Category: Retrieving toys by name
24Nov13 Triple training delight
In this video, I wanted to get a combination of Shayna’s top three skills: (1) Retrieving toys by name, (2) Stacking her ring toys, by name, on a pole, and (3) Retrieving one tennis ball or two, depending on the command (“counting”). I was able to get it all in just four minutes. Enjoy! […]
14Aug13: Ride to UVa, and toy training
Come along with us as we drive to the University of Virginia, then do our toy training. As you can see, Shayna was absolutely delighted. Keep in mind this video was taken 10 weeks after she endured heart surgery. Be kind – you’ll hear me singing an adapted version of The Temptations’ classic “My Girl,” […]
March 2013: Shayna’s continuing trick training, and more
30Mar13 Toy training at Albemarle High School On this relatively warm spring day, we did our training outside, and had a ball. As you can see, Shayna looks incredibly good, is running around like a maniac, and is feeling good. The end is as sweet as any moment in my life has ever been. […]
19Jan13 – Toy training at Albemarle High School
It was a relatively warm day today (low 50s), so we did our after-lunch toy retrieval training at Albemarle High School. I comment in the video that she’s gotta be one of the smartest females I’ve ever met – which I guess either (a) means that she’s as brilliant as I think, or (b) doesn’t […]
19Dec12: Toy training at UVa
It was a gorgeous, unusually warm December afternoon, so I took Shayna to the UVa athletic fields to do our toy training today. She had a blast, as you can see. I am truly blessed – and I know it.
15Nov12 Shayna excited getting her toys by name
Considering the fact that two weeks prior, she was given a terminal diagnosis, and had been (to my eye) not far from it, to see this – to experience it, to feel her joy and love and warmth and optimism – was like cool water to my parched mouth. I have never known a more inspiring, loving “person” than Shayna.
Shayna on a rainy night in parking garage
Q) What does one do with a dog that loves to run, but hates water and soggy ground, when it’s pouring rain all day and night?
Shayna shows off her new toys from Santa
2011: As always, Shayna has been a very, very good girl all year long – and as always, Santa brought her lots of nice things.
January 7, 2008: Shayna gets a new toy for her birthday
(This is the second video we shot today; see the first one here) It is hard to believe that it’ was six years ago today that Shayna was brought into this world. I thank my lucky stars for her, every single day. So today, we spent the afternoon in a park… in the middle of […]
Getting toys by name for Aunt Gloria
Shayna shows off her toy-retrieval-by-name abilities for one of our long-distance guardian angels – and I sing one of my “Shayna songs” for her, too.
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