neighborhood walking

morning

hear Hershey howling, it's duane and coco

let kimo out and retrieve hershey

walk up the street, chat with stanley and harriet

treat at coco's, jason comes by briefly

treat at hershey's

jojo lies on back, put on some flea powder

feed Kimo and Jojo, Kimo doesn't eat all, give Jojo his portion

go to give them gumbone, jojo went home

afternoon

Hershey howling, it's Roy, Charlotte, Jason, Cameron

ok take out Hershey and walk with them

ok take out Fifi too / son-in-law moving stuff, Mochi ran out, ok take Mochi too

Cameron walks Hershey, Jason walks Mochi

take picture at Coco's house (photo)

wth, take Kimo too

ethan and judy see me and come out

ok walk four dogs with them

norman and kat come home / take home hershey and kimo

walk back with ethan and judy / ethan's parents are there, let fifi and mochi go and they go to them

mochi goes in their house

here comes duane and coco, walk with them a little, then take home mochi and fifi

[1/31/13, posted 2/4/14]

what? dogs think different from humans?

Previous studies have shown that humans between the ages of two to three typically learn to associate words with the shapes of objects, rather than their size or texture. For example, toddlers who learn what a ‘ball’ is and are then presented other objects with similar shapes, sizes or textures will identify a similarly-shaped object as ‘ball’, rather than one of the same size or texture.

In this new study, the scientists presented Gable, a five year old Border Collie, with similar choices to see if this ’shape bias’ exists in dogs. They found that after a brief training period, Gable learned to associate the name of an object with its size, identifying other objects of similar size by the same name. After a longer period of exposure to both a name and an object, the dog learned to associate a word to other objects of similar textures, but not to objects of similar shape.

According to the authors, these results suggest that dogs (or at least Gable) process and associate words with objects in qualitatively different ways than humans do. They add that this may be due to differences in how evolutionary history has shaped human and dog senses of perceiving shape, texture or size.

The bottom line: Though your dog understands the command “Fetch the ball”, but he may think of the object in a very different way than you do when he hears it. As the authors explain, “Where shape matters for us, size or texture matters more for your dog. This study shows for the first time that there is a qualitative difference in word comprehension in the dog compared to word comprehension in humans.”

Jojo and Cubby 5

oatmeal / see duane going out, but finish up breakfast

take out jojo when duane comes back, retrieve hershey

treat cubby, but go retrieve fifi first

jojo and cubby get into about four incidents

2 or 3 when walking with mr. and mrs. wong / fifi tries to bite cubby's legs to slow him down

jojo bites cubbys legs too, no damage that I can see

take home hershey

the last one at the end when judy calls for me to wait for her and ethan

that one cubby bit jojo, but no damage that I could see

***

hershey howling / it's roy and charlotte walking jason and cameron

take out hershey, sniff charlie (more the reverse)

walk back with them, kristin and jake going out

ok take out cubby too

take home hershey, acts defensive toward cubby

walk back, go up to the fence, actually there's five puppies

***

barking, it's Duane and Coco, but Kimo don't want to go out

wait, now he wants to go out, poops up the street

treat cubby, walk back with duane and coco

***

feed Kimo (who had been sitting and waiting until I shut the door slightly) / eats it all

[1/29/13, posted 1/31/14]

Carbs were key in wolves' evolution into dogs

Comparing the DNA of dogs and wolves shows that dogs' ability to easily digest carbohydrates, originally from starch in scraps left behind by humans, helped enable their domestication, a study finds.

Long ago, some brazen wolves started hanging around human settlements, jump-starting events that ultimately led to today's domesticated dogs. Now geneticists say they have identified one of the key changes that turned wolves into the tame, tail-wagging creatures well-suited to living by our sides — the ability to digest carbohydrates with ease.

The report, published online Wednesday by the journal Nature, found signs that dogs can break down starch into sugar, and then transport those sugars from the gut into the bloodstream, more efficiently than can wolves. Comparing dog and wolf DNA, the authors pinpointed several changes in starch and sugar-processing genes that would have made early dogs better able to digest the scraps they scavenged from dumps in early farming villages, helping them to thrive as they gave up the independent life of the pack to entwine their lives with ours.

"That food was obviously the same kind of food that we were eating," most likely a mix of roots, porridge and possibly bread along with bones containing meat and marrow, said study leader Erik Axelsson, an evolutionary geneticist at Uppsala University in Sweden.

No one knows for sure when or where the first dogs came to be, but most evolutionary biologists agree that the wolf probably made the first move and that the draw was the food humans discarded. Only much later did people intensively mate dogs of different shapes and temperaments to create today's hundreds of breeds and varieties, from the hulking and noble to the tiny and yapping.

The new analysis by Axelsson and his colleagues examined a mix of DNA from 12 gray wolves and compared it with DNA collected from 60 domestic dogs, including cocker spaniels, giant schnauzers, golden retrievers and 11 other breeds.

Taken together, the data fit with the fact that dogs eat more starch than wolves, Axelsson said. He added that this adaptation would have allowed the first dogs to get more goodness out of the waste food they were drawn to at early farming settlements.

"It makes perfect sense that the most efficient scavengers were the wolves that could cope with this starch-rich diet," he said.

Still, dog domestication may have happened long before humans adopted an agrarian life about 10,000 years ago, said Robert Wayne, an evolutionary biologist at UCLA who wasn't involved in the Nature study.

Perhaps dogs evolved through hanging around hunter-gatherers so they could feed on leftover carcasses of the mammoths and mastodons our ancestors killed, Wayne said. In that scenario, the starch-tolerant changes would have cropped up only after dogs were domesticated, just as genetic changes that help break down starch evolved in human beings after we adopted a farming life.

don't give your dogs celery

Tonight a woman in our training class came in with her gorgeous yellow lab and his front leg was all chewed up! I asked her what happened.

She said she came home from work one day this past week and found that her dog was frantic and had chewed up his front leg, chewed her woodwork, and even chewed holes in her walls. He had never done anything like that before and she could see he was in distress, so she rushed him to the vet.

The vet said he had a blockage in his intestines and a lot of gas had built up in front of the blockage and couldn't pass. The vet could feel the blockage but didn't know what it was. The dog had tests and x-rays and was given medicine and lots of mineral oil, plus the vet tried to manipulate some of the gas past the blockage.

The next day in the dog's stools, out came a big chunk of celery!

The woman had been cooking the day before the dog got sick and she dropped a chunk of celery on the floor. The dog started playing with the celery and she didn't expect him to eat it, so she let him play with it--and apparently he did eat it!

The vet said that celery is stringy and not easily digested by dogs. In return for this lesson, the woman got a very big vet bill!

Thank goodness that her dog is OK but he still has a chewed up leg and she has a chewed up house.

So, keep celery away from dogs!

Janet (via dwf)

introducing dogs to each other

http://www.sfspca.org/sites/default/files/dog-to-dog-introductions.pdf
Dog to Dog Introductions
A New Canine Companion for your Family and Family Dog

http://www.peninsulahumanesociety.org/resource/pdf/dog/DogDogIntroductions.pdf
Dog-Dog Introductions

http://dogtrainer.quickanddirtytips.com/introducing-dogs-to-each-other.aspx
How to Introduce Dogs to Each Other,

http://www.bestfriends.org/Resources/Pet-Care/Dogs/Getting-Started/Introducing-Dogs-to-Each-Other/
Introducing Dogs to Each Other

[via p4r]

Cubby and Jojo 4

An interesting morning.  Let's see how much I can remember.

Jojo arrives this morning.
Here comes Duane and Coco.  OK take out Jojo.  Kimo lies down on his pillow, so that's a clue that he doesn't want to walk.

Hershey is just dropped off with Gerald.  So retrieve him.

Today we have a date with Maya to walk with her at 8:00.  So as minimize problems, I decide to leave Cubby at home and just pick up Fifi.

We talk for a while at the beginning of the street and I decide to go up the driveway.  Soon enough, Maya appears standing by the car.

I take up the dogs.  And happily Jojo and Hershey seem OK with Maya as they sniff.

OK let's go walking.  Maya is walking off leash.  Cubby is still out.  And Cubby seems fine with Maya.

Tracey and Maya turn around before we start to go down the hill.

Off to Duane's garage for treat time.  Fifi and Hershey are a little excited, so Duane yells at them to be calm :)  I try to slow them down letting them nibble partly on my fingers as I treat them.

OK, take Hershey home.  And decide to take Jojo and Fifi in the back.  Jojo is in play mode and growls to get Fifi to play with him.  It's mostly Jojo chasing Fifi when it's usually the reverse.

I decide to dig a few more weeds/grass in the bed (the area nearest Pat's side).  Jojo comes over and sits near me.  While Fifi wanders around more.

WTH, let's see how Jojo is with Cubby today.  Initially they seem OK, but then Jojo gets active and gets into growl/play mode.  I don't know if Cubby knows that Jojo is playing (I don't know if Jojo knows either), but I let them loose and they kind of prance around growling for a while until Cubby kind of backs off.

So I leash up Cubby and we go for more walking.  Near the beginning, Jojo goes back into growl/play mode and Cubby reacts.  I hold the leashes until they both calm down and we continue walking.  At first, I don't let them look at each oterh.  And after a while, they get used to each other and walk less tensely.

Coming back, I hear Mrs. Tsutsui calling for Hershey.  I pass by and she calls me saying Hershey ran away. Didn't see him running on the road (thinking about it as I write this, he must have run in the back).

I came back to get Hershey's leash.  And I was going to take Cubby home in case Jojo and Cubby act up again.  But, you know me, I decided wth, let's take Cubby too.  Maybe Jojo and Cubby will get more used to each other.

So I walked to the beginning of the street, around Natsunoya bend, up Aulii.  Soon enough Gerald appears in his truck joining the search.  I tell him he might be up Aulii, or down Alewa.

Down the street behind our street.  A lady says she saw him and thought he might be on the next road.  I hear a faint howl in the background which sounds like Hershey.

Back out to Aulii.  Gerald appears in his truck.  I tell him I hear Hershey in the background and might be at the school.  Off Gerald goes.  And we continue up Aulii, pass a lady walking with her little girl.  And down Alewa Drive.

Gerald comes back in his truck.  Yep, Hershey was at the school.

OK, let's cut through the school and back to our street.  Take home Cubby, take home Fifi.  Go home.

I think Jojo is pretty used to Cubby now.  The only thing is Jojo still goes into his growl/play mode, but I think Cubby might react better next time.  We'll see.

dangerous dog

Getting ready to take Kimo and Joey out to pee/poop before I go out to the volleyball match.

But then policeman drives up. He asks me if I'm me. He came to investigate yesterday's dog bite.

He tells me to take the dogs in the house, but I take them in the back (since they're not housedogs).

But then as I go to talk to the policeman, Joey comes scampering out from the ewa side. He must be squeezing under the gate.

The policeman is on the phone trying to figure out what he's supposed to do (since he never had a dog case before). In the meantime, I sit on the sidewalk with Joey lying down next to me.

Then I take Joey back to the stairs when he's ready to talk. He tells me to sign a statement and I go to the steps to sit with Joey and write out a description of what I remember happening.

He says he has good news and bad news. The Humane Society doesn't need to take the dog. But he has to give me a citation as I'm responsible even though I'm not the owner. On the citation, "dangerous dog."

I have a court date in November.

The penalties look ominous :(

[9/14/12, posted 9/17/12]

[9/21/12] I was digging some grass as Steven jogged by and I told him sorry for all the trouble. He further explained what happened. He had to go to Kuilima the next day so the boss told him to go emergency. The emergency people had him sign some papers and evidently they reported the incident. He didn't know it would lead me having to go to court. I told him it's not his fault (obviously) and that's the way it goes. I asked him if he's OK and he said was.

***

Went to court and got read the charges. I heard the word negligence and they asked me if I plead guilty or not guilty. I didn't think I was negligent, so I said I not guilty.

The judge told me to call the public defender and come back in January.

Called the public defender and they said they're not available until February.

Looked up negligent. To me negligence is if you (or a reasonable person) think something bad might happen and you don't take proper precautions in preventing it. In this case, I didn't suspect Joey would bite anybody since he never bit anybody before. In fact, I would let Charlotte walk him since he's generally the easiest dog to walk. And I think she enjoyed walking him.

*** [1/17/13]

Later saw Steven and asked if anybody called him about the case. He said he got summoned or subpoenaed (or whatever) and has to show up. He asked his policeman friend what if he doesn't show up and was told he better show up otherwise he might get cited for contempt of court.

I think I don't want inconvenience Steven (and everybody) any more than necessary, so I'll just go without a lawyer. I think I might not qualify for a public defender anyway.

Looking up negligence in dog bites. What a pain..

[1/18/13] Well went to court. The bailiff asked if I had representation and I told him the public defender wasn't available and that I might not be eligible anyway. He told me to talk to the prosecutor. The prosecutor said this case is a little complicated and the fines were severe, so he hinted that I should get representation. He asked the public defender next to him as a courtesy, but she declined saying the case was too severe for her to just take it up. The prosecutor said I could plead no contest. I asked him what that was and he said it's the same as guilty. I asked him what if I plead not guilty and was found guilty. Wouldn't the penalty be the same as if I plead otherwise? He said not necessarily. So he told me to think about it.

On the one hand, I didn't want to inconvenience anyone any more. On the other hand, I didn't want to pay the fine (minimum of $500 he said, and the defender said there could be jail time and the dog could be put down -- the last thing I want is for Joey to be put down).

I came my time and the prosecutor told the judge that I was advised of the severity of the charges. So I told the judge that the public defender wasn't available. He asked if I made an appointment and I said I did. But then I said I probably wouldn't be eligible and wanted to get this over with. And didn't want my neighbor to have to come back. But the judge advised that I should keep my appointment anyway and, even if I wasn't eligible, they might be able to give me advice.

[1/20/13] Donna's been looking up dog bite laws. Here's one of her links.

Alvin said he has a lawyer friend who could advise me. The first meeting is free and all I have to do is buy him lunch. Maybe I'll take that opportunity.

Thinking about it. The two main things I don't want is (1) my neighbor not to come back because I don't like to bother people (2) the dog not be put down. And actually (2) should be (1).

It's not like I want to pay the fine or go to jail either though.

Sheesh. I wonder what would have happened if I had plead guilty in the first place?

[1/21/13, posted 1/23/14] Kimo barking, decide to take him out

stop Steven and ask what they said to him in court

told him I hope he don't have to come back and he said he gotta come back at least one time

I told him that I told the judge I wanted to get it over with, but the judge suggested that I go see the public defender anyway

Steven told me his cop friend told him maybe he could tell the prosecutor he doesn't want to continue with the case

ok (but I'm not holding out too much hope as I think it's the state prosecuting, not Steven)

[2/8/13, posted 2/10/14]

see Stephen jogging, ask if he called called back to court

he said he called them that he didn't want to continue, but they didn't get back to him

[2/12/13] update. Went to the public defenders office and was turned down saying I wasn't indigent.

Next step, see Alvin's lawyer. Over lunch, we discussed my case. He said I should fight it, but don't say anything to get myself into trouble (as he used to prosecute these cases). He also said Steven could write a letter to the prosecutor saying he didn't think I was negligent and that it was an accident. And not show up for court since it's a misdemeanor (for a first offense).

He thinks I should fight it. He'd charge about $600. The minimum fine is $500 up to $2000. So assuming I hire him and win, I would play $600. If I don't hire him and lose, I would pay a minimum of $500 and have it on my record and be in line for increased penalties including jail time. If I don't hire him and win, I don't pay anything. If I hire him and lose, then I gotta pay him and the penalty.

I'm hoping to pay nothing. And if I lose, to pay the minimum.

Anyway, I'll try to catch Steven and tell him what he said.

Hey, I should have read this before I went to court. So I would have known somewhat what to expect.

[2/19/13] Steven called the prosecutor and told him he didn't want to continue. On Friday he got a call back that the prosecutor is going to drop the case

So I go to the court in the morning. My case is at the top of the list. Witnesses listed were Steven and the policeman. I took that as a good sign because Steven said he wasn't coming. And the policeman wasn't really a witness. Well I guess he witnessed how Joey acted when he was writing out the citation. Which was lying down next to me while I was waiting.

Sure enough, this morning the prosecutor tells me they're dropping the case. The prosecutor tells the judge that the evidence didn't match the case (or something like that). And the judge dismissed the case with prejudice and says I don't have to come back. What does that mean? it means the case is over. Also on my Notice of Entry of Judgment and/or order, the term nolle prosequi was checked off. What does that mean? It means the prosecutor has voluntarily discontinued criminal charges before the trial begins.

In other words, yay! (and whew)

In any case, I'm definitely going to be keeping a closer eye on joey (and steven) when I walk him.

Cubby and Kimo

decide to take out Kimo and retrieve Cubby / Kimo no problem with Cubby


HawaiianTel guy is checking the phone line, turns out he's checking the Chungs who had static, and I told him about mine


later tells me the physical line might need to be replaced but he switched the connection so I least I get dialtone


walk them up the street then take Kimo home, Cubby goes in too
Cubby walks around and sniffs
but then comes to close to Kimo and Kimo growls and snarls and Cubby reacts back
finally they quiet down
Cubby jumps the fence to go out

go to get Fifi now
and go a couple laps with Fifi
see neighbor walking (name is Sanjeev or something means music in Hindi), car being fixed
tell him I can give him a ride

[Sat 1/19/13, posted 1/22/13]

Sunday at about 2 a.m.
hear barking
it's Kimo barking at Keith at Keith's front door (and vice-versa)
go and get him (they were both pretty excited trying to get at each other)

I see he must have gotten out on ewa side of gate
(I think Cubby pushed it open when he jumped out Sat morning)

Cubby and Jojo 3

jojo comes, take out kimo, he wants to go in the back

here comes duane and coco / charlotte and roy are out too
let jojo run out
bring out kimo too
walk w/ charlotte / charlotte and roy go home

coco still acting up toward cubby / but kimo doesn't lose control
walk back duane with jojo and coco and me with cubby and kimo
let kimo go home, cubby goes in gate too then I take him back out
treat at garage / duane with coco and jojo, me with cubby


ok, time for me to take cubby and jojo / they want to go after each other at first, but settle down
they walk fairly decently / uh oh, koa is outside, but he goes inside when mrs. wong tells him


decide to take them to betty's house
they go in, but become confrontation, jojo snarls and charges and cubby barks/growls back
at one point, cubby backs off and wants to go out the gate
try again, but they keep getting confrontational / get between them
so take cubby by the leash and walk him around

then hit the road and they walk pretty well back
let jojo loose and he goes to june's house
walk cubby back, but here comes jojo walking back with us (or at least in the vicinity)take cubby home

before you get a dog...

So you bought your kids a puppy for the holidays. And now, looking at your vet bills, the cost of dog food, and several pairs of chewed shoes, you may be wondering if perhaps you should have just bought them an Xbox.

Maybe you should have. Many pet owners buy a dog without thinking through the financial costs of their prospective pooch. According to Dogtime.com, a news and information website for canine lovers, every year about 13 million American households adopt a dog or a puppy and within 12 months half of them have been taken to a shelter.

Odds are, the cost is more than you think. A variety of sources have different numbers but they're all high. PetInsurance.com places the average cost of owning a dog -- over the dog's lifetime -- at $20,000.

"I often try and talk people out of getting a pet and (play) devil's advocate," says Harrison Forbes, the author of "Dog Talk: Lessons Learned from a Life With Dogs," host of a nationwide radio pet show, and a semi-regular pet expert on television, including "Today."

"There's an odd peer pressure, especially in the shelter world, that we always need to be pumping up the benefits of pet ownership, and that's great. I'm fully on board. But it's like homeownership. Owning a house and having a dog is the American dream, but you only want to do it if you can afford it. You don't want to have to give either up because you didn't think it through."

Robin Ganzert, the president of the American Humane Association, agrees. She is, of course, unabashedly on the side of the canine: "My dream would be for every child to have a pet in their lives." But in the same breath, she also acknowledges, "So many folks are trying to do the right thing and going to shelters to adopt dogs, but that doesn't mean they're equipped to do it. They still need to go through the same thought process as you would if you were buying a dog from an expensive breeder. A lot of dogs are recycled back into a shelter or abandoned, and it's not a good life for them."

Cubby and Jojo 2 (and Kimo too)

Duane comes with Coco, so decide to walk up with him and retrieve Cubby.  Then Fifi.

Duane had to go island, so had to go back, so we walked back with him.  On the way back, Coco acted up a bit at Cubby and Cubby actually backed off a bit.

I think I went for another lap (with Kimo and Keith barking at us) and on the way back, here come Mr. and Mrs. Wong.  Turn around (near James' house) and back to the back.

Hey look who shows up?  It's Jojo (after not coming since Friday).

At first, they seemed mostly OK.  So I put the leash on Jojo.  I think Jojo maybe might have wanted to initiate play with Cubby.  Or vice-versa.  But it sure like they wanted to attack each other.  More Jojo than Cubby.  And I tried to control them with the leash.  Mr. Wong offered to take Jojo.  But then Jojo slipped out of the collar.

After things calmed down a bit, I managed to get the collar back on and it seemed OK as I walked Jojo and Cubby around a bit together.  But as we started back, they started to get wild again.

So wild that Dorothy came out of her house and offered to help.  I think she took Jojo at first, but then Jojo started acting up, so I had her take Fifi.  And we were pretty

After a while, it seemed under control and we walked back.  I took Cubby home and walked back with Dorothy still walking Fifi and we had a nice conversation.

Took back Fifi and went home with Jojo.  I unleashed Jojo near my driveway and instead of going up my steps, he went home.

Kimo seemed to want to go out and I took him out.  He pooped across the street.  WTH, let's see how he is with Cubby.  So we did the slow stroll up the street.  As we arrived, Cubby was snoozing in the garage, but then he came out as we came back.  Kimo didn't react and cautiously approached and sniffed at a little distance.  OK, let's leash up Cubby.

Kimo shied away as Cubby came close and I didn't want Kimo to get pressured too much (some would say I already pressured him too much).  So I mostly had Cubby on the short leash and kept him from getting too close to Kimo with my legs.  We made it up the street and back.  And I let Kimo loose to go home.

Let's check the results.  I went up a little way up, then back down.  No barking from Kimo, but still from Keith.  Then a little way back, then back down.  Kimo just lay down and looked at us.

We'll see how he reacts next time.

*** [1/17/13]

Today I left Kimo home and retrieved Cubby and Fifi.  Coming down the street, Kimo was lying down by the front door and didn't bark at us.  But then started to bark after Keith started to bark.

Coming back down, I brought Cubby and Fifi to the driveway.  Kimo started acting up and Cubby barked back.  But after a while they settled down and Kimo sit behind the fence a little distance away.  And I gave them some treats.

We'll see next time.

[Jojo came and left before all this.]

Cubby jumps down

take out Kimo, goes in back (and eats grass and poops)

decide to take out Hershey and Cubby / Hershey kind of scared of Cubby, shows teeth and snapped a bit when Cubby came close

Keith and Kimo barking / Nalu and Krstin drive by, to see where Cubby was probably

take home Hershey

decide to take Cubby to see Fifi, he jumps down wall(!)

they play, OK take them for a lap

take home Cubby, still needs to practice sitting and not jumping up

take home Fifi, Kimo is there with Malie and the other baby

[1/14/13, posted 1/16/14]

Snoopy visits

Snoopy came to visit last night [Thursday].  He came to the gate.  I thought he might have wanted me to open the gate for him (like Koa used to do when he couldn't go back in).  So I went across the street to go down the steps, but he didn't follow me all the way.

I came back and let out Kimo and it looked like he wanted to play with Kimo.  (But Kimo don't know how to play.)

I was feeding Kimo and he didn't finish.  I left the gate open and Snoopy came up the steps and fed him a little bit.  And after Kimo stopped eating again, I gave Snoopy the rest of the food.

Then he went back down the steps.  I closed the gate and presumably he went home.

saimin comes home

The microchip embedded in 12-year-old Saimin, an 81⁄2-pound rat terrier, made a touching New Year's reunion possible nearly eight years after the dog disappeared.

Krista Hodges, a sociology lecturer at the University of Hawaii and Saimin's owner, said she headed straight to the Hawaiian Humane Society on New Year's Day after getting a call from the organization that a small dog named Saimin registered to her had been dropped off at the shelter.

"It was a great way to start the new year," Hodges said. "He was an old friend that was never forgotten."

The Hawaiian Humane Society reunited Saimin with Hodges after he was surrendered to the organization by a person who had been taking care of him for the past four or five years, said Tasha Tani­moto, communications officer for the Humane Society. Tani­moto and Hodges do not know where Saimin might have been before that.

With a scan of Saimin's microchip, Humane Society workers were able to identify Hodges as Saimin's owner.

"I absolutely support microchipping," Hodges said. "My other two dogs are also microchipped."

The microchip embedded in 12-year-old Saimin, an 81⁄2-pound rat terrier, made a touching New Year's reunion possible nearly eight years after the dog disappeared.

Krista Hodges, a sociology lecturer at the University of Hawaii and Saimin's owner, said she headed straight to the Hawaiian Humane Society on New Year's Day after getting a call from the organization that a small dog named Saimin registered to her had been dropped off at the shelter.

"It was a great way to start the new year," Hodges said. "He was an old friend that was never forgotten."

The Hawaiian Humane Society reunited Saimin with Hodges after he was surrendered to the organization by a person who had been taking care of him for the past four or five years, said Tasha Tani­moto, communications officer for the Humane Society. Tani­moto and Hodges do not know where Saimin might have been before that.

With a scan of Saimin's microchip, Humane Society workers were able to identify Hodges as Saimin's owner.

"I absolutely support microchipping," Hodges said. "My other two dogs are also microchipped."

how to read a dog's facial expressions

Googling Brenda Aloff (from a post in dwf) brought me to this photo.

Xing it brought me to this page, how to read a dog's facial expressions.

The main page is Quick and Dirty Tips: The Dog Trainer.

Cubby in the front

shower, hear Hershey howling
go to take out Kimo, but he goes in back
so take out Hershey, was up on top landing shivering for some reason

go to get Tuffy, but Tuffy is inside the gate with Cubby tied outside
Amy walking Miki / Hershey howls at them and Nalu's dogs barking

hmm, let's see how Cubby isloop Hershey to post at driveway (at Fifi's house)
go up to see how Cubby reacts / they're all barking, including Tuffy and Izzy behind the fence
get him to come out of garage area (jumps over wall), to the yard
likes to jumps on me, wait until he goes down then treat
treat Izzy and Tuffy too, I think Tuffy wants to come out because he's barking, then whining

practice with Cubby not jumping and sitting for treat

OK that's enough, take Hershey home, sorry Fifi, leaving you home today

bring Kimo back to the front, still doesn't poop (unless he went in the back)
feed Kimo w/ med, doesn't eat all, then Donna and Alvin come

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jojo comes early, let him in, but then he leaves early
duane and coco come / go up with him to check out cubby
amy out with miki / practice giving cubby treats when he's not jumping up
decide to take him out for a short walk
roy wants to take picture of cubby sitting for treat but cubby too excited to sit
let Cubby see fifi from the wall and vice-versa / they seem ok, so bring him down to fifi
they kind of want to play on steps, but she snaps a bit when he gets too pushy
take them out for a short stroll on the loose leash
bring cubby back home (as nalu comes home) / they play on the lawn (fifi on leash)
take fifi for a walk, she's a little winded now
there's hershey, retrieve him, put on black leash tuffy-style and take the two up the road
kimo is lying down by front steps
hershey poops at duane's / go back to get his blue poop bag, pick up poop
take home hershey, take home fifi

how to stop a dog from jumping

This was a problem discussed in dwf.

Here are some of the links I found notable.  As usual, there are varying philosophies and methods.  But the major idea is to not reinforce the behavior and/or train an alternate behavior.

Humane Society of the United States

Dog Spelled Forward

Dog Training Central

Dog Breed Info

Karen Pryor

Cesar's Way

wikiHow

If you have the book, The Dog Listener, Jan Fennell describes her technique in Chapter 11.

interpreting your dog's bark

This question was asked on dwf.

Stanley Coren studied this in his book How to Speak Dog.

And here's a couple of article that summarizes the different types of barks

What Are Dogs Trying To Say When They Bark?

Interpreting Your Dog's Barking

And here's a youtube video of a lecture by Dr. Coren (1 hour 18 minutes).