Our First Post of the New Year 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR

to you all.

We hope you all had a fabulous

HOLIDAY SEASON

Our update of what we have been doing and are working on now.

• Therapy Dog Service: As most of you probably know the Holiday Season is one our busiest times of the year. The past couple of months -- November through December -- we sure worked hard making sure we put BIG SMILES on our clients/patients faces by dressing up in some holiday outfits. Even though at times our faces my have looked like we were discussed -- we sure had fun when we seen how everyone reacted. We are some of the biggest HAM BONES you will ever find.
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• Adding Team Members:  Mom has been very busy this past year to help other teams get registered with the Delta Pet Partner Program in our area.  Which lead to the formation of DeBoy's Therapy Animal Group -- which will go by DeBoy's T.A.G. Team as new teams complete their training, evaluations and registrations.  Which we are very excited to announce our 1st Delta Pet Partner Workshop is being conducted this week and next.

• Our Play Time:  With being therapy dogs and working on a weekly basis, mom has us doing lots of different things to keep us fit, less stressed and having the opportunity to be just plan DOGS.  Although we absolutely LOVE our work, we must play; so our play time consist of agility, fly ball, trick & challenge training, swimming, hiking, walking with friends and just cuddling up to dad at night after spending the whole day with mom. 
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• Mom's Blogging Goal:  Mom has decided to get herself organized.  LOL  She is using the month of January to get a good standardize simple plan in place for posting.  If anyone out there can help her with this idea, please do.  Well here is what she is thinking           
• Blog Post Themes (some we are doing now, but need to be                 more consistent)

                   Monday's:  Manic Mondays (we wish it were Sunday) -- devoted to our preparation for our therapy visits: which in tale revolves around our weekly baths.  These post will most likely be just photo's, hoping they speak for themselves.

                   Tuesday's:  Therapy Days -- devoted to what we encountered during our Monday visits to the hospital (Dixie Regional Medical Center) and Tuesday visits to Cliff View Senior Living Center.  Hopefully we will be able to capture some video/photos of us with the patients.

                   Wednesday's:  Wordless Wednesday -- this one we love to participate in for we love seeing all of your photo post that speak a thousand words all by themselves.  PRICELESS!

                   Thursday's:  This day maybe a mixture of Tricks and Training Challenges -- Ricky please forgive us for not be a very good participant lately, we love your ideas and you all are an inspiration to us.  Thank you for letting us be a part of your day.

                   Friday's:  Not sure what to call this day.  Maybe we will use this day to post about things of the past.  Hmmm  

                   Saturday's and Sunday's:  Posting will be very limited these two days -- for this is our time to spend with DAD!

So, with this all said, mom is on her way of completing one of her NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS -- making her/our blog post simpler and by February we should be posting consistently.  

Wish us luck and happy blogging to you all.

-- Brutus, Tytus and Patti

    

If it wasn't attached we think she would lose it, too!

Well once again, Mom has misplaced something this time its the video camera.  Seriously Mom, we think you would lose your head if it wasn't attached to your shoulders.  How are we suppose to show everyone what we have been doing?

Well needless to say, no video to prove how we have been progressing with our Fly-Ball homework.  The last couple of weeks we have been going to Fly-Ball practice right after our visits at Cliff View.  We are beginning to think Tuesday's are our favorite day of the week -- TREAT TUESDAYS we have to call it.

One of our homework assignments (that we wish we could show you) -- Mom got this stick that has a ball at the end and we had to learn that every time we touched the ball with our nose we got a CLICK then a TREAT.  All, Mom did at first was hold out this stick/ball thing...and maybe at the worst it took us a whole 30 seconds to figure out -- NOSE to BALL equaled CLICK and TREAT.  So, lame.  Then she started moving it, oh please MOM, can't you give us something harder than that.  This has been going on for a week now.  We so get it, that when she picks up the stick/ball thing we already know whats coming...TREATS!

Today at practice we got to see what else goes along with this stick/ball thing.  Mom used it to make us jump over a jump and turn and jump back, chasing this stick/ball thing...and the faster we went the more TREATS we got.  This is getting tuffer we really have to work to get our treat, but we are loving it.

Well I, Tytus, was then introduced to this box thing.  I had to jump over the jump land on this box and turn and jump back over the jump, before I got the CLICK and TREAT.  I did this a few times and then made the biggest mistake lost my focus and jumped the jump onto the box, but instead of turning and jumping back I took off after a team mate that I so look up to.  He is the fasted dog on the team, I just thought I needed to go ask him if he had to do all these lame exercises.  He told me yes, and then before I new it I was in my crate.  Mom said, "no focus no play"...thanks Diane at 4 Dog Craziness  :) WOL...for giving Mom the idea NO STAY NO PLAY.  (HeHeHe...her saying doesn't rhyme like yours)

Then it was, Brutus's turn...same exercises and introduction for him.  But he didn't screw up like I did.

Now our new homework is to continue with the stick/ball thing, but adding lift to the ball so that we have to jump forward to touch it.  Oh, Oh, Oh, that fast dog I was telling you about, did a demo of what this stick/ball thing is going to develop into...its so cool...his owner points at a wall, he then runs, jumps and turns on the wall, and comes back to play tugg...I can't wait until I know how to do that game.  I guess I had better stay focused.  And, we will help mom find the video camera so you can see how much fun we are having.

Thanks
Tytus