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I agree @Poodles there are many great people here.

Fifty Three years of poodles is awesome and shows a great devotion to our furry friends, you obviously love the breed. It's very interesting how Isaac took on the role of protecter, their intuition is amazing!
I like the stair training also. I've never thought about that but an accident could happen so easily If one got underfoot. No worries there, you've trained them so well.

Using your cane 50% of the time at 12 days out is great. Keep up,the good work :yes!:
Hope you have a great night and a peaceful Thursday!
 
@Poodles I love the 'no dogs and humans on the stairs at the same time'.....was it easy to teach them that? My boys know to let humans thro the doorway first, but seem to think the stairs are their playground, regardless of any humans trying to get past. Something about a stair that brings out the puppy in 9yr old Charlie, but Joey isn't averse to joining in! Any hints for quick results?
 
@anny Yes. With Tyson it was. It took two people and lots of treats for the first dog 30 years ago! The rest learned by example. BTW, we also had an eldery Irish Setter at the time, but she NEVER learned anything. She could have cared less and would have taken us out on the stairs and never noticed.

My mom was elderly, and she wasn't the only company we had. We had just moved to a resort town and all my family was in Portland. EVERYONE wanted to come here and we didn't want anyone to get hurt by the poodles...they're big.

We started with a command of downstairs or upstairs and lots of yummy treats for Tyson when he was a wee baby...like 10 weeks. Gary and I would be on opposite ends of our stairs...we have a 45 degree turn in the stairs and Tyson could not see the person on the up or down side. I would give a command and Gary would have the treats. Sometimes he had to call Tyson, to get him to move, but when Tyson got to Gary he got a treat. Then we added a "downstairs" command and I would throw the treat over the banister and to the bottom of the stairs. As we advanced and did "upstairs" with me at the bottom, he would throw the treat from one of the bedrooms to reward Tyson at the top of the stairs.

Tyson taught Starbuck, Gibby and Henry. Henry then taught Walter and Zachary, Foster and Isaac. The boys know we won't move until they either go up ahead of us, or go down ahead of us. It's routine and the rules are explained to all houseguests. We give Henry leeway do to age and speed. We lost Tyson at 16 and Henry is doing well, but slow at 14. Hense 30 years of stair training.

I might add, they will only pass us, as in Henry coming up the stairs once I have already started, on my left. They always walk on our left and they don't know any different.

Hope that gives you a suggestion or thoughts.
 
Mmm.....not sure if i can get them up to your standard (sorry...that turned out to be a bit of a pun!) in the next 8 weeks but maybe I can slow them down a bit :chinstroke:thanks for that Poodles, I always enjoy a bit of 'dog talk'. Hope your itching has gone away and you're not in too much discomfort....take care :ice:
 
My compression stockings got lost in the laundry after 4 days...oops.
:shrug:
Went to post op appointment on day 7 without them, and they said I was good. I was moving my legs alot as they didn't want to be still.
 
@anny Like I said it's been years since they trained...but it's a game of follow the leader now.
 
Bandage off. No bruising, incision healed nicely. Today will gently wash off all the lines drawn, the little bit of dried blood from the drain. When all the scabs are gone I can take a water class or get back into the hot tub, or take a bath. My husband is embarrassingly protective of me. Sigh...insisted on going to see the PA with me. He wanted to tell her I have been doing too much. She told him she didn't see that. I wasn't in pain, I walked in with a cane and I seemed to be in good spirits. Surgery was two weeks from today. Next appointment in 4 weeks.

So, I guess this means I get to start cooking again. YEA!!!!!!!!
 
Fantastic news! Facial cream (noxzema, etc) is good for removing permanent marker from skin (you find out things like that as the mother of a swimmer). Glad to hear you're bing green lighted to get on with life (and that your husband is hearing it).
 
Layla said:
Good morning! @Poodles
Aww, you two are sweet....friends in spirit!
I love the way you refer to your dogs as "the boys" Poodles, makes me chuckle.
Have either of you had any close calls in the dogs getting too close? Animals are pretty intuitive.
Hope you and @Walkinginthesand have a great day!
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My pup is scared of my walker do she steer clear. She is 40 lbs but likes to cuddle in the recliner at night. Cannot understand why she can’t.
 
Poodles said:
@anny Yes. With Tyson it was. It took two people and lots of treats for the first dog 30 years ago! The rest learned by example. BTW, we also had an eldery Irish Setter at the time, but she NEVER learned anything. She could have cared less and would have taken us out on the stairs and never noticed.

My mom was elderly, and she wasn't the only company we had. We had just moved to a resort town and all my family was in Portland. EVERYONE wanted to come here and we didn't want anyone to get hurt by the poodles...they're big.

We started with a command of downstairs or upstairs and lots of yummy treats for Tyson when he was a wee baby...like 10 weeks. Gary and I would be on opposite ends of our stairs...we have a 45 degree turn in the stairs and Tyson could not see the person on the up or down side. I would give a command and Gary would have the treats. Sometimes he had to call Tyson, to get him to move, but when Tyson got to Gary he got a treat. Then we added a "downstairs" command and I would throw the treat over the banister and to the bottom of the stairs. As we advanced and did "upstairs" with me at the bottom, he would throw the treat from one of the bedrooms to reward Tyson at the top of the stairs.

Tyson taught Starbuck, Gibby and Henry. Henry then taught Walter and Zachary, Foster and Isaac. The boys know we won't move until they either go up ahead of us, or go down ahead of us. It's routine and the rules are explained to all houseguests. We give Henry leeway do to age and speed. We lost Tyson at 16 and Henry is doing well, but slow at 14. Hense 30 years of stair training.

I might add, they will only pass us, as in Henry coming up the stairs once I have already started, on my left. They always walk on our left and they don't know any different.

Hope that gives you a suggestion or thoughts.
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That training is AMAZING!!!!
 
@Walkinginthesand I wish our boys were afraid of the walker, crutches or cane. The sweet old man, Henry, keeps either stopping (my form of traffic on my commute to/from my home office this week), or he will walk close by me, through the walker and then stop. And the silly youngster just did the worst yesterday...he got in a heel position pushing between my leg and the cane. I thought we were both going to die. Just know I have the stairs covered...I am second guessing the training for anywhere else!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
@SaraK Thank you for that tip! I appreciate it very much. I have Noxema in some sample packs. GREAT TIP!
 
My son's cat has a very nasty habit of darting in front of you and stopping. I have almost tripped on her so many times over the last few years. I just had to move in he direction with the walker or cane and she bolted out of the room. Almost worth getting them out once in a while . . .
 
@Mojo333 I didn't wear them... No one said a word about them and I wasn't going to ask. :thud: It was obvious I was not wearing them...mostly cuz she liked the silly slip-on shoes I was wearing. I had black wool socks on.

Next appointment in 4 weeks with the OS.
 
Hi,
Great news on the bandage removal. It's awesome to hear it appears as it should!
I recall it took awhile to get all of the tape, glue, markings washed off the area.
I worked on it little by little. I'd smear a generous amount of body wash over the area
with a clean hand, while in the shower, allowing it to penetrate with hopes it would work as a solvent of sorts.

It sounds like you've been cleared for the kitchen....Happy cooking!
Warm wishes for a wonderful weekend!
@Poodles
 
Thanks for sharing the good news @Poodles. It’s nice getting back to the things we enjoy.
 
Poodles it certainly sounds like you are on your way with the post op!
And I want to say thanks for the dog training ideas I'm working on my two with the walker and cane.
Neither dog comes upstairs to bedrooms but I will be bunking downstairs with them post op.
I am worried about my Pom getting caught in the new power recliners!!!
 
I was warned by the guy who installed my recliner that cats can go to sleep under it and get squashed he had heard of a couple of cases so same applies to smaller dogs always check
 
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