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Likes: Winnie loves to go to the Redondo Beach Dog Park and play ball. She loves to leap and flip when catching high-flyers. She also loves to bark and race with the dogs in the small dog pen or wrestle with a friend, in particular best buddies Luc and Joey.
Pet-Peeves: Having to leave the dog park before dark (Also skateboards, bicycles, motorcycles and other wheeled things)
Favorite Toy: Winnie loves tennis balls but her absolutely favorite toys are her big, blue ball and her large, stuffed hedgehog that squeaks in five different places
Favorite Food: Raw meat patties and dried meat. She's a meat eater, through and through! New fave: CHEESE!
Favorite Walk: Quite honestly, when you get down to it, Winnie would much rather run than walk!
Best Tricks: Winnie knows touch, wave, shake, high-five, down, wait, place and a few others so far. Also, Winnie can flip when going up for a ball and adeptly catches high-flyers.
Arrival Story: Winnie came all of the way from Oregon to live with me in California. She was a brave girl and flew here all by herself when she was just five months old. I watched while the man at the airport picked-up Winnie's crate with a fork-lift (!) and brought her to me. Kim, from Moonstone Poodles entrusted Winnie to me. Winnie's official name is Moonstone Joie de Vivre. You can visit some of Winnie's family at the link that follows. We visit the link now and then, just to check-in and make sure everyone is okay. http://www.kimberlykoopman.pages.q pg.com/moonstonepoodles/
Winnie's "family tree" can be found at the following link. Winnie is my first standard poodle and it's been interesting to learn about standard poodles and Winnie's story, in particular.
http://www.poodlepedigree.com Type in "Moonstones Joie de Vivre"
Bio: Winnie is a good and smart girl with a sense of humor. She has a pretty body with lovely proportions. Weighing in at 35 lbs, she is petite and compact. Her size is quite handy and has turned out to be one of the things I absolutely love about Winnie. Also, I think it's one of the reasons why she is able to be so athletic. Winnie has a beautiful, smooth walk and a spirited prance, too. In addition, she is a super-fast runner. Overall, her movements are delightful to watch. Winnie loves children and, when she sees a child at the dog park, she tries to make friends by dropping her ball at their feet. She will play patiently with a child as long as the child is willing and tries very hard to follow their directions. Winnie loves her cousin, Luc. She sees him on holidays and, sometimes, in-between. When she discovers he's in town, she shows her delight by doing enthusiastic donuts in the grassy backyard. We have just recently begun visiting the dog beach in Long Beach and that has become a new hot-spot for my girl. Winnie is a little gem and proof-positive that good things come in small packages.
Forums Motto: I may be pretty, but I am all dog! Dogster Local Spots I've Marked: Redondo Beach Dog Park, Soggy Dog, Dog Beach Zone, Zoom Room Dog Agility Training Center, Sunny Dog Place The Groups I'm In: Deutsche Hunde Living Room, Cesar's Dogster Pack, Poodleville University, Pups N Purrs, StandardPoodles
The Last Forum I Posted In: everything's great except cost
HI All! Well, today is my fourth birthday. I have been thinking about it. At four years old, do you suppose a dog is supposed to know everything and have their act completely together? What is the age that I am supposed to act like a lady at the dog park? I still like to run fast and free and jump and leap. When I'm at the dog park in Redondo, I like to play the Motorcycle Game. In this game, you listen for a very loud (hopefully Harley) go by on 190th, the street that's down the hillside from the dog park. When you hear this sound, you pick up your head and run just with motorcycle energy all the way to the front of the dog park and back to your Mom, even if she's all the way in the back. You weave your way between other dogs and humans and leave puffs of dirt flying up behind you, kind of like a pony on a Western. This is a fun game that you might like to try. It's still one of my favorites! Is there an age where I have to give up this kind of fun and be completely ladylike? If someone out there knows, please fill me in!
I have been tagged by my new pal, Josephine. Thank you, Miss Josephine for thinking of me!
This is about things I love.
1. I love my cousin, Luc. There is nothing like a perfect friend who came automatically!
2. I love adventures with Luc, Julia and Mom and riding with Luc in Julia's CRV.
3. I love the dog beach and meeting Domino, Nancy and Armando there. We met these friends at the dog park and now we go to the dog beach together!
4. I love the days when Mom and I can be together.
5. I love the dog park where I play ball and try to make friends with other friendly pups and humans who will play ball with me.
6. I love children. I can't say enough about how much I love children. I am very gentle with them. I especially love the children who have special challenges.
7. I love following directions. If I know what you want me to do, I love to do it!
8. I love running very fast and leaping and flipping to catch balls.
9. I love hiking off-leash. Wow! Heaven on Earth.
10. I love going places with Mom: Smith and Hawken (Oh, dear. RIP.), Lowe's, the beach, the dog park, errands, traveling to Gramille's and Julia's; you name it.
11. I love the friends Mom and I have met through Dogster. Some we have met in person and others we wish we could meet in person! (Or "in dog," if you wish!)
12. I love our friends, both pups and humans, the ones that love us the way we are. (I kind of borrowed this one from Josephine. She's very smart and knows what's good in life. : )
*Anyone who wants to write about what they love is invited to play! Consider yourself tagged!
Well, friends. . . Mom is on the rampage. She said her heart just about falls out of her chest every time she sees a dog hanging out of the window of a car and we have been seeing A LOT of them lately! Some people seem to think it's cute, but it's downright dangerous. People think they love their pets so much, but then they let them hang out of the car window. Hello! Duh! It's almost just as bad when we see a dog sitting on a driver's lap while the car is going from point A to point B.
Please people. Get a doggie harness seatbelt. Mine is a "Four-Paws" and it's lined with fleece. We keep it hanging by the front-door along with my leashes and then we just grab it when we go places. People say, "It's too much trouble" or "I keep forgetting. " Just hang it with the leashes and you it will solve those issues. The more a pawrent puts it on, the faster they get so it becomes easier and easier. Speaking of "trouble," I think a pet that gets hurt because of a collision or falling out the window would be waaaaaay more trouble than wearing a harness seatbelt.
FYI:
Here's our routine.
1. Get stuff ready to go someplace.
2. Mom says, "Let's go!"
3. Get leash & seatbelt harness from the pegs by the front door.
4. Get "geared-up!"
5. Hit the garage.
6. Jump in the seat.
7. Sit down on the soft towel.
8. Mom reaches over, grabs the seatbelt and hooks it through the space in the seatbelt harness.
9. Off we go! I can sit-up or lay down. No problem!
There was a bill in California about requiring people to seatbelt their dogs. Silly that we have to make a bill for something that should be common sense. It was voted down, anyway.
I've always been good in the car, but with a harness-seatbelt, I am safe, too! Please get one for your pup! (Also, no letting your pup hang out of the car window, even if they seem to "like it." Pretty please.)
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