The Bavarian July Toe and Teeth Challenge - with prize drawing!
- Thread starter Emily_Babbelhund
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Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
Maybe scoofing is the description of eating a sandwich very fast with one hand, badly typing an email with the other, and shuffling around on your chair because you really need a loo break!
I was very enthusiastic about the sandwich as it was quite lovely!@Natalie I thought scoofing was some cool English word. Seems a good way to describe "eating with the enthusiasm of a Labrador".
- Location
- Malvern Worcestershire
I thought the right word was 'scoffing' - scoofing sounds more like a dog dragging his/her bottom on the carpet
Jacqui-S
Moderator
- Location
- Fife, Scotland
- Location
- Wellington, NZ
Sorry team, you definitely can't count me *slinks away*
Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
All right, I think that was enough time after the end of the month for our mighty group to speak up. I'll stick the contenders names in a hat tonight (well, more likely a salad spinner 
) and then we shall have our winner of fabulous prizes!
Then I just have to figure out the fabulous prizes...
) and then we shall have our winner of fabulous prizes!Then I just have to figure out the fabulous prizes...
Jacqui-S
Moderator
- Location
- Fife, Scotland
I only did it for about a week so would be highly embarrassed should my name be chosen.
- Location
- Andorra and Spain
I thought we had already decided on that one?Then I just have to figure out the fabulous prizes...
An update on our personal August challenge (unless maybe I should start a Devonian August Teeth & Nail Challenge, with some sort of turnip-based prize?): Kipper’s nail length on front paws was really starting to stress me, so having ordered the Millers Forge clippers (so sharp! So light!) I thought we’d try them out. We did it outside -different environment from our usual practice, different equipment in clippers rather than dremel, different treats in my pocket rather than in a pot - and I tried one toe, then another, then another... Kipper let me do all front toes nails, he was brilliant. I broke my rules in that I did all 10 relatively quickly and he behaved beautifully, although with his left foot was more reluctant and it definitely wasn’t full consent - more ‘hmm, if you have to...ooh, duck strip!’. But weighing pros (getting nails clipped, managing my stress, being able to focus purely on the exercise for another few weeks) and cons (damage relationship, reduce trust, more stress for Kipper however temporary) I’m satisfied it was the right way to go.
We’ve had a few training sessions since in our usual set up, and it’s going well - now able to gently tap front paw nails with the dremel, and hold the running dremel on the back paw nails. Kipper is very clear, and seems comfortable but I’m taking it really slowly still.
We’ve had a few training sessions since in our usual set up, and it’s going well - now able to gently tap front paw nails with the dremel, and hold the running dremel on the back paw nails. Kipper is very clear, and seems comfortable but I’m taking it really slowly still.
Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
Yes!
Emily_Babbelhund
Mama Red HOT Pepper
- Location
- Regensburg, Germany
Based on feedback from our small but mighty group and my position as the Queen of the Bavarian Toe and Tooth challenge, I hereby declare...
@HAH is the winner of the fabulous Bavarian prize!!!!!
And @snowbunny wins a Bavarian-themed photo: I'm sure Carbon and I can figure some sort of embarrassing photo for you.
So @HAH , PM me your mailing address and I'll get shopping.
@HAH is the winner of the fabulous Bavarian prize!!!!!
And @snowbunny wins a Bavarian-themed photo: I'm sure Carbon and I can figure some sort of embarrassing photo for you.
So @HAH , PM me your mailing address and I'll get shopping.
Oh my, I’m thrilled and thank YOU Emily for such a brilliant motivational challenge! Kipper says thanks particularly, as he’s now starting to realise I can be trained slowly in short bursts - it’s opened up a world of potential he tells me.Based on feedback from our small but mighty group and my position as the Queen of the Bavarian Toe and Tooth challenge, I hereby declare...
@HAH is the winner of the fabulous Bavarian prize!!!!!
And @snowbunny wins a Bavarian-themed photo: I'm sure Carbon and I can figure some sort of embarrassing photo for you.
So @HAH , PM me your mailing address and I'll get shopping.
P.s. I’d be thrilled with a Bavarian themed photo as the prize (leiderhosen optional)
- Location
- Andorra and Spain
- Location
- Andorra and Spain
Slowly but surely is the best way to go about it! It will stand you in good stead later on