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Recent Moko

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A few more "flowers" contenders that I ended up not using as my submission for the monthly contest.

Been mostly lurking lately, life has been beyond insane of late, (end-of-schoolyear scramble, plus trying to spend more time working with the dog instead of reading/writing about working with the dog! ;) ) and my new phone is even more tedious to type on than my old one, so following others' wise lead and using photo-barrage as my apology/reintro. ;)

Have tried to email some more photos to myself from my phone so if/when I get another break at some point will share some more if I get a chance to get near a computer again. (If I can figure out how to resize/upload from my phone that'd be cool, but so far I'm stuck doing it this circuitous route!)
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Moku truly is a gorgeous dog.
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he is so beautiful !
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Sugar looks like a miniature Dutch Shepherd with floppy ears, and has every ounce of DS traits in her little body!

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He has grown so much!
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Tell us about yourself: Artist, Mother, Equestrienne, Educator, Homesteader wannabe, dog-lover. Not counting my current DS, I have had 2 GSDs and 3 rescued mixed-breeds. All of these dogs were rescues, except for my childhood GSD, who was a gift from my parents when I was 7, and my current DS who I bartered artwork for from the breeder. Maiyou, one of my current dogs, is a Pitbull/New Guinea Singing Dog of 13 years old. Still very active and "Young" in nature. I now also have a DS named Mokume, (pronounced "Moh-koo-meh") or "Moko" for short. Newest member of our pack is Freyja, a random mixed hound I rescued during a horseback trip in the middle of a state forest.
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Thank you!!! :) We adore him, and naturally we feel he is a super-handsome boy, but of course we're biased, so it's always nice to hear other people say so! Now if we can just get that "inner-beauty" piece to be as apparent as his outer good looks... :roll:

He is a handful and a half. Still working very hard with his reactivity issues and it seems it's a pendulum... he'll make great leaps of improvement on one day, and on another day you'd think we did no work at all, then back to making progress. *shrugs* Ah well, he's young yet, we'll get there. Now that the weather has warmed up and people are constantly walking past our house and parking and congregating down at the riverfront park across the street, I've taken to sitting on my porch with a bag of treats and a squirt bottle filled with a water/apple-cider-vinegar mixture, with Moko tied to the railing next to me with a mat to lay on and a bone to chew.

If people arrive or walk by and he takes note, but doesn't yet launch into a frothing tirade, mark and reward. If he begins to bark and jump up on the railing, I command him "enough" or "leave it" and if he settles at the command and looks to me, mark and reward. If he ignores me and goes nuts, he gets sprayed with the vinegar water, which causes him to stop spazzing and look at me, and I mark and reward.

The spray bottle became a tactic for driving, initially, but it works well for porch-sitting reactivity adjustment, too. He's savagely protective of my jeep, and it became really alarming if I was driving (he is gated in the back, but still,) and he suddenly attacked the siding when a jogger or biker or dog walker came into view, literally will make the vehicle lurch and he's ripped holes in the sidewalls and chewed through the shoulder strap of one of the rear seatbelts! :shock: I wanted to break that habit real quick, so I took to having the vinegar-water next to me and when he'd flip about something I'd give him a squirt to snap him back to himself and then reward him with praise and/or have my son give him treats the second he stopped. Now driving is much pleasanter and safer.

One day, arriving home from the farm and crossing the porch toward the door, he was so amped up about a dog running off leash across the way, that when he suddenly caught his reflection out of the corner of his eye in the picture-window that looks out on our porch from the living room he attacked it (BONK!)... *stifles a chuckle* Not really funny, but, well, kinda funny... it's funny 'cuz he didn't break the window or hurt himself. :mrgreen:

So I've had my hands full trying to get him past all this hypervigilance/reactivity stuff. He is coming along, though... slowly but noticeably we're weaning him toward more stability.

He and Maiyou play really well, now, where before she'd only deign to play with him outside but really wanted her space in the house, getting snippy and grumbly if he crowded her, she seems to have fully accepted him and they nap nicely next to each other, play in the house as well as out, and she will sometimes initiate the play, which is a great breakthrough.

He's also fully into swimming, now, and loves being in the water, chasing sticks or frisbee. Before he'd go up to his shoulders and try to paw the object closer, insecure about getting bouyant, but now he has no hesitation and will happily paddle out and back all day.

As promised, here are some additional photos.
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Enjoying the return of the sun on Memorial Day
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WATER!!!  (Field by the river has flooded again after this past week and a half of rain...)
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Hiking through the wildflowers that have exploded in the woods by the farm.
Hiking through the wildflowers that have exploded in the woods by the farm.
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Half-dozing amongst the bleeding hearts and violets after an afternoon of running amok at the farm.
Half-dozing amongst the bleeding hearts and violets after an afternoon of running amok at the farm.
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Maiyou and Moko playing/jaw-wrestling, both lying down after they'd been running and chasing and body-slamming each other, they flopped down for a break but didn't want to stop playing.  Looks savage but all in good fun.
Maiyou and Moko playing/jaw-wrestling, both lying down after they'd been running and chasing and body-slamming each other, they flopped down for a break but didn't want to stop playing. Looks savage but all in good fun.
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Sitting amongst tiny wildflowers in the back yard early spring
Sitting amongst tiny wildflowers in the back yard early spring
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I was laughing at the pic of Maiyou and Moko jaw wrestling. Somehow I couldn't quit thinking "Zombie Dogs".
I have a pic of Roo and Morgan doing that imitation, too.
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:lol: "Zombie Dogs!" Too funny that you said that 'cuz my son and fiancee and I also refer to those shots as such! ;)
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very neat seeing Moko on the masthead - again, great photo
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Thank you, Jon! I was so excited the first time I saw the new masthead I almost dropped my phone! :) Eeee!
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Location: VT

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Oop! Sorry, John! Just realized I forgot the "h" in your name on that last post! My fiancee is Jon without the "h" and I was on autopilot! ;)
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Tell us about yourself: DS and Mal foster newly approved aug'12 by NADSR and ABMCR. high-functioning Autistic in nyc/hamptons in my 60's. Rescued the smartest dog i had ever seen off nyc street in 2000. Tracedog's intelligence exceeded by multiples my judgement that day. My first [and only as of 10/2012] dog turned out to be a DS, perhaps with a touch of something else, but attention to detail, behavioral traits, and physical habits, movement, and skill identical to DS. But MUCH more intellectual ability. supremely confident in all settings, fearless, very outgoing and social with people and friendly with dogs. Seldom apart in over 12 years, Trace Dog was the most important relationship of my adult life; he was my partner. He died july17,2012. i am dying without him. www.youtube.com/tracesobaka www.dogster.com/dogs/637612
Location: NH/hamptons/nyc

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I know, it is exciting. I have never said anything about TD and me being the ''me and my dog'' choice. that was the first time I entered the contest and just wanted to share the photo, but when I SAW IT LIVE on the masthead, it was so exciting. That was especially so because, in my own head, I suddenly saw it as a wonderful tribute to the memory of TraceDog. [ though I knew it was not so for the forum, it worked very well in my head in that regard.] I had not at all anticipated that I would think that way, so it was unexpectedly satisfying!

before that I had felt quite ambivalent because there were some really great photos posted by others that month. my ambivalence was trumped by the emotional sense of tribute to my partner when it went live. I wanted to thank forum members for making that possible, but never did because I wasn't quite sure how [and it turned out to be an horrendous month for me - accident and all ]. maybe this will fill in that gap.

anyway, I know how you feel as you have been through a lot in the last year and these little things can suddenly bring a little quiet joy you did not expect.
John & DS rscus TRACE DOG,99-12; fstr7yoCain,8-9/12; Xander(3/12)11/12-2/13; SAKIMA (b.4/12)from11/12; TxXANDER (b.2/13)from5/13; direct from CherCar: TRACER (b.5/4/13). http://www.youtube.com/sakimadoggy http://www.youtube.com/tracesobaka
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