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DEAR PAW’S CORNER: We have two dogs: a German shepherd, Brutus, whom we’ve had since he was a puppy, and a Belgian shepherd, Sheeba, whom we adopted from a shelter. Both dogs have their own set of dishes for water and food. The problem is that Sheeba guards both food dishes and won’t let Brutus eat. We have to call Brutus over, and even then, it looks like he is sneaking to eat his own food.We know Sheeba came from a breeder who had many dogs, which is why she probably had to hoard her own food. I think that habit was brought over, but I don’t know how to break it. Any advice? — Irena H.DEAR IRENA: Your hunch about Sheeba may be right. In an environment where she had to compete with many dogs, she intimidated other dogs in order to get her share. She’s clearly taken the dominant role over Brutus in the household.It also sounds like she does obey your commands to come away from the food. This is a good thing, because you can work with Sheeba to train her that guarding the food is not a desirable action.Many experts recommend that you start this

training by feeding Sheeba separately from Brutus — either at a different time, or in a different place. Keep the training positive — the goal is to help her relax and see the feeding area as a safe place. The first few times, place her empty food dish in front of her. After she’s investigated it, approach the dish (from Sheeba’s side, not directly at her) with a scoop of food. Speak soothingly and encouragingly the entire time. Whenever Sheeba demonstrates a desirable action — staying relaxed, not getting tense or guarding food from you — place a small treat in the food dish.When she is completely comfortable eating with humans nearby, gradually bring Brutus back into the mix, with the same scenario: positive reinforcement only, treats only when she stays relaxed. This may take awhile, so be patient and careful, especially when reintroducing your second dog.

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DOWNHILL! (continued):front of the other and the heel is raised on the rear ski, with a bent knee position. There was resurgence in popularity of Telemark skiing in the 1960s when more people recognized the exercise benefits of the sport. s Telemarking is an old snow sport but have you ever seen a “Snurfer?” It was the predecessor to the snowboard. Sherman Poppen of Muskegon, Michigan came up with the fun invention for his daughters in 1965. He received a Tranny Award in 1995 for lifetime achievement in the snowboarding industry. s In the late 1970s and early 80s, Jake Burton Carpenter and Dimitrije Milovich are credited with catapulting snowboarding to the extremely popular sport that it is today. Fewer than 10% of U.S. ski resorts allowed snowboarding in 1983. By 1997, few resorts excluded it. Now accepted worldwide, it is the fastest growing winter sport in the U.S. and Canada.s You may know that the world’s first chairlift for downhill skiing was operated in Sun Valley, Idaho, but did you know that it was invented by a railroad company? This railroad company invention happened in Omaha, Nebraska, not in the mountains of the U.S., Canada or Europe. s Now, why would a railroad company invent a ski lift? Union Pacific Railroad Chairman W. A. Harriman was a visionary capitalist. During the 1930s he saw a growing interest in winter sports and wanted a ski area that the UP railroad could serve. s Harriman hired Count Felix Schaffgotsch, an Austrian skier, to find the ideal location for skiing. The Count found an area 100 miles northeast of Boise, Idaho in the winter of 1935 that he said “combines more delightful features than any place I have seen in the United States, Switzerland or Austria, for a winter sports resort.” This area became Sun Valley.s The testing of the ski lift in Omaha involved attaching the lift to the side of a truck with engineers wearing roller skates! They determined that a

comfortable speed to pick up and drop off skiers was four to five miles per hour (6.44-8.05 km/hr).s Harriman was not only responsible for developing the alpine skiing destination at Sun Valley, but also a premium Nordic skiing area in eastern Idaho known as Harriman State Park. The park is a former railroad ranch that has great trails for cross country skiing in winter and biking, hiking and horseback riding in warmer months. s Today, detachable chairlifts are made that go faster while in the air but slow down when skiers are getting either on or off the lift. Wouldn’t those roller skating engineers be amazed! Chairlifts exist now that can carry six people in one chair. Also, gondolas and trams have come on the scene, basically rooms suspended from cables hoisting skiers to mountain summits. The goal, of course, is to get people to the tops of mountains faster so they can slide down and do it again!s A lot of early ski enthusiasts in the U.S. and Canada had Norwegian roots. “Snowshoe” Thompson was a mailman in the high Sierra Mountains of California and Nevada who delivered the mail from 1856-1876. He didn’t wear snowshoes; rather he wore self-made cross country skis that were nearly ten feet (3 m) long.

It makes a lot of sense and saves lots of cents to wear warm clothes, such as sweatshirts, sweatpants, socks and slippers inside your home in the winter. The thermostat can be set lower if you are dressed warmly. Also, at night, turn the heat down even more and pile on the quilts and blankets when you sleep. This is a great time to be drinking lots of hot tea and experimenting with soup receipes too!

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Quite the hero in skiing history, he delivered the mail without compensation!s Now, another man credited with bringing the sport of skiing to North America is Herman “Jackrabbit” Smith-Johannsen. He started skiing in Norway at age two. After obtaining an engineering degree he became a heavy machinery salesman in Cleveland, Ohio in 1899. He made sales calls in Canada and was thrilled to find lots of snow like his native Norway! He moved his family to the Laurentian Mountain area of Quebec. He is credited with developing cross country ski trails in Canada and is the namesake for the “Jackrabbit” League, Canada’s national youth cross-country ski program.s Jackrabbit became wealthy from his sales ability but lost it all during the “Great Depression.” He said, “It was a fine experience to make a lot of money,” but “then I lost it all and that was a fine experience, too!” He started hunting and fishing for food for his family and had more time to enjoy the abilities he had learned as a child in Norway. He skied until he was 106 years old! He was inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and returned to his native Norway before passing away at age 111.

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in the Sprint (then Nextel) Cup point standings. Sadler hasn’t made the Chase since, spiraling to 13th in 2005, 22nd in ‘06, 25th in ‘07, 24th in ‘08 and 26th last year.This year Sadler, 34, returns to Ford, and though it’s part of an apparent merger with Richard Petty Motorsports, he also will return to Yates Racing. Two of his three career victories were with Yates, and all three were in Fords.“We’re building new cars, trying to get everything as prepared as we can, so when we leave to go down for the 500, we have our Vegas and Atlanta and California (next three races) cars and all the stuff done,” said Sadler. “It’s been great so far. I’m very much looking forward to getting back in a Ford.“I feel like I had a lot of success when I drove for Mr. Yates early in his engine program. I have a lot of respect for Doug Yates, what they’re doing. It’ll be neat to get back in a Ford again.…I’m

very happy about the things that we’ve learned from the Ford camp and kind of put in the things that we were already doing. We’re already a little bit more optimistic, it seems like, week by week, before we get to Daytona.”While appearing in Nashville, Tenn., at the Sprint Sound and Speed festival, Sadler paid tribute to the winner of the past four Sprint Cup

championships, Jimmie Johnson.“I have a lot of respect for him and his race team,” said Sadler, “but I don’t see them just laying down and giving up the crown to anyone. You’re going to have to go outrun them and do that week in and week out.“I’ve heard Mark Martin say many times, even being their teammate, he didn’t realize how good Jimmie and Chad (Knaus, the crew chief) were until he got on that side of the shop and got to see what they do week in and week out. “I mean, I don’t know about handicapping the sport. I’m not into that. But I’m saying right now, I would think, my opinion, he’s going to be the car you have to beat when it comes down to Homestead (final race) again.”

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A Only one major-league player in the 1940s had 100 or more extra-base hits in a season. Name him.

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C How many national championships did head coach Barry Switzer win at Oklahoma?

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The $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers has been extended, but only until the end of April. To take advantage of the credit, you must have a house under contract by that time and close within 60 days. Additionally, another category of homebuyer has been added: Those who have owned (and lived in) their current homes for at least five years may qualify for a $6,500 credit if they buy another home.

If you’re ready to buy now, step one is to get yourself pre-approved. Don’t mistake “pre-qualified” for “pre-approved,” because they’re not the same thing. Pre-qualifications are preliminary, informal “running the numbers,” and often can be done by phone. The lender at the other end will ask about your income and expenses and determine if you have the right debt-to-income ratio, and might do a fast credit check to see what your FICO score is.

Pre-approval involves all of the above, with many extra steps, mostly involving showing paperwork to the lender. It’ll need to verify all your information. At the end of that process, if you’re qualified, you’ll be told that you’re pre-approved. This is the point where you ask for that pre-approval in writing. You’ll know your price range and won’t waste time on homes you can’t afford. That pre-approval also will help you when you submit an offer: The seller will know you’re serious. Additionally, you’ll likely be able to close faster as much of the paperwork will have been completed.

Some caveats about buying a home in the winter: If there’s snow on the ground and the roof, it can hide a number of problems. Solution: Check Google maps satellite photos of the house. Those photos are generally taken in the fall when there’s no snow on the ground and fewer leaves on the trees to block visibility. Google maps also will show you a street view in many locations. If the house doesn’t look the same as it does now, or if you see a blue tarp on the roof, ask questions. You also can check the yards of your potential neighbors and businesses around you. Unless you know the area very well, you could discover creeks, dumps and junkyards you didn’t know were there.

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BIBLE TRIVIAby Wilson Casey

1. Is the book of Exodus in the Old or New Testament or neither?

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3. How old was Joseph when he died? 100, 110, 125, 155

4. What was Hosea’s wife’s name? Sarai, Elizabeth, Gomer, Martha

5. Who was Saul’s father? Abijah, Kesh, Joshua, Ahab

6. What’s the 8th book of the Bible (KJV)? Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I Samuel

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DEAR DR. DONOHuE: My 50-year-old daughter has been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. She is in a great deal of pain, and medications have provided no relief. She has been told there is no cure. Exactly what is fibromyalgia? What causes it? — E.F.ANSWER: Fibromyalgia is a baffling illness whose two principal symptoms are pain and fatigue. The pain is body-wide, on both sides and above and below the waist. For diagnosis, the pain has to have been present for three or more months. The fatigue of this condition is overwhelming, so much so that the simplest of daily tasks becomes a formidable challenge. Patients also suffer from sleep that does not refresh, and they often find it difficult to concentrate.Its cause remains a great unknown.Specific tests for fibromyalgia don’t exist. However, tender points — areas on the body where finger pressure elicits pain out of proportion to the pressure applied — aid in making a diagnosis. There are 18 such points, and for a diagnosis, 11 should be present. Other illnesses — such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, Sjogren’s syndrome and hepatitis, which have similar symptoms — have to be excluded, so testing for those conditions becomes part of the fibromyalgia workup.

Your daughter is right. No cure has been found, but sometimes symptoms improve on their own. Exercise is important. It sounds ridiculous to ask a person who is hurting and exhausted to exercise. At the start, exercise intensity can be modest, just walking. The goal is to extend exercise to 20 or 30 minutes of daily exercise and to pick up the tempo gradually. The Food and Drug Administration has approved three medicines to ease fibromyalgia symptoms. They are Lyrica, Cymbalta and the newest, Savella.The booklet on fibromyalgia provides more information on this baffling illness and its treatments. Readers can obtain a copy by writing: Dr. Donohue — No. 305W, Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Canada with the recipient’s printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.

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