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I'm looking into the therapy dog training as well.  I've come across are the following three organizations that certify such dogs:
Therapy Dogs International
Delta Society
Therapy Dogs Inc.

The general guidelines seem to be:
1. One year old
2.  AKC Canine Good Citizen is either required or a very good general training regime for the dogs with some added in work on dealing with distractions/wheeled vehicles/carts.

Delta has multiple levels of certification for different kinds of hospitals/homes.

Otherwise, call your local humane society or shelter.  They can usually put you in touch with local groups who do therapy work.

Hope it helps!
Chris

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I have won this fight too...well, sorta.

Tinkerbell isn't allowed on any furniture officially.  Unofficially, there is a toddler sized couch that she adopted early on.  We just can't seem to get her out of it now.  That all being said, before long, it will only be of use as a pillow.

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American Mastiff Discussions & Pictures / Good Mastiff Info Board
« on: April 27, 2006, 10:45:07 pm »
Hello, all!

I'm rather careful about going to some Mastiff boards due to the feelings that some owners have about American Mastiffs.  That being said, there are a couple that I am more than willing to offer up to everyone.

Combined with the great info on Big Paws, these two really help fill in a lot of the questions I have.

www.mastiffonl ine.com   

This one is an English Mastiff site, primarily, but the community is very open and welcoming.  It is by far the most friendly board that I've found so far for ALL kinds of Mastiffs.

www.americanma stiff.org

This is a fairly new site created by members of the Yahoo American Mastiff group.  C'mon by and say hi!

Hope these help!

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Welcome to my house!!!!

My husky loves to "sing" at any opportunity, and Tinkerbell (the AM) is rapidly picking up the habit.  Poor pizza delivery fella got an encore performance a few days ago.

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American Mastiff Discussions & Pictures / Re: New Puppy -- Tinkerbell
« on: March 17, 2006, 12:06:26 pm »
She is beautiful!  What a doll.  How did you get the couch to shrink like that??  ;) 

That is exactly what she keeps asking me!  She sits down, tries to get comfortable, and then looks at me like she thinks I've been washing her couch in hot water.

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American Mastiff Discussions & Pictures / Re: New Puppy -- Tinkerbell
« on: March 17, 2006, 09:14:03 am »
New 20 week pictures!  For all of you new AM owners, I am including a 16 week shot too.  Couch Potato vs. Sleepy Dog.  One month and 10 lbs = muuuch bigger pup!

Tinkerbell says "Woof!"

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Collars, crates, & other cool things / Re: Gentle Leaders
« on: February 26, 2006, 11:32:24 am »
Tinkerbell doesn't pull too hard, but upon the recommendation of her trainer, we picked up a GL this weekend.  The saving grace of the whole thing was that the trainer took a good 15 minutes or so to work with Tink and get her used to the thing.  The difference in her pulling and lunging was immediate and rather amazing.  She's still not too fond of the thing, but using the horse-circle route (walk them in circles for a bit) takes all the fight out of the situation.  Well, that and a few treats, of course.

I give it two thumbs up, so far.

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When I bought Tinkerbell, folks asked me the "How much are you paying?" question plenty.  Worse, the fact that I was flying from Dallas to Baltimore to pick up a dog seemed to  just incite comments.

My response was then, and likely always will be:

"It's my money.  I work for it, and I'll spend it however I like."

Rather amazing how well that worked.

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American Mastiff Discussions & Pictures / Re: New Puppy -- Tinkerbell
« on: February 17, 2006, 10:27:37 pm »
New pictures!

At her last vet checkup (at 16 weeks), Bell hit a petite 36 lbs...I imagine she's probably closer to 43 or so in these pictures, though.

Here's my girl!

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American Mastiff Discussions & Pictures / Re: New Puppy -- Tinkerbell
« on: January 18, 2006, 06:48:08 pm »
Better late than never!  Not sure on her weight, but I'm guessing 26 lbs at 12 weeks.  I'm having problems getting the photos to attach, so check out this link to the Yahoo AM group!  http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/AmericanMastiffs/photos/browse/72c8?c=

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American Mastiff Discussions & Pictures / Re: New Puppy -- Tinkerbell
« on: December 19, 2005, 11:01:47 pm »
She's an American Mastiff from Deepwood Mastiffs.  As of that picture, she was 1 day short of 8 weeks old.

I'll keep the pictures coming.  I'm sure there'll be plenty of changes soon!

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American Mastiff Discussions & Pictures / New Puppy -- Tinkerbell
« on: December 19, 2005, 01:41:48 pm »
Just wanted to introduce our new hors...err...p up!  Here she is in all her glory!  The one, the only (thank goodness...my house might not survive two), Tinkerbell!


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I had this book recommended to me by a coworker.  The idea of "throwing things" at my dog originally seemed rather strange, but after seeing his dogs in action, it seems to have worked well.  Has anyone else read this book? 

Let me mention that the author doesn't recommend throwing rocks, sticks, etc.  Nothing heavy or abusive.  I'm not saying that I back his methods, but it seems to be interesting.  Would like to hear stories if anyone has em.  This just seems...strang e.

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Old English Mastiff Discussions / Suppliment List?
« on: December 04, 2005, 06:28:46 pm »
Hello all!

I'm getting a mastiff in a few weeks and am trying to get the whole food plan down.  One of the areas that I was wondering about was the addition of suppliments to the bagged food.  Does anyone have a few of them that are favorites or definitely needed? 


Thanks!

Chris

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So, what is the general feeling regarding the Kirkland food?  Especially for puppies?  I know that too much protein = too fast growth = joint issues and such.  We don't want that, of course.

Have folks generally had good luck with this food and/or Diamond?

Thanks!

Chris

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