Marzano chapters 16 & 17

You can find my summary of Marzano Chapters 16 & 17 PDF here.

Links for iPad Presentation

Here are the apps I discussed during my iPad presentation on November 29:

• Apps for finding apps
• AppShopper 
• AppAdvice 
• AppStart 
• Discover Apps
• Productivity / Organization apps
• Notability 
• Evernote 
• Idea sketch
• Notetaker HD
• Pages 
• Numbers 
• Keynote 
• iAnnotate 
• News and Information apps
• Newsstand and Zinio
• Star Phoenix / Leader Post
• iBook / Kindle
• Flipboard
•  Apps for teachers
• Coaches eye 
• Timers 
• No hands up 
• Ripple tank 
• Giant Scoreboard 
• Dejibo
• iMovie
• Apps for fun
• Garage Band
• Netflix
  

G'Kar almost killed Londo today

Take this as a bit of a cautionary tale, if you will. G'Kar got his teeth caught in Londo's collar tonight while they were playing. He twisted and then couldn't disengage. They started to struggle. Londo started to choke, then started to desperately fight back. As she twisted, she just made it worse. She was terrified. G'Kar was terrified. I wasn't far away. Her collar was so tight and the clasp was too small for me to get my fingers around (it was between G'Kar's front teeth) and both of them were so terrified they were snarling and snapping and it was almost impossible to get them to stop moving. I ran for the scissors. When I tried to use them, I was barely able to get the blade under the collar, it was so tight to her throat, but I managed to cut the collar off.

I've never heard a dog scream before, and I don't want to hear it again.

G'Kar sat by the table like a statue for 20 minutes after the collar was off. When I went to pet him, he didn't move; he was stone. Londo, of course, was the first one to make an overture and approached G'Kar to sniff him, her tail and head low. He barely moved. He was very, very freaked out.

Londo is breathing a bit harshly - a slight wheeze to each breath. The vet thinks she'll be ok, but we need to watch for pneumonia because she probably has blood in her lungs.

Blood. Yeah, there was blood. Probably from the strain of her trying to breathe and screaming. She coughed up a few lines of bloody foam a few minutes after I freed her, but then was ok. G'Kar's lower lip was covered in blood, but I can't see where it came from - his teeth seem fine. Londo had blood on her chest, but doesn't seem to have any wounds. I'm guessing some of it came from a tooth or two from Londo as she bit at G'Kar.

They both seem fine, if incredibly subdued; in fact they've never been this quiet since we've had them together.  I'll be watching both of them for the next couple days, but it looks like we're lucky.

I know two of my friends never have one of their dogs (the smaller one) wear a collar indoors exactly for this reason. I have to admit, it seems like a fairly good idea now.

Londo's first day

Here is a pic from the first day. Londo and G'Kar are getting along quite well.

So far, we've noticed a few things that are very different between Londo and G'Kar. All of these may change with time, of course, but her personality at this point shows some marked differences from G'Kar when he was her age.

1. Londo is sooooooo less pushy and dominant than G'Kar was. We have to tell Londo 2 or 3 times to stop doing something - say chewing on the rug, or a blanket, or us!. With G'Kar it was closer to 10 or 15 times (no kidding).

2. Londo has absolutely no fear of heights as far as I've seen. She loves to walk on rocks around the perimeter of our dog run and she climbs stairs like they're not even there. It took G'Kar weeks before he'd climb stairs. Maybe she saw stairs more than G'Kar did. She has no trouble jumping off our couch and she tries (with no success) to get up onto it. G'Kar

3. In general, Londo seems more "laid back." G'Kar was extremely food aggressive. Did I say extremely? Is "very, very extremely," redundant? In order to have him stop eating from Dune's dish, we had to physically remove him from the dish 10-20 times every time we fed him. And this was weeks after we'd had him. Perhaps Londo doesn't care because it's the same food, but... wow. We had to put G'Kar into the alpha position every couple days because he would NOT stop going for Dune's food. Londo just eats where she's put down.

In the run, when we're wanting her to pee, she will just lay down and not move. G'Kar would run around like a tornado. Either way, they're not doing what we want and sometimes have to leash them just to get them moving, but the difference is interesting.

4. Which brings us to the next difference. G'Kar was ravenous. Londo doesn't seem to worry about food much at all and so far (only one day, I realize) seems to want to nibble (which makes bathroom time a challenge, so we're trying to control that). 

I often start my puppies out with a bit of training where I hold a piece of treat in my fist and let them try to get it. After a while, they sit down, and then I give them the treat. Soon they learn that if they want something, they need to sit. I'm sure this is a typical bit of training most owners do. However, with G'Kar, he would work to get the food out of my hand for over a minute - absolutely not giving up. It was one of the hardest things he learned. And each time, with each new treat, the process would begin anew. With Londo, she sits after about 5-10 seconds.

I have to say, though, she has no trouble holding her own with G'Kar. He's being amazingly gentle (for him) but she doesn't just give in to him at all and when the do a tug-o-war, she hangs on tight.

5. G'Kar could almost never hold still. If you touched him, or held him, he had to spin around to see what was going on. To this day, he jerks his head around when you try to pet him because he wants to "play." Londo doesn't seem to have this problem.

I've only had one day with her, but so far, it's looking like she's going to be a much calmer dog than G'Kar, but she has real undertones of confidence and almost no fear. She's also incredibly adorable.

A good run

We took G'Kar for his run yesterday and this time (for the first time in a while) I took my camera with me.

Here he is at the beginning of the run.




And a few moments later. Who needs 4 feet?




And here he is after the run, letting that huge tongue cool him off.

Dune (1996-2010)

Today we said goodbye to Dune. It's difficult to express my feelings right now, but without a doubt, he was the kindest, gentlest creature I've ever known and my world is a bit dimmer without him. I will always remember him.

So many of the pictures I have include Jet, but that's just the way it should be.

Photos for enhancement

You can find the photos here.