Playtimes Coming Soon

Heather has been having some very fun playdates with her students so I'm following suit and arranging a few Playtimes for us too!
I gave up on Google Calendars. Nice idea but not working for me. I've got a couple of other ideas, in the meantime, notice the sideboard scheduling for 2 weeks and a simple jpg of a calendar I made in Word Perfect at the bottom of the blog. I'm working on this diligently, so please bear with me! Do you prefer the sidebar style or the calendar page? Leave a comment and let me know!

Graduation Day!

Congratulations to Max, Dixie, and Sadie for graduating from Puppy Class this week!
Max is already enrolled to go on in Intermediate! He's a Beagle on a Mission!

Graduation Day!

Congratulations to Lulu, Kongo and Howdy for finishing their Beginner class series last night!

Website Up!

We have ignition! Turbo Unleashed now has a home page. We're not just a blog anymore! Now you can check out my training schedules. I'm trying to use the google calendar associated with my isp e-mail, recently switched to gmail. gmail has given me nothing but grief so far. Anybody else having problems with them? The calendar works for me, will someone check it out and let me know?

Turbo Unleashed Expands

We now have a website where friends and students can come to check schedules and find contact information. I also plan on "brag" pages to celebrate student graduations and achievements.
Turbo Unleashed
Check it out and let me know what you think! It's a work in progress so bookmark it and keep checking back!

The Latest News - Sorry for our absence!

Shadow is no longer Shadow, but Wild Bill Cody Coyote aka "Cody". We renamed him and watched a new dog emerge. He is a joyful, loving and gentle pup and we're very glad we got him. However - the day he ate pond scum and almost died was a fright. He was in convulsions when Dennis found him and took him to the vet. They couldn't figure out what was wrong with him after testing and xrays but finally got him to upchuck a wee bit of some pond yuk Dennis had raked out of the pond and left where a bottomless bellied malamute might munch on it. A night at Pet Em and a grand later he was back to normal. He has been coming to work with me and learning the ropes as my demo dog. He's good with people and other dogs, two prerequisites! He was mobbed by a group of preschoolers on a day-care field trip. All you could see was his wagging tail, and then he performed his signature move, the Alaskan Marshmallowmute Meltdown. You can see the meltdown performed below with his friend Matt. It includes a Showing of the Fishbelly, allowing all within reach to tickle his tummy to their hearts delight.

Turbo has been up to his usual hijinks. No rest for the wicked, he never slows down. His story: Being a demo dog has it's moments. Sometimes mom just gets out of control. For example, she decided it was her mission to sell a stroller. Fine and dandy but who gets stuck inside it while she wheels around the store? Certainly not Cody, that chicken. I guess his big fat malamute self wouldn't fit in it. Couldn't she at least have chosen the BLUE one?Things to note:
We'll no longer be carrying Active Care dog food. It will be replaced by Avoderm Large Breed formula. To learn more about Active Care and Avoderm please visit the Breeders Choice Website. http://www.breeders-choice.com/
So forgive me my absence readers, and look for more to come soon.
Tori, Turbo, Duke and Cody

Welcome, Shadow!

After the loss of Big Fuzzy last year I was devastated. He was born in my hands, and nearly 13 years later he died peacefully in those same, loving hands. There's nothing to compare to burying your face in the fur of an adult male Malamute's neck. It's a big, soft, furry wonderful thing to hug. No disrespect to Duke, of course, Duke is very huggable but there's something about the energy of a big furry male Mal. There was a huge empty spot in the lineup for treats in the morning. Every time I look out over Fuzzy's grave I miss his presence. No dog can replace him. I would never expect one to. I said I wouldn't get another Malamute. Duke would be the last one. Yeah, right.

Enter Shadow. Last summer a young couple came into the store and they were curious about Mals. Being the in-store Mal expert, I expounded on all the reasons a nice couple like them would NOT want one but they insisted, I referred them to a reputable breeder, and a few weeks later, they were bringing Shadow into puppy classes. He was great for me in class, but that nice young lady had a hard time getting him to work for her.

Fast forward 5 months. Here's something that all true Mal people are aware of; at 7-9 months Malamutes turn into the Spawn of Satan, but it's then that you need to really drill down on them to help them become a good canine citizen. About the time you want to throw them outside and forget you ever got a Mal is the time you need to tie them to your belt 24/7. That nice young lady was tired of this rambunctious teen Mal, and when mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. Trouble was a-brewin'.

One day, that nice young couple came in to the store with their NEW puppy, a Yorkie; HER idea of a great dog. They told me about Shadow going to a nice farmer with 500 acres. I just knew what would happen with that. I told them if it didn't work out, CALL ME. I would take him and either keep him or find him a proper home.

Shadow was found a few days later 10 miles from his new home (Thank you, Homeagain). Apparently the farmer and his wife thought he would sit nicely on the porch day in and day out. Don't all Malamutes?

So, here sits Shadow, right next to me, a loving, playful, 10 month old who already recognizes me as Teacher, and is learning to see me as "mom". The first two nights he was here, he kept waking me up - "are you still my mommy?" was how I was reading this. We're on day 4 now, man it was nice to sleep all night! He's a lovely young dog, and although it will be a year or two before he matures and grows his big Malamute "ruff", he is already very huggable and has a sweet nature. Duke is thrilled, she's been missing her big buddy, and Shadow likes to PLAY! Duke, being of *ahem* mature years still has play in her but she was stiff and sore after a few hours of playing race and chase with her new friend. Turbo already knew Shadow from puppy classes, and he and his new brother are only a few months apart in age. Shadow fits in, so I doubt I'll be looking for a home for him.

So much for no more Malamutes....