Here little puppy… puppy… want a cookie??
“He’ll be easy to trick. But you get the tail this time!… that was gross.”
Say it louder!… “Dharma is the Queen of everything!!! Including my squeaky sheep…” “…and all the treats…”
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Just scary pictures for fun… remember, no puppies were actually eaten in the making of this blog entry… Happy Halloween!
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Still hot, waiting for cooler weather! Water, shade & evening are the only relief… We try to keep several water sources around in different shady locations. The swamp coolers make nice puddles that run under the porch where they sleep in the mud all day. Kodiak steals tools & takes them down there too… We don’t know what he’s building.
Drinking water’s not just for drinking!
“Why is that thing following me???”
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Puppy socialization is such a tall order to squeeze in to daily life, but if you let your imagination go it can be a lot of fun too & who knows where you’ll end up…
We made three trips out to White Rock Horse Rescue & Ranch in Flamingo Heights (near Landers) & even with the multitudes of different kinds of animals there, the humans were still the most scary & curious creatures of all!
What the heck is that thing anyway??
Tiny Arbus terrorizes Tank the biggest horse there!
And at the end of a long hot day of socializing, you have yourself a nicely worn out pup!
There’s a dog training podcast through iTunes I like called Canine Campus. They have a great Puppy Socialization Checklist in PDF format that I used for a guideline & some inspiration. I added the PDF below for an easy download. I’m pretty sure Llamas were not on the list, but hey they were there & they did put some empty check boxes at the end of the list to use your own ideas. It also explains how to teach your pup Bite Inhibition. Double bonus for those little skin shredding needle teeth!
Puppy Socialization Checklist (from: http://www.caninecampus.com/)
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We had a couple of health issues recently I thought I would bring up this time. One common & one not so common.
Ever heard of Panus? We hadn’t. It is a disease that causes blindness when scar tissue builds up & covers the surface of the eye, in response to UV light. An allergic reaction to the sun… What the heck is the solution for that? Noel is working on a pair of goggles for Tank, but we’re still experimenting on the rest… We wanted to stay away from the steroids as much as possible & heard that in the end they would worsen the problem or stop working anyway. So we tried all kinds of natural drops & treatment for cataracts that did nothing (of course we always try our experiments on Noel first…). The wolf dog community has some great people that got right on top of the information digging & we still have a lot of things to test. Thanks guys! We are trying everything listed on most of the websites & some suggestions by the vet. We’ll let you know how it goes. Meanwhile we’re just keeping Beebs out of the desert sun & inventing some WDoggles the other monkeys can’t chew off of him.
Here’s what Panus looks like…
The more common – Intestinal Worms
A friend gave us some help with Arbus P. & told us about a great solution for intestinal worms in puppies or adults (& I hear it’s even safe for you pregnant bitches! – oh wait… I guess that’s pregnant Bitches). It is a natural & inexpensive treatment that you can pick up at most feed stores. It is a 10% suspension Fenbendazole sol. & there are a couple of brands. We used the Safe-Guard brand (big as a cow size bottle) on all the canines here. You can read more about administering it at BeaglesUnlimited.com (click on Beagle Health) as well as some other good healthy tips.
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Pretty good summer so far. Not quite as hot as it could be, so there is still a lot of outdoor activity going on. Usually by now all the creatures are hibernating from the heat in some cool dark location. Arbus is getting so big now he can spend more time going to wolf dog school & give us a break. Hahaha!
Going absolutely crazy, wanting to go out & howl with the Big Dogs…
Even if it means getting “roughed up” a bit.
Actually little Arbus can hold his own quite well, even with Dharma, who is the only one that wont put up with his Pole-cat antics.
You are getting veeerrry sleeepy… Mr. Kodiak…
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A – is for Arbus…
Arbus – is a for Dianne Arbus. A photographer of unusual people & things. Dianne was a B&W photographer. Arbus, being a black (for now) subject, is a difficult challenge & the missing color of the pack. Arbus will keep me on my toes in photography & here at the wolf dog ranch.
P – is for Polecat which we sometimes think he’s mixed with. Obviously!
Trout – is because he is always up to something fishey and… for Noel. He says all the best names sound good with a fish of some kind (like Kodiak-Bear-Fish-Wolf).
“When do WE get to play with him???”
Socialization, socialization, socialization!
Hello…? Is there a Hairdresser in this shop?!? Katy’s place “Heads Up” is a place the local men & women know they can get a professional hair cut, color, style, whatever they need, & bring the canine family along. Arbus got special treatment & his own corner of the shop for the day. Journey (Cuts By Journey) has a framed picture of her & Arbus at her workstation. Woof babysitter Katy is the only one I know that will take on our pack here when we go on vacation. Oh, she is also the ONLY one I let cut my hair. Double bonus! Thank you Katy!
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The newest addition… Yes… For Realz!
Say hello to the newest edition of the pack! Ha HA HA! This little rescue baby came all the way from the east coast & has two siblings on the way to a town close by. He was so good on the flight. Never made a sound. I don’t think anyone even knew he was on the plane. Nothing like the plane ride with Tank & his little brother making each other howl. This guy is getting a lot of socialization right now & has already met the Mayor of Yucca at the local beauty shop, Heads Up. For now he is going everywhere with us. Cute little globe trotter! We are still working on a name though so any suggestions…?
RRRaaarrrrrr! Come & get me Tank!
WAIT! Where ya going…?
Thanks to Nancy at Full Moon Farm for all her help & putting us up for the night in North Carolina. She has an AWESOME wolf dog rescue & sanctuary. If anyone is itching to donate some money to the cause, hers is a good investment!
http://www.fullmoonfarm.org
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The rare “Mud Woof”
Weather is a good time as always. And a cheap bath!
“River Dawg” Bunker.
Oh oh! Shedding season has begun!
Another real Jewel of the desert nearby. A secret oasis at an undisclosed location, supports all kinds of creatures & creativity… G. a permaculture wizard has brought water to his spot in the dry desert. It has taken years & lots of love & labor to get water from rocks but he has followed an amazing vision that supports fish, cats, dogs, chickens, peacocks, even horses. Plenty of wildlife found his place during a huge fire that surrounded them. Absolutely beautiful!
I have crossed desert paths with something extrordinary… A living treasure!
The Mahapajapati Monastery & Buddhist study center in Pipes Canyon, California is home to an extremely rare (more like extinct) desert rose; the Venerable Ayya Gunasari Bhikkhuni. I met Venerable Gunasari & Therese (another nun at the monastery) at a twice weekly morning meditation at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center (Mentalphysics Institute). Now the monastery is my favorite place for morning tea. Five minutes with those two infectious smiles & my batteries are charged for the day. Oh, meditation sometimes helps too.
The new monastery is to be a permanent residence for Bhikkhunis (fully ordained female monastics) & to reestablish the Bhikkhuni lineage (that was lost in Sri Lanka in the 10th Century, and in Burma/Myanmar in the 13th century. Gunasari is one of less than 500 Bhikkhuni in the world, one of only 20 the United States & Canada, & the one & only living Bhikkhuni to have been born in Burma/Myanmar.
In 2003 in Sri Lanka, Samaneri Gunasari received higher ordination to the Bhikkhuni Sangha order, along with another Burma/Myanmar Samaneri Daw Saccavadi. Among the Burma/Myanmar women, this was an unprecedented event. The Bhikkhuni Sangha had been defunct for the past 1,000 years in Burma, and the opportunity for women to receive Bhikkhuni ordination has been forbidden in Burma/Myanmar for that same period.
Bhikkhunis are expected to observe the monastic code of conduct of 311 precepts and monks observe 227 precepts. In order to make this lifestyle possible, the Bhikkhunis must have the full support of the lay community. Bhikkhunis study the monastic code thoroughly so that they not only know the words but more importantly the spirit and intention behind the development of the precepts. If one did not understand the deeper purpose of these rules, the monastic code could become an obstacle to one’s practice. The context of the world we live in now, however, is very different from the India of 2500 years ago. Both the Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis have had to adapt. Without proper understanding of the monastic code, one could swing from one extreme of forever adapting, to the other extreme of being rigid and hence lose the beauty of the Buddhist lifestyle.
Venerable Gunasari received the Outstanding Women in Buddhism Award for 2006.
If you would like to call them, visit them, donate money or your expertise to the monastery, or even better, become part of their community, the phone number is: (760) 369-0460 (More contact information is listed on the monastery website along with maps & directions.)
We had the fortune of a lost Puppy finding our house this month. If you live anywhere in So. Calif. you probably got the email from us.
She was a mixed breed of Cute & Adorable!! For realz! Only about 8-12 weeks old, she was too little to wander very far in the desert without getting eaten by something (snakes, birds, coyotes…) so we think she was left intentionally. Poor little thing, almost desert snacks…
We forgot how easy it was to have a nice doggie dog that WANTS to learn tricks, follows you anywhere, rides in the car without ____ (you can fill in a few blanks) & is potty trained in two days. She was so sweet & well behaved it was no wonder we got attached so quick. The “wolf-gang” was pretty good with her too. She won over Dharma, Kodiak & Bug pretty easily, but Tank was not ready to give up being the baby of the pack. She slept in his kennel, chewed up his toys & was generally taking over all his baby stuff. Tank was NOT happy!
We sent the message out to everyone we knew that lived within a days drive or had a house full of puppy loving girls (Hahahaha), & found her a home within two days. Could you turn down that face????
Here she is with her new human, headed to the lower desert to her new home, complete with a yard with real GRASS (not easy to come by here) & real kids. Ha. And Tank was very happy to go back to his routine & stop pouting & being so grumpy! We still miss her cute puppy face though (& they way she smelled like corn chips).
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