Aldo The Adventure Dog

Snow Day

For most people it started snowing Sunday morning for most of the day before it even started to stick. Except for where I live in Auburn, it was just rain or rain and snow mix for most of the day. I even drove to Puyallup to get my nails done and the snow was just dumping over there. All day Sunday I decided to mess around with my boyfriend about choosing the only place to live that doesn't get any snow. By 6:30 pm it really started to snow then soon enough it started sticking, and as the inches kept coming I was beyond excited to start playing in the snow.

Of course I was the one to initiate the snowball fight with my boyfriend and our roommates. They were a bit distracted from building a snowman, so they were easy targets in the beginning. After awhile we went outside with the dogs and they have never seen the snow this deep before. They were prancing around the yard, chasing each other and eating tons of snow. Their favorite game would to catch snowballs and I enjoy getting pictures of them catching them. We also took our RC cars out for a bit and made a little track in the alleyway, but the snow ended up becoming to deep and the cars couldn't handle it.

By Monday morning I ended up getting a snow day from work and also wouldn't be able to make it to class. But my boyfriend still had to go to work, even though he got stuck getting out of our driveway and his cousin actually had to come pick him up. I was really hoping he could have gotten a snow day but when your work is literally 5 minutes down the street and you have family with four wheel drive you still have to go to work. After he left for work, I ended up getting the pups geared up to go on a walk to get coffe from Starbucks since I wasn't even going to attempt leaving our driveway. They were so ecstatic to have a little miniature adventure just for coffee, but it wasn't just for me to get coffee, they are so spoiled they got cups of whip cream known as pupachino's.

My Worst Injury

Over last summer, I was at work and went downstairs to switch the laundry. On my way back up the stairs my clumsy self ended up tripping upstairs. In the moment, I didn't really think to much of it as it's very normal for me to be clumsy and hurt myself. After a couple of hours went by I decided to look at my ankle and foot for any bruising. As soon as I took my shoe off my ankle instantly bruised and swelled up. It ended up being so painful that I could not put any pressure on my foot and I actually was in tears from the pain. So of course it was the right foot so I was unable to drive myself to Urgent Care. Then I ended up having my boyfriend come pick me up from work so I could get it checked out. While at Urgent Care the doctor said that I would need x-rays done to see if I broke anything. About an hour goes by for my x-rays to go through and turns out I didn't break anything, I just had a very severe sprain. The pain was still unbearable and I couldn't walk on my foot at all, so the doctors gave me a set of crutches (which was very hard to maneuver). A few days went by and my ankle was completely better with no further issues. That was the closest I have ever become to breaking a severe part of my body. I have broken my toes many times from stubbing them into tables and chairs but nothing really severe, which is a shock for how clumsy I can be.

Standard Poodle's

Standard Poodle's are another one of my favorite breeds and there are many reasons as to why. One reason why is that they are highly intelligent dogs who are very quick learners that live to please. Also, they are extremely fun to groom, most people tend to think they are a foo foo type of dog due to the hair cut they get for dog shows. The reason why their hair is cut that way is because Poodles use to be a sporting breed used for hunting and retrieving. Those puff balls on them are covering their important organs and joints to withstand cold temperature and water.

When I was a groomer I would have two of my favorite Poodle's come in, Django and Cocoa. Cocoa would get an all over length cut which means it is the same length over her entire body. While Django would get a lamb cut, which is where the length of the fur is longer on the legs than the body. Another difference between their hair cuts is Django gets a clean face and clean feet. The term clean is used to describe the short length of the snout and feet.

Rhodesian Ridgeback

One of the breeds I listed in my favorites was a Rhodesian Ridgeback. In my career with dogs I have only met a handful of Rhodesians but the ones I have met I have fallen in love with. Here is a little background on the breed;

• They were bred to be good family protection and loyal hunting dogs, one of the main game they would hunt were lions.
• They have developed the nickname the African Lion Hound.
• They were bred to have enough stamina to keep up on the hunts, so they are a very high energy breed.
• They are extremely intelligent and highly trainable.
• One unique feature of the breed is the ridge of hair which grows forward on the back only.
• They got recognized by AKC in 1955.

This is Zola, she is a Rhodesian Ridgeback that comes and boards where I work. She is a great example for the breed, as she has the ridge of hair on her back (which is quite soft), and she can run for days! Although sometimes her running looks more like a deer frolicking through a meadow. She also knows when to be a mellow girl, and go take a nice power nap before her next adventure.

Freyja The Baby Kitten

I know this a dog blog, but I figured I would show off my other fur child.
Freyja is our Siamese mix kitten who is about 4 months old. Her name comes from the Old Norse meaning "Lady". That was the name of the goddess of love, beauty, war and death in Norse Mythology. Also, her coloring is called Tortieshell which is commonly confused with a Calico. The difference between the two is Calico cats have prominently white on them where Tortieshell's are mainly black.

10 Topics with 5 Topic Sentences

1. Dog behavior
• When working with dogs it is very important to know all about their body language and what they are attempting to tell you or another dog.
2. Animal rights
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3. Breed discrimination and restrictions
• Due to the media discriminating dog breeds such as Pit Bull Terrier's, Rottweiler's, German Shepherd's and etc as aggressive breeds a lot of apartments and housing communities have restrictions and will not allow them.
4. Traveling
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5. Weather
• The weather in Washington state is pretty back and forth but many people know it as the rainy state on the west side and the dry state on the east side.
6. Relationships
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7. Dog training
• It is very important to start training and socializing your dog or puppy as soon as possible, you will help set up a steady foundation to train a confident dog.

I am running out of ideas but I will add more as they come to mind!

Digital Citizenship

Here are the three things that are most relevant to me in the digital community.

Respect: I relate with respect because in the digital community many people to seem to not respect others as much because there is a computer screen between them. The one negative thing about the facebook groups I'm in is there can be a lot of negativity and disrespect. When one person doesn't agree with an others view they tend to be rude and not so respectful of ones method. With the amount of disrespect that comes from these groups sometimes it's hard to not want to be apart of them. For example, my small dog is a German Shepherd mix so I was in this German Shepherd group on facebook. One day there was this picture game going around where you upload a picture of something representing your dogs name and see if people could guess it right. This was the first time I ever posted in the group and my post and all the others got deleted from the admin of the group. I was then upset and didn't understand why it got deleted and other people were too and starting asking questions on the page. That is when other people of the group started talking about how the game was starting to annoy them because of the amount of people playing and it needed to be done with. This then turned into a fight between people having fun playing the game and people being annoyed by the game. Because of all of this disrespect I ended up leaving this group because I don't believe in that kind of negativity over something bringing people together. I believe everyone deserves respect no matter what game is being played whether it be online or in person. You should always respect one another, treat people how you want to be treated.

Listen: When I am apart of the digital community I like to listen and learn. I am apart of many dog group forums on facebook about dog training. The reason why I like  to be on the groups is to listen how other people may go about training. Everyone has a different method that may work for a particular dog but won't work for another dog. I have actually been  able to learn a few things from these groups on training my own dogs and working with a pack of dogs. I believe that sometimes you have to listen to other peoples stories and theories to be able to learn about something no matter what it may be.

Research: I use the internet for a lot of research. My boyfriend and I have been thinking about getting a purebred dog in the future so we have agreed on starting to do our research on which breed may be the best fit for us and our lifestyle. The internet has many different kinds of resources for research. For instance, there is the akc.org website that has many links for breeders and informational facts, such as the energy level and grooming requirements of a breed. It can be very important to do your research before jumping into anything with knowing something about it.

For my job, I am basically a doggie Uber. I drive all over West Seattle to pick up dogs for daycare. They get to have 25 acres of property to run and play on. My two dogs both ride shotgun and there's a picture of how they lay with each other. The white German Shepherd in the back is Apollo, he is one of my every day dogs to pick up.

Civil Rights Activism Essay

Martin Luther King Junior and Malcolm X were both ministers and civil right activists. They both made a huge impact on the civil rights movement for United States. They each wanted to help improve the equal rights for everyone no matter their skin color. They wanted themselves and their families and everyone to live and coexist in peace.

Malcolm Little was born to a Louise and Earl little, who was an active member of the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Due to his father being a activist their family was subjected to tons of harassment from white supremacist groups. Ultimately leading to their house getting burnt down from racist mobs and white firemen not helping. A couple years after that Earl was found dead over streetcar tracks, even though it was ruled an accident his family knew he was murdered. His wife was admitted to a mental institute resulting in their children being put into foster care. Even though a white couple adopted Malcolm and he excelled in school, he dropped out of school and fell into the wrong crowd selling drugs, resulting in his arrest in 1946. With his time in prison he decided to read and educate himself  while also getting visitation from his siblings who joined the Nation of Islam, because they believed in securing their freedom and justice. Upon his release from prison he decided to join the Nation of Islam and changed is name from Malcolm Little to Malcolm X.

Martin Luther King Junior became a minister to follow not only in his fathers footsteps but in his grandfathers footsteps. His family tried to protect him from the racism but ultimately they could not shield him from it. During the Montgomery Bus Boycott Rosa Parks was riding the bus after a long day of work and was demanded to give up her seat on the bus and she refused. Due to her refusal she was arrested for violating the Montgomery City Code. After that happened the head of the NAACP met with Martin Luther King Junior to become the leader of the boycott because of his well educated background and young personality. After becoming the leader he realized that they had no other choice than to protest. He didn't want to see his children grow up in a community that didn't see them as equals. After that and the victory of the Montgomery City Code lifting the segregated transportation Martin Luther and many other activists created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to help conduct non violent protests to get the civil rights act moving.

Between Martin Luther King Junior and Malcolm X they both had very different starts into becoming an activist but one thing they both had in common were fathers who believed in having equal rights.  While MLK went to college and got an education, Malcolm dropped out and went to prison which led him into reading and educating himself. At one point MLK said that Malcolm did the community a disservice because he was willing to anything including violence to get the point across. Which was a different than MLK who wanted peaceful protests. Even thought they both had different views and ways to go about the civil rights they both made an impact with the communities to come together as one.

Tragically when Malcolm was trying to drastically trying to make an impact on the civil rights movement he was assassinated. On February 21, 1965 Malcolm was going to give a speech. He was shot fifteen times and was rushed to hospital where they announced is death at arrival. In 1968, Martin Luther King Junior was growing tired of the marches and continuous death threats. He decided to attend one more march to spark things back up with the civil rights movement. On April 3rd he gave one last speech to spark the movement and on April 4th he was standing on the balcony of the motel he was staying in and was assassinated. Both of these inspirational men had different methods of moving forward to get equal rights but they both shared the same passion for equality. Their efforts they put it and their assassinations actually helped spark something they both could never imagine. Now people look up to them as inspirational leaders and appreciate all of their hard work to get the country we are in now.

Hey everyone, this is Kaylinn and I decided to make my blog about dogs. Ever since I was a little girl I always had a passion for dogs no matter what size they were or what they looked like. I am happy to say that I have pursued that passion by working in the dog industry for 7 years and plan to further my education to have a steady career in this field. Pictured below our my boys, on the left is Lt. Aldo Raine, he is a 3 year old German Shepherd and Pomeranian Mix and on the right is Ruger, he is a 1 year old Miniature Australian Shepherd (who isn't that mini at all). I do not have any kids yet so these two are my babies!