Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

BEGGING FOR APPLES

A picture perfect begging pose...oh how we so LOVE APPLES.

Happy Valentine's -- LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Wordless Wednesday

Therapy Tuesday

Mom has been working on conducting a

Delta Pet Partner Workshop.

This workshop is to provide new pet partner teams

the tools and knowledge

to complete a

SUCCESSFUL EVALUATION!

Its been quit difficult to get everyones schedules

to mesh

Well it finally has happened.

Dates where scheduled

January 5th, 8th, 12th and 13th, 2011

and

Six Teams have been confirmed to participate.

Bert and Jo Lee (Small Standard Poodle)

Jan and Maggie (King Charles Spaniel)

Marti/Jack and Jake (Spaniel Mix)

Joan and Monty (Miniature Poodle)

Miriam and Darby (Greyhound)

Margo and Iggy (Chi/Pom Mix)

We would like to 

THANK 

these teams

and

Wish them 

LUCK

On their journey to becoming

Registered Delta Pet Partner Teams!

The first date

Wednesday, January 5th

was the first of two handler and dog classes.

This class proved to the handlers,

that pet therapy isn't just about having a cute

partner! 

 There is so much more.

Here is a link to what our

Delta Evaluator/Instructor

Sue Grundfest

of

Las Vegas Love Dog

had to say about our first dates.

http://www.cocothelovedog.com/wordpress/2011/01/st-george-team-comes-to-vegas-for-further-training/

The second date

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

was a very long day

which we all had to make a trip to

Las Vegas, Nevada

the dogs got to stay home except for

Brutus and Tytus.

DeBoy's had to go to work

and be

EVALUATED

with lots and lots of kids

from the ages of

infants to 8 year olds.

The first stop of the day was to give our new teams

a look at a

Library Visit

(classified as a high stress level for pet therapy)

Pet Therapy teams need to know how to handle the unknown,

how many kids

what ages

naughty or nice.

This evaluation wasn't just any evaluation,

many eyes where watching:

eye's of the new teams

(thats 12 eye's)

and

the eye's of the kids

(way to many to count but the best one's)

and

eye's of 

THE

EVALUATOR

SUE!

As we entered the library room

we were reminded,

"one mess up and your out of the room"

No Problem,

we said

"there is nothing to be worried about"

We

Love

Kids!

Well, here are a few photos of us at the library

with lots and lots of kids

loving, hugging, petting, feeling

us all at the same time.

At times we would say we had at least 4 sets of hands on us

during the whole story time.

Now its your turn to put your evaluating eye's on us.

(no idea how many eye's now)

How do you think we did?

Cypress our Las Vegas Team Member

Sue and Kirby

 

The next two dates have been postponed

due to

knee surgery.

We all wish you well as you recover from your surgery. 

Manic Monday -- Not Again!

Maybe She Won't See Me...

Ah Oh Spaghetti O's...

Hi Mom!  Are you sure its time for a bath, can't we wait?

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

    

Wordless Wednesday -- Christmas Wrapping Helpers?

Our Christmas Wish

Customize your own free photo slideshow

Mantic Monday

We really wish or was Sunday...
How many more days until Santa comes?  It's not fast enough...:(

The World Keeps Spinning...

Faster and Faster and Faster!

Just wanted all our blogging friends that we are trying to 

catch up 

with you all after our 

Thanksgiving Travels!

We finally found a few minutes

 to get viewing all of your blogs 

to see what you have been up to.

  

WOW...197 blog entries

We have decided to visit your blogs one by one

 comment on your latest blog

to say

HELLO!

So, bare with us as we catch up with this

SPINNING WORLD!

We have missed you all

 but have had a very good time with our family.

Will be stopping by

very soon.

Happy Blogging to you All!

-- Brutus and Tytus

San Francisco Fun...For Them!

How Much Fun Was This!
Here is A
Collage
of
Our Family Celebration
for
Kaden's 7th Birthday
Thanksgiving Day
Ron & Rachel's Birthdays
and
Mom & Dads
30th Aniversary

Well first of all we shouldn't complain
for we did get to
GO!
But see the picture up in the upper left hand corner?
That is what we
did
all week long
while
THEY
Went out on the town!

San Francisco Style
Pier 39 one day
Alcatraz Tour the Next
and
to top it off
on
Sunday
Went to the football game to see Oakland Raiders vs. Miami Dolphins.
Dolphins Won!


-- Brutus and Tytus


P.S.  We really did have fun going with rather than staying home and being          baby sat
(and you all know we are the baby sitters not baby settee's)
:)


And, when they returned we made them feel guilty and we got some
GOODIES!
to make us feel better.

Wordless Wednesday

Manic Monday

On our way home from a week backed will family, friends, food and a whole lot of FUN!

Thanksgiving Wishes

We would like to wish

Everyone

A Very Happy Thanksgiving!

For those of you traveling

Please Be Safe!

We will be enjoying

Lots of

FOOD

FAMILY

AND

FRIENDS

So we will check in next week.

AGAIN

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Tricky t-day -- We Got Mail

We finally took

the 

TIME

to work on our

Tricky t-day!

Mom 

thought sense we have enrolled in a couple of

fun blogging

groups like

Holiday Card Exchange

and

Christmas Gift Exchange

it would

be

FUN

to have us carry our own

Mail!

So, off to the mail box we went

OFF LEASH

and all.

This is fun!

We even had some

that looked like

Christmas

Cards!

Mom

Wait for Brutus

I got it!

I can do it!

I told you I could get it.

Truth be told though

this was our first time

carrying

the 

Mail!

But, we actually used our

NEWSPAPER

skill

for this trick.

Now, we can't wait to go to the

MAIL BOX

in the next few weeks

to see if

WE

GOT MAIL!

Baby Sitting

Boy oh Boy,

we have been

Baby Sitting

for the last four days.

The first day

What on earth are these?

No, not bunnies.

Maybe kittens, no.

Mom, says they are puppies

and we have to be

SUPER CAREFUL.

OK, if these are puppies what are we suppose to do with these guys?

They're not any bigger than our heads.

In fact

Our bunnies are bigger! 

Our duties were to keep an eye on them.

Brutus you watch the little one over there!

And, I will watch this one over here!

Meet Little Miss

she is the one Brutus is watching.

and

the little boy puppy

with no name, yet.

He is the one I am watching.

Mom, are you sure they aren't

BUNNIES?

maybe the energizer bunnies

because

they never stop!

Tytus, I have a plan

you take first watch

while I catch a couple minutes

of

shut eye.

Brutus it's your turn to

WATCH!

Mom

Please

let us bring them in for a 

NAP!

Shhhhhh

The babies are almost asleep.

REALLY

Don't Make A Sound

PLEASE

We want them to sleep as long as possible.

Aren't they so

CUTE!

I'm Not

Sleeping

Do You Want To

Play

With Me?

Brutus is on watch again,

I'm going to

lounge up here

for awhile.

So, that little miss can't get my feet.

I was busted

Little Miss

your not so

bad.

We have done

our best

Baby Sitting.

and

Quit proud of the things we

have

learned

and

TAUGHT!

Did you know that it is

custom

for a

Baby Sitter

to teach

the little one's

something

Good or Bad!

We really did have fun these last four days.

Getting to know these little guys.

So, we hope that the lesson we

TAUGHT

won't make this

our

First and Last

Baby Sitting Job!

A Bunnies Life

The last couple of weeks

we have been 

morning 

the loss of one of our bunnies,

CRYSTAL

We so loved our

CRYSTAL

as did

Kailey

and

Our Other Bunnies

STORMY

SWEET PEA

DOZER

For the last four years

Crystal and Dozer

were able to roam the whole back yard

burrowing and lounging

as they pleased.

Stormy and Sweet Pea 

joined in the

last couple of years.

This all ended

by an

OWL!

In the last few weeks

Mom

has been creating

a new

safe haven living quarters

for

Dozer, Stormy and Sweet Pea.

They have went

FROM THIS

TO 

TEMPORALLY 

THIS

Dozer 

is defiantly

bent out

of

Shape 

with this!

:(

But, there is more to come on

December 10th!

Crystal

We will always remember

how sweet

of a

Bunny

you were.

Mom & Dad

are so very sorry

for not

doing this before

NOW!

We will miss you!