When Pigs Fly_ Training Success With Impossible Dogs - Jane Killion [89]
Thanks to Louie Ruediger for taking the photos that made this book come alive. His vision, design sense, and patience with his subjects are awe-inspiring. I cannot believe my good fortune that Louie agreed to do these photos! Thanks also to his dog, Ace, for not being easy to train so that Louie was interested in this project.
Thanks also to the following people: Kathy Riley, for free shaping Nicky to go around a cone and totally changing the way I thought about dog training. Mary Remer, for being patient and generous enough to share the wisdom of her decades as a breeder and trainer, and for always finding the time to take my “panic” calls. Victoria Corse, for selling me my first crazy Bull Terriers. Erica and Fozzie, for continually reminding me by word and deed what girl power can accomplish. Line Farr, for sharing her vast knowledge of dog training and providing every scientific angle of a training problem. Brenda Buja, for being probably the best dog trainer in the world. Jacky Satch and Bookends, for graciously helping me put together the proposal for this book and pitching it for me. Magda Omansky, Mike Ciarella, and the Norwiches for your encouragement and friendship. Erin Schaefer-Philbert, for showing me how to make the pigs fly. My parents, for raising me to believe that love of animals is a basic human virtue. All of the dogs and people on Positively Bull Terriers and Team Bull Terrier—your tales of woe and subsequent progress through the years are part of the inspiration for this book. I love every one of you!
Thanks also to the models who donated their time for this book: Sandy Baker and and her Pug, Gabby, Alida Cantois and her Leonberger, LCA Ch. Jamaica Vonalpense (Cheyenne), Bridget Davis and her Vizsla, Ch. Garnet-Thaar’s Royal Flush CGC, TDI (Andy), Cindy DelSignore and her Labrador Retriever, Princess Knotika of Camelott (Knotika), Erica Eatchason and her Newfoundlands, Rocky Harbour Fozzie Bear RL1, TN-N, NAP, NJP (Fozzie), and Rocky Harbour Surprise Engagement, (Molly), Line Farr and her Phaoh Hound, Ch. Val-Ed’s Majic Nikita Avalonn CGC (Kody), Claire Gelok and her Rhodesian Ridgebacks, DC Spring Valley’s Half Diamond, MC, NA, FCh, CGC, TDI, HIC, ET, VCX (Mr. Bailey) and Ch. Spring Valley’s Pelé, JC, TD, HIC (Pelé), Tracy and Bill Huges and their Chow mix, Dreyfus, the Iacobellis family and their Vizsla, Ch. Brazn-rock Caveat Shuda Ben’A Cowboy, CGC, TDI (Riggs), Lisa Judge and her Australian Shephard, Jessie, Lynn Keefe and her Bichon, Lily, Andrea Kelly and her Bull Mastiffs, Ch. Bastion’s Banshee Riverdance RN, R-1 (Darcy), and Bastion’s The Beep Goes On, R-1 (Beep), Bill Larkin and Muttley, Maria O’Boyle and her Basset Hound, Gertie, CGC, and her Terrier mix, Pearly, Magda Omansky, Mike Ciarella, and their Norwich Terriers, Ketka’s Biskit OA, OAJ, OAP, OJP, CDC (Biskit), Ketka’s Magic Flute NAJ NJP CGC (Magic), and Ch. Littlefield Razz’s Matazz at Dignpop (Tazzi), Monica Percival, Anna Jonsson, and their Stafford-shire Bull Terrier, Quicksilver Cecilia Snapdragon, OA, OAJ, AD (CeCe), Al and Betty Peters and their Bull Terrier, Madcap Good Life of Corsaire (Riley), Karen Peters-Krüm and her Beagle, Kelli, Julie Swarner and her Golden Retriever, Sassafras Swarner, (Sassy), Maureen Thomas and her Norwich Terrier, Nash Bubba Bridges (Nash), Diane Zdrowski and her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Evanlake Fire, Fire, Fire,CGC, TDI (Fiera), and my own Bull Terriers, Corsaire Madcap Cherrybomb, AX, AXJ, CGC, NJC, NAC, (Cherry), Corsaire Night Train, VA, NAP, RL2, CGC, TT, (Nicky), Ch. Corsaire Carpediem of Madcap, VA, NAP, NJP, NAC, RL2, CGC, TT, (Ruby), and Madcap Veni Vidi Vici (Augie).
Last but not least, thank you Charlene, Larry, and Nate Woodward and the entire Dogwise crew. Writing a book, especially a first book, is never easy, and I don’t know how I would