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Just in case someone doesn't know what she means by enforcing dominance over a dog without violence, here is an example of one of the many things we did with our social climbing male. At his worst he had to down (most submissive posture) for everything and I fed him by hand piece of food by piece of food. He had to make eye contact with me and down before getting each and every morsel. He got two tries if he didn't do it I took the food dish away and he missed a meal. In total he missed 3 meals (not in a row), but he quickly got the fact that he had to obey to get anything he wanted. Now when I go and fill his dish he is already laying down in the spot where his dish sits ready to eat. When a dog like him comes up to you wanting attention you have to ignore him you have to make sure attention is on your terms you called him over made him sit or down and then petted him. Everything has to be a training session whether it is doggie push ups or heads up heal, he has to work for it all. Training and obedience is a lifestyle, not just a 6 week course. Plus if you want to get into a real debate and move this to SC, I'll toss out there that 100% positive training(petsmart clicker training) is the worst things for dominant dogs, they need to know there are consequences for their actions. Fly it like you stole it!

Is this the CDC report you were looking at titled, "Breeds of dogs involved in fatal human attacks in the United States between 1979 and 1998," says among the more than 300 deaths that occurred from dog attacks over 20 years, pit bulls were the attackers in 118 cases, Rottweilers in 67 cases, German shepherds in 41 cases, and huskies in 21 cases. The remainder of fatalities were caused by several other breeds. What is interesting is, the document suggests controlling dogs based on behavior instead of breed, and punishing owners on the basis of behavior instead of breed. http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=5dbf5572-0abe-421a-01f9-06dd8ab03794&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf Fly it like you stole it!

This is the best line of this entire thread. I never knew the joys and the pains you can get from raising a working breed dog (Belgian Sheepdog). When that dog is confident, dominant, and trying to climb the social ladder you can not for one minute slip in your control of him/her. We got our boy at 9 months and he was well on his way down the wrong track. Five months later he is obedient and knows he has to do what he is told or there are consequences for his actions. Even though he is very sweet to the neighbor kids I would never ever trust him alone with one, those small running people would bring out his prey drive in a heartbeat, and this dog has prey drive in spades. The best thing someone can do for their working breed dog is give it a job. Keep it mentally and physically stimulated and both dog and owner will be happy. Fly it like you stole it!

I got distracted by Derek and was out in the garage for quite awhile. Fly it like you stole it!

I have 40 some bottles, do you like red or white. Oh and I only have about two glasses left of my Syrah. Fly it like you stole it!

Can I come with you...that sounds like fun.

shit i pulled the cord on my tandem. Then dear boy I hope you like pie. Fly it like you stole it!

We can agree to disagree on this one. While I did fall out of a plane I had no control over anything and it was just a ride, I don't consider it a skydive. I considered my jump numbers true skydives where I pulled for myself. Fly it like you stole it!

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I'd bet money you would like desert wine. Hmmm...I have cheese cake in the fridge I could open a bottle of desert wine. Fly it like you stole it!

When I started jumping tandems were a ride so I didn't count mine, but I think the ones now days which are working tandems do count. (like the ones SDC and Spaceland do) Fly it like you stole it!

I opened a Rock Rabbit Syrah, and wow is this a big wine. I definately wouldn't pair it with food, I'm snacking on pretzles with a smokey mozzerela dip and if the dip wasn't so strong it would be lost compared to the wine. It's a 2003 and I'm guessing a bit young since after breathing for about 30 minutes it smoothed out quite a bit. So I'm on my third glass started drinking at 4 (MST) I wonder how long it will take me to finish the bottle. Of course if Derek gets home it will be gone super quick. Oh and the room temp of my patio is just right for this wine. (upper 50s) Fly it like you stole it!

http://www.easy3dcamo.com/downloads/InvisibleFence1.wmv Fly it like you stole it!

LOL...so just wear a ski mask in your car and you are good to go. Fly it like you stole it!

I have exercise induced asthma and no longer need inhalers or anything like that. So it can be controlled although it's more knowing what triggers it and working with those situations. Cold dry air is the worst for it, so when I lived in North Dakota it about killed me to do any excercise outside. Here in CO in the winter I just make sure to have my nose and mouth covered so the air warms up and humidifies some before hitting my lungs. The worst for me was in High School, but as I got old it seemed to get alot better, now only things like smoke machines, cigarette smoke, and running in the snow will set it off. When it does happen though all I have to do is go in a warm place sit down and concentrate on breathing and in a few minutes everything is fine again. For me it definately wasn't the end of the world. In HS I was in gymnastics and danceline, College just danceline but after college and today I snowboard, mountain bike, rockclimbing, and well of course skydive and have never had a problem.

Hagendaz.....yummy, only store I know of though is in Boulder. Fly it like you stole it!

Nice we will have to hop valleys when we are in Napa next spring and check this one out. Fly it like you stole it!

Messina Hof in Texas is a nice one, although it's been about 10 years since I went so things could have changed. Fly it like you stole it!

Derek and I decided that the most wineries you can do in a day is 4, two before lunch and two after. Definitely do not have wine with lunch either, anything more than that and you can't remember what you drank or where you got it. Fly it like you stole it!

No, but i slept at a holiday inn. Fly it like you stole it!

Well for me it's linked to stress, I get stressed out and I stop sleeping. I spent about a month stressed out and depressed about some things that happened in my life so I wasn't sleeping. Then last weekend *BAM*, slept 14 hours woke up refreshed and back to normal. I was worried though cause normally I'm able to shake off any depression I have quicker than that, but I never beat myself up about my feelings I just let them happen and try to figure out the root cause, once I figured it out and talked about it I was able to move past it. Fly it like you stole it!

It's funny I got my paypal account back in like '99 and it was a breeze to do back then, checking account, credit card, bam good to go. Oh and I got charged a fee on my last sale even though the person did not have their account linked to a credit card plus I had to wait a week for the payment to hit my account. Fly it like you stole it!

I'm just happy I'm sleeping again, insomnia sucks especially when you don't have any late night hobbies. Thought I was going to have real depression, but luckly after a normal mourning period I'm back to normal....well as normal as I will ever be that is. Fly it like you stole it!

no Thearters are making billions. They jack up the price because they know you will but it. Supply and demand. Actually, for me they went to high. We got netflix last year and haven't been to the threater since. I have absolutely no problem waiting till the movie comes out on DVD, $20 per month for 30 movies a month or $20 for one. It was an easy choice. Fly it like you stole it!

Sweet Mary and I have boobies so we will be ahead of you. Now all I have to do is have Derek take his shirt off and distract Mary and I will be first in line Fly it like you stole it!