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BEHAVIORAL TRAINING: Private lessons to help with your dog’s manners and with problems; cost by quotation; times by appointment; Wednesdays; Lin’s School for Dogs, 63378 Nels Anderson Road, Suite 7, Bend; Lin Neumann at 541-536-1418 or www.linsschoolfordogs.com.

AKC RING-READY COACHING: Private lessons to get your dog ready to show in AKC obedience trials; cost by quotation; times by appointment; Wednesdays; Lin’s School for Dogs, 63378 Nels Anderson Road, Suite 7, Bend; Lin Neumann at 541-536-1418 or www.linsschoolfordogs.com.

Clicker training: Solve behavior problems; 6 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays; Bend Pet Resort, 60909 S.E. 27th St.; Chris at 541-633-0446 or www.DeschutesRiverDogs.com.

Puppy 101: Puppies ages 8 to 13 weeks may join any week; teaches socialization, confidence-building skills, playtime, handling exercises and more; $85; 6-7 p.m. Thursdays; Dancin’ Woofs, 63027 N.E. Lower Meadow Drive, Suite D, Bend; Mare Shey at 541-312-3766 or www.dancinwoofs.com.

Puppy kindergarten classes: Ongoing training, behavior and socialization classes for puppies 10 to 16 weeks; $80 for four weeks; 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursdays; Pawsitive Experience, 65111 High Ridge Drive, Tumalo; Meredith Gage, 541-318-8459, trainingdogs123@bendbroadband.com or www .pawsitiveexperience.com.

Obedience classes: Six-week drop-in classes; $99.95; 9 and 10 a.m., and 7 and 8 p.m. Mondays, 9 and 10 a.m. Wednesdays, 9 and 10 a.m., and 7 and 8 p.m. Fridays, 1 and 2 p.m. Saturdays; Petco, 3197 N. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; Loel Jensen at 541-382-0510.

OBEDIENCE FOR AGILITY: Agility is a great way to connect with your dog; $95; 4 p.m. Saturdays; Desert Sage Agility, 24035 Dodds Road, Bend; Stephanie Morris at 541-633-6774 or www.desertsageagility.com.

Puppy manners class: Social skills for puppies up to five months; $110 for six-week class, cost includes materials; 6-7 p.m. Wednesdays; preregister; Friends for Life Dog Training, 2121 S.W. Deerhound Ave., Redmond; Dennis Fehling, 541-350-2869 or www.friendsforlifedogtraining.com.

grab bag class: Basic manners, agility, Tellington TTouch, exerball and more; $15 per session; 6-7 p.m. Fridays; ; Friends for Life Dog Training, 2121 S.W. Deerhound Ave., Redmond; Dennis Fehling, 541-350-2869 or www .friendsforlifedogtraining.com.

PRivate training: A positive approach to behavior problems large and small; cost by quotation; times by appointment; Friends for Life Dog Training, 2121 S.W. Deerhound Ave., Redmond; Dennis Fehling, 541-350-2869 or www .friendsforlifedogtraining.com.

West Bend 68303 2-3/4-Quart Iced-Tea Maker - #1: We Sell For Less.

This review is from: West Bend 68303 2-3/4-Quart Iced-Tea Maker (Kitchen)

I purchased this brewer from Target although you can also get it from Hammacher Schlemmer. After I brewed the first pitcher of tea, I set it on the counter and the entire bottom fell out of the pitcher. There was hot, wet sugar everywhere: on the counters, inside the drawers and the cabinets, and on all their contents. I learned that as often as you try to clean up wet sugar, you will always have sugar left. I called the company and asked if this happened frequently. The rep said that it did not happen often, but that it did happen. I asked if it would happen again, and she assured me that it would not happen with the pitcher she was sending. And the new one has been fine. I think that if I were buying one of these machines that I would ask for the unbreakable pitcher to be sent before I tried it. However, there are many other problems too. When sugar is put in the basket, the company recommends that you wet the basket so that the sugar won’t fall into the pitcher prematurely. That is not the problem. The problem is that the sugar does not completely dissolve while the tea is brewing through it. So you end up with a glob of wet sugar still in the basket. The baskets are badly made so that tea and sugar collect in the bottom between two pieces plastic in each basket. So when you try to remove the baskets after brewing, tea and sugar pour from under the baskets. My solution to this is to always have a paper towel under the pitcher. Not pretty. Also during this process, tea and especially sugar splash on to the sides of the tea maker. There is a brew strength dial, but I don’t think that this makes any difference. I wanted this set because I think that it looks better than the others available and the pitcher is glass. But the problems far outweigh the attractive looks and anyway that is greatly diminished by the paper towels and the splashes all down the sides. My advice is to stick with the Mr Coffee 2 quart unit which I have used for years with no problems at all. The bright aqua-ness of it seems so minor in hindsight. Update… The new “unbreakable’ pitcher has just cracked. This is the second one. Do NOT buy this pitcher!!

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