September 2010 finds Leinie posing in a new location. Do you know where he is? Follow Me Dog Training LLC encourages you go for a walk with your dog and find Leinie’s favorite spot this month.
Here’s the challenge; find where Leinie is posing, take your dog’s picture in the same spot, or as close as they can physically get. Send the picture and the exact location to renee@followmedogtraining.com. Please send your pictures as an attachment so I can post them!
The first picture I receive with a dog in the correct spot, will win a prize from Follow Me Dog Training LLC, have their dog’s picture posted on the blog and get bragging rights for a month.
The current month’s picture will always be on our Where’s Leinie? page!
Be safe and responsible, please pick up after your dog. Now go out and explore Richmond Virginia with your dog!
This challenge is open to anyone in the area, even non- Follow Me Dog Training LLC clients!
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On the 23rd, Henry presented a proposal to organize a volunteer company of cavalry or infantry in every Virginia county. By custom, Henry addressed himself to the Convention’s president, Peyton Randolph of Williamsburg. Henry’s words were not transcribed, but no one who heard them forgot their eloquence, or Henry’s closing words: “Give me liberty, or give me death!” www.history.org
A month later the American Revolution began with the first shots fired at Lexington and Concord, and Virginia stood tall with it’s own militia.
27 August 2010 from 7-10pm Art Works is presenting the opening night of Dog Days of Summer and …Hot Cats There is an Art show and silent auction going on to benefit the Richmond SPCA. Half of all the proceeds go to supporting homeless animals.
There is no admission fee and you can bring your pet!
If Follow Me Dog Training LLC isn’t out teaching lesson, we are going to try to go! So if you like art, and you want to take your dog to check out a juried all media show, and see what else is going on…head over to Art Works on the 27th of August!
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Special thanks from Follow Me Dog Training LLC to Bex Logistics for hosting us and providing some tickets for the group and their dogs! Bex Logistics is a local and regional trucking company that specializes in same day and route delivery. Even more important…Woody the black lab is owned by the Vice President!
Frappy, Loki and Odin and their respective humans all had fun at Fido’s after Five at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden. It was rainy…really rainy but we still managed to see a good portion of the Garden before becoming soaked through.
We were sad that the poor weather kept so many of our other four and two footed friends away but we had fun. During the first rain burst, we hung out in the tree house for awhile with a Weimaraner named Titanium.
Then we made a mad dash through the Asian Valley….
Then on to the Conservatory where we waited out another cloud burst. We really wish they did a Fido’s after Five in the fall when it wasn’t so hot for the dogs and we can really enjoy the Garden without the threat of a summer storm. Looks like they have alot of cool stuff going on all year. I have to say though I would love to take my dogs, a good book and some decent weather and sit under a tree for awhile. I can only imagine what it looks like when more things don’t look drowned out and wet!
Thanks Loki and Odin for sitting through the rain with us!
Follow Me Dog Training LLC wants you to feel comfortable taking your dog out to these very cool events. If your dog has some manners that could be worked on, or you would like to learn more about how to help them become respected members of doggie society, contact us for a FREE evaluation. WE work all over the Richmond Virginia area.
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Have you ever thought of having your dog’s portrait taken? Frappy and I were out at Stony Point Fashion Park just recently and went into Wolfgang Jasper Photography to cool down and have a chat with Beth Jasper. She had a chance to meet Bendi the French Mastiff the other day and we wanted her to meet Sasha and Gerrard today.
During the month of August, Wolfgang Jasper Photography is running a special for THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER. You can have a portrait made of your pet and at the same time support an animal charity of your choice.
Make your appointment for your very special pet in the month of August, and we will donate your half price session fee- $75 to the animal charity of your choice! In appreciation you will also receive a $200 credit towards your order of $400 or more. Special packages start at $450 ($700 value) and 20% discount on all wall portraits ( 16X20 and larger). Call 804.232.8028 soon to make your appointment- you’ll be glad you did! Limited number of sessions available. Some restrictions apply.
It is a very cool deal for a very cool idea. If you want more information, go out to Stony Point and check them out, the floor is cool for the dogs and they might even get a treat. You can see some of their work and get a better idea of what they do.
Here’s the challenge; find where Leinie is posing, take your dog’s picture in the same spot, or as close as they can physically get. Send the picture and the exact location to renee@followmedogtraining.com. Please send your pictures as an attachment so I can post them!
The first picture I receive with a dog in the correct spot, will win a prize from Follow Me Dog Training LLC, have their dog’s picture posted on the blog and get bragging rights for a month.
The current month’s picture will always be on our Where’s Leinie? page!
Be safe and responsible, please pick up after your dog. Now go out and explore Richmond Virginia with your dog!
This challenge is open to anyone in the area, even non- Follow Me Dog Training LLC clients!
Congrats go out to Chloe for finding Leinie in July at the Main Street Station in Richmond VA! When trainer, Renée, was young, she and her family used to drive from Maryland to Georgia to visit relatives and there are three things she remembers most about going through Richmond. 1) The toll roads on 95 South…and we can’t tell you how glad those don’t exist any more! 2) Seeing The Diamond as we drove down 95 S. 3) being in awe of the clock tower of the Main Street Station. So it was a given that Leinie would go downtown to visit this landmark! It is beautiful down there and lots of places for Leinie to hop around and practice his “place” command!
Chloe wasn’t in the exact same spot as Leinie but she was the closest! Well done Chloe for going out and exploring!
Follow Me Dog Training LLC took a poll at the beginning of the summer to see what our clients and dogs wanted to do for group class during the “Dog Days Of Summer” in Richmond Virginia. Unanimously they all decided that lessons at the James River, teaching the dogs to swim, would be the best use of our time.
We’ve turned a few dogs into fish and seen some dogs grow more confident each week. It has been a wonderful class. Follow Me Dog Training LLC wants to thank everyone for coming to these group classes and having fun. Not every dog (including those Labradors) know how to swim. You’ll notice in the pictures, Darcy with a life vest on, and you’ll see me helping some of the dogs in the water with a leash, or holding on to them.
So some lessons learned during group class this July:
If they sneak attack, two Boxers (Grady Beans & Tyson) can dunk Renée
Ni’cko the husky, swims much like an alligator stalking the shoreline
It is important to realize how much water your dog has had to drink and that they may need to pee 10 times once you get home.
“Everyone to the right!” means move to the right and stop with your dog. Then wait while an unruly dog and it’s owners pass by a line of 15 dogs well behaved and sitting for their owners! That is a very cool sight!
The James River is constantly changing and the dogs need help finding rocks to stand on and to not go too far out because of the current.
Having the ability to have our dogs off leash and under control is one of the coolest things ever!
Because Renée had to be in the water most of the time, a good portion of the pictures were taken by clients. Thanks to those that shared all the cool pictures!
Be careful in the heat everyone! Keep your dogs cool and provide them plenty of shade, air conditioning and fresh cold water!
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.-The Declaration of Independence 4 July 1776
Thank you to all the men, women and K9’s that have selflessly served our country to protect our unalienable rights. It can never be said enough.
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