Jacki’s Dogs

Yesterday Don and I went to the Eukanuba Championship Dog Show to see our friend Joy Mason DVM.  She was invited by Eukanuba to come speak about Animal Communication. Dr. Mason gave a great talk and we really enjoyed what she had to say. We will be implementing her techniques here at PoodleTown to get in even better communication with our Poodles. I wonder what comments the Poodles will make about Raw Green Tripe we feed here at PoodleTown. As much as they LOVE IT I would expect great accalades about the tasty morsels.

In the foyer there were some designer custom Dog Houses. Take a look at this outrageous Octopus Dog House!

Then there was the “Diva House”, this one is for Poodles for sure!

What great imaginations the makers of these houses have. There were many others…all really cute!

We are so pleased that a Standard Poodle will be going into the Best In Show Ring and perhaps will be the big winner of the weekend!

Mimi and Valri’, two gorgeous white “Trinity” aka Ch. Admiration Girls Just Want To Have Fun, daughters living in New Jersey with their devoted Mommy, Lucy Tyler, who is our featured artist on Poodlesupply.com. Lucy is a very prolific artist as well as a prolific writer. Lucy sends me emails and updates me constantly on what happening on the Eastern Front in Poodletropolis, NJ. Mimi and Valri’ have many adventures and sometimes even are a bit naughty, believe it or not. Last week’s adventure was that they went to Florida to visit “Grandmother” and their extended Poodle family.

Keeping white coat in the eastern hurricane weather can be a challenge for Mom but fortunately Mom is an Olympic Medalist and has boundless energy to keep up.

Valri’ started her show career in the ring with the famous Kaz Hosaka, who Handled “Vikki”, the all-time winning Toy Poodle in the history of the breed. Valri’ is currently growing more coat so that she can compete with the open females in the ever-competitive arena of the white Poodle Kingdom on the East Coast.

Coming soon Mimi and Valri’ will be shown in a Brace.

The American Kennel Club defines a Brace as follows in the. “Rules Applying to Dog Shows”

Section 18.

“Effective January 1, 2005. A brace is defined as two
dogs of the same recognized breed or variety that are similar
in appearance, performing in unison, and presented by
a maximum of two handlers. Both dogs competing in brace
competition must have at least one common owner.”

We wish you girls luck and kisses. At night we sit and tell our PoodleTown family about the adventures of Mimi and Valri’ a place far, far away where white Poodles are Kings and Queens.

Ganging up on Mom to get the groceries.

Meerkats in Miami?

Valri Happily Watching TV In Miami

Hi Jacki,

Did I ever tell you about the tricks/commands King knows?

Here’s a few of them:

• Sit
• Down
• Heel
• Stay
• Leave it
• Drop it
• Kennel Up
• Visit (if someone wants to pet him, he will greet them)
• Find it (hide a treat and make him look for it)
• Shake
• Go potty
• High Five
• Rollover
• Jump
• Up (this is for getting onto raised areas or cars)
• Whisper (he makes a little whimper)
• Speak (1 Bark)
• “Bon Jour” (2 Barks)
• “Ce La Vie” (3 Barks)
• “Merci Beacoup” (4 barks)
• Paws Up (He’ll stand on a object – bench, counter, cardoor, your arm)
• Through (go between your legs)

He also knows words like “doggie”, “kitty”, “squirrel”, “bird/birdie”, “mommy”
And he rings sleigh bells (we hung by the door) to let us know he needs to potty.

Here are a few he is working on:

• Stand
• Growl (”mean dog”)
• Smile
• Bow
• Spin
• Shame (cover his head when laying down)

Jean

This is Winston. Winston is a seafaring Poodle and is very loved. He lives in North Carolina with his human parents who own a Yacht Brokerage Business. A happy and very lucky Poodle!

"Smiling In The Garden"

Equipment needed:

• Table with no skid top
• Grooming arm to secure your Poodle on the Table
• Leash or Grooming Noose
• Pin Brush
• Ultimate Poodle Comb
• Slicker Brush
• Conditioning Spray
• Small Cylindrical Pillow
• Knitting Needle
• Dematting Comb

Set your Poodle on the table. Make sure your Poodle is secured to the table with a  leash attached to the grooming arm. On puppies I use a slip lead looped under one front leg so if the puppy jumps from the table he/she is not damaged by hanging from the neck. Never walk away from a puppy or an untrained adult Poodle while on the table.

Poodles are properly brushed by using the “Line Brushing Method”. This means one brushes one “line” of coat at a time. Start at the base of the leg, hold the coat on the lower leg away from the foot. Spray a bit of conditioning spray so that you don’t damage coat while brushing. Rap your hand around the lower leg to do this action. Then start brushing while releasing a layer of coat at a time. Do this all around that section of the leg. Work your way up to the top of the leg on all four legs. Do the same with the tail starting at the tip.

Once legs and tail are brushed, lay your Poodle on his/her side on the table. You
can put a small round pillow under your Poodle’s head for comfort if you like. To train a Poodle to lie on the table, I will lay them down gently. Then if needed I lay the upper half of my body on them until they feel secure and no longer struggle. Once your Poodle learns this technique he/she will find brushing relaxing and many fall asleep while being brushed.

Start the brushing process by parting the coat at the spine all the way up through the topknot. Use your Pin Brush if brushing long coat or coat that’s growing out for show. Start down by the tail brush from the tips of the hair in using small gentle strokes. Do this all along one side of the part. Use your knitting needle to part off a 1” section along the same line. This is your next section to brush. Do this throughout the torso and under chest.  You can use the same method on the chest area as well. Always use Conditioning Spray as you go, never brushing dry coat. On a show coat, once you get past the areas that require very long coat for show, such as back of neck and down back and sides and topknot you can switch to a Slicker Brush.

Once you get a section of coat done follow up by running a comb through it. I find the easiest way to comb is to start with the Dematting comb and then one more time through with the Ultimate Poodle Comb. Ears should be done with a Pin Brush starting at the back of the ear with the “Line Brushing Method”  one section at a time.

Poodles in short coat don’t have to be lying down to be brushed. Just use the Line Brushing Method on  places such as ears and top knot where the longer coat is and use a Slicker Brush on the short coat being careful not to scrape skin. Be sure to follow up with a comb on all long coat to get any loose hair out and prevent matting.

Now you have fluffy beautiful Poodle! Time to take your Poodle shopping to show off!

Using my new Dematting Comb on Fletch was such a pleasure. I run a comb through the coat at end of the bathing and after brush drying. Fletch is in full show coat and has enough coat for 3 Standard Poodles. The comb was wonderful! It just glided through straightening the coat so he won’t get matted between baths. I LOVE IT!

A groomer friend of mine who is planning to get one of my white boys as a family pet and to be her model in Creative Grooming Contest’s told me that she converted her shop to a “Doggy Spa“. She says she uses Aroma Therapy with Lavender and Camomile in her Spa.  She also plays Classical music.  She says the barking is cut down to almost nothing and that dogs that used to fear bite have stopped.  She wishes she had known this years ago.

When I started my 21 day detox I didn’t realize I was going to be on the program over Veterans Day. What I did think of though, as I was preparing myself mentally for the program, was that when I started feeling sorry for myself because I was doing the program was the fact that I had it so good everyday here in the good old USA. I planned that when times get hard I’d think of the men and women serving our country in Iraq. Sleeping on the hard ground and enduring unbelievable conditions with loved ones at home waiting. I knew that would help me keep my chin up to make it through the program and comparably speaking, I really didn’t have any business complaining.

Although I am not closely involved as I don’t have relationships with families going through this. I could attempt to put myself mentally into the path they are taking at the moment. It’s worked like a charm for me.  Then here comes Veterens Day. How appropriate.

Today while watching The Bonnie Hunt Show (I really like her) during my afternoon break I saw a man who had experienced a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Iraq. He had took a bullet in his brain. He is getting better now and can actually talk and walk. I wondered if the care he had been getting included Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT). If not, how sad for him. Having a background in HBOT I saw and continue to see first hand the miracles that HBOT therapy is possible of.

I recently have seen the miracles of HBOT here at my Ranch where I have put my dogs in when I feel they are in need. Like “KIK” the poodle puppy who jumped off a front step thinking he could fly and landed on his chin. Kik suffered a spinal cord injury. Days later this 10 week old puppy was almost paralyzed and had been written off by the vets at the care center. Luckily his owner was quick thinking and called me. After realizing that Kik’s problem was muscular skeletal I took him to a Chiropractor who adjusted him and I gave him 2 HBOT treatments a day in my chamber here at Admiration Ranch. Seven days later we was good as new. That’s just one of my stories of HBOT.

I wasn’t aware until today that there are over 8000 Veteran’s who have suffered TBI’s in Iraq to date. I hope they have the benefit of HBOT.

To wives or husbands that are at home while their spouse’s serve in Iraq. I admire you for your selflessness. I thank you for helping me to feel lucky and so, so blessed today.

Leila, Jan and Dave! We are so proud of you here at Admiration! Poodles make very competent Therapy Dogs. Basically a dog is required to have common social manners, which is so innate to this breed. Therapy work is very rewarding to handlers as well. The world needs more folks like you! Spreading “Poodle Joy” is what it’s all about!

Dear Jacki,
Here are the pictures I promised (we will be taking more). Leila is now a full-fledged registered “therapy” dog (visiting dog)!! She is visiting many nursing homes and our local hospital. Talk about truth in advertising, Jacki, when you said that Leila would make a wonderful therapy dog–she is unbelievable! The residents are so blessed by her presence in their lives, and we so enjoy hearing their stories about their love for animals. Leila brings such joy to so many; we are very proud of her and admire and love her more than we can say.  We hope all is well in your world.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Jan and Dave
PS the pictures of Dave and myself are  on the badges we wear into the nursing homes and hospitals.

Leila

Leila and her Mommy Jan

Leila and her Daddy Dave

Leila brings love

Leila relaxing