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		<title>Plog (Puppy Blog)</title>
		<description>Guide Dogs for the Blind, based in San Rafael, CA, has clubs of foster parents for puppies in the program.</description>
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			<title>Update 2-23-2012</title>
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			<description>&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #454545; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/15-kia" target="_self" style="vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: #66a326; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"&gt;Kia&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is in her fourth week of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a title="Phase 8—Final testing, finishing, and pre-matching Dogs are tested for obedience, blindfold, traffic, and buildings. Dogs practice with less experienced handlers. Some dogs are given special training like how to push a crosswalk button. Dogs are prepared to enter class." target="_blank" style="vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: #66a326; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"&gt;Phase 8&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/17-patrice-fbl-dob-8262010" target="_self" style="vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; color: #66a326; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"&gt;Patrice&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is in&amp;nbsp;&lt;span color="#66a326" style="color: #66a326;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/#" title="Phase 7—Advanced training Guidework training continues and dogs learn city traffic patterns, difficult crossings, difficult clearance situations, areas with a challenging line, animal distractions, surface issues, curb approach challenges, pedestrian islands, crowded sidewalks, different pedestrian climates, additional city bus exposure, additional rapid transit ride exposure, escalators, and rounded corners." target="_blank"&gt;Phase 7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/puppies/16-delaney-fbl-dob-12252010" target="_self"&gt;Delaney&lt;/a&gt; is tentatively scheduled for recall on April 14.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #454545; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="background-color: transparent; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"&gt;February 25&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;-- Monthly Progress Reports are due. Submit to heidi.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #454545; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;i style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"&gt;Next meeting:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #454545; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; text-align: -webkit-auto; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-width: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"&gt;Tuesday, February 28&lt;/strong&gt;--Baby puppy meeting at 7pm at Flatirons Crossing Mall. Meet at the base of the stairs leading up to the food court.&amp;nbsp;This meeting is mandatory for all puppies under 4 months of age.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~4/PEQUwqPL7KA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
			<author>gwen@shinynewts.com (Gwen Nicodemus)</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Hugo Pictures</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~3/iZzeR3BH3zs/278-hugo-pictures</link>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;Emily took pictures of &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/puppies/275-hugo" target="_self"&gt;Hugo&lt;/a&gt;. Look for his cute white chest blaze?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~4/iZzeR3BH3zs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
			<author>gwen@shinynewts.com (Gwen Nicodemus)</author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Club News 2-18-2012</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~3/mhQHzNd-sJM/277-club-news-2-18-2012</link>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/15-kia" target="_self"&gt;Kia&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is in her third week of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/#" title="Phase 8—Final testing, finishing, and pre-matching Dogs are tested for obedience, blindfold, traffic, and buildings. Dogs practice with less experienced handlers. Some dogs are given special training like how to push a crosswalk button. Dogs are prepared to enter class." target="_blank"&gt;Phase 8&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/17-patrice-fbl-dob-8262010" target="_self"&gt;Patrice&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/#" title="Phase 6—Urban Challenges Dogs learn new sidewalk techniques, are introduced to platform edges, light rail, and subway systems. " target="_self"&gt;Phase 6&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Next meeting:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tuesday, February 21&lt;/strong&gt;--Meeting for all at Flatiron Crossing Mall in Broomfield at 7pm. Meet at the base of the stairs leading up to the food court, near the glass elevator.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~4/mhQHzNd-sJM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
			<author>gwen@shinynewts.com (Gwen Nicodemus)</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Club News 2-12-2012</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~3/Ylel_C-hmGA/276-club-news-2-12-2012</link>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/15-kia" target="_self"&gt;Kia&lt;/a&gt; is in her second week of &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/#" title="Phase 8—Final testing, finishing, and pre-matching Dogs are tested for obedience, blindfold, traffic, and buildings. Dogs practice with less experienced handlers. Some dogs are given special training like how to push a crosswalk button. Dogs are prepared to enter class." target="_blank"&gt;Phase 8&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/17-patrice-fbl-dob-8262010" target="_self"&gt;Patrice&lt;/a&gt; is in &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/#" title="Phase 5—Traffic training and city work The dog starts advanced guidework and is exposed to different buildings. The dogs are introduced to escalators and have formal traffic training. They are taught responsibility in making emergency decisions with traffic problems. Dogs are taught how to handle total barricades in paths. The vets have a meeting about the dog and review his or her health." target="_blank"&gt;Phase 5&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/puppies/275-hugo" target="_self"&gt;Hugo&lt;/a&gt;, a male black labrador joined the club. Here's hoping he is true to his name and loves science fiction.&amp;nbsp;This means that the Boulder club currently has 18 puppies plus 2 in training.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I wrote a new article for our site on &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/about/what-s-a-meeting-like" target="_blank"&gt;What's a meeting like?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Feel free to proofread and send me notes. Next up: &lt;em&gt;What do Puppy Sitters Do?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Next meeting:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tuesday, February 21&lt;/strong&gt;--Meeting for all at Flatiron Crossing Mall in Broomfield at 7pm. Meet at the base of the stairs leading up to the food court, near the glass elevator.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://boulderpuppies.org/images/banner-2-er.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~4/Ylel_C-hmGA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
			<author>gwen@shinynewts.com (Gwen Nicodemus)</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Updates - Feb 2, Groundhog Day, 2012</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~3/iamIMTVCSKc/274-updates-feb-2-groundhog-day-2012</link>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/15-kia" target="_self"&gt;Kia&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/#" title="Phase 8—Final testing, finishing, and pre-matching Dogs are tested for obedience, blindfold, traffic, and buildings. Dogs practice with less experienced handlers. Some dogs are given special training like how to push a crosswalk button. Dogs are prepared to enter class." target="_self"&gt;Phase 8&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/17-patrice-fbl-dob-8262010" target="_self"&gt;Patrice&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/#" title="Phase 4—Intelligent disobedience The dogs are expected to make decisions when necessary and to work past distractions. Dogs are exposed to traffic work and learn stop, hold line, and back up on their line. New handlers come and make sure the dogs accept their body being handled by strangers. Extra socialization is given to the dogs that need it." target="_self"&gt;Phase 4&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Upcoming Meeting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tuesday, February 7&lt;/strong&gt;--Meeting for all with Lauren at 7pm at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/about/maps-to-common-locations/255-boulder-valley-church-of-christ" target="_self"&gt;Boulder Valley Church of Christ&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~4/iamIMTVCSKc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
			<author>gwen@shinynewts.com (Gwen Nicodemus)</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Oopsie: Athena is Golden</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~3/zuulYQM58Hg/273-oopsie-athena-is-golden</link>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;Athena is a Golden Retriever, not a Golden Shepherd. I'm not sure what a Golden Shepherd is, but I'm thinking it's a brain-o or typo from this less-than-perfect web person.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~4/zuulYQM58Hg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
			<author>gwen@shinynewts.com (Gwen Nicodemus)</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Training Report 1-27-2012 &amp; Next Meeting</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~3/vc--UppBFLw/272-training-report-1-27-2012-next-meeting</link>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/15-kia" target="_self"&gt;Kia&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/#" title="Phase 7—Advanced training Guidework training continues and dogs learn city traffic patterns, difficult crossings, difficult clearance situatoins, areas with a challenging line, animal distractions, surface issues, curb approach challenges, pedestrian islands, crowded sidewalks, different pedestrian climates, additional city bus exposure, additional rapid transit ride exposure, escaltors, and rounded corners." target="_self"&gt;Phase 7&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/17-patrice-fbl-dob-8262010" target="_self"&gt;Patrice&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is reported to be in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/#" title="Phase 3—Preliminary testing  Dogs are obedience tested for sit, down, heel, come, and stay with distractions. Dogs are tested for food refusal and general ease of body handling. The dogs go through their preliminary blindfold testing over approximately ten blocks." target="_self"&gt;Phase 3&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The next meeting is a baby puppy meeting at Flatirons Crossing Mall on Tuesday, January 31 at 7pm. Meet at the base of the stairs leading up to the food court.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~4/vc--UppBFLw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
			<author>gwen@shinynewts.com (Gwen Nicodemus)</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>What's a meeting like?</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~3/fb0mTOgk7Vw/what-s-a-meeting-like</link>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://boulderpuppies.org/images/primrose-at-first-meeting.jpg" width="106" height="85" alt="primrose-at-first-meeting" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;" /&gt;Puppies (and their humans) are required to attend meetings. Puppies under four months old need to attend a meeting every week. Older puppies need to attend two meetings a month. The leaders try to arrange one field trip each month and at least one training meeting. Most meetings fall into one of two categories: field trips and training. &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/club-news/271-what-s-a-meeting-like" target="_self"&gt;Read more about what's a meeting like.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~4/fb0mTOgk7Vw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
			<author>gwen@shinynewts.com (Gwen Nicodemus)</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Training Report 1-19-2012</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~3/m1zDoa9Ng-c/267-training-report-1-19-2012</link>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/15-kia" target="_self"&gt;Kia&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is in &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/#" title="Phase 6—Urban Challenges  Dogs learn new sidewalk techniques, are introduced to platform edges, light rail, and subway systems. " target="_self"&gt;Phase 6&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/17-patrice-fbl-dob-8262010" target="_self"&gt;Patrice&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is in &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/#" title="Phase 3—Preliminary testing  Dogs are obedience tested for sit, down, heel, come, and stay with distractions. Dogs are tested for food refusal and general ease of body handling. The dogs go through their preliminary blindfold testing over approximately ten blocks." target="_self"&gt;Phase 3&lt;/a&gt;. Baby puppy meetings were added to the schedule for January and February because we have two new baby puppies and others wanted weekly meetings.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~4/m1zDoa9Ng-c" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
			<author>gwen@shinynewts.com (Gwen Nicodemus)</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>News - January 13, 2012</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~3/z7INYCfF09E/266-news-january-13-2012</link>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/puppies/265-athena" target="_self"&gt;Athena&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/puppies/264-bonita" target="_self"&gt;Bonita&lt;/a&gt; joined the group today.&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/puppies/265-athena" target="_self"&gt;Athena&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a golden and&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/puppies/264-bonita" target="_self"&gt;Bonita&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a black labrador. &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/15-kia" target="_self"&gt;Kia&lt;/a&gt; is in &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/#" title="Phase 5—Traffic training and city work  The dog starts advanced guidework and is exposed to different buildings. The dogs are introduced to escalators and have formal traffic training. They are taught responsibility in making emergency decisions with traffic problems. Dogs are taught how to handle total barricades in paths. The vets have a meeting about the dog and review his or her health." target="_blank"&gt;Phase 5&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/17-patrice-fbl-dob-8262010" target="_self"&gt;Patrice&lt;/a&gt; is in &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/#" title="Phase 3—Preliminary testing  Dogs are obedience tested for sit, down, heel, come, and stay with distractions. Dogs are tested for food refusal and general ease of body handling. The dogs go through their preliminary blindfold testing over approximately ten blocks." target="_blank"&gt;Phase 3&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://boulderpuppies.org/images/phocagallery/athena-baby-thumb.jpg" width="75" height="100" alt="athena-baby-thumb" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="http://boulderpuppies.org/images/phocagallery/bonita-baby-thumb.jpg" width="75" height="100" alt="bonita-baby-thumb" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~4/z7INYCfF09E" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
			<author>gwen@shinynewts.com (Gwen Nicodemus)</author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>News</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~3/ED9R3L_21K4/263-news</link>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/15-kia" target="_self"&gt;Kia&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/#" title="Phase 2—In town  The dog gets to go in town. By now, the dog is comfortable with his harness and has adjusted to the kennel. The dog is taken on a planned distraction route. Remember watching the movie Up? The dog needs to be able to walk and not scream SQUIRREL. The dog also gets to see the obstacle course." target="_blank"&gt;Phase 2&lt;/a&gt;. &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/17-patrice-fbl-dob-8262010" target="_self"&gt;Patrice&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is in &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/#" title="Phase 3—Preliminary testing  Dogs are obedience tested for sit, down, heel, come, and stay with distractions. Dogs are tested for food refusal and general ease of body handling. The dogs go through their preliminary blindfold testing over approximately ten blocks." target="_blank"&gt;Phase 3&lt;/a&gt;. Kathy and Gwen/Anna are getting new puppies on the 13th.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~4/ED9R3L_21K4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
			<author>gwen@shinynewts.com (Gwen Nicodemus)</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Training Report 12/22/2011</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~3/RWtyVNZBNnc/262-training-report-12222011</link>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/15-kia" target="_self"&gt;Kia&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/17-patrice-fbl-dob-8262010" target="_self"&gt;Patrice&lt;/a&gt; are in &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/#" title="Phase 2—In town  The dog gets to go in town. By now, the dog is comfortable with his harness and has adjusted to the kennel. The dog is taken on a planned distraction route. Remember watching the movie Up? The dog needs to be able to walk and not scream SQUIRREL. The dog also gets to see the obstacle course." target="_blank"&gt;Phase 2&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~4/RWtyVNZBNnc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
			<author>gwen@shinynewts.com (Gwen Nicodemus)</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Baby Viva joined the group</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~3/XeOQPX0fUI8/261-baby-viva-joined-the-group</link>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;Baby &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/puppies/260-viva" target="_self"&gt;Viva&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;joined the group the second week of December 2011. Check out her &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/puppies/260-viva" target="_self"&gt;puppy page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~4/XeOQPX0fUI8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
			<author>gwen@shinynewts.com (Gwen Nicodemus)</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Training Report 12/15/2011</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~3/rV_CYNoVLIc/259-training-report-12152011</link>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/15-kia" target="_self"&gt;Kia&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/17-patrice-fbl-dob-8262010" target="_self"&gt;Patrice&lt;/a&gt; are in &lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/userful-forms/training-phases" title="Phase 1—Formal training begins  Formal training begins and the dog re-discovers food rewards and learns about clickers. Sit, down, and stay are reintroduced in a very precise way. Dogs learn to refuse offers of hamburgers from strangers and to not pick up strange food off the floor. Dogs are introduced to the harness, get their teeth and ears cleaned, and get petted and massaged. The dogs learn to walk on a treadmill. They learn the commands forward, halt, and hopp-up. The dogs tend to LOVE the treadmill.  " target="_blank"&gt;Phase 1&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~4/rV_CYNoVLIc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
			<author>gwen@shinynewts.com (Gwen Nicodemus)</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Next Meeting: 12/20/2011</title>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tuesday, December 20&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;-- Baby puppy meeting at 7pm; this meeting is mandatory for all puppies under 4 months of age.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;This meeting will be held at the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/about/maps-to-common-locations/255-boulder-valley-church-of-christ" target="_self"&gt;Boulder Valley Church of Christ&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~4/qpWX7NlHJIo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
			<author>gwen@shinynewts.com (Gwen Nicodemus)</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Training Report 12/8/2011</title>
			<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~3/XhwtV-INV8w/257-training-report-1282011</link>
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			<description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/15-kia" target="_self"&gt;Kia&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/17-patrice-fbl-dob-8262010" target="_self"&gt;Patrice&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;are in Phase 0.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://boulderpuppies.org/index.php/the-puppies/in-formal-training/19-jodianne-fyl-dob-4272010" target="_self"&gt;Jodianne&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;graduated on 12/3/2011.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boulder-gd-puppies/~4/XhwtV-INV8w" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
			<author>gwen@shinynewts.com (Gwen Nicodemus)</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
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