December 31, 2012

a quick don't do this lesson i just had with maggie...

she is a terrible bully in th egro so as i was ANSWERING EMAILS, I HAD HER OUT WITH ME... AND HAD THE SPOON/CAN FEED -- SHE WAS THRILLED..- THEN SHE GOT ON THE SOFA AND STARTED TO CLIMB ON MY DESK.. I SAD NO 3 TIMES-- THEN THE 4TH I SAKD NO AND GAVE HER NOSE A VERY LITTLE SNAP-- SHE BACKED AWAY AND IS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED.

15 MINUTES LATER SHE IS JUST BEGINNING TO COME WHEN CALLED FOR SPOON FEEDING.

MY LESSON... I SHOULD HAVE HAD HER IN A SMALLER- CONFINED AREA SO WE COULD GO OVER THE COME VS NO LESSON

YOU CAN NOT TEACH A DOG TO COME IN A 10 ACRE FIELD FULL OF RABBITS AND DEER.-- YOU START THE COME LESSON OFF LEASH IN A LIVING ROOM WHERE TH E DOG HAS THE CHOICE OF COMING TO YOU -- GOOD DOGGIE GOOD DOGIE ---- OR HAVING NO NO NO YELLED AT HIM WHEN HE TURNS AWAY-- THE MINUTE HE TURNS TOWARD YOU ... GOOD DOGGIE.... ETC. AWAY GETS A NO NO NO

OFF LEASH-- THEIR CHOICE.

JUST BECAUSE SHE IS A DREADFUL BULLY DOES NOT MEAN SHE IS INSENSATIVE-SHE JUST NEEDS TO LEARN A FEW LIMITATIONS.-- SHE IS CERTAINLY THINKING ABOUT HER ACTIONS NOW.. THIS IS A GOOD THING.

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LARGE CELEBRATON DOGS WILL ENJOY THEIR MEALS IN WARMTH OF THEIR "LIVING ROOMS"

THE CHICKEN SH#TBOARD ID SOLD OUT.. THANK YOU -- ONE AND ALL.

IT SEEMS MAYBE I SHOULD TELL YOU ABOUT THE FOOD AND HEAT IN MORE DETAIL JUST SO YOU KNOW....

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THE FOOD... THANKS TO A VERY BUSY LOCAL ROAST BEEF SANDWICH STORE. JIM DELIVERS ?200 ? POUNDS OF THE STUFF THAT DOES NOT GO THRU THIER SLICER IN NEAT TIDY SLICES---- CHUNKS--- LIKE 4" CHUNKS-- WHICH HE HAS FROZEN IN BOXES AND DELIVERS TO OUR BARN LEAVING THEM IN 4 HUGE COOLERS. FROZEN

WE THEN SEMI THAW THEM TO BE CUT INTO DOG SIZE LUMPS---( OR SLICES THANKS TO A CAMERA PERSON IN ?? MONTANA?? WHO SENT US A SLICING MACHINE THEY WE NO LONGER USING) THE BOXES OF DOG SIZE ARE THEN PUT IN FREEZERS- TO BE THAWED AND USED-- ABOUT 25 POUNDS A DAY

SINCE WE CUT THIS IN FRONT OF THE FIREPLACE--- ANY SIZABLE CHUNKS OF FAT ARE TOSSED IN THE FIREPLACE TO ?HEAT THE HOUSE-- (AND MAKE TH E NEIGHBORHOOD SMELL LIKE ROAST BEEF/ )

EACH DOG GETS NEARLY A POUND OF GOOD BEEF PER DAY- PLUS JUST TO GET THE NORMAL DOG FOOD STUFF, WE GIVE THEM A KIBBLE- THE LOW END FROM A RELATIVELY GOOD COMPANY. TO THAT WE ADD 3 TUMS-- AS RECOMMENDED BY 3 VETS... JUST TO GET THE CALCIUM THAT TH E PURE BEEF DOES NOT HAVE ( APPARENTLY)

TO THAT THEY GET RANDOM SNACKS OF A NATURAL DOG FOOD THAT WE USE FOR TREATS AND IN THE YUPPY PUPPY AND STICK CHEESE THAT WE BITE OFF IN 1/2 " LUMPS FOR TREATS.

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NOW FOR THE HEAT---- AND THE 750 GALLON OIL TANK

THESE 93% EFFECTIVE FURNACES TAKE KEROSENE-- WHICH STARTED OUT COSTING $1.15 A GALLON--- NOW IT IS OVER $3.50

HENCE YOUR HELP IS CRITICAL....

THE HEATER WE HAVE IN 5 AREAS IS THE HEATER YOU SEE IN THE HOUSE NEXT TO TH EPUPS... A VERY EFFECTIVE OIL FURNACE THAT BLOWS HOT AIR..

THE ONE IN THE FEED ROOM RUNS CONSTANTLY WITHTHE AIR BEING DRAWN INTO A DUCT THAT RUNS ALONG THE BACK OF THE SLEEPING AREA IN 8 KNNELS-- WE HAVE A PULL START GENERATOR THERE... I DON'T DO PULLLLLLL SOMEONE ELSE HAS TO

THOSE SLEEPING AREAS ARE RAISED 40" OFF THE FLOOR AND IN THE WINTER WE DO PUT A BLANKET ACROSS MOST OF THE FRONT-- THE SLEEPING AREA IS ABOUT 6 0 DEGREES-- AND THE FLOOR CAN GET DOWN TO 35

THAT IS WHY I ONLY PUT ONE DOG IN A "STALL" AT A TIME-- IF ONE WAS DOMINANT IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO KEEP A SECOND DOG ON THE FLOOR AND NOT LET THEM UP INTO TH E HEATED AREA..

9 AND 10-- THE CHAOS PUP AREA ----GETS THE RESIDEUAL FROM THE OIL FURNACE-- WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH--- SO WE ADDED A SIZABLE ELECTRIC HEATER.-- THAT ROOM SAYS PRETTY UNIFORMLY 60 DEGREES. AND HAS A VARIETY OF SLEEPING AREAS SO THE ONLY DOMINANT PROBLEM WOULD BE THE HIGH SIDE OF 9- BUT THERE ARE BEDS UNDER THAT AND THAT HEAT IS BETTER DISTRIBUTED THAN THE ORIGIONAL 8

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THE LAUNDRY HAS THE SAME KEROSCENE FURNACE PLUS A BACK UP WOOD STOVE-- TRAINING ROOM UPSTAIRS JAD A VEYR NICE YOTUL WOOD STOVE.

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GUEST HOUSE KERO FURNACE AND WOOD STOVE

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NUT HOUSE ELECTRIC HEATER AND WOOD/COAL STOVE

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DEAGLE HOUSE ELECT HEATER AND COAL STOVE YET TO PUT ON THE CHIMNEY

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HOUSE 2 KERO HEATERS, STONE FIREPLACE AND A GLEENWOOD COOKING STOVE WOOD +ELECT START GENERATOR TO RUN THE HEAT AND ONE LIGHTBULB...

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SINCE THE KERO FURNACES NEED A LITTLE ELECTRICITY YOU CAN SEE MY DILEMNA WHEN WE LOOSE POWER.. EVRY CAR/VAN HAS AN INVERTER WHICH MIGHT HELP IF THE SNOW ISN'T TOO DEEP ETC... TO GET THEM IN PLACE...

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COLLEEN HAS ALL OF THEM RUNNING AROUND MY FEET..

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? TODAY? EARLENE IS OVERNIGHT AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN SHE WILL GET HERE-- PROBABLY WITH PAUL

WE HAD SOME KIND OG GOOD FOOD LEFT OVER FROM YESTRDAY SO I DON'T EXPECT TO STARVE....

I EXPECT VOLUNTERS AND VISITORS TO COME AND GO AT RANDOM

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WE GOT GINGER ON THE PLANE YESTRDAY WITH HER BROKEN LEG IN A SPLINT --- OR AT LEAST [PAUL GOT HER IN THE AIRLINES WHEELCHAIR-- I DON'T KNOW WHT HAPPENED NEXT-- I

December 30, 2012

between plowing... and camera fixing ( 3am) and  things like that... eating sweet rolls which tess bought has taken th eplace of daily doggie

 

stewing per usual-- driveway open street to barn..

 

now for the rolls..  and coffee

 

December 29, 2012

WE ARE TRYING FOR THE ROUTINE OF GETTING THE CHAOS PUPS TO THE INDOOR CAMERA AND PUPPY HILL ONCE A DAY-- IN THE VAN IF IT IS TOO BAD

 

 

SNOW= PACKED SNOW= ICEY BASE= TROUBLE FOR MARY... WATCH HER PICK  HER WAY---WE NEED TO FIND HER "EASY=BOOTS"    WE HAVE 2   GOOGLE THOSE...

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MARY IS WITHOUT SHOES-- SHE HAS HAD SOME PROBLEM WITH FOOT ABCESS-- AND  WE DID PUT SHOES ON HER TO HELP..

 

BUT

 THAT TURNED INTO  THE BLACKSMITH AUTOMATICALLY COMING  AND REPLACING THE SHOES EVERY 6 WEEKS  AT $150  --- EVERY 6 WEEKS--$25/WEEK FOR MARY SHOES-

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**** I REMEMBER------ WHEN I WAS A KID-- BLACKSMITHS RESET SHOES 3 OR 4 TIMES  AND THE SHOE WOULD LAST FOR 6 MONTHS-- SOMETIMES YEARS IF YOU HAD BORIUM TIPS PUT ON THEM-

 

THEN JANINE BEGAN TO TRAILRIDE-- 20 MILES A DAY-- AND THE BLACKSMITHS CONVINCED ME THAT THE CHINESE GOT ALL TH E GOOD IRON AND THE NAIL HOLES WOULD NOT HOLD UP AN N SHE WOULD LOOSE THE SHOE ANYWAY SO YOU MAY AS WELL BUY NEW   EVERY 8 WEEKS

AND I DID THAT 

 

- THEN WE GET TO MARY-- EVERY 6 WEEKS

 

AND SHE- AND CROSBY  WERE LOOSING SHOES AT 3 WEEKS-  NAILCLINCHING WAS NOT HOLDING WELL-- THAT IS WHERE THEY BEND THE CUT NAIL OVER CLAMPING THE SHOE ON TH E HOOF... BEND IT 1/2 WAY AND THE SHOE FALLS OFF AND YOU GET PAID AGAIN TO COME AN DO THE BLACKSMITH THING.

 

MADISON AVENUE  BUSINESS PRACTICES  STRIKES AGAIN

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FYI--- WE USED TO HAVE DRAFT HORSES ( 2000 POUND BUDWEISER SORT OF HORSE) AND THOSE WERE $250 every 8 weeks PER HORSE... AND WE HAD 4 OF THEM FOR A VERY SHORT PERIOD--FEEDING THEM WAS NO PROBLEM-- IT WAS THE SHOE BILL..

 

ONE OTHER FYI... THERE IS ONE FAMILY OF BLACKSMITHS THAT SHOE THE BUDWEISERS NATION WIDE...-- AND  OTHER DRAFT HORSES  IN NEW ENGLAND-- THE KRIZ FAMILY-- NOTEABLY  ALL THE MEN ARE ABOUT 5'4" TALL--3 GENERATIONS I KNOW OF... REASON BEING   YOU WILL NOT FIND A TALL, OLD, BLACKSMITH-- IT IS TOO HARD ON TALL BACKS-- BUT THOSE KRIZ'S  GO ON AND ON.

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SPEAKING OF FOOT COVERING DEVICES...

I CERTAINLY HAVE COME A LONG WAY IN LIFE TO NOW HAVE SOX  LABELED RIGHT AND LEFT...  NOT SO LONG AGO I DID WELL TO  WEAR 2 SNEAKERS THAT WERE AT LEST SIMILAR.

I AM HAPPY TO REPORT I HAVE GOT MY SOX ON THE PROPER FOOT--

December 28, 2012

-i can see---- maybeeee--- getting measured for a wedding dress... but socks?????  which started me asking questions--- first answer was-"don't worry about it medicare covers it"

medicare would be billed $260 for the fitting and then $1500 for these special   socks.

 

 it would be against my core belief to let that charade to be connected to me-- furthermore-- maybe a lot of retired  folk have time to get measured for socks-- i don't.

 

luckily  theresa found some nearly perfect soccer socks for $8 a pair--- and then earlene found some socks for professional players  -- heavy duty-- that come with directions ---and marked  right-- left for $19.

 

i have never seen a soccer player running around with saggy socks--  these do cling to  stay up-- no problem..

 

... and i realize that if medicare billed the $1760  they might only be paid  $210----- however  even at $19 a lot of people made a profit.....  the other $191 of medicare money went somewhere besides  the cost of the medical care.....  my guess it  went to the paper and ink manufacturers CEO's vacation fund.

 

you think i am kidding????

 

 listen to that ad  "get yourself a hoverround at absolutely  no cost to you"

 

that is why  some in the gov't want to cut expenses for education-- heaven forbid we raise children who can think.

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i don't know what today's schedule is-- i hear earlene will be here today  - she has th e week off...

 we are letting these dogs out in the house more and more-- before we shuffle them out to th enutt house..

 

hillary let these out into the office area about 6am  and they are getting ready to nap one hour later-- it is increasingly quiet...

 

camea fun--  we did get the rover on to the wifi that covers the whole property-- relatively painless--  but the camera-- or encoder does continue to malfunction... like every 2 hours we have to diddle with it  encoder not ready  is a new error for me..  we unplug everythign and replug and eventually it goes again .  the cure is a bit random...

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having mentioned socks---- i have to include this joke-- which is the total result of my 4 years spanish language study..

     spanish speaking man goes into store to buy some socks and  can not think of th e word 

     for socks-- after a long guessing game the clerk finally shows him a pair of socks

      and he says  "esso si que es" and the clerk says "why didn't you tell me you could spell it?"

 

4 years spanish.....

December 27, 2012

I WONDER...... CAN WE GER BOTH LITTERS IN TH E COA VAN AND GET THEM DOWN TO THE ARENA FOR PLAYTIME???

 

IF SO WE COULD USE THAT AREA HEATER PAUL HAS BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER

 

IT WOUD BE FUN TO WATCH THEM ALL RUN AFTER MEGAN... PROBLEM THERE IS

THE ROVING CAMERA-- FOR SOME REASON I CAN NOT REMEMBER.. IS ON THE HOUSE WIFI-- WHICH DOES NOT REACH THE LOWER AREA... EXPLORE PUT IN A SECOND WIFI FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY--

 

SO.. WE NEED TO MOVE THE ROVER TO THE SECOND WIFI

 

I MENTION THIS BECAUSE IF I START....THERE WILL BE TROUBLE...TIM IS TH E ONE TO STEP ME THRU IT..0N THE PHONE...  I WILL BE NEEDING TO TYPE IN A 10 LETTER/NUMBER PASSWORD THING...AND...   I AM NOT TOTALLY DEAF-- BUT IT IS GETTING ON THAT WAY--

 

THERE ARE ALOT OF EEE LETTERS  ---- BEE CEE DEE EEE GEE PEE TEE  VEE  AND  ZEE

 

THIS IS GOING TO COMPLICATE MY LIFE-- TRYING TO HIT THE TINY 1/8 INCH BUTTON IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AT THE RIGHT MOMENT TO SPELL OUT THIS 10 DIGIT PASSWORD WILL BE THE CHALANGE OF THE DAY..

 

AND WHAT I REALLY WANT TO DO IS PLAY YUPPY WITH ONE PUP AT A TIME...  THAT CXOULD TAKE ALL DAY TOO...  BUT IT IS AN INSIDE WARM/COMFORTABLE SIT ON TH EFLOOR JOB..

 

TODAY IS THAT KIND OF DAY---- BEEF CUTTING -- AND SCHLEPPING PUPS TO THE ARENA

 

WE HAVE  HAD SEVERAL OFFERS TO VOLUNTEER... AND GINGER IS HERE...-  SHE SAID ONE OF HER GOALS IS TO KEEP THE KITCHEN CLEAN--  BOY THAT IS A NOBLE GOAL...

 

THERE  WAS A SMALL GROUP HERE YESTERDAY MOPPING THE FLOOR-- LOVE THOSE PEOPLE !  THEY EVEN SAID THEY WOULD GET US SOME NEW MOPS NEXT TIME THEY COME... THE GREAT BIG HEAVY JANATORIAL MOPS ARE TOO BIG-- WE NEED THE $2  WALMART VAARIETY ONES THAT HANG IN TH E SUN AND GET THROWN AWAY WEEKLY.

 

I WILL ADD THAT TO OUR WISH LIST--- WE GO THRU CARTONS OF THEM IN SPITE OF THE CHLOROX AND SUN...

 

CARDBOARDS ARE DOING WELL..   THE ONES COMING IN THE MAIL GET PUT ON  MY DESK-AND THEN INTO MY BACK POCIET.- AND YESTERDAY I WENT THRU  5 INCHES OF THEM ----- THIS IS A MONUMENTAL PROJECT  ---- THIS POO COLLECTION.

 

AND STEPHANI (AKA WASCOMAT WOMAN)  SAID THE HOUSE DOES NOT SMELL-- I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WAS BEING KIND- OR HAS MAL FUNCTIONING NASAL BITS.

 

JUST FOR YOUR REFERENCE......

LAST TIME WE BOUGHT 12 BAGS OF FOOD AT SAMS--  50 POUND BAGS    600 POUNDS    - IT FILLED THE BACK OF THE SMALL VAN... AND I HAD TO THINK "ADD WATER AND STIR"  

 

I HAVE WATCHED-- PUT A CUP OF FOOD IN A BOWL AND ADD WATER
 AND THE VOLUME NEARLY DOUBLES.. SO ADD THAT CONCEPT TO THE VAN FULLOF FOOD... AND YOU CAN APPRECIATE THE CARDBOARD REQUEST AND THE DECISION OT  ORDER A BIGGER DUMPSTER.

 

SOMEWHERE IN MAINE THERE IS AN ENTIRE TOWN BEING LIT BY OUR DOGGIE DO..

 

ACTULLY THERE IS A GUY  WHO DESIGNED A PARK'S LIGHTING SYSTEM USING THE METHANE GAS PRODUCED BY THE DOGS IN THE DOG PARK...

 

ANYBODY WANT TO TAKE THAT ON A S A PROJECT?  I WOULD LOVE TO TRY IT...   MIT WAS INVOLVED....  WITH 40 DANES  WE PROBABLY PRODUCE MORE THAN ANY  ONE BUSINESS  IN  NEW ENGLAND .

 

PETER REPORT...

JOSH ADAMS WAS WORKING  HERE YESTERDAY AND REPORTS PETER IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB OF BECOMING A DOG.-- THEY HAVEA COUPLE   LABS 2 HORSES AND 2 OF MY OLD MINI DONKEYS- IN  JUST ABOUT THE DEAD CENTER OF BOXFORD-

 

I MUST GET THEIR HARNESS BACK TO THEM-- WE USED IT IN THE PHOTO OF SANTA'S HITCH OF DANES FOR THE CALENDAR..

AND TEH WAGON MUST GO BACK TO  WENDY WOODS..

GOOD JANINE PROJECT OF THE DAY...

 

ON WE GO.

 

AT LEAST THIS IS NOT SNOW......YET

 

 

 

 

December 26, 2012

i can't believe the number of people who knew about albert and the lion ( stanley halloway poem )-- several people  also could recite   about albert poking the lion in the ear - getting swallowed, regurgitated and the parent trying to collect the insurance.

 

since i got started on british humor----....donald swann and michael flanders "at the drop of a hat" is my favorite collection of carefully chosen words. --worth googling

 

long poem--re madeira  

 

she lowered her standards by raising her glass

her courage, her eyes. and his hopes

 

http://www.iankitching.me.uk/humour/hippo/madeira.html

 

the british have a way with words--

lesson here --- do not play scrabble with greg blue-- he is british and has a much better vocabulary that we do.

 

he is the volunteer here who gets on the phone and talks to his mum in britain while she watches him on the explore camera.

 

in a strange twist-- i put in this daily doggie one of  the days chores was to move a heavy recliner--

 and she called ( from britain ) to remind him ( in peabody) that there was some lifting to do at serv dog project ( in ipswich)..

this dd gets around..

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ginger arrived from atlanta   and is pitching in....yesterday it was just basic survival skills--

today we get back to semi normal- whatever that is

 

and ann  prepared another bunch of puppy breath vials for earlene to fill-- all those labels have to be picked off-- she did yoemans service...!!

then with a syringe i inject themwith chlorox and soap   before i remove the metal ring and re wash-- this puppy breath manufacturing com[any has very high standards of cleanliness.

 

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certainly getting these chaos pups out for a once around the house..- even in the rain/cold  -- is something i am happy to have others do--- two pups at a time.

 

and the nutt house must be prepared for their  daytime residence--  they are getting bbbbiiiiggggg-- paul reported the temp in there was 102---- there was some discussion about placement of  thermometer in relation to th e wood/coal stove-----  we need to have someone carefully moniter the function of the electric heater in conjunction with the stove...  their area has a much lower bunk-- sofa height -- with a nother bed for a step up-- we need thermometers there to be sure we have enough heat lower down...  it might make sense to run a dryer vent hose with a duct fan from  the ceiling over the stove to under the lowside bunk.

 

bumpy is here-- perfectly beautiful- silky coat-- reminding us to deal with caspers bumps-- same thing  that is one reason he is named bumpy  -- it does go away..  needs medicated shampoo etc... megan--- today.... and then he becomes a slightly damp house dog--

 

and willow is working back to being  a barn dog--- at least during the day-- in kennel 8 next to her siblings-- or turned in/out with perry-- they should be able to stand each other... and get the others ready for individual "stalls"

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 training...  speaking of ...... away

this is another critical word-- i hate to use the word "command"--- but it is certainly a word to be understood and obeyed..

 

there  is a true-ism in puppy raising that pups can follow  your eyes and go to where ever you are looking......

unfortunately if you are looking at the next pile of poo to pick, they run over and stand in it -- then are so pleased with themselves they jump  all over you.

 

so this is the perfect place to learn   away...  you stamp your feet while saying away-- they eventually learn that for some unknown reason, we collect that stuff, and they must not  interfere.

 second place to apply this  is at any door-- 8 pups, i have watched people try and hold them back with their hands--- it is comical--- you can not control a bunch of danes with your own muscles ( an on going theme)

as you open the door-- stamp in a very threatening manner and say" away"  - make it clear to them that the open door is not an invitation to run thru it.-- and when they do wait... be sure to say thank you.

 

"thank you"   sounds so much better in public than "good boy"-- another on going theme..

 

remember great dane training is a lot of "plan ahead"   and bulk management  is a big issue---  "back up" "move over"  things like that

 

so on we go

 

struggling one pup at a time to teach them yuppy  techniques---

 

 one pup has learned to yuppy all by himself (herself?? i am not sure who it was-- but we are working on it)

 

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and the absolute statement of the day-- i cleaned the overflow room

the path thru is now wider....

 

 

 

 

 

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS - DECEMBER 25, 2012

fleeting thru my head are topics being chased by the  "you can't put that in an email

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there is a scotish poem about that ... fortunately i can't remember it all 

 

 but the concept is---- change happens... 

 

i started in a story- then i stopped it in the middle

for the story that i started was not, you see,

the kind that you could tell at a church party

 

i forgot the middle part..  but it goes on....

 

and many years had passed when fortune gave me such a shock

when  the ministers youngest daughter at her fathers jubilee

told the story that i started at the church party.

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the british have a much more amusing way with words than americans..

 

highly recommended are the stanley halloway monologues 

if you can deal with the accent-- the cd-- otherwise get the book

 

i do know the full albert and the lion-- but i will spare you-

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we --- earlene and i -- are anxiously awaiting the arrival of ginger from atlanta-- a camera person who's  christmas present from her husband in Afghanistan was to come here and pick poops for a week  and stay in the guest house......

 

she has to be one of the chosen -- 

 

when i got up -- willow was in the chair and earlene on the floor.-- whatever-- they are quiet...... at  the moment

 

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the point to ponder today--  in my opinion....

 

the yuppy puppy training--- for th 47th time i explained to someone,,, i have never been able to train a dog using my muscles.. historically--- i tried to teach a dog to roll over by rolling hm over--  3 days later  the dog had learned nothing- but i realized  they don't learn that way..

 

and that sure pertains  to the yuppy puppies--- the  instinct to pick up the foot and put it on the lever is great-- but the minute you extend the leg the dog begins to pull back- and all the concentration is on getting their foot away from you and they never learn to push the lever.  

 

and then ( this is the exciting part...)  that concept pertains to 99% of the training we do...  you might have to use a muscle to start  th etraiing.... cause something to happen then instantly release the dog  to let them think about it.

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this is my  tight leash lesson-  pull them sharply into place next to you then totally relax the leash- let them think-- if they pull - do it again- before too many the dog will stand next to you.  at that point you are well on your way to a trained dog-- do the same thing while walking...

  walk next to me on  a loose leash or you will get put back in place with that thing around your neck-( which preferably should be a  plain chain ' training collar)- 

 

that is nearly the same concept as using my muscles to get the paw on the yuppy puppy lever-- it is the stop and let them think  which trains them

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i took on a bet at a Sunday stew--- an absolutely impossible pit bull  - the owners couldn't even get him out of the car...  they had been told the harness would help them control the dog..  mistake-- those things teach the dogs to pull.. any rate.. i put on one of our training collars and

  politely said to the dog"let me explain  it to you"

--a couple "oh no you don't"

 and he stood at my feet with a " that is not what usually happens" look on his face.

we walked off to the t-tent with him on a loose leash-- i told him  to lie down at my feet- and he did- perfect behavior

then i had to try and train th eowner...  that did n't go as well...

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pups think it is time to gt out and play with the boxes  from yesterdays ups delivery..  kongs--- canned food treat food- cookies--coffee--cardboard-- checks--   and  shampoo -- thanks to one and all-

 

and the calendars are nearly sold out  (1000 of them)  and the jan food and oil bill   chicken sh#t wall are nearly all gone too...

 

tis the season...

December 24, 2012

humans are still ahead here-  we managed the Sunday stew-- it was mobbed  but everyone seemed to come and go with no disasters...

 

it was great to see jocelyn aka "57"  and teal ---- he is one happy dog-- and she is doing great too---- out of harness he bounded up and over several sofas before settling next to her- towering over her-- school is going much better-- apparently she has identified the  boy who has been grabbing teal's tail---  name and phone number..

now maybe that is what i should put in this daily doggie.  they don't go back to school til jan-- but i will tackle that first thing... plus she feels much better about  the whole thing now... she is laughing-- so are her parents...her neurologist is really happy too... her legs are much stronger since she got rid of the wheelchair and walks with teal. 

 

  for those of you who have calendars-- teal is  "mr april" and "57" got her name because that is what she weighs...  it is wonderful to watch them together...  she whispers something to teal  and he does exactly what she says even if he is 3 times her weight.

 

if teal was the only dog we placed last year it would be well worth it.....there were 14 others  placed in 2012..  our goal was one a month. 

 

somebody said it couldn't be done........

 

if you wait long enough this "somebody"  will say everything--- it is hard to listen to someone online make the comment about my personal choices in managing this program- actually i don't mind a good argument with a well informed opponent-- but when they read one "how to" book  and  get into words like irresponsible and lack of moral obligation-- it is tough.

 

a few years ago the responsible akc breeder   either gave away or destroyed a merle pup  as an inferrior dog-  i did not follow that -- and simply named mine what they were-----the wrong color---  hence a long line of  dogs named the wrong color.-----brownie and purple were  2 spectacular  dogs... and now teal-- we are getting hard pressed for color names  that are not nouns  like orange****

 

yellow is one fine looking dane-- i "saved" him for future breeding by parking him with a family in ipswich. **** that approach certainly was frowned on by the people who blindly follow the guidelines of the akc. 

 

you have to remember  our   goal is entirely different than the really hard nosed  akc breeder- i need a strong healthy level headed dog to work as a service dog-    they are looking for a show ring champion-- long graceful neck and long legs- both of which - in my  opinion- are just looking for trouble.... i go with the amish definition of a good work animal  -- leg is 1/2 the height.  that is the difference between  a football player and a basketball player -- or between a sturdy percheron vs budweiser clydesdale-- or quarterhorse  vs  thorobred race horse.

 the fact that i went and bought 100 blue ribbons for 15 cents each and skipped the whole dog show world did not make me very popular with the show ring crowd.

 

SDP  has different goals- and i am proud of what we have accomplished.

i just have to ignore the naysayers.  we have had a lot of success and only a few problems- can't win 'em all.

 

schedule? 

 

kind of a stewing day-- looking for people who would be amused by sitting around with the pups-- not doing anything specifically with them.. megan and i will be around to move their training along with a few 5 minute sessions  the rest is playtime.. 

 

earlene is overnight

 

megan will be here -- poly and bob can't stay but promised breakfast sandwiches..

 

and we are trying to set up the beef cutting in the training room-   we have a  glass top table someone left in the yard...

 

our other addition is a  keurig coffee maker--works well...compliments of colleen 2

 

and ginger arrives tomorrow

from atlanta to volunteer for a week...  whooooo whoooooo !!

December 23, 2012

2 business matters first...

 

   the ups and fedex celebrations every day are wonderful and filling some big gaps in our operation-- from stuffed giraffes to snap hooks to fleece blankets to flea killer...they are wonderful and don't stop.. but i can not keep up with the thank yous that my mother made me write to aunt mildred for the silver spoon EVERY CHRISTMAS. 

 

and i don't twit-- facebook confuses me-- and i don't have time to figure it all out-   so if i do the wrong thing not friending or twitting properly  tell megan and hillary about it  apparently the younger generation twits-- i know they do a lot of things  i never heard of... i prefer to think my mind is just full... not incapable .

 

now to the problem of the  day-- and it is a big one--

 

we operrate 2 businesses here along with SDP-- that is 

 THE PUPPY BREATH BOTTLING COMPANY  AND

  THE FROZEN RODENT DELIVERY COMPANY--

 

 I MUST BE SURE TO INCLUDE THEM ON OUR NEXT IRS  990 FORM WHERE I HAVE TO SWEAR I AM NOT OPPERATING A TANNING SALON---( A FACT - I WOULD GIVE YOU THE LINE #  BUT I CAN'T EASILY FIND THE  OLD FORMS.))

 

 YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THE EARLENE AND HER BOTTLING PROCESS...  WE HAVE SOLD OVER 100  AND I HOPE SALES CONTINUE AFTER CHRISTMAS--- THE NEED  TO SMILE CONTINUES

 

 CAMERA MARK PUT ONE VIAL  IN THE BACK OF HIS DESK DRAWER  SO A YEAR FROM NOW WHEN HE DECIDES TO CLEAN HIS DESK AGAIN HE WILL FIND IT AND IT WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER SMILE.

 

DARN FEW THINGS CAN BE GUARENTEED TO MAKE YOU SMILE A YEAR FROM NOW.

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SO  ON TO THE FROZEN RODENT  DELIVERY COMPANY--

 

SEVERAL FACTS...

WHEN YOU HAVE CHICKENS YOU HAVE RATS AND MICE -- SQUIRRELS AND CHIPMUNKS AND A FEW OTHER THINGS

WE CAN NOT HAVE POISONS- A POISONED DEAD RAT IS A CHEW TOY IN ANY DOG'S LANGUAGE-- SO WE HAVE SNAP TRAP KILLED PERFECTLY FAT HEALTHY RATS- I GO ALONG WITH  TEMPLE GRANDIN  THAT AUTISTIC GENIUS WHO REDID THE BEEF PROCESSING INDUSTRY-- THERE IS A BOOK  I AM SURE YOU CAN FIND IT-  HUMANE SLAUGHTER OF FOOD ANIMALS.

 

THOSE RATS  ARE A HEALTY FOOD SOURCE FOR THE OWLS AND HAWKS THAT GEORGE(DVM)   REHABILITATES... THESE  RATS   LIVING PART TIME IN THE STATE FORESST  BEHIND US ARE HUGE BY ANY CITY STANDARDS 

THIS EXPLAINS WHY THE FREEZER IN THE GUEST HOUSE OFTEN HAS  A GENEROUS SUPPLY OF DEAD RATS-- CAREFULLY BAGGED-- BUT THEY HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO SLIDE OUT WHEN YOU OPEN THE DOOR--- I TRY AND REMEMBER TO WARN GUESTS OF THIS ODDITY.

 

THIS STORY REALLY IS GOING SOMEWHERE CRITICAL....

MEGAN AND I CAME UP THE DRIVEWAY  AND INSTINCTILY DUCKED AS A HUGE BIRD  FLEW OVER THE VAN --- CARRYING SOMETHNG SOON TO BE DEAD-- MEGAN THOUGHT IT TOO BIG FOR A RAT-

 I QUICKLY COUNTED THE 8 PUPS NOW IN THE NUTT HOUSE AND MINI PUPPY HILL-  THEY ARE GETTING LARGE... BUT I KNOW OF STORIES ABOUT SMALL DOGS BEING CARRIED OFF BY BIRDS IN THE PLUMB ISLAND AREA...5 AIR MILES AWAY

 

 I KNOW FLASHING PIE PLATES HUNG  OVERHEAD  ON LINES KEEP HAWKS AWAY-- MY PROOF IS THAT WE STILL HAVE MORE CHICKENS THAN PAUL CAN ACCURATELY COUNT.

 AND THE CHICKEN  YARD IS COVERED WITH FLASHING PANS.

 

MOXIE PUPS ARE CONSIDERABLY SMALLER-- WE HAVE ALL SEEN THAT HAWK HANGING AROUND HIGH IN THE TREES-- SO IT IS PIE PLATE TIME.. TODAY-- WE NEED A COUPLE ON THE DECK AND IN THE MINI PUPPY HILL.

 

MY DAUGHTER JANINE--WHO IS ALREADY APPALLED AT ALL THE  LAUNDRY HANGING ON EVERY FENCE WILL HAVE A NASTY COMMENT ABOUT PIE PLATES IN THE TREES.

DANM SHAME... .....

 

 THIS IS THE DAUGHTER WHO-- WITH OUR DONKEY---  MARY----   AND A GROUP OF 10  WELL HYDRATED FRIENDS IN OUR COA VAN(  WITH  A DESIGNATED DRIVER) .....CHARGED $200 TO HAMILTON RESIDENTS TO HAVE  THEM SING CHRISTMAS CAROLS AT THEIR DOORSTEP-- AND ALSO CHARGED $300 TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT WANT THEM TO SING--- A BENEFIT  FOR THAT HOPE FOR HORSES FUND SHE RUNS..  JANINE IS A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC SINGER -- AND IS TOTALLY TONE DEAF.

 

SO BACK TO THE PIE PLATE JOB.

 

MUST DO..  

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THERE ARE ALOT OF STRANGE THINGS AROUND HERE WHICH ARE EASILY EXPLAINED BUT NONE THE LESS  ODD.  

 

ONE LAST TIDBIT-- ANOTHER THANKS-----BEING ABLE TO RUN 16 PUPS AT ONCE  IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE  ABUNDENCE OF   3 X 6   CARDBOARD...  16 PUPS-- JUST OUT OF BED -- GOTTA GO 16 TIMES    2 PIECES OF CARDBOARD PER... AND WE ARE ALL TIDY FPOR ANOTHER 20 MINUTES...

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SNDAY STEWING NORMALL

 

AND  NEITHER THE CHURCH OR WALMART AS BEEN ABLE TO CONVINCE ME THAT CHRISTMAS IS DIFFERENT THAT THE OTHER 364 DAYS OF THE YEAR-- SO  I/WE WILL BE HERE THEN TOO.. 

 

 

 

 

December 22, 2012

TIM-- WHO WORKS WITH THE  CAMERA EQUIPMENT FOR EXPLORE IS  A BRILLIANT- CAPABLE TECH PERSON-- BUT AT THE OTHER END OF TH E PHONE LINE IS ME --- MORE THAN SLIGHTLY HARD OF HEARING-- WITH A SLIGHT TREMOR-- AND IF IT IS NOT DOG SLOBBER ON MY GLASSES---. THEN SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH ONE EYE TOO.

 ADD THAT TO EXTENSION CORDS WRAPPED AROUND THE RAFTERS (A FACT)  AND MANAGING THE CAMERA IS A CHALLANGE-- BUT TIM HANGS IN THERE AND EVENTUALLY.....   I AM DEFINITELY THE WEAKEST LINK---

 

YESTERDAY-- ALONG WITH A SOMETIMES FAULTY POWER STRIP-( THAT SOMETIMES MADE TH E LOGIC VERY DIFFICULT---- THERE WERE COMPLAINTS THAT THE PICTURE  WAS TOO DARK-- HE WAS SOMEWHERE  WHERE THE PHONE KEPT BREAKING UP...,.? ARTIC CIRCLE WITH THE POLAR BEARS???)-    EVENTUALLY I GOT IT FIXED..

 

DON'T EVER UNDER ESTIMATE DUMB LUCK.-- AS A MATTER OF FACT IF YOU ARE EVER GIVEN THE CHOICE OF BEING LUCKY OR SMART... CHOOSE LUCKY....

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WHICH REMINDS ME...... UNLESS YOU HAVE AN IQ OF 200 AND HAVE A COLLECTION OF 4 LEAF CLOVERS, DO NOT BUY A BMW.-

  ?REASON?

BMW HAS A "CREATIVE DESIGN" GROUP WHO MAKE $252,000 A MONTH DREAMING UP KINKY IDEAS TO HAVE THE BMW HAVE THAT "SPECIAL -NESS"

 

I HAD TO DRIVE JANINE'S ?COOPER?  IT HANDLES BEAUTIFULLY - IF YOU CAN GET IT GOING..

 

FIRSTLY--- IT DOES NOT HAVE A INSERT KEY AND TURN... NO  YOU INSERT  STRANGE LOOKING KEY-- AND WHILE IT COLLECTS DATA  ABOUT THE CAR... TO REPORT TO THE DEALER WHAT THE DEALER NEEDS TO FIX.... YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHERE THE BUTTON IS THAT  WILL START THE ENGINE....

 

SECONDLY -- YOU THEN TRY AND LOWER THE WINDOW TO THANK THE MAN-- AND FIND YOU HAVE ADJUSTED TH E  REAR VIEW MIRROR TO STUDY THE REAR TIRE.

 

THIRDLY---  YOU TRY AND TURN OFF THE RADIO- AND FIND THAT TH ERADIO SWITCH IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SPEDOMETER- AND THE SPEDOMETER IS OVER THERE IN FRONT OF THE PASSENGER'S SEAT.

 

FORTHLY--   JUST TO POINT OUT HOW HELPLESS YOU ARE IN THE OWNERSHIP OF THIS VEHICLE, THE BRAKE LIGHT IS ON... AND THE BRAKE IS NOT-- BUT IF YOU GO TO TH E  DEALER-- WHO HAS SPECIAL WRENCHES FOR BMW'S ONLY --- HE CAN TAKE YOUR KEY AND ASK HIS COMPUTER HOW TO  GET THE BRAKE LIGHT TO TURN OFF..  THEN HE CAN CHARGE YOU $729 TIO CHANGE THE OIL.

 

THERE ARE FACTS IN THAT TIRADE.....TOM HAD A BMW-- AND ALONG WITH THE 729 $$ OIL CHANGE ... THE TIRES GOT ROTATED FOR $1254    BUT THEY SERVED HIM COFFEE WHILE THEY WORKED ON HIS  CAR-- DETAILING IT EVERY TIME.

 

WJERE IS TH E OLD VW BUG NOW????   GREAT CAR.... I COULD CARRY 4 ADULT DANES IN TH E BACK OF MY VW- NO PROBLEM.

 

 

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DOGS....

I WAS BLESSED WITH OVERNIGHT DUTY AS A BUNCH ( MEGAN AN DHILARY) WENT TO THE NUTCRACKER-- AND I KNOW TH EINDIVIDUAL DOGS ALOT BETTER NOW..

 

MAGGIE NEEDS TO START AGILITY WORK--- SHE IS LOOKING FOR A JOB-- AND WHEN SHE DOES NOT HAVE ONE SHE CHEWS ON HER NEAREST LITTERMATE.

 

GINGER IS READY TO WORK AND LEARN-- THINGS LIKE TH E  YUPPY -- SHE  ALMOST HAS IT--  BUT SHE NEEDS TO BE HANDLED ALONE SO SHE CAN THINK

 

IN A GROUP SHE BACKS WAY OFF AND WATCHES...

 ALONE WIHT WILLOW - AND SHE RUNS AROUND NORMALLY.  NICE  PUP

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MY COMPUTER IS BACK $99 LATER-- HE SAID I HAD A VIRUS AMONG OTHER THINGS...

 

SO I HAVE A BUNCH OF PAPERWORK-- LIKE BILL PAYING  WHICH I REALLY SHOUL DDO WHILE TEH COMPUTER IS LIVE...

 

MEGAN AND I  DID SAMS YESTERDAY AND SHE GOT 10 OR SO GABE OS FOOD...

 

AND WE GOT THE CHAIN LINK ORDERED IN SAUGUS

 

THE WASHER IS A THING OF BEAUTY-- NOW I  HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HANG STUFF IN THE ARENA TIL WE GET THE DRYER STARTED.

 

I THINK WE HAVE A N EXTRA DOG KENNEL RECTANGLE- WHICH MAKE PERFECT FLUFFY DRYING  SUPPORT.  I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY MORE SCAFFOLDING-- WHICH IS OUR 1ST CHOICE LAUNDRY DRYING DEVICE.

 

AT SAMS I BOUGHT THE BIGGEST MOST FATENING CAKE I HAVE EVER SEEN-HOPEFULLY THAT WILL ENCOURAGE VOLUNTEERS TO SHOW UP.

. WE ARE CLOST TO THE TIPPING POINT.  STUFF ALL OVER.. OUT OF PPLACE.

 

I REMEMBER-- BACK IN LYNNFIELD  WHEN I HAD A BUNCH OF KIDS IN 4H  WE WOULD TAKE AN HOUR EVERY ONCE IN A WHLIE WHERE I WOULD GO FROM ROOM TO ROOM IN 4 DIFFERENT BUILDINGS AND HAND AN OBJECT TO A KID  WITH THNGS LIKE"PUT THIS IN THE TACK ROOM IN THE BARN"-- AND THEY WOULD RE DISTRIBUTE ALL WANDERING ITEMS BACK TO WHERE THEY BELONGED.

 

THAT IS WHAT WE NEED HERE ---  STUFF IS ALL OVER-- AND THE OVERFLOW ROOM IS... YOU GUESSED IT ... OVERFLOWING...

December 21, 2012

 

there will be no daily doggie today  .. i just can not cope   --- because this computer was an old laptpo== laptop we gave up because it  would strike with odd reactions-- and it just did wipe out everything i had typed for today

 

it only has the lower portions of the letters making re reading nearly impossible anyway

 

there are 16 pups loose at my feet  and playing with them  will be farm more productive

 

my computer is supposed to be back today...  i can not deal with with this  and iad no questions to answer from the 3 explore cameras

so i am out of here.

 

I feel badly that I do not write thank yous for all the wonderful gifts the ups and fedex people bring to us daily.. It has enabled us to improve our general status-- simple things like the double ended snaps have replaced all the blue and red hay string holding ½ this place together… and THe advantix which I could never afford- meaning we had a project of ---comb and bag live fleas then test their demise with d-earth, dawn dishwashing soap, and various bug sprays ( dawn was not bad…)

 

YESTERDAY WE RECEIVED AMONG OTHER THINGS

FLUFFIES

A PUPPY SIZE YUPPY PUPPY

ADVANTIX

DOG BED/MATT

TRAVEL DRINKING BOWLS

SNAPS

ENGLISH MUFFINS AND CHOCOLATES--- THE VOLUNTEERS PARTICULARLY LIKED THAT…

THANK YOU ALL -- IT IS MAKING OUR LIVES EASIER

December 20, 2012

I DON'T KNOW WHY ANYONE WOULD FIND M'Y FIGHT WITH TECHNOLOGY INTERESTING   BUT IT CONSUMED MY ENTIRE DAY YESTERDAY- I NEVER GOT TO EVEN PAT A PUPPY MYSELF--- THANK HEAVENS FOR MEGAN AND THE VOLUNTEERS.

 

the camerA-- YESTERDAY EXPLORE SENT ME ANOTHER BOX FULL OF STUFF WITH THE IDEA I SHOULD REPLACE THE EQUIPMENT I HAD HERE  WHICH HAS BEEN MALFUNCTIONINGG REGULARLY

 

 THE VERY STURDY CASE HELD 27 ITEMS-- MANY OF THEM WIRES WHICH ARE SOMETIMES SIMPLE TO ATTACH BECAUSE OF MATCHING GAUSINTAS--- (MALE GAUSINTAS GOES INTO MATCHING FEMALE GAUSINTAS- ) NOT TOO HARD TO FIGURE OUT .. AND A 600 PAGE INSTRUCTION MANUAL   150 PAGES IN ENGLISH  THE REST SPANISH  FRENCH AND CHINESE-  THUS DESCRIBING THE WORLD FINANCAL SITUATION. 

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PAGE 1  ====  FIRST 2 LINES OF PRINT........THANK YOU FOR BUYING THIS CAMERA..... read the entire manual--- and  when soimething malfunctions consult troubleshooting on page 140----not A PROMISING CONCEPT

 

THEN IT WENT ON TO IDENTIFY THE 66 DIFFERENT BUTTONS ON THE CAMERA( BY ACTUAL COUNT)

 

THAT IS WHAT I DID ALL DAY.. THAT IS WHY THE CAMERA WAS DOWN SEVERAL TIMES-- AND WHY IT RAN ADS INSTEAD OF PUPPIES..    IT HAD A DEMO MODE THAT NEITHER  EXPLORE OR I COULD FIGURE OUT-   SOME CAMERA PERSON COMMENTED "I DON'T WANT TO WATCH ADS"   WELL NEITHER DID  I-- AND IT WAS AFTER I HAD ALREADY SPENT HOURS TRYING TO GET RID OF THE  THINGS... I ALMOST SAID "#%%&^%&*&*&)(*)**(&$$$@!!"    I AM NOT SURE WHY I DIDN'T... EXCEPT SOME OF THESE CAMER people aRE VERY NICE AND FORGIVING.

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ONWARD....

MY COMPUTER IS AT THE HOSPITAL-- FOR CLEANING... PAUL SAID MAYBE A SIMPLE FIX OF VACUUMING OUT THE DOG HAIRS FROM 5 YEARS MIGHT FIX ALOT OF THINGS...  BUT I THINK IT IS MORE THAN THAT...IT DOES VERY STRANGE THINGS  GOOGLE AMAZOn.... AND IT DISPLAYS BASKET WEAVING IN BRAZIL..  IT IS SICK..

 

I PLAYED WITH  COMPUTERS AT MIT A LONG TIME AGO  WHEN IF THE COMPUTER DID SOMETHING WRONG IT WAS BECAUSE YOU TOLD IT TO DO THAT.   IN BLACK AND WHITE    IT WAS SIMPLE TO MAKE IT SAY 2+2=7  -  NOW IT DOES THAT ALL BY ITSELF IN TECHNICOLOR    AND THERE IS NO KNOWN WAY TO CORRECT--- IT WHILE ASKING IF YOU WANT to BUY VIagra in canada.

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now as for the training of ebony    IN THE PUPPY HILL BUNCH..-  SHE HAS BEEN BAD OF LATE--- AND  BEFORE SHE GETS ANY BIGGER  TIME HAS COME FOR HER TO LEARN TO SPEAK "WHIFFLE" ---- AS IN WHIFFLE BAT. 

PLAN IS USUALLY FOR MEGAN TO TELL THEM TO WAIT WHILE SHE PUTS THE FOOD OUT AND THEN CALL THEM-- BUT EBONY JUMPS THE GUN AND GETS EVERYONE RUNNING TOO SOON,,

 

THAT HAS TO STOP--- AND IF THERE IS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO MAKE THEM STOP BY SAYING "PLEASE"  LET ME SEE YOU DO IT... UNTIL THEN....

 

I TOLD MEGAN TO START WITH JUST EBONY--- TELL HER TO WAIT-- PUT SOME CANNED FOOD IN HER DISH- AND WHEN SHE RUNS UP TO SKARF IT DOWN SLAM AN DBANG ON THE FEED TABLE WITH THE WHIFFLE BAT AND MAKE ALL KINDS OF NOISE--- DON'T HIT HER  JUST THE TABLE---

MEGAN DID THAT 3 TIMES - NOW EBONY   WAITS AND SAYS  "MAY I?" 

 

THEY HAVE TO BEHAVE-- NOTHING LIKE 150 POUNDS OF POORLY BEHAVED ANIMAL-- DOG OR TEENAGER...

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IF YOU ARE NOW OBSERVAnt you will notice if i even take the whiffle bat out of the holder on my golf cart--every dog within earshot  stops and looks...

 

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I THINK PAUL  WILL BE HERE TODAY   ... HE HAS HAD CHAOS FOR OVERNIGHTS THE PAST 2 NIGHTS   HE  USUALLY GETS HERE ABOUT 8-- IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE CHAOS REACTION TO HER PUPS WHEN SHE GETS BACK..

 

HILARY IS HERE AGAIN.. SHE MANAGES TO SLEEP== IT IS ALL ABOUT ORGANIZATION  ( AND QUANTITY OF FOOD  FED THE NIGHT BEFORE)  HILLARY SAID THEY DID WAKE UP AT 2 BUT SHE TOLD THEM TO GO TO SLEEP-- AND THEY DID.

 

BECAUSE SHE IS HERE-- BUMPY IS HERE.. AND WHEN HE IS-- I LET HIM OUT ABOTU 6AM  WHICH MEANS ABOUT 7AM I OPEN THE FRONT DOOR AND YELL "BUMPY" 

 

THIS IS THE 3RD DAy in a row  -- i wonder what the neighbors think.

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 i have no schedule today  first i have to figure out whAT DAY IT IS

 

HERE COME THE 16 HOODLUMS...

December 19, 2012

BIGGEST EXCITEMENT WAS THE LACK OF CARDBOARDS WITH 16 PUPS RUNNINFG LOOSE- ADN WE WERE ALREAQDY BEGINNING TO FIGHT OVER TH EONES LEFT-- WHEN  UP THE DRIVE CAME MY FRIEND THE UPS GUY WITH A BOX OF PERFECTLY CUT AND STACKED POO PICKERS  -- WONDERFUL ADDITION  -- AND TIMELY..

 

WHEN I SAY THE 16 ARE RUNNING LOOSE... MAYBE 10 ARE RUNNING AROUND-- THEOTHER 6 GIVE A MORE MEAQNINGFUL  CONCEPT TO RUNNING LOOSE..

 

WE ARE TRYING TO CUT BACK ON THE FOOD-- THINKING THT MIGHT BE THE CAUSWE OF THE LOOSE STOOL-- BUT WE HAVE TO SWAP OFF AN ALL NIGHT'S SLEEP FOR THAT... IF WE CUT DOWN THEIR SUPPER AQT ALL-- THEY CAQNNOT GET PAST 2AM FEEDING.

 

CHOICES CHOICES 

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MINOR DISASTERS OF THE DAY---

 

 I MUST REMEMBER TO CALL THE FENCE STORE AND REMIND THEM WE WANT KNUCKLE  KNUCKLE  FENCING...( FOR YOU NEWCOMMERS--- KNUCKLE KNUCKLE MEANS THAT TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE CHAIN LINK ARE BENT DOUBLE-- AS OPPOSED TO TWISTED INTO A SHARP POINT..) 

 

SOMETHING ABOUT A NEED TO KNOW BASIS.

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GEORGE COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH YELLOW-- FROM THE XRAYS-- SO HE IS ASSUMING  IT IS A TENDON TYPE PROBLEM WHICH WILL GO AWAY IN TIME---AT LEAST THE PROBABIITY OF IT BEING GENETIC IS NEARLY NIL... THAT WAS MY CONCERN....

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HILARY IS EXPLAING TO THE PUPS IT IS TOO EARLY TO GET IUP... AND  FROM THE NEXT ROOM  IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE THEY AQRE LISTENING TO HER,,,

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ONLY BUSINESS OF THE DAY

 

IF I DO NOT ANSWER YOUR Fcebook AND TWITTER COMMENTS... IT IS BECAUSE I DON

T REALLY UNDERSTAND EITHER OF THEM - THERESA, MEGAN AND HILARY CHECK THEM .

 

I HAVE JUST  NOW LEARNED TO TEXT-- AND THE VIRTUES OF TEXTING.  THAT IS PROGRESS..

 

I AM NOT READY FOR FACEBOOK ANDD TWISTINING..

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THE SECOND CAMERA ARRIVED-- WITH ALL KINDS OF BITS AND PIECES-- FOR ME TO FIGURE OUT. BECAUSE I HAVE OFTEN SAID MY INTELECTUAL ABILITIES GO DOWN HILL AS TEH DAY GOES ON.,, I BEST GET AT IT...  BY NOON  THE EXPLORE TECH HLP WILL BE AWAKE SOMEWHERE NORTH OF ALASKA SOMEWHERE..

 

I SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO PLUG IT INTO THE WAQLL BY THEN.

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December 18, 2012

the "CHICKEN POO"   food and fuel bill for January is coming along-

 

-earlene and i became painfully aware about the increase in the oncoming food bill last night when the pups demanded a midnight snack.  earlene dumped in cup after cup-- which lasted 23 seconds and finally we dumped in a large dog food dish into each pen before the settled.

 

THEY ARE A BUNCH OF DARLINGS  WITH A FEW SOB'S    OR MAKE THAT DOB'S-----  MAGGIE FINALLY HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE GROUP TIL SHE WORE HERSELF OUT..

 

YESTERDAY'S SPOON FEEDING WENT REALLY WELL-- BY THE TIME I GOT THRUI 1/4 CAN PER PAIR OF PUPS, THEY WERE SITTING AND WAITING FOR TH E NEXT

 

thus proving they are capable of reasoning.

SO MORE SPOONING TODAY-- AND MAYBE THE FIGURE 8 HARNESS   TO GET THEM STARTED ON WEARING  A COLLAR/HARNESS-- AND WHEN YOU DO... RULES CHANGE... YOU HAVE TO BEHAVE..

 

BEHAVING IS CRITICAL TO BEING ABLE TO  GO OUT AND AROUND WITH THEM--- AS  IT IS WITH CHILDREN

 

THE CHUPPIES ARE READY FOR THAT.. NOT THE  MUPPIES YET-

 

NOW I MUST STOP ALL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NOEL AND OLIVE POSSIBLE PREGNANCIES--  BRINGING UP NAMES NOW IS A BAD THEING-- IT SEEMS TO JINX THE PREGNANCY

THIS IS WHY I HAVE A RULE HERE THAT THE FIRST PERSON TO SEE A PUP... OR ANY PART OF A PUP  IS THE ONE TO CHOOSE/AND NAME THE PUP.

 

AS SOON AS ANY ARE BORN -- THEN YOU CAN ARGUE ABOUT THE NAMES...  FIRST WE NEED LIVE,NURSING PUPS.

AND BUNPY IS DOING DUE DILIGENCE..  BUT THERE IS MANY A SLIP TWIXT CUP AND LIP....

 

TODAY...

YELLOW HAS TO GO FOR XRAYS. ABOUT NOON.

 

I CAN'T REALLY SAY HE IS LAME-- OR EVEN HARDLY LIMPING... BUT I NOTICED WHEN HE IS STANDING AROUND HE HAS ALL HIS WEIGHT ON ONE FRONT FOOT --- DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH... EXCEPT..... HE IS ONE I WANT TO USE FOR BREEDING  AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING GENETICALLY WRONG WITH HIM I WANT TO KNOW IT NOW..  ELBOWS ON A DANE CAN ALSO BE A PROBLEM--- I HAVE NOT HAD ANY WITH IT... BUT THEY TELL ME....

WHEN GEORGE AND HIS EDUCATED FINGERS POKED HE DISCOVERED YELLOW HAS MUCH LESS MUSCLE  DEVELOPEMENT  IN THAT SHOULDER...  INDICATING HE HAS BEEN FAVORING IT FOR A LONG TIME...  HE RUNS AND JUMPS WITH THE REST OF THEM... BUT IT IS VERY SUBTLE...  ALL 4 FEET ARE ON THE FLOOR--- BUT HIS WEIGHT IS NOT EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED.

 

GEORGE GAVE ME A BUNCH OF PUPPY BREATH VIALS   TO KEEP THE SUPPLY GOING.

 

GOING TO GEORGE'S AT NOON AND DOING THE SPOON AND FIGURE 8 TRAINING IS ABOUT ALL I CCN MANAGE TODAY

 

I DID ORDER THE CHAIN LINK FOR THE LAUNDRY AND NUTT HOUSE...THOSE WILL REPLACE TH EONES I GOT FROM THE BOXFORD DUMP 10 YEARS AGO...  THIS IS THANKS TO  A BROOKSBY VILLAGE RESIDENT WHO OFFERED TO HELP--  TO WHICH I ADDED  SEVERAL   BIG  CHECKS FROM THE CAMERA PEOPLE..  TO REPLACE THE RUSTED RELICS IS $5200-- THAT IS WITH A DISCOUNT AND NO SALES TAX...AND  BANK CHECK INSTEAD OF A CHARGE CARD...

 

WE NEEDED THAT--- BENTLY FOUND HE COULD GRAB THAT OLD CHAIN LINK AND PULL THE LINKS SO FAR OUT OF LINE THAT HE COULD THEN SNEAK THRU.--- MUCH OF IT WAS THE LIGHTER CHAIN.. THE NEW WILL BE THE HEAVIER---  AND KNUCKLE KNUCKLE ----

 

 THAT MEANS NO POINTY WIRES STICKING UP-- BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM WILL BE BENT

 

THE REAL PROBLEM AND CHAIN LINK  COST IS  CHINA IS TAKING ALL OUR SCRAP IRON-- THERE IS VERY LITTLE MADE HERE ANYMORE

YOU ALL KNOW THAT.

 

THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT THAT IS ALL THE POLUTION THAT GOES WITH RECYCLING METALS   GOES TO CHINA ALSO--- EVENTUALLY IT DRIFTS HERE BUT AT LEAST IS DILUTED.

 

BUT THEN THERE ARE ALL THOSE PRODUCTS THAT COME  FROM CHINA IN SEALLED PLASTIC BAGS..  WHEN YOU  OPEN THEM ISN'T THAT THE SAME CHINESE POLUTED AIR  THAT THEY SHIP OVER???

 

 

 

December 17 , 2012

 

THAT IS A REALLY NICE PICTURE OF CRIMSON WITH  PARTNERS---- I COULD SEE IT ON MY PHONE---AND I SENT IT HERE ETC..ETC.. ETC...-- I HAVE TRIED 3 TIMES-- AND I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD ENJOY THE BLACK BLOB ALSO-- 

 

THE THINGS THIS COMPUTER DOES AT RANDOM  IS VERY ANNOYING-- AND IT IS NOT ALL MY SHAKEY HANDS AND LACK OF COMPUTER SAVVY

 

I THINK IT HAS THE FLU// AND NEEDS TO GO TO THE COMPUTER HOSPITAL-- OTHERS SUGGEST THE GRAVEYARD-- IT IS NOT YOUNG.

 

LAST NIGHT I GOOGLED DEICERS FOR STOCK TANKS AND GOT CANADIAN PHARMACY SPECIAL ON STRANGE MALE MEDICATIONS.  SO AT SOME POINT THIS WEEK I WILL TAKE IT TO  THE PROFESSIONALS..

 

I HAVE GOT TO SET GOALS--

1.   LIKE THE NAME CALLING  SPOON FEED. WHICH I NOW CAN DO BECAUSE SOMEONE SENT ME THE CHEAT SHEET WITH PICTURES

 

2. THEN THERE IS TH E ORDER THE CHAIN LINK FENCE...  MAYBE TODAY SO I COULD HAVE IT BY THE WEEKEND...   THE PLACE IN SAUGUS USUALLY MAKES IT QUICKLY  BUT THEY ARE HARD TO TALK DOWN....

 

3. DELOUSE THE COMPUTER BEFORE THE WEEKEND.. SO I MAY BE OFF LINE FOR A BIT.. UNLESS PAUL CAN SET UP THE LAPTOP????   PAUL????

 

4. GET THE ROVING CAMERA REALLY UNDER CONTROL BEFORE THEY SEND ME THE SECOND CAMERA  WHICH  IS SLIGHTLY DIFERENT (HEAVEN HELP ME-- I JUST GOT USED TO PUSHING THE RED BUTTON ON THIS ONE TO TURN IT ON)

 

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE REST--

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RE MARKS PICTURES... I THINK YOU CAN COPY /ORDER ANY OF THEM THRU THAT SHUTTERFLY-- OR WHATEVER IT IS...

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MEGAN'S RELATIVES ARE GOING TO HOOK UP THE  WASHER IN THE FEED ROOM-- AND CHANGE THE SINK FROM THAT TUB AFFAIR THAT IS NOT REALLY GLUED TO TH E  WORLD IT IS FED BY HOSES AND THE DRAIN PVC WAS NEVER GLUED TO TH EPIPE TO TH E DRYWELL.-- MAKING LIFE VERY EXCITING SOMETIMES. 

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PUPPY BREATH SALES ARE DOING VERY WELL-- I PACKAGED 15 YESTERDAY AND EARLENE FILLED ANOTHER BUNCH WHILE SITTING IN THE 4 X 4 CAGE WITH THE CHUPPIES.

 

DO YOU KNOW WE HAD A COMPLAINT THAT THE 4 X 4 "CRATE"  WAS TOO SMALL FOR 8 HUGE PUPS AND ONE ADULT PERSON.

COURSE THAT STARTED ME THINKING-----  WOULD ONE OF  YOU FIND THE DIMENTIONS NECESSARY TO CRATE  AN ADULT PERSON.??? ..

HER PREFERENCE-- IT WAS WARM IN THERE--

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GREG ( BLUE DOG GREG) TALKED TO HIS MOTHER IN BRITAIN YESTERDAY AND SHE TOLD HIM HE BETTER GET UP TO HT E FARM BECAUSE HE HAD TO MOVE THE RECLINER.. -  BLESS THE   RANGE OF THE DAILY DOGGIE.

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  THE CAMERA PERSON WHO CAME UP WITH CHUPPIES FOR CHAOS PUPS AND MUPPIES FOR MOXIE'S PUPS-- WAS BRILLIANT...-- NOW CONFRONTED WITH MAYBE  NOEL'S  NUPPIE PUPS --- THE NEXT IS OLIVE'S  AND NO ONE HAS COME  UP WITH AN ANSWER TO THAT ONE YET.

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WE GOT OUR FIRST OF THE 3 X 6 CARDBOARD FOR SH#T PICKING-- AND NONE TOO SOON...CHAOS PUPS HAVE ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL POOPIES  BUT  THE  MUPPIES ARE IN BIG TROUBLE... BARELY PANCAKES--  TH E KIND OF BOWEL MOVEMENT YOU CAN HEAR

 

THEM IS THE BAD KIND...

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 AS FOR FURTHER HEALTH REPORT

 

 WILLOW CONTINUSE TO IMPORVE  WITH VERY REDUCED MEDS AND NO PAIN KILLER...

 

YELLOW IS STILL LIMPNG SLIGHTLY-- I DON'T LIKE THAT-- I MAY HAVE TO TAKE HIM TO SEE GEORGE-- WHO W ILL XRAY I AM SURE... I REALLY DON'T CARE IF HE LIMPS AS LONG AS IT IS NOT A GENETIC LIMP--

 

OLIVE IS ACCEPTING BUMPIES ADVANCES-- AND HIS AIM IS PERFECT.

 

PERRY IS UNCHANGED... I THINK HE IS WHAT HE IS..

NOEL (?SLIGHTLY PREG???) HAS SUDDENLY BECOME TERRIFIED OF THE HALLWAY IN MEGAN'S HOUSE.

 

I REMEMBER.... ( HERE WE GO AGAIN) I HAD TO PROVIDE DOGS FOR A MOVIE ABOUT AN OLD HOUSE WHICH WAS TURNED INTO A BAR- AND THE RESIDENT DOG ( NOW DECEASED)  BECAME TERRIFIED OF ONE STAIRWAY-- THEORY BEING GHOSTS---- AND THEY NEEDED TO FILM A DOG  AND PUPPY SHOWING FEAR OF THAT AREA OF THE HALL.--- I KIND OF PLANNED HOW I WOULD DO IT-- DROPPING SODA CANS OR SOMETHING-- ONLY TO FIND I DID NOT NEED THEM-- BOTH DOG AND PUP  I HAD WITH ME WERE AFRAID OF THAT AREA OF THE HALL WITH OUT ANY COACHING.

NOW YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT GHOSTS?

 

 I THINK MEGAN'S HOUSE IS ONE OF THOSE OLDER FARM HOUSES...SOUNDS TO ME LIKE NOEL HAS DISCOVERED A GHOST/

 

(I ALSO HAD A DOG BEHAVE JUST LIKE THAT IN A PETSMART ONLY TO FIND OUT THE FLOURSCENT LIGHT ABOVE WAS ARCING AND I  COULD NOT HEAR IS== BUT TH EDOG REACTED== THEY CHANGED THE LIGHT WHILE I WAS THERE AND THE DOG WAS FINE..) 

 

I DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT GHOSTS..

 

I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT CROP CIRCLES-  THOSE ARE ALL PERFECT.. WITH THE NUMBER OF CROP CIRCLES THERE ARE... WHERE ARE THE ONES THAT GOT SCREWED UP   BECAUSE IF IT IS PEOPLE DOING THEM... THEY WILL HAVE SOME  "IMPERFECT"   ONES.

December 16, 2012

I HAD A DREAM

MOST PEOPLE DREAM OF WHITE SANDY BEACHES-- I DREAMT OF HAVING MY OWN HAND TOWEL--  IT WAS GREEN--DYED GREEEN-- NOT DEVELOPED MOLDY GREEN.  I WAS VERY HAPPY.  I WAS ALSO DREAMING IN COLOR-- SOMETHING I AM TOLD MOST PEOPLE DO NOT DO.   IT WAS GREEN.

 

 THEN  I SAT UP AND LEARNED TO MAKE NOTES ON MY CELL PHONE.. A BIG STEP FORWARD IN MY LIFE..

 

SUNDAY STEWING...

THERE ARE THINGS TO BE DONE... THE YUPPY PUPPY IS REALLY GRUBBY - THE WORLD OF CAMERA PEOPLE EVEN NOTICED THE GRUBBY BOWL

 

TESS IS HERE SERVING SWEET ROLLS-- NOT HAVING DISHES  SHE IS SERVING THEM ON 2 SQUARES OF TOILET PAPER.  GRACIOUS LIVING.

 

DOG PROJECT OLF THE DAY...  ONE STEP UP ON THE SPOON FEEDING BIT..  NEXT WE TAKE  2  PUPS AT A TIME AND SPOONFEED BY NAME ONLY--  WHICH PROGRESSES INTO   NAME...COME.. SPOON..BACK  WAIT-- WHICH IS MORE THAN ALOT OF DOGS LEARN IN A LIFETIME... 

 

CHALANGE  3 WEEKS FROM NOW.----. LETS SAY JAN 10TH----- ALL 8  CHUPPIES SITING WAITING FOR THEIR NAME TO BE CALLED......  AND THE MUPPIES WELL ON THEIR WAY

 

TO THAT END WE/I   NEED A CHEAT SHEET..-- BECAUSE TO GET THE NAMES WRONG AT THIS POINT CAN DO SERIOUS DAMAGE..... SINCE I WLL BE DOING ALOT OF THE SPOONING  AND FORGETTING... THE CHEAT SHEET NEEDS TO BE BY MY DESK.

I DON'T KNOW WHO  CAN DO THE COPY PASTE BIT OFF THE SHUTTERFLY  MARK DID THEM WITHTHEIR NAMES...  BUT APPARENTLY IT CAN BE DONE.  PLEASE JUST DO IT... I AM SURE WE COULD USE MANY-- SEND US/ THERESA  A HARD COPY TOO -

 

I AM REALLY GETTING TO HAVING VOLUNTEERS DO ENTIRE THINGS-  PEOPLE USED TO SEND ME THE ACTUAL CEREAL BOXES  AND WE AOULD HAVE TO CUT THEM UP  NOW... I FIND WE HAVE ENOUGH CAMERA PEOPLE TO GET THEM TO CUT THEM INTO 3 X 6 RECTANGLES WHICH IS A HUGE HELP..

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NOW IT IS ABOUT SYSTEMS AND THE  "FOR WANT OF A NAIL THE BATTLE WAS LOST... CONCEPT....

SOMEBODY CLEANED HOUSE AND MOVED MY EGG WASHING EQUIPMENT FROM THE USUAL.. SO NO EGGS GOT WASHED--- AND CIRCULATED-- 4 DOZEN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FRIDGE--  I HAVE JUST BOILED THEEM ALL IN A HUGE POT- GRABBED 2 FOR BREAKFAST- AND THOSE 2  PEELED EASILY-- MEANING THEY WERE OVER 2 WEEKS OLD.  THEY WERE PROBABLY STILL FRESHER THAN WHAT YOU GET IN THE SUPERMARKET..

 

SO TODAY WE EITHER HAVE A BUNCH OF DEVILED EGGS  OR THE DOGS  HAVE SOME POORLY PEELED ONES..  BUT THE ICEBOX IS BACK TO EGG CARTONS WITH DATES    PLEASE HELP YOURSELF...

 

 

MARY GOT TH EFIRST OF  HER CHRISTMAS "JESUS JOBS" DONE-- THERESA AND BUD TOOK HER TO MALDEN SWHOPPING CENTER WHICH WE HAVE DONE FOR YEARS...  BACK TO WHEN I DROVE THE 8 HITCH  OF MINI DONKEYS WITH ANTLERS..

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 THE THANK YOU'S...

 I FORGOT THE BEAUTIFUL RECLINER CHAIR THAT AMY ARRAINGED FOR US TO PICK UP IN NEEDHAM ( MICHELLE'S HUSBAND DID THAT)  THE TRACTOR UNLOAQDED  IT AND IT GOT AS FAR AS THE T TENT-- HOPEFULLY SOME STRONG ARMS WILL GET IT INTO TH EGUEST HOUSE TODAY-- IT WILL HAVE TO GO OVER THE PORCH RAIL AND IN THE  IG DOORS... I THINK. A GREG  PLUS 1 OR 2  PROJECT.  IN THE RAIN-- ALWAYS FUN.

 

THE DEAGLE HOUSE IS COMING ALONG BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS -- CAMERA BARBARA( MARRIED TO CAMERA MARK) GOT A GREAT SIGN OFF THE INTERNET

 

...THE DEAGLE HOUSE

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT

 

REALLY IS  A SPECTACULAR SIGN...,

 

AND JACK HAS DONE A SPECTACULAR JOB

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 THE BEEF CUTTING PROJECT  MUST PROCEED TODAY  THAT SLICER MAKES IT EASY-- BUT MY BACK WILL TAKE ONLY 2 BOXES A DAY... SO  STEW PEOPLE NEED TO HELP WITH THAT TODAY--MAYBE AT THE GUEST HOUSE-- EVERYBODY TAKE A TURN WITH KNIVES AND SLICER...

 

THE TOILET PLUNGERS ARE BEGINNING TO  BE SHREADED.. DARN... THEY HAVE BEEN GOOD.-  HOPEFLLY WHAT GETS DOWN WILL GET OUT.

 

I LOVE THE NAMES  CHUPPIES AND MUPPIES FOR THE 2 LITTERS--  THE  CHUPPIES WILL LEARN TODAY WHAT SNOW AND RAIN AQRE... THEIR IN/OUT IS COVERED FOR 6 FEET ON THE DECK- BUT THE LAST 6 FEET IS OPEN-- NOT ONLY OPEN   BUT HAS A DRIP FROM THE FIRST 6 FEET.. 

 

 WE HAV E NOT STARTED THE OLIVE X BUMPY LITTER YET--- BUT HE IS THINKING ABOUT ASKING HER TO DINNER.

 

 

 

 

December 15, 2012

I AM PRETTY SURE IT IS SATURDAY--- MY COMPUTER ONLY TELLS ME IT IS 12/15-

 

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO REMEMBER THAT  JUST IN CASE....

 

. OLIVE IS HERE AND IT IS HER 8TH DAY--- AND HILARY SHOULD BE BRINGING BUMPY--   SHOULD SHE BE IN THE MOOD, YOU COULD COUNT 63 DAYS..  SHOULD SHE NOT BE INTHE MOOD WE SHOULD GET OUT THE BANDAIDS IN CASE SHE CHEWS ON TH E SIDE OF HIS FACE..  OR ANY OTHER PART OF HIM.

MANY BREEDERS MUZZLE THE FEMALES-    PERSONALLY- I DON'T... I  FIND THE MALES GET ALOT MORE POLITE  IF EXPOSED TO THE FANGS OF A FEMALE WHO IS NOT IN TH E  MOOD.  THEY LEARN TO SAY "MAY I?"

 

.I HAVE OFTEN SAID I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE GODS HAD IN MIND WHEN THEY DESIGNED CANINE REPRODUCTION.

IN THE INTEREST OF USEFUL INFORMATION.. IF THE TIE DOES NOT LAST MORE THAN 5 MINUTES, IT DOES NOT COUNT. OUR RECORD IS 55 MINUTES.

 

BREEDING HER  IS ACALCULATED  RISK--- BUT WE CAN NOT COUNT ON NOEL-- WHO DID NOT CONCIEVE LAST TIME---  OLIVE HAD SUCH A SPECTACULAR LITTER WHICH INCLUDED YELLOW OPAL AND BENTLY PLUS 5 SPECTACULAR SERVICE DOGS  PINK  TEAL  TAUPE ( 3 MERLES --NOTE  NAME =  WRONG COLOR)  STANLEY AND SPARKLE. 

 WE NEED PUPS..HOPEFULLY THE CAMERA CROWD HANGS IN THERE AND KEEPS THEM FED.

 

SOMEHOW I AM SIGNED UP FOR A QUOTE OF TH EDAY-- AND I ALWAYS READ THEM-- TOTALLY BELIEVING FATE DROPS AMAZING THINGS IN YOUR LAP IF YOU ALLOW IT...

 

YESTERDAYS QUOTE IS FROM BILL COSBY

 

“I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”

RIGHT... I MUST NOT WAVER IN  THE BACK TO BASICS OF  BEING MORE CAREFUL ABOUT WHO ACTUALLY HANDLES THE DOGS---  IF THEY COME UP TO YOU ... FINE..

 BUT YOU MUST NOT USE YOUR MUSCLES TO  ALTER THEIR BEHAVIOR IN ANY WAY. UNLESS YOU HAVE HAD INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION FROM ME FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS.

 

 THE LESSON OF THE TIGHT LEASH IS EXTREMELY CRITICAL TO THE  TRAINING .  IT IS PAINFUL TO ME TO SEE ANY DOG PULLING AGAINST A COLLAR OR HARNESS--- AND ALOT OF THESE HANDY DANDY ANTI PULL  CONTRAPTIONS ACTUALLY CAUSE TH E DOG TO PULL-- WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THESE "GENTLE LEADERS" WHICH THE DOGS ABSOLYTELY HATE-- SOME GET RESIGNED TO  THE STRAP AROUND THEIR NOSE.

 

BUT WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THE USUAL TRAINING COLLAR? 

 THE NAME IS WHY.. IT WAS CALLED A CHOKE COLLAR-- IT IS LESS OF A CHOKE COLLAR THAN THE USUAL LEATHER COLLAR WITH TH DOG DRAGGING THE OWNER AROUND GAGGING ALL THE WAY.

 

THERE IS 5 MILLION DOLLARS OF TRAINING IN THE ONE SENTANCE... IF A DOG THINKS OF PULLING, YOU QUICKLY PULL THEM INTO POSITION NEXT TO  YOUR LEG AND TOTALLY RELAX THE  LEASH.

 

IF YOU WATCH CLOSELY-- THAT IS 99% OF WHAT CESAR  DOES-- THAT IS ALL... AND YOU THOUGHT I WAS KIDDING ABOUTTHE 5 MILLION...

 

  EVEN THE MOST IMPOSSIBLE PIT BULL WE HAD HERE ON ONE SUNDAY STEW- GOT PULLED BACK IN PLACE BY ME MAYBE 3 TIMES AND THEN SAID" OH IF I  SIMPLY STAND AND WALK NEXT TO HER- THAT THING DOES NOT TIGHTEN"-  THEN I TRIED TO TRAIN THE OWNER- THAT WAS THE HARD PART.

 

OUR FINISHED PRODUCT--- IS A DOG YOU CAN TAKE INTO THE CAFETERIA, LOAD UP YOUR TRAY WITH FOOD AND DRINKS= AND WITH YOUR LEASH IN TH E SAME HAND AS THE TRAY, WALK TO YOUR TABLE WITHOUT GIVING IT ANOTHER THOUGHT.

 

THAT IS  CONTROLLING YOUR DOG WITH TRAINING.....  BUT IT STARTS AROUND THE FARM--  NOT ONLY THE PROGRAM OF ANTI  TIGHT LEASH ( AND WE USE ONLY ROPE ND RING AROUND THE FARM)---STICKING YOUR HAND IN FRONT OF THEM TO HOLD THEM FROM GOING OUT TH EDOOR.-- PULLING THEM ONTO YOUR LAP... PUSHING THEIR REAR END DOWN--    PICKING UP A PUPPY TO PUT IT IN SOMEONE'S LAP--NOT UNLESS THAT PERSON HAS SOME DISABILITY THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM GETTIN  DOWN ON TH E  FLOOR AND LETTING TH E PUPS COME TO THEM--

 

 PICKING UP PUPS IN GENERAL MUST NOT BE DONE BY ANYONE BESIDES OUR 5 YEAR PEOPLE-- AND NEVER A CHILD..  KIDS DROP DOGS- AND THERE IS NO REASON FOR  A KID TO HAVE A PUPPY "SERVED"  TO THEM.

 

I HAVE BEEN LAX.

 

WELL I AM BACK ON DUTY... LOOK OUT.

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NOW FOR THE THANK YOUS--  I HOPE I DON'T FORGET ANY..  THE MOST AMAZING THINGS ARRIVE BY FEDEX AND UPS... EVERY ONE USEFULL

PLUS IT GEVES THE PUPS CARDBOARD BOXES TO PLAY WITH .

 

AN OUTDOOR  PROPANE HEATER-- WHICH WE MAY NEED TOMORROW IN THE T T ENT FOR STEW..  TO ADD TO  OUR  FIREPLACE..

DOUBLE ENDED SNAPS-- I HAVE USED THEM ALL UP ALREADY PUTTING TOGETHER CHAOS PUPS DAYTIME PLAY PLACE-- THEY BEAT ELECTRIC TYET WRAPS-- BECAUSE WE CONSTANTLY CHANGE CONFIGURATIONS.

BOWLS-- WENT FROM CARTON TO USE... AND PAILS...

THAT MEAT SLICER WE GOT LAST WEEK IS IN CONSTANT DEMAND-- SAVES HOURS  OF KNIFE AND BOARD.

A COUPLE  BEDS.. AMAZING BEDS STUFFED INTO SMALL CARTONS THE PUFF OUT TO FIT A DANE...  WILLOW LOVES HERS INSTEAD FO A PILE OF FLUFFIES.

VITAMINS-- ALWAYS IN NEED..  TH E ONE A DAY. TYPE... NOTHING EXOTIC...

RUBBER WAFFLE BALL TOYS-- THEY CAN CARRY THEM SOOOO EASILY

AND A FEW CHEW TOYS.. SAVES THE FURNATURE...

MACCADAMIA NUTS- ALREADY GONE ALONG WITH THE HIGH TEST HAWAIIAN COFFEE-- GONE.

 

ALOT OF NICEITIES   WE COULD NOT HAVE AFFORDED

 

OUR OVERNIGHT PERSON HAS LEFT SO I AM ON DUTY AND THEY ARE SCREAMING

 

TIME TO GET THE SPOON OUT.

December 14, 2012

PUPPY BREATH VIALS ARE DOING VERY WELL - AS CHRISTMAS GIFTS I SUPPOSE..

CHRISTMAS CERTAINLY  PROVIDES THE STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENT WHICH MAKES PUPPY BREATH SO NECESSARY !!!

 

NOW TO THE MECHANICS OF RUNNING THIS SERVICE DOG PROCECT..

 

FROM THE RESPONSE I HAVVE HAD ABOUT SENDING US THE 3 X 6 CEREAL BOX (TYPE) CARDBOARD FOR OUR POO COLLECTION PROCESS... I MAY HAVE CAUSED A VOLUME PROBLEM WITH THE CUTE LITTLE POSTAL VEHICLE THAT DELIVERS OUR MAIL/.  WE WILL SEE. IT IS NOT A PROBLEM YET... CHOMP ON

 

AND THEN THERE IS THE NICE UPS  MAN-- THANK HEAVENS IT IS NOT THE ONE FROM 5 YEARS AGO WHO  HELPED NAKED ME LIFT A PUP OFF A FENCE WHERE HE WAS STUCK....  BUT THAT IS ANOTHER STORY..

 

DELIVERY OF THE PRESENTS YOU ALL ARE SENDING HAS STYMIED ME AS TO HOW TO THANK YOU ALL--  THE BOXES NEVER HAVE THE NAME OF WHO DONATED THE CONTENTS--- SO MAYBE I SHOULD JUST  PUT MY THANKYOU'S IN THIS DAILY DOGGIE

YESTERDAY'S FEDEX AND UPS DELIVERIES WERE LOVELY BOWLS THAT FIT EXACTLY IN THE WHITE COSTCO CAKE MIX BUCKETS ( MY "RAISED FEEDERS")   WE HAVE 16 MORE DOGS TO FEED INDIVIDUALLY- AND THEY ARE SOON TO OUT GROW THE CUTE LITTLE DISHES WE HAVE ON THE FLOOR.

 

ALSO A 5 GAL GAS CAN TO PROVIDE A HOT WATER BOTTLE SNUGGLE PLACE SO WE CAN GET THESE PUPS ON AN IN/OUT BASIS-- AND OUT OF MY KITCHEN !!

I DON'T REALLY MEAN THAT-- IF THEY WERE NOT THERE SOME FOOL MIGHT EXPECT ME TO COOK..

 

 A LOVELY BIG DOG BED AND RAISED BED.. A BUNCH OF WAFFLE BALL TOYS THAT THEY LOVE.

 

SO THANKS TO ALL..

 

NEXT PROBLEM

YEARS AGO-- WHEN WE WENT THRU ACCREDIATATION- I WAS FORCED TO DEFINE VOLUNTEER LEVELS OF ACTIVITY-  OUR USUAL RULES 

 

RULES WHILE AT

THE SERVICE DOG PROJECT:

IF IT’S BROKEN, FIX IT

IF IT’S DIRTY, CLEAN IT

IF IT’S SMELLY, PICK IT UP

IF IT’S EMPTY, FILL IT

IF YOU TRIP OVER IT, MOVE IT

IF IT’S GOT FOUR LEGS AND A TAIL, LOVE IT

IF IT’S GOT TWO LEGS AND

DRIVES A GREEN GOLF CART

LISTEN VERY CLOSELY TO IT....

THESE RULES LASTED WELL FOR  MANY YEARS  MOSTLY BECAUSE WE HAD SOME STEADY VOLUNTEERS WHO LEARNED THE ROPES AND BECAME EXTREMELY VALUABLE.

 

 CURRENTLY WE HAVE MANY MORE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO COME OUT AND HELP- WHICH CAN BE WONDERFUL IF THEY CAN SLIDE INTO AND ALREADY EXISTING  SYSTEM OF EXTREMELY BRIGHT PEOPLE WHO JUST GET THINGS DONE WITH A MINIMUM OF FORMALITY.

 

WHAT DOES NOT WORK IS TO COME HERE AND TRY AND REDESIGN A WELL OILED SYSTEM WITH TOO MANY WORKING PARTS FOR ANYONE TO UNDERSTAND IN A FEW DAYS  VOLUNTEERING.

 

THIS LACK OF MICROMANAGING IS DUE TO TH EFACT THAT  99.8% HAVE BEEN HER 5 YEARS OR MORE  AND HAVE LEARNED HOW TO DEAL WITH THE DOGS..(AND ME)

 

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS IF ANYONE ARRIVES WITH THE CONCEPT OF KNOWING HOW TO TRAIN A DOG-- USUALLY A  100% friendly golden-- THIS  is in direct conflict with THE WAY DANES OPERATE.

 

SO TO PUT IT AS SIMPLY AS I CAN...... IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN HERE 5 YEARS, YOU MUST NEVER USE YOUR MUSCLES TO CONTROL OR HANDLE A DANE OF OURS.

 

THESE DOGS WILL EVENTUALLY BE HANDLED BY SOMEONE WITH LIMITED PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES-- FURTHERMORE THEY WILL WEIGH 140 POUNDS OR MORE.

 

SPECIFICALLY THIS GETS DOWN TO  YOU MUST LET THE DOGS/PUPS  COME TO  YOU AND THEN YOU MIGHT PAT THEM.   YOU MUST NEVER RESTRAIN THEM BY HUGGING OR HOLDING.  YOU MUST LET THEM ROAM FREELY IN WHATEVER ENCLOSURE THAY ARE IN.

 

 OF COURSE YOU MUST NEVER ROUGHHOUSE OR CHASE THEM.   THAT WORKS OUT TO NOT WALKING TOWARD THEM IF THEY CAN NOT  EASILY GET AWAY

 

DANES ARE TIMID- AND THEY WILL COME TO  PEOPLE BUT IT MUST BE ON THEIR TERMS.

 

WE HAVE HAD SOME BAD SCENES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE CHASED DOGS. "JUST PLAYING"  BUT THE DOGS DON'T THINK SOME STRANGER RUNNING AT THEM IS FUN.  AND IT TAKES US MONTHS TO GET THEM  OVER THAT EXPERIENCE. 

 

 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE  PUPS AND DOGS IN TRAINING--THESE RULES WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.  THEY HAVE TO BE. 

 

OTHER THAN THAT......

  THE WASHER IS IN TH  ROOM AND THE NEW DRYER IS NEXT TO THE OLD WASHER IN THE LAUNDRY--  BOTH ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING  HOOKED UP

MEGAN'S FATHER IS HELPING WITH THAT DEAL.

 

CHaos pups are on the DECK DURING THE DAY--- AND MAYBE EVEN TH ENUTT HOUSE AND MOVE MOXIE PUPS TO THE DECK SOON

JUST IMAGING A HOUSE WITH NO POOPING DURING THE DAY... THEY WOUL D HAVE TO COME IN AT NIGHT TO THEIR USUAL BEDROOM TV ROOM.

 

IT MAKES FOR LIVELY CAMERA POSITIONS-- BEWARE OF EXTENSION CORDS DRAPPED ALL OVER.

 

MOXIE'S PUPS NO LONGER STAY INSIDE THE BARRIER...  NEEDING A BIGGER BARRIER... MORE X  FENCING.

 

AND WILLOW GOT SLAPPED DOWN BY EITHER OPAL OR BENTLY- WHEN SHE TRIED TO STEAL SOME OF THE TREATS FROM THE  YUPPY PUPPY  MACHINE

 

GOT TO GET MORE DOGS USING THAT FOR AMUSEMENT.

 

WHHCH IS WHAT I WILL DO NOW.