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		<title>Bath Time at Mom and Pups!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the water running, it was time to beg (to no avail) that I would change my mind about bath time. A little sad face Mom and Pups&#8217; Do It Yourself Dog Wash has steps that lead into the tub. Because everything is built up high, bath time is easy on the back. No leaning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cocoasmiles.com/training/2009/02/15/bath-time-at-mom-and-pups/</link>
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		<title>Go to Place</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been a while since I posted on Training up Cocoa. So, I thought I would write something that is really very useful. I have a number of these little blankets around the house. They are Cocoa’s “place,” and when the temptation hits her to get out of control, I tell her to go [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cocoasmiles.com/training/2009/02/14/go-to-place/</link>
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		<title>Watch!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit that I love Cocoa&#8217;s eyes. There are times when they are so soulful. I can tell her to &#8220;watch me,&#8221; and she does! &#8220;Watch&#8221; is the first command she learned at DS101. She knows when I say this, something is about to happen!! &#8220;Watch&#8221; comes before the words sit or stay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cocoasmiles.com/training/2009/02/01/watch/</link>
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		<title>Come Cocoa!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I tried to run Cocoa&#8217;s paws off at one of the battlefields at Kennesaw Mountain. I would run and hide behind a slope in the field, and the call Cocoa to &#8220;Come!&#8221; She would instantly try to find me. The trick was to let her hear me say, &#8220;Come!&#8221; This is something she learned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cocoasmiles.com/training/2009/02/01/come-cocoa/</link>
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		<title>Cocoa Paws</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a favorite photograph because it shows the white touches on her paws. (One of the things I fell in love with the first time I saw her.) I almost cried when she went to the groomer for the first time because she came back looking so grown up. Most of the white on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cocoasmiles.com/training/2008/11/19/cocoa-paws/</link>
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		<title>Adventuring to Kennesaw Mountain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sunday afternoon we headed out to the battlefields at Kennesaw Mountain. Cocoa has not been to the area in months and it is a really neat place to take dogs. Keep them on a six foot lead because park officials are keen about this. In the summer, the Park Service allows the grass to grow [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cocoasmiles.com/training/2008/09/24/adventuring-to-kennesaw-mountain/</link>
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		<title>Lipstick, Pitbulls, and Puppy Dog tales!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cocoa Joy is very independent thinking but she does agree with the newest VP candidate: Pitbulls do look better in lipstick! And she should know. This past Friday she had the opportunity to get to know two &#8220;Pits&#8221; at Dog School 101. From Cocoa&#8217;s perspective, the greatest issue is: &#8220;What color to wear?&#8221; She looks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cocoasmiles.com/training/2008/09/14/lipstick-and-puppy-dogs/</link>
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		<title>If you fill it up, they will swim, right?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The theory is: if you fill it they will come! But this is not the case with Cocoa. While we were going through our basic training classes at Dog School 101, Sandy and Xalina talked about the benefits of letting your dog play in a child&#8217;s swimming pool. Sandy says, &#8220;Just fill it up and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cocoasmiles.com/training/2008/09/08/if-you-fill-it-up-they-will-swim-right/</link>
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		<title>A Promise to Wait</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cocoa is not really turning gray. Her trainer (Dog School 101) has told me that after dogs turn two, it is normal for their coats to change color. When she was born she had a white muzzle then it went away. Now she is three, the white muzzel is returning. She had to stay at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cocoasmiles.com/training/2008/09/02/a-promise-to-wait/</link>
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		<title>Not A Beach Bunny!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Poor Cocoa! Last year, I had the &#8220;bright&#8221; idea to take her with me to the beach. It wasn&#8217;t the right kind of fun.  Instead of collecting rocks and sticks, she drove herself nuts collecting sea shells—no kidding. I was shocked when I noticed that she was piling shells on the end of my beach [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cocoasmiles.com/training/2008/08/29/not-a-beach-bunny/</link>
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