Comments for MMilani.com http://blog.mmilani.com Integrating animal health, behavior and the human-animal bond Sat, 17 May 2008 09:22:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 Comment on BeeBee Update by Myrna http://blog.mmilani.com/135/beebee-update-2/#comment-8940 Wed, 14 May 2008 13:25:24 +0000 http://blog.mmilani.com/135/beebee-update-2/#comment-8940 Hi, Roberta, I apologize for the delay answering you. Apparently there's a glitch in my blog software and I just found you. :-) Because of Bee's visual problems, the vibrating collar wasn't that helpful. However, in addition to her Gentle Leader, she also wears a lighted collar that I turn on when she's out in dim light. Although she's very good about staying near by, I like the security of knowing I can pinpoint her exact location in an instant if I have to. The only problem with it is that I don't think that it's washable and being both low to the ground and all corgi, she does love to roll in things. Myrna Hi, Roberta,

I apologize for the delay answering you. Apparently there’s a glitch in my blog software and I just found you. :-)

Because of Bee’s visual problems, the vibrating collar wasn’t that helpful. However, in addition to her Gentle Leader, she also wears a lighted collar that I turn on when she’s out in dim light. Although she’s very good about staying near by, I like the security of knowing I can pinpoint her exact location in an instant if I have to. The only problem with it is that I don’t think that it’s washable and being both low to the ground and all corgi, she does love to roll in things.

Myrna

]]> Comment on BeeBee Update by roberta http://blog.mmilani.com/135/beebee-update-2/#comment-8934 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:59:57 +0000 http://blog.mmilani.com/135/beebee-update-2/#comment-8934 thank you so much for writing about BeeBee! we have a deaf and visually impaired cardigan corgi. we bought her brother from the breeder. we decided we wanted a playmate for him, and asked if she had any more puppies. by the time we'd gotten her, she had been debarked and become vicious to other dogs, along with a whole host of other issues. all that being said, we love her to pieces! she is white, with wild blue eyes. I continue to read about deaf dogs on the web, and appreciate any and all you can write about your deaf dog's experiences. i wonder how the vibrating collar is working out? we've thought about getting one, but not sure it would be worth it since she is always nearby one of us.. thanks roberta thank you so much for writing about BeeBee! we have a deaf and visually impaired cardigan corgi. we bought her brother from the breeder. we decided we wanted a playmate for him, and asked if she had any more puppies. by the time we’d gotten her, she had been debarked and become vicious to other dogs, along with a whole host of other issues. all that being said, we love her to pieces! she is white, with wild blue eyes.

I continue to read about deaf dogs on the web, and appreciate any and all you can write about your deaf dog’s experiences. i wonder how the vibrating collar is working out? we’ve thought about getting one, but not sure it would be worth it since she is always nearby one of us..
thanks
roberta

]]> Comment on BeeBee and Oliver Sacks by Myrna http://blog.mmilani.com/51/beebee-and-oliver-sacks/#comment-8801 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:59:21 +0000 http://blog.mmilani.com/51/beebee-and-oliver-sacks/#comment-8801 I think it is, but a mental momentum rather than a physical one, if that makes any sense. I think it is, but a mental momentum rather than a physical one, if that makes any sense.

]]> Comment on BeeBee Paranoia by Hilary http://blog.mmilani.com/41/beebee-paranoia/#comment-8800 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:21:57 +0000 http://blog.mmilani.com/41/beebee-paranoia/#comment-8800 What a perfectly lovely observation. What a perfectly lovely observation.

]]> Comment on BeeBee and Oliver Sacks by Hilary http://blog.mmilani.com/51/beebee-and-oliver-sacks/#comment-8799 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:06:59 +0000 http://blog.mmilani.com/51/beebee-and-oliver-sacks/#comment-8799 Could it be momentum? Could it be momentum?

]]> Comment on BeeBee’s Best Bubby by Jill http://blog.mmilani.com/54/beebees-best-bubby/#comment-8793 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:44:00 +0000 http://blog.mmilani.com/54/beebees-best-bubby/#comment-8793 Wow Myrna - what a lovely sentiment to which I can heartily attest! Ann has "chosen" all 3 of my dogs for me over the past 10 years and each one was exactly my match. She is certainly a gift and I'm glad for her that she also has a friend like you. Wow Myrna - what a lovely sentiment to which I can heartily attest! Ann has “chosen” all 3 of my dogs for me over the past 10 years and each one was exactly my match. She is certainly a gift and I’m glad for her that she also has a friend like you.

]]> Comment on The Mature Woman’s Guide to Puppy-Training by Myrna http://blog.mmilani.com/40/the-mature-womans-guide-to-puppy-training/#comment-8776 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 14:31:15 +0000 http://blog.mmilani.com/40/the-mature-womans-guide-to-puppy-training/#comment-8776 It Depends. :-) It Depends. :-)

]]> Comment on The Mature Woman’s Guide to Puppy-Training by Len http://blog.mmilani.com/40/the-mature-womans-guide-to-puppy-training/#comment-8760 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:58:36 +0000 http://blog.mmilani.com/40/the-mature-womans-guide-to-puppy-training/#comment-8760 You are too funny! Maybe you should do an APDT seminar on the subject... You are too funny! Maybe you should do an APDT seminar on the subject…

]]> Comment on Hundreds of Geese A-Gaggleing by Myrna http://blog.mmilani.com/23/hundreds-of-geese-a-gaggleing/#comment-3586 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:19:39 +0000 http://blog.mmilani.com/23/hundreds-of-geese-a-gaggleing/#comment-3586 Which leads to all kinds of interesting speculation... It would be easy to accuse retail establishments of targeting these areas and yet I suspect that a lot of folks who live around those places don't see that land as having much value because it's too wet for human activities. More evidence of what an arrogant as well as misguided species we are! Which leads to all kinds of interesting speculation… It would be easy to accuse retail establishments of targeting these areas and yet I suspect that a lot of folks who live around those places don’t see that land as having much value because it’s too wet for human activities. More evidence of what an arrogant as well as misguided species we are!

]]> Comment on Hundreds of Geese A-Gaggleing by Leigh Siegfried http://blog.mmilani.com/23/hundreds-of-geese-a-gaggleing/#comment-3207 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:34:49 +0000 http://blog.mmilani.com/23/hundreds-of-geese-a-gaggleing/#comment-3207 About 5 years ago, I wrote a fiction piece for a creative writing class. The first scene was the "goosy walmart"- geese squaking and nesting on what the building that was once open wetlands. Whew! All too real. L About 5 years ago, I wrote a fiction piece for a creative writing class. The first scene was the “goosy walmart”- geese squaking and nesting on what the building that was once open wetlands. Whew! All too real.
L

]]> Comment on Of Wolves and Energy-Efficiency by Myrna http://blog.mmilani.com/4/of-wolves-and-energy-efficiency/#comment-10 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:12:03 +0000 http://blog.mmilani.com/4/of-wolves-and-energy-efficiency/#comment-10 Experiences like this remind me that, regardless how some may still train animals based on a mechanistic model that maintains that they're (the animals, not the people using these methods, although sometimes I wonder..)incapable of either thought nor emotion, anyone who pays attention to their animals will realize that this isn't true. It's also interesting to note that sometimes our animals have far more patience when it comes to getting a message across to us than we do when we want to get a message across to them. :-) Experiences like this remind me that, regardless how some may still train animals based on a mechanistic model that maintains that they’re (the animals, not the people using these methods, although sometimes I wonder..)incapable of either thought nor emotion, anyone who pays attention to their animals will realize that this isn’t true. It’s also interesting to note that sometimes our animals have far more patience when it comes to getting a message across to us than we do when we want to get a message across to them. :-)

]]> Comment on Of Wolves and Energy-Efficiency by Hilke Breder http://blog.mmilani.com/4/of-wolves-and-energy-efficiency/#comment-9 Sun, 02 Apr 2006 12:09:30 +0000 http://blog.mmilani.com/4/of-wolves-and-energy-efficiency/#comment-9 Here is another story showing that dogs too have more reasoning power than generally assumed and are able to communicate their thinking to us if we just pay attention. I live in a split level house in a rural area with a large partially wooded backyard. I had adopted a male stray cat “Tulip” to be a house mate to my beagle “Jennie”. After about four days of keeping the cat inside to get acquainted with me and the dog, I let Tulip venture outside. He promptly disappeared. I went out frequently to call him and left food and water for him in the open garage. Occasionally I heard Jennie bark somewhere in the backyard but did not pay much attention to it, in fact was a bit annoyed that her barking would frighten the cat off if he was still in the neighborhood. After several days of this Jennie came in through the porch door and walked across the living room looking back over her shoulder at me. It was unmistable that she wanted me to follow her. She walked down the stairs to the front door, waited for me to let her out and then silently walked across the yard to a tree. She looked up, seeming to say “here”, and there was Tulip. It became clear to me that Jennie, realizing that I was looking for the cat, had barked each time when she saw the cat and when this had no effect, had decided to try to lead me directly to him. Here is another story showing that dogs too have more reasoning power than generally assumed and are able to communicate their thinking to us if we just pay attention. I live in a split level house in a rural area with a large partially wooded backyard. I had adopted a male stray cat “Tulip” to be a house mate to my beagle “Jennie”. After about four days of keeping the cat inside to get acquainted with me and the dog, I let Tulip venture outside. He promptly disappeared. I went out frequently to call him and left food and water for him in the open garage. Occasionally I heard Jennie bark somewhere in the backyard but did not pay much attention to it, in fact was a bit annoyed that her barking would frighten the cat off if he was still in the neighborhood. After several days of this Jennie came in through the porch door and walked across the living room looking back over her shoulder at me. It was unmistable that she wanted me to follow her. She walked down the stairs to the front door, waited for me to let her out and then silently walked across the yard to a tree. She looked up, seeming to say “here”, and there was Tulip. It became clear to me that Jennie, realizing that I was looking for the cat, had barked each time when she saw the cat and when this had no effect, had decided to try to lead me directly to him.

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