of us had and that because of that it meant especially much

to me that she encouraged me to work with Shanti to make things

better for her. So while sending these pics, I also got to thank her

so much for all it meant to me to get the help I got from her, I will

always be grateful to her for that. Everybody else at the time told

me that I wouldn't be able to do anything about her anxiety, and one

guy who owned a dog school for 8 years even said " Give her a shot and

get a new dog " . But Turid Rugaas was so wonderful and positive and

got a woman she had trained to help us personally as a personal dog

trainer, so that I got a bit of help getting started and she also

made a plan for how we were to work systematically with helping to

lower her anxiety level. And it was wonderful and helped Shanti so

much, made her function better again and be really happy again. So

now I sent the pictures of Peanut to her too, and said that I thought

it was so fun to see how this little, well socialized and happy

little one uses calming signals so well to tell others what to do. I

also said it would be fun if she could use the pics for something.

Not long after I sent the mail, I got a wonderful reply from her,

that she was so happy to hear about it, " that the little I did made a

difference " (I didn't think it was " little " ) and that she thought it

was so fun to hear about and see the pictures of Peanut. She said

that she knew exactly what I meant when I told about the special

relationship Shanti and I had, that she had experienced just the same

things with one of her dogs. I think that must be Vesla, one of her

rescue dogs who she used a lot as a dog therapist on other dogs who

had anxiety, because Vesla had an amazing body language which calmed

down even the most scared and aggressive dogs. She passed away a

couple of years ago, I think, she was old.

It was soooo nice to get that mail from her. She is such a wonderful

person. I was so sad when I had to drop going to a weekend seminar

with her and the US Pryor who developed the clicker training

method. It would have been so great to be at that seminar and seen

the two of them in action too. Pryor's books about dog training

are just great. The two of them are true dog lovers, and live their

life for it. Turid Rugaas has devoted her whole life to working with

dogs, doing research on their behavior etc. She is world famous for

her knowledge... It is wonderful how such a busy lady who is

travelling more than she is at home to spread knowledge about these

things, can take time to communicate with people over such things. So

many others would never bother to do such things.

Well, enough for now... I hope you like the pics in the album!!!

Aase Marit

>

>The Norwegian dog specialist Turid Rugaas was the first to

>> describe these signals, there's lots of them. They are very useful

>to

>> use for humans too, if you want to calm your dog if they are

>> aggressive, scared or won't calm down e.g. to sleep.

>

>Hey Aase!

>

>I'd love to know more of these when you get time! How fun!! Thanks

>for the pics!!!

>

>Love Lana

>

>

>

>

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>

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Everybody else at the time told

me that I wouldn't be able to do anything about her anxiety, and one

guy who owned a dog school for 8 years even said " Give her a shot and

get a new dog " .

Now there's a person who knows how to love a dog - NOT!!! How rude! I

suppose they feel like they're 'just' animals. NOT again! They are FAMILY,

and love more unconditionally than anyone!

* Pryor's books about dog training

are just great. The two of them are true dog lovers, and live their

life for it. Turid Rugaas has devoted her whole life to working with

dogs, doing research on their behavior etc. She is world famous for

her knowledge... It is wonderful how such a busy lady who is

travelling more than she is at home to spread knowledge about these

things, can take time to communicate with people over such things. So

many others would never bother to do such things.

Well, enough for now... I hope you like the pics in the album!!!

I would like to get a book or two for my daughter. She has a toy

cock-a-poo. I really appreciate you posting this, Aase!! I showed it to my

hubby and sent it to my daughter too. The pictures haven't showed up yet!

I wonder why??

Love Lana

[Guest guest]

Hi Lana,

The pictures are there, but as a file at the top of the page, that is

where the albums are. I was looking and looking once before too, and

just could not find the pictures somebody had posted. I think that

you probably are doing the same thing as I did....

Aase Marit

[Guest guest]

Hi Lana,

The pictures are there, but as a file at the top of the page, that is

where the albums are. I was looking and looking once before too, and

just could not find the pictures somebody had posted. I think that

you probably are doing the same thing as I did....

Aase Marit

[Guest guest]

> Hi Lana,

>

> The pictures are there, but as a file at the top of the page, that

is

> where the albums are. I was looking and looking once before too,

and

> just could not find the pictures somebody had posted. I think that

> you probably are doing the same thing as I did....

Yes, I sure was, Aase! Thanks for the hint!! Such cute pics -

she is so adorable! Also, regarding the scan thing, I think I may

try to buy one - if I do, I'll let you know, and I'll share the files

for sure!!! Thanks for THAT hint too, Aase!! You're a genius!

Love Lana

[Guest guest]

Hi Lana,

Tee-hee, maybe I need to print your mail and frame it, it's not every

day you're being called a genius...

Aase Marit

>Yes, I sure was, Aase! Thanks for the hint!! Such cute pics -

>she is so adorable! Also, regarding the scan thing, I think I may

>try to buy one - if I do, I'll let you know, and I'll share the files

>for sure!!! Thanks for THAT hint too, Aase!! You're a genius!

[Guest guest]

Hi Lana,

Tee-hee, maybe I need to print your mail and frame it, it's not every

day you're being called a genius...

Aase Marit

>Yes, I sure was, Aase! Thanks for the hint!! Such cute pics -

>she is so adorable! Also, regarding the scan thing, I think I may

>try to buy one - if I do, I'll let you know, and I'll share the files

>for sure!!! Thanks for THAT hint too, Aase!! You're a genius!