Looks like we are going to close on our house a couple of weeks early. Instead of waiting until the end of October to close on the house we will be closing on the 1st of October. Yeah! I get to decorate for Halloween! I know Toby will be so delighted when he sees his new back yard! I am sure the neighbors at the apartment are going to be glad. I am sure they are tired of hearing Toby bark at everything and everyone that moves. For the most part he is getting better at not barking but it is a continuous battle.
I took Toby back to the dog park the other day. It was almost dark when we got there but there were still lots of people there. This park stays very busy all day long and even into the night. The dog park is surrounded by several baseball fields and a outdoor skate park. When these parks are in use the lights carry over to the dog park so you can still see a little. Can't see into the woods but you can see where the dogs like to play. Anyway Toby and I got to stay there for about 1/2 hour. We are making progress when it comes to his self rewarding behavior. I think he has learned that if he doesn't play with the other dogs and instead goes into his self rewarding behavior 1) running around doing zoomies and barking or 2) going over to the fence and barking a the skate boarders or cars, game is over and we quietly pack up and go home. Smart Dog!
Classes are still going OK. Toby has not been allowed off leash during class. At first I thought man this sucks but in reality it is a good thing. There has been a couple of times that he has wanted to do the zoomies and instead has gotten a big correction. I did not do the correcting, he just forgot he was still on lead. Sorry Dude! Right now we are working on noises and different textures that he walks on. Every time I make a noise that Toby doesn't like he gets a treat. This way he is associating good stuff with the noise. Seems to be working. Its just hard getting to and giving a treat when you are sneezing. LOL
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Wow! I guess I need to update!
I know, its has been several weeks since I last posted. I know I promised to keep up with it after the move. I just don't know how I had time for life when I was working. Its worse now that I am not working. We have made great progress with Toby's training. Saturday I took Toby to the dog park and it was awesome! For once he did absolutely "0" self-rewarding behavior. This time we stayed until he was totally exhausted. I figured that he needed to be rewarded for playing with the other dogs and not barking at the skate boarders. I was so happy to see that my work is finally starting to pay off. I have been working on making noises a fun thing for Toby. As loud noises are happening I have been giving him really yummy treats. This has calmed him down a bunch. I use to not be able to get out a trash bag or a piece of Reynolds wrap without him going ballistic.
The house is just about a done deal. We have all of the paper work in order. We were told that we could close next week if we wanted too. That is not going to happen. That would mean that we would have to make an extra house payment plus an extra apartment payment. In fact we are having some problems with breaking our lease. It states in the lease that we would have give a two month notice and pay one extra month to break our lease. Well now they are saying that we will have to pay an extra 2000.00 on top of loosing our deposits security and pet. Plus because we were two days late in giving our notice. We gave it on the 5th not the 3rd we are obligated for an extra month. We will just have to see about that! The first 3 weeks I was here the police came and arrested someone each week. The one person was an FBI fugitive and was living in the apartment next to ours. We get woken up by a piano just above us. Nobody picks up after their dogs and frankly I am quit tired of having to clean it off of my shoes. The bad part is the complex has poop stations all around and they supply the bags. The other neighbor blares his stereo which upsets the upstairs neighbor so they argue in the hallway about it. Who wants to live in a place like this. And you say you are going to charge us WHAT?
The out look for a job is very bleak at this point. I have a couple of friends in Dallas that might be able to hook me up. Hygiene just is not the place to be right now. The job market is so saturated here. I can't even get a temp agency to call me back. I might have to change careers again. Dave will not let me go back into retail. He wants me to do something with my degree. I guess I am going to have to do some research to see just what path to take.
The house is just about a done deal. We have all of the paper work in order. We were told that we could close next week if we wanted too. That is not going to happen. That would mean that we would have to make an extra house payment plus an extra apartment payment. In fact we are having some problems with breaking our lease. It states in the lease that we would have give a two month notice and pay one extra month to break our lease. Well now they are saying that we will have to pay an extra 2000.00 on top of loosing our deposits security and pet. Plus because we were two days late in giving our notice. We gave it on the 5th not the 3rd we are obligated for an extra month. We will just have to see about that! The first 3 weeks I was here the police came and arrested someone each week. The one person was an FBI fugitive and was living in the apartment next to ours. We get woken up by a piano just above us. Nobody picks up after their dogs and frankly I am quit tired of having to clean it off of my shoes. The bad part is the complex has poop stations all around and they supply the bags. The other neighbor blares his stereo which upsets the upstairs neighbor so they argue in the hallway about it. Who wants to live in a place like this. And you say you are going to charge us WHAT?
The out look for a job is very bleak at this point. I have a couple of friends in Dallas that might be able to hook me up. Hygiene just is not the place to be right now. The job market is so saturated here. I can't even get a temp agency to call me back. I might have to change careers again. Dave will not let me go back into retail. He wants me to do something with my degree. I guess I am going to have to do some research to see just what path to take.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Lots going on!
Well first of all we are all doing great! Including Toby. His training is coming along. I have been able to teach him some tricks. I think the more I play with him the more he will become focused on me. The more focus the more we can train on agility equipment. At least I am hoping.
I have had a few health issues. As most of you all know if I eat something that is forbidden I break out in hives. Well, I am just going to have to set the record straight. I went to a specialist to be tested for food allergies. All the test came back negative. I was also tested for every thing under the sun. All of the tests came back as normal. So why do I get the hives. Well, They are not hives. I get a rash for what reason no one knows. When I scratch my skin will whelp up. So I think I am getting hives but in fact they are not. They think that my body just likes to attack my skin. What ever! Any way on Monday I am going to have an eco done. They Doctors decided that today because my feet and ankles were swelled to day. I think it was because yesterday while I was cleaning the bathroom some of the cleaner got on my feet and started to itch and then swelled up because I scratch them. What a vicious circle. I will let you all know what happens on Monday.
I know we have rented this apartment for a year and we have two storage units rented and paid for for the year but we started looking for a house. We were suppose to only be window shopping. However, Yesterday we happened on to a wonderful house. It is very big and sits on an acre of land. Flat land and some of this land is wooded. So we put an offer on it today. The offer is very low. However, the house has been on the market for a while and is sitting empty. Dave and I have decided that if they take our offer great! If they don't Oh! Well! and we walk. We are in no hurry. We have to give a two month notice and pay for an extra month to get out of the apartment lease. Whats that saying? No Guts No Glory!
I have had a few health issues. As most of you all know if I eat something that is forbidden I break out in hives. Well, I am just going to have to set the record straight. I went to a specialist to be tested for food allergies. All the test came back negative. I was also tested for every thing under the sun. All of the tests came back as normal. So why do I get the hives. Well, They are not hives. I get a rash for what reason no one knows. When I scratch my skin will whelp up. So I think I am getting hives but in fact they are not. They think that my body just likes to attack my skin. What ever! Any way on Monday I am going to have an eco done. They Doctors decided that today because my feet and ankles were swelled to day. I think it was because yesterday while I was cleaning the bathroom some of the cleaner got on my feet and started to itch and then swelled up because I scratch them. What a vicious circle. I will let you all know what happens on Monday.
I know we have rented this apartment for a year and we have two storage units rented and paid for for the year but we started looking for a house. We were suppose to only be window shopping. However, Yesterday we happened on to a wonderful house. It is very big and sits on an acre of land. Flat land and some of this land is wooded. So we put an offer on it today. The offer is very low. However, the house has been on the market for a while and is sitting empty. Dave and I have decided that if they take our offer great! If they don't Oh! Well! and we walk. We are in no hurry. We have to give a two month notice and pay for an extra month to get out of the apartment lease. Whats that saying? No Guts No Glory!
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