Andy and M&M getting clicker training

My 12 yr old clicker training Andy and M&M

I love this picture!   I see such interest an attention from puppies and dogs when they are being trained with a clicker.  Usually we do dogs individually but this was just a few minutes of refresher so doing it together was fine.  I'm old enough to remember doing it the old school way and instead of a dog learning in a 1/2 hour it could take days to get a solid sit and you certainly didn't get this kind of attention.

They're following her hoping she'll play clicker some more

Elizabeth

Fiona

Fiona - The puppy I kept from the November 2012 litter.

A Short Spring Update

Colin with his working Tibetans

When Colin sent me this picture of him and his Tibetans I knew I had to share it here.   He told me his 2 working boys help on certain calls as well as being a hit in his community.   Just goes to show you these guys have what it takes.   Colin added another Tibetan to his household; a sister to the 2 puppies on the For Sale page.  I can't wait to see what her job will be.

The past few months have been busy here.  I've been in the process of starting an online store selling handmade, handbound books.   Between getting my inventory built up and doing all the necessary things to get a business going  I haven't had  much spare time so please forgive me if I've not been timely in returning your emails or calls. Things are slowing down a bit now so emails and/or calls  should be more responded to in a more timely manner now. 

Elizabeth

Moving The Website & Puppies

Moving Week

Moving

After talking and talking and more talking about moving the website to be able to keep everything on the Apple side of my computer, I've finally made the leap.   Like so many things in life now that I've done it I can't figure out why I didn't do it sooner.   I hope to have everything that was on the old website here including the galleries very soon.  Most of it's here already on pages or in posts.   If you want your dog included in the gallery email me a picture.

Puppies

The puppies are growing leaps and bounds and are so much fun right now I hate tearing myself away from them to do anything else.   Cute doesn't begin to cover it.   I am always astounded by the amount of energy they have.    They are all so friendly and think anyone that will pet them is just wonderful.   Kitchen puppies are like that.   They learn early on that humans are a great source of all things wonderful.

I'm hoping to work with them a bit tomorrow with the clicker.    

Hope everyone is staying warm! 

Elizabeth

Ivy Gables updates

Ever since I changed computers and made the big switch to an Apple I've struggled with having my website be a windows product.    It wouldn't be so bad if I just had to switch from one to the other for the web updates but downloading all my pictures on one side and having to get them to the other for updates to the website can take me all day sometimes.

I've tried repeatedly to find a solution and still haven't come up with one and inevitably what happens is the website doesn't get updated regularly.   Moving my domain name has been a pain and I thought here last month I had that worked out but didn't.  If I were more computer savvy it would be easier I'm sure but I'm not so I'm still muddling along and dragging you with me.  

The jest of the whole thing is this: I'll continue to update everything to the blog in the hopes this will get done in a more timely fashion.  Between the blog and Facebook, both of which can be done from the Apple side, maybe I can keep things more current while I work on a more permanent solution to this 2 year old dilemma.