Dog Training~~Tips and Shows

I've been busily creating some "guides" on eBay as a prelude to offering the Tricks books for sale. One is about stopping your puppy from biting and the other is about socializing your puppy. Pop over and check them out. I hope you find them helpful.

Crufts is coming up next month. I touched on that last week. March 9-12 this year. The schedule of events is listed in the newsletter.

Other shows that are coming up are:

The Combined Specialty Clubs of Louisville, Wednesday through Friday, March 15-17, in Louisville, KY.
They'll offer Rally-O classes, Herding classes, Field Class and Versatility classes for the various specialties.
Specialities include: Kuvasz, Bedlington Terrier, Great Dane, Staffordshire Terrier, Chinese Shar-Pei, Shetland Sheepdog, Weimaraner, Basset Hound, Boxer, Pekingese, Yorkshire Terrier, Boston Terrier, Bulldog, Border Collie, Collie, and German Shepherd.

The Kentuckiana Cluster, Thursday through Sunday, March 16-19, in Louisville, KY.
All-Breed showing, Obedience Trials and Rally-O will be offered. Also, specialties for Miniature Bull Terriers (Saturday) and Otterhounds (Sunday).

Closing dates for both of those are March 1st. They're through Onofrio.

The Maury Country Kennel Club, Franklin, TN, is having an all-breed conformation and obedience show Saturday and Sunday, March 25 & 26th. Entries close March 8. Also an Onofrio offering.

I believe I mentioned before that the forums are now fixed on Dog Potentials. Sure would love to see some posts in there. I've posted some of this show information there. If you have been showing lately, please post your brags for everyone to see.

I have been thinking about offering the tricks books in both regular print size and large print size. I have a friend that is losing her eyesight due to diabetes, and it brought to mind that there might be others that would appreciate the larger print. It will change the format of the books somewhat, but I'm going to put links in them that will go to the "sidebar notes" at the end of the book. Then, there will be a link back to the spot they left. I've also been thinking of doing the books in audio format. Would appreciate some input from you all on that.

Would also like some input from you about whether you'd be interested in ebooks of old classic dog stories. Things like Jack London's stories (if the copyrights are clear), Albert Payson Terhune, who wrote collie stories, such as "Bob, Son of Battle," Eleanor Atkinson's "Greyfriar's Bobby," and other stories along those lines. The majority of these are in the public domain, so should be available for some editing and re-publication. All of them would be written before 1923, which will make the language somewhat archaic, but that's part of what I'll work on to make it less "old-time" sounding. There were also evidences of less than "politically correct" terms in the ones I've already gotten hold of, so that will need some work, too. It is my intent to make these available for a price, probably around $6-8 each, but that has not been decided. Your input there would also be greatly appreciated.

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Training Tip:

Start your dog early on with massages. It allows you to teach the dog to be handled everywhere, which your vet will love you for, it allows you to keep track of any swellings or lumps that might crop up on the dog, and it will help in calming the dog. Wouldn't you be calmer after a massage?
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See ya at the shows,
Christi
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