Welcome, or welcome back to my web site!
I am Betsy, a nine year old buff cocker spaniel
who used to live with my Mom and Dad in Connecticut and New York City.
I am now waiting at the Rainbow Bridge, and although I miss my Mom and Dad so
much, everyone is happy and healthy up here, and we are all waiting
at the Bridge for our people to meet us.
I attended Puppy Kindergarten and Basic Obedience
101 and 202 and passed with flying colors. (Mom framed by diplomas
and they are hanging in my room.)
I received my Canine Good Citizen
Award!! Click
here and find out all
about it.
I started tracking lessons up in New Paltz, New
York (click
here to find out all about that), and I even learned how to
swim (click here
to find out all about that! )
I had worked at Northern Westchester Hospital as a Therapy
Dog. I always loved giving sloppy cocker kisses, especially to
those who needed them. I also loved putting on my little
"show" of tricks for the patients. Mom's command for me to lie
down is to lift her arm straight out and forward.
A week after we had done this with a
stroke victim watching, he asked if he could give me the down
command, since he had been working all week so he could lift his
arm. Well, he lifted his arm, I laid down, and we all cried!!
I was so happy to have given him the incentive to work hard on this
therapy.
My latest venture
had been into agility training. Except for that noisy teeter, I had
loved every minute.
My trainer for tracking was
Sarah Wilson,
and my trainer for water sports was
Deborah
Lee Miller-Riley.
Mom and I also learned a lot about good
manners from Toni Kay
Wolf.
I went everywhere with Mom, including on jobs, for
haircuts and manicures, both hers and mine, to the bank, Starbucks and the
drug store, and to lots of pet supply stores where she always bought me
toys and goodies!
I even flew on Mom and Dad's small
airplane. It was great to have my own seatbelt and seat!
My favorite was
Seat 3B.
Sometimes I even helped my Dad do the
pre-flight. In case he forgot to remove the chocks, I would bark and
let him know.
I was on television, Channel 12 Pet Talk,
with Lauren Collier, several times, talking about my web site and how to create a
pet web site, talking about cocker spaniel rescue and modeling doggie clothing for
Village Critter
Outfitter. We had a wonderful time!
I did a photo-shoot with Deborah Lee,
and one of the shots was so sensational that the Danbury Mint used
it for their Cocker Spaniel Plate several years ago.
I was also on Good Morning America Live
on a segment on winterizing your dog, since I was the only doggie
they could find who would actually walk in boots! Much better
than burning my little feet on the ice and salt on the NYC sidewalks!
I hope my Mom finds those pictures--the doorman rang up the
apartment at 4:30 am and said "Good Morning America Limo here for
Ms. Betsy." It was one of those once in a life time things,
even for me!
I did a
photo-shoot for Halloween for
Village Critter
Outfitter with the Stamford
Advocate. Little did I know that I would appear on the front page of
not only the Stamford Advocate, but also the Greenwich Time.
Then when the wire services picked it up
and I was in the Los Angeles Times and countless other papers throughout
the country, I was really surprised. Thanks, everyone, for your
e-mails and calls regarding my front page national model
status.
I also appeared in Parade
Magazine, in an article about helping your pet shed pounds.
Aunt Sarah and Uncle Brian wrote the article, we had a great
time at the photo shoot, and I got so many phone calls and e-mails
from friends of my Mom and Dad throughout the country. Here is
the link:
Helping Your Pet Shed Pounds.
Jetta and I had also been doing some modeling of
holiday sweaters and games and we thought we looked sensational
here!
Aunt Lauren invited me and Jetta to appear on
her television show as wedding guests in a special about including your
pets in your wedding. We were very well behaved.
For some reason, everyone loved me. It must
have been my little tail that just kept wagging because I was so happy!
I hope you enjoy my site, and my Mom would like to hear
from you. You can reach her at
betsy@betsysplace.net
Thanks for stopping by---and thank you for all the
e-mails and pictures--
BETSY'S
PLACE
