#aboutclover

Other Info: Likes to live life 1x speed slower than the rest of folks, being very lackadaisical and unconcerned with most things. Takes things as they come versus planning, aside from yearly hibernation which it tries to put off and wake up from with as little time spent as possible. Nicknames: nə̀sahtem (my blueberry) [ness-ah-tem]+ mahkʷαnískʷ (honey bear) [Mah-kwah-niskh]

Clover is a 2 year old, 27lb Tibetan Terrier. I got him from a breeder I know and trust when he was one and a half because she was planning on keeping him as a stud dog but decided not to because his dad is still young (4) and looks and acts just like him. She could also tell that he wanted more attention than she could give him. When I picked him after meeting about 30 rescue dogs through various organizations, it was because he was quiet, calm, reasonably friendly to people, and good with my mom’s dog. Getting my parents onboard was rough, because I knew that if I couldn’t keep him, they would have to. They were happy choosing Clover for the same reasons, and also liked that they “knew what they were getting” because we had had 2 tibetan terriers before. My initial plan was to get an ESA and train it for service work if I thought it could handle it, and I decided a couple months after getting Clover that he almost definitely could. I have trained him for medical alert and response. Public access training is a process, but overall it’s been going pretty well for us. He gets better every day and is enjoying his training a lot. I’ll try to give updates on him every now and then but I’m mostly using this blog to network with other SD/SDiT teams, especially medical alert or unusual/smaller breeds