Stinkers. Meanwhile, I was able to get started even earlier with the nice weather, but then I immediately lost my keys in this mess while I was tromping down the flowers.
I was a little afraid I'd be stuck sifting through lilies all day, but I found them without too much trouble.
Considering it was just me, I think I did ok. I was able to get all the brick rollered by about 2 or 3 in the afternoon; I started using the sprayer again to get into the mortar, but I was just chasing drips and not getting great coverage, so I went back to my trusting 3" Wooster and a trim cup. It'll be slow-going, but we'll get there eventually. The biggest hurdle has been crossed. I think. At least my arms will be a fully painted, lovely shade of gray before it's over.
All I know is that I don't think I could have worked on it one more day. I've never been so happy to go back to work in my life.
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I thought this may be of interest to you with the new addition to the family....
http://badrap-blog.blogspot.com/2010/11/welcome-to-bootcamp.html
It doesn't matter if the dog is a brat, fearful (which I have) or in the middle it's a great place to start.
I can't wait to see the house when you finish painting it. I love the color.
Thanks!
I really love Bad Rap-- they do a lot of great things for the breed. I've wanted a pit for a long time, so this little pibble couldn't have found a bigger sucker!! ;-) It's a bummer that I haven't scraped up the time to blog about Robin's progress. She's been with us 10 months now and has made huge improvements. We generally practice nothing in life is free-- sometimes we get a little lax for a while, but if things get a little crazy we just ramp it back up. Her basic training is coming along, and we do a lot of clicker/marker work out in public at a distance far enough away from people not to put her over threshold; we play "look at that" and she loves it. She's getting so much better-- even let some teenagers and the mailman pet her this last week.
A book that I don't yet own, but use some of the principles from, is Control Unleashed; Jean Donaldson's Culture Clash is also fabulous. The "new" is scary, but she's learning some good coping skills. I hope to get her into agility next year, and I'm going to some TTouch seminars in the spring. Simon is fearful (storms, strangers-- will bite-- , handling, loud noises) and I didn't really understand what was going on til late in life-- he's almost 16 now. TTouch has done wonders for his storm issues, btw. At any rate, it's a personality type I understand and I want to help Robin learn to cope while she's still young enough. She's smart and sweet. <3 love all my pups!
I should also mention that clicker training is really an amazing thing with fearful dogs-- the more positive training they can get and the less negative corrections the better and clickers really help facilitate that. Karen Pryor's Clicker Solutions website is a great resource if you're not familiar with it. I was skeptical, but saw such fabulous, quick results that I'm sold! It took a little bit to wrap my head round how it works, but it's awesome.
I should also mention that clicker training is really an amazing thing with fearful Plumbing fittings
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