JULY 30, 2013

LARGEST NEWS IS MEGAN IS SICK... SO THE CALL IS OUT FOR VOLUNTEERS TO COME HELP...

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I DO NOT HAVE AN ACTUAL COUNT, BUT WE GOT OVER 1000 WEE WEE PADS YESTERDAY== THEY ARE WONDERFUL-- WE LOVE THEM-- EXCEPT WE HAVE EINOUGH TO HOLD US FOR A WHILE...

HOWEVER THAT PILE OF BOXES CAUSED US TO GO WILD WITH THE MAILCALL LAST NIGHT-- IT WAS PRETTY FUNNY WITH ME HIDING BEHIND THE PILE OPENING ENVELOPES FOR THE FUN FUND...

THIS 5PM OPENING OF THE MAIL IS POPULAR-- THERE WERE OVER 800 PEOPLE SIGNED IN TO WATCH AS THEY MADE ME WEAR THAT MOP ON MY HEAD...

I HOPE THEY HANG IN THERE WHEN THE BOOK FINALY GETS ONLINE...JANINE'S GOAL IS BY NEXT WEEK..

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THE FUNNY THING ABOUT THIS BOOK IS-- FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED AT SDP, IT IS JUST NORMAL HAPPENINGS..

WE GOT TO DISCUSSING THAT AS I WAS LOOKING FOR A HAMMER BECAUSE THE LOLLYPOP WAS THE WRONG SHAPE FOR MY MOUTH AT ANY RATE SO I BROKE IT UP.. I WAS TOLD THAT LOOKING FOR A HMMER FOR THAT PURPOSE WAS FUNNY.

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THEN I GOT TO THNKING OF BOOKS I HAVE READ THAT NORMAL LIVING IS SO AMUSING... I QUICKLY REMEMBERED "THE HILLS IS LONELY" - A SCHOOLTEACHER WHO GOES ON HOLIDAY TO A SPARSELY POPULaTED TOWN OFF THE COAST OF SCOTLAND-- WHERE THE TAXI THAT PICKS HER UP OFF THE BOAT IS ALSO THE HEARSE AND COAL DELIVERY VAN.-- SHE HAS TO CLIMB A 4' STONE WALL TO GET TO HER B&B BECAUSE OF AN -- UNUSUALLY HIGH TIDE WHICH COVERS THE GATE.-

AND THEIR APPROACH TO HEALTH CARE WITH NO RESIDENT DOCTOR IS ALMOST THE SAME AS NORTH OF BOSTON..

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I THOUGHT I HAD A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT YESTERDAY--- NOT TRUE....I HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH A PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT AND WAS CHECKED IN BY A MEDICAL ASSISTANT.. THIS MEDICAL ASSISTANT TOOK MY BLOOD PRESSURE AND IT WAS MUCH HIGHER NUMBERS THAN I HAVE EVER HAD...--

THE PHYSICIANS ASSISTANT CAME IN ASKED WHY I WAS HERE

I RESPONDED BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE SURE MY PAINFUL SHOULDERS WERE NOT LYME-- SO SHE GAVE ME A PIECE OF PAPER FOR LAB WORK...-- I THEN SAID MY BLOOD PRESSURE NUMBERS WERE HIGHER THN THEY EVER HAVE BEEN- AND SHE SAID I WAS BOOKD FOR ONLY A SHOULDER PROBLEM AND SHE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO DEAL WITH A BLOOD PRESSURE PROBLEM- THAT I SHOUL D MAKE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT AND COME BACK FOR THAT.

I SAID I WOULD LOOK IT UP ON THE COMPUTER INSTEAD,,,

SO I DID AND GOT MY HUSBAND'S FIRST ANSWER "IF YOU WOULD LOOSE 20 POUNDS"

BUT AT LEAST I HAD A LYME TEST...

MADE ME WONDER ABOUT WHAT MEDICARE BILLING I CAUSED BY THAT VISIT..

AND WAS IT REALLY AN INSURANCE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE-- I REMEMBER WHEN THE INS PEOPLE CAME TO TOM'S OFF ICE AND DECIDED WE NEEDED AN NEW APPOINTMENT BOOK SO WE COULD BOOK A NEW PATIENT EVERY 10 MINUTES.

THAT WAS WHEN HE CHARGED $20 FOR AN OFFICE VISIT- AND WAS PAID $6.83 CENTS BY INSURANCE.

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NOW I NOTICED THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE GETTING INTO VETERNARY INSURANCE-- ALWAYS SOUNDS GOOD TO STRT--- THEN YOU GET INTO WORDS LIKE ACCEPTING ASSIGNMENT AND LIFE GETS ON THE SLIPERY SLOPE.

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CUT AND  PASTE
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I'M WORKING WITH JULIET ON ORGANIZING THE RETREAT ATTENDEES.

I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH SDP DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO HAVE SOMEONE STAY WITH THEM.

WE HAVE ONE PERSON LOOKING FOR SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT. SHE WILL BE THERE FROM 10/5 TO 10/9, COMING IN FROM CHICAGO.

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AND FROM EBONY

 Hi Carlene,

 

Summer should be a quiet, relaxing time but it never is around here. So, that's my excuse for not writing sooner.

Ebby (Ebony) continues to charm everyone she meets and turn heads wherever we are. She has given up her shoe

fetish and now shows some interest in her Kongs. She is so good about responding to, "Ebby, come", and we're

confident she will not run beyond sight of us (she is microchipped) so we opened one end of her long dog run and

let her do what she loves to do, run, actually tear at great speed. What a magnificent athlete!

Gobs of her brown puppy fur fill the curry comb to reveal black but there is a lot more to shed. No matter, Ebby is

a dear, beautiful puppy with a pleasant disposition and we love her.

I hope the doctor found you in good health.

 

Forever grateful,

Al and Pat

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BUCKWHEAT HAS LANDED BACK IN TENNSSEE-- GROVER JUST CALLED-- HE WILL LOOK FOR ANOTHER FOR US...

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AND SO IT GOES

I AM NOT YELLING-- I CAN NOT SEE the small print

JULY 30, 2013

I HAVE A DR. APT 8:30 THIS MORNING WHICH WILL KEEP ME MOVING QUICKLY.

I AM NOT SURE WHY I GO-- I HAVE THIS FAMILY PROBLEM--- IT IS CALLED THE CURSE OF THE KLANDIKE BAR.... REMEMBER I WAS MARRIED TO A GP FOR ALOT OF YEARS-- AND I WISH I HAD A PENNY FOR EVERY TIME I COMPLAINED, AND HE SAID "WELL IF YOU'D LOOSE 20 POUNDS"

HATEFUL- BUT UNFORTUNATELY TRUE.. SO WHY GO? ..I AM NOT SURE... BUT I HAVE AN APT....

AND I WILL HAVE TO ARGUE WITH SHELIA ALL THEY WAY ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT DICTATING-- MOSTLY ABOUT WEARING MOTORCYCLE HELMETS-- BUT IT HAS GONE BEYOND THAT TO INSURANCE COMPANIES ( WITH GOV'T AUTHORITY) INCREASING THE INS RATES OF SMOKERS---

BUT THAT IS JUST THE START.... WITH AVAILALBE TECHNOLOGY, MY INSURANCE RATE COULD BE INCREASED BECAUSE I JAYWALK..

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JANINE HAS PASSED TH E BOOK ON FOR PROOFREQAING... MARIA PRINTED/READ... BECKJY IS HERE TONIGHT... AND I WILL HVE T IT TOO... ALL WITH DIFFERENT COLORED PENS..

THEN I SAY .. GO...

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ONE OF MY QUOTES IN THERE IS PERFECTION IS OFTEN UNNECESSARY AND EXPENSIVE.. IF YOU CNA'T FIGURE OUT MY SPELLING/PUNCTUATION THEN YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T UNDERSATNAD THE CONCEPT EITHER.

THEN THERE IS "EVEN BAD PUBLICITY IS PUBLICITY-- SO PEOPLE CAN DISCUSS THE GRAMATICAL ERRORS AFTER THEY HAVE READ IT... WHICH MEANS THEY BOUGHT IT-- AND OUR MISSION IS ACCOMPLISHED...

IF YOU WANT GRAMATICALL PERFECTION GO READ WM. SHAKESPEAR WITH ALL HIS FUNNY ffffff''s AND WIERD WAY OF SPEAKING.

THIS BOOK IS FOR THE CARDBOARD CUTTING CAMERA CROWD.

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WHICH REMINDS ME... HOLD OFF ON A B IT WITH THE WEE WEE PADS TIL I PUT AN EXTNSION ON THE HOUSE.--- WHICH I WILL DO... THEY ARE SOOOO MUCH BETTER THAN NEWSPAPERS..

AN THE WHITE ON THE DOGGS IS NOT LIGHTLY SMEARED WITH PRINTERS INK...

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THERE ARE MANY THINGS TO DISCUSS TODAY-- HOPEFULLY I WILL REMEMBER THME FOR TOMORROW.S DD

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I AM TOLD SOMEONE COMPLAINED TO VERIZON ABOUT NOT GETTING THE DD AND GOT SOME OF THEM FIXED..

IT IS A SPAM CONTROL THING... THERE ARE TOOO MANY OPF YOU .. AS FAR AS THEY ARE CONCERNED

SO COMPLAIN TO AOL... VERIZON/ COMCAST... SEE WHERE IT GETS YOU...-- AND IF ANYONE COMES UP WITH A SOLUTION FOR ME TO DO-- I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO IT...

PROBLEM IS THE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO COMPLAIN WILL NOT GET THIS MESSAGE.... SO ALL OF YOU COMP;LLAIN FOR THEIR BENEFIT... I HAVE OTHER CHORES TO DO

MEANWHIE THE DD IS AVAILABLE OFF OUR WEB--- ESPECIALLY WHEN I REMEMEBRE TO POST IT THERE...

CHEERS....

JULY 29, 2013

I WAS HAPPY TO REPORT A SUCCESSFUL MEETING OF YELLOW AND SCARLOT--- I WISH I COULD REPORT 2 MORE BY NOW BUT IT HAS BEEN NO DICE... SHE HAS HAD A STRANGE CYCLE BEFORE... THERE IS NOT A DARN THING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT EXCEPT WONDER WHAT IS NEXT... HE DIDN'T EVEN TRY YESTERDAY..

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IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE OTHER END OF THE GESTATION PERIOD WHERE YOU SIT AROUND AND WONDER WHAT IS NEXT ALSO.

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WE HAD A LARGE GROUP HERE YESTERDAY.. MANY NEWCOMMERS- WITH KIDS-- ALONG WITH ANNE AND HER GROUP OF 2 LEGGED DANES..

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FOR VISITING GRADUATES ...W E HAD.. LOLA.. CASPER..STANLEY..XL ..TY.. I HOPE I DIDN'T FORGET ANY..

WE GOT BOTH GROUPS OF PUPS DOWN BY THE T TENT.. USING BOTH THE "MARKET UMBRELLAS AT EITER END OF THE "GRANDCHILD'S PEN"... I MADE THAT WHEN COLBY WAS VERY YOUNG- AND JANINE WAS NERVOUS ABOUT ALL THE DOGS-- SO WE PENNED THE CHILD.... COLBY.

I REMEMBER WHEN GWEN ND JANINE WERE VERY YOUNG WE HAD A RED AND YELLOW BARREL IN THE YARD--- AND IF I YELLED BOTH KIDS RAN AND JUMPED IN THE BARREL AND STAYED THERE UNTIL THE ALL CLEAR WAS SOUNDED.

HEY... IT WORKED...

BACK TO THE PUPPY BUS COULD STND SOME LOVING ATTENTION-- IT IS CHIPPED GOLD AND RUST -- COME NOW WE COULD DO BETTER THAN THAT.... IT DOES HAVE N AMERICAN FLAG ATTACHED

MAKES US LOOK LIKE A MASH UNIT.

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AND JUST OT GET UPDATED---- IT IS TIME WE CHANGED THE MATTRRESSES-- A SOGGY MOLD BED DOESN'T CUT IT-- AND WHILE WE ARE GETTING CLEANED UP-- WE SHOULD PULL OUT THAT SECOND WAGON ... LIKE THE ONE THE BED IS ON... AND GET REDY FOR THE TOPSFIELD FAIR PARADE NOW...

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THOSE WAGONS... I BOUGHT THEM AT BENSONS ANIMAL FARM WHEN THEY WENTO OUT OF BUSINESS.. THEY ARE MADE WITH BOTH FRONT AND BACHK WHEELS TURNING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS....SO THEY TRACK EXACTLY IN THE PATH OF WHATEVER IS TOWING IT... SO WHEN YOU GO ROUND A CORNER YOU DON'T WIPE OUT 1/2 THE PARADE GOERS...

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I ACTUALY BUILT 3 MORE LIGHTER WEIGHT ONES FOR WHEN WE HAD THE 8 DONKEY HITCH-- AND PULLED CARACATURES OF BUSH -- CLINTON -- AND PEROT + THE 4TH WAGON HAD A SHOVEL AND GARBAGE CAN AND THE SIGN SIAD "THEY ARE ALL FULL OF SH#T" --- IT WAS A VERY POPULAR PARADE FLOAT. ALSO FROM FIRST DONKEY TO SH#T WAGON NEARLY 80 FEET LONG... THEY WERE ALL ATTACEHED TO THE WAGON WE USED FOR THE SANTA SHOT FOR THE CALENDAR.

FUNNY THING ... IN THE SALEM PARADE PEROT BROKE A WHEEL AND WE HAD TO PULL THE PIN AND LEAVE HIM BEHIND...

HOW WERE WE TO KNOW- IT WAS THE FUTURE....

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WITH THESE CAMERA PEOPLE COMING E COULD MAKE A BIGGER THAN USUAL SPLASH IN THAT PARADE...

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Hi Carlene,
Let me preface this by saying that Ghilanne can be very critical...(ED NOTE: SHE IS A VETERNARIAN FRIEND OF LYNNE's)

That being said, Ghilanne thoroughly enjoyed her visit today and was extremely impressed with you, the dogs ( isn't everyone?) as well as everyone and everything. She kept remarking about what a great life the dogs had. This is coming from a woman who goes well above and beyond to ensure her dogs have an amazing life everyday.

Having seen many Danes in her practice with temperament and health issues, your breeding choices speak to health and temperament being dramatically improved when tight line breeding isn't practiced. Something I've been "screaming " about for years. She was thrilled to see such healthy, balanced Danes. If she could have, she would have taken every one of the dogs home she was so taken with them.

She was taken aback by the cost of a finished service dog and ask me to explain it. I did, breaking down all the overhead, (housing, heat, electric, etc), food, staff, and....vet bills. She said she wanted to talk to Paul who is her partner at the animal hospital and talk about providing some pro-bono or deeply discounted services for the dogs.

Is there something specific you would want? If I have something I can guide her with it can be helpful.

Her only criticism, (I said she can be critical) , she wanted to know if there wasn't a better way to collect and dispose of the waste as all those plastic bags were an awful lot of plastic going into the landfills.......

I almost drove off the road...........

Happy Sunday,

Lynne

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MUCH AS I COMPLAIN, I THINK WE DO PRETTY WELL WITH GEORGE.

I WOULD HATE TO HAVE TO START AGAIN AT THE BEGINNING OF TRAINING A VETERNARIAN.

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SPEAKING OF PLASTIC INTHE LANDFILL

THERE IS A DOGGIE DOO SERVICE OUT OF SALEM

I DON'T KNOW WHO GAVE ME THE BROCHURE BUT THE PRICES ARE VERY REASONABLE--- I THINK THEY ARE THINKING A HOUSE WITH A DOG OR TWO-- NOT 50 ODD GREAT DANES-- BUT I WILL CONTACT THEM-- MIGHT MKE FOR A BETTER SMELLING DUMPSTER.

 THE FLYER MAKES SOME PRETTY LIVELY STATEMENTS ABOUT PRODUCING ELECTRICITY..

WE LOOKED INTO THAT ROAD BEFORE-- WITH THE MIT BUNCH...

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I WILL PUT UP A NEW CHICKEN BOARD- THANKS TO OUT CAMERA PEOPLE WE HAVE SOLD OUT AGAIN... AND OUR NUMBER OF READERS AND VIEWERS HAS INCREASED SO I WILL INCREASE THE BOARD JUST A BIT WITH HOPES OUR CURRENT SUPPORTERS GET THE NEW FOLK TRAINED...

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JULY 28, 2013

mixing up the 2 litters down at the t tent was successful

basically the mothers didn't really care- i have decided they only reason they are nursing now is they have too much milk-- they don't care who empties them..

small problem with the 3 harl pups, but we did get it right... had to check the cheat sheets..

nice group of pups every one...

merl;ow still tries to order pi around but othert than that -- it was possible to let them mix in that v pen

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2 cp'S FROM RI WERE HERE TO HELP WITH CHORES MOST OF THE DAY...

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I EXPENDED ALL MY ENERGIES THIS MORNING ON FINDING BUCKWHEATS COGGINS TEST SO WE CHA SHIP HIM OUT ON TUESDAY

IT WASN'T EASY BUT I FOUND IT..

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COGGINS-- THAT IS TO PROVE HE IS NOT A CRRIER OF XXXXX WHICH I DON'T THINK HAS BEEN SEEN HERE IN 20 YEARS???

 

THEY STARTED THIS "MUST HAVE A COGGINS TST TO BREATHE" WHEN JANINE WAS 8? AND HAD TINKER-- HER PONY THT SHE RODE SO HARD SHE WORE OUT STEEL SHOES IN 3 WEEKS INSTEAD OF THE USUAL 8 WEEKS.. I WAS TERRIFIED-- THEY MADE SUCH A PUBLOIC RELATION CAMPAIGN ABOUT IT "ANY POSITIVES MUST BE DESTROYED AS CARRIERS"

YOU COULD NOT GO TO A HORSE SHOW-- OR TRANSPORT ETC.. AND I WAS AFRAID TINKER WOULD TEST POSITIVE ( SHE EVENTUALLY DID NOT) BUT IT WAS ONLY $10 SO I STOPPED COMPLAINING...

NOW IT IS A FARM CALL ....................$52.00

                                      DRAW BLOOOD 18.00

                             SEND TO STATE LAB 11.00

                                       COGGINS TEST 10.00-------------------YEARLY

I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHEN AND WHERE WAS THE LAST CASE OF XXXXXX

THERE MAY BE A VERY GOOD REASON.. BUT I NEED TO HAVE MY MEMORY RFRESED.....-- I CANT EVEN REMEMBER WHAT WE ARE TESTING FOR..

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AT ANY RATE HE IS READY TO GO-- I THINK TUESDAY.

IT MIGHT HAVE WORKD.. BUT IT DIDN'T

IT IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY TO "REPLACE" MARY....

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BUSY DAY AHEAD-- NOT A SH#TTING SUNDAY--- BUT WE ARE SOLD OUT

AND I AM GOING TO PRINT OUT THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK FOR NEXT SUNDAY--

 I WORK HARD ON THIS SHATUPON SOCIETY...

SO FAR IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS..

              ON A SH#TTING SUNDAY MORNING

            THE PRINTER HAS REFUSED TO WORK AT ALL

             THE LISTO OF PEOPLE WOULD NOT PRINT

              THE LITTLE CIRCLE PROGRAM REFUSED TO GO BEYOND 630

             AND I RAN OUT OF INK...

I DO NOT WANT THAT EXCITEMENT.......

THE RULE "WE PUT OUT NUMBERS AT 2:30 AND CHICKENS AT 3:00 HAS HAPPENED... BUT I HAVE SKATED UNDER THE WIRE EACH TIME.

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FOR BETTER OR WORSE JANINE HAS THE BOOK SO I DON'T HAVE THAT ...

LOOKING FORWARD TO A RELAXING SUNDAY.

I AM NOT YELLING-- I CAN NOT SEE the small print

JULY 27, 2013

ANOTHER NIGHT OF MOSTLY SLEEP THANKS TO ANN'S OVER THE COUNTER PILL .....DOXSOMETHING

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IF ANYONE IS NOW GETTING THIS EMAIL WHO HAD IT DISCONTIMUED A COPLE WEEKS AGO I WOUL D LIKE TO KNOW THAT... AOL SAID THEY TOUGHT I WAS SPAM AND THEY SAAID THAT IT WOULD BE FIXED AS OF TODAY

SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW..

I WILL PUT IT ON OUR BLOG ON OUR WEB-- PER USUAL

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MUCH MORE INTERESTING NEWS SCARLOT AND YELLOWE TIED..SO WE ARE OFF AND RUNNING..

I HAD SOME FEELING THAT SINCE WE DID NOT HAVE A REAL START DATE TO WHEN SHE STARTED, THAT TO KEEP HE R IN THE BARN WAS A MISTAKE AND WE BETTER GET HER UP INT THE LAUNDRY "HONEYMOON SUITE" I HOPE SHE IS NOT JUST COMING OUT OF HEAT-- THO THEY HAD ONE SUCCESSFUL TIE ( OVER 5 MINUTES OR IT DOESN'T COUNT.)

SOMEBODY ASKED "DID WE JUST TURN THEM IN TOGETHER?"

WE DO.

THERE ARE BREEDERS WHO MUZZLE THE FEMALES.. WHO HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO BITE MALES... I FEEL THAT IS AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE -- IF SHE SAYS NO SHE MEANS NO AND SHOULOD BE ALLOWED TO SAY SO.. ANY OTHER BITING THAT TAKES PLACE IS USUALLY A GEOMETI\RICAL PROBLEM-- HE IS TOO FAR AWAY FROM HER TEETH TO BE IN ANY REAL DANEGER..

THERE ARE ALSO BREEDERS WHO TAKE THE FEMALE TO THE VET'S FOR TESTING TO SEE IF SHE IS READY... OUR MALES ARE FAR CHEEPER AND THEIR NOSES FAR MORE ACCURATE AT DETERMINING WHEN SHE IS FERTILE AND ACCEPTING OF HIS ADVANCES...

IF HE PUSHES HIS LUCK AND GETS BITTEN- THAT IS CALLED EDUCATION.. YOU ASK FIRST.

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 WE HAD LUNCH IN THE TIPI YESTERDAY-- AND IT WAS VERY NICE... DRAPES ARE UP-- I WISH NOW I HAD THEM DECORATED... BUT... NEXT TIME...

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THE OTHER BIG NEWS--- WHICH ALLOWED M TO MAKE THE DECISION TO BREED SCARLOT IS THAT THE CHICKEN BOARD IS SOLD OUT...

THANKS TO ONE AND ALL !!! IT IS NECESSARY FOR US TO CONTINUE

THAT AND THE PEE PEE PADS I GOT IN YESTERDAY'S MAIL

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IT TAKES A VILLAGE

AND THE USPS,UPS AND FEDEX....

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MIKE AND PAUL (PRES VP OF KURANDA SENT US 10 BEDS FOR THE OUTSIDE KENNELS.. SO DON'T YOU CP'S SEND US ANY ... BY ALL MEANS GO OUT AND BUY SOME FOR OTHER PEOPLE OR YOURSELF-- THEY ARE GREAT BEDS THAT WE USED LONG BEFORE WE GOT ANY FREE ONES...

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YOU WILL HOPEFULL Y SEE US PUTT ING THEM TOGETHER-- SHELOA AND MY RECORD TIEM WS 9 MINUTES SOBER.

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AND WITH ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS- AND WRM WEATHERE.. WE HAVE TO TEACH THESE PUPS TO USE THE WATER DRINKERS..

SO SOME PEOPLE WHO DO NOT MIND GETTING SOAKED-- CAN TAKE THAT ON...

ALONG WITH KONG MANAGEMENT--- AND YUPPY PUPPY EDUCATION WE HAVE VOLUNTEER WORK TO DO...

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NEXT BRAINSTORM IS TO WATERPROOF THE FRONT PORCH AS A MORE ORGANIZED OVERFLOW AREA FOR LARGE ITEMS.... THAT DO NOT NEED TO BE HEATED AND A/C LIKE WEE WEE PADS.

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BY THE WAY I GOT SOME LARGE WEE WEE'S TO SEE IF I COULD RE-DIRECT BAILEY WHO HAS AN INCONTINENCE PROBLEM.

NOT A PROBLEM --- IT IS STERILE -- BUT JUST ANOTHER CHALLANGE IN DOG MANAGEMENT..

RUSHING

JULY 26,2013

BECKY SUGGESTED I PUT TH RED CAUTION LIGHT OVER MY DESK ON NOW.. I REALLY HAVE BEEN UP ALL NIGHT- I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE WEATHER CHANNEL WITHOUT SOUND...IT BEATS THE NEWS RERUNS OF THE FLORIDA TRIAL -I EVEN DID A 3 STAR SUDUKO PUZZLE

SO DON'T EXPECT MUCH FROM THIS TODAY--- AND I DON'T HAVE ANY CUT AND PASTE's

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GOOD NEWS IS THE CHICKEN BRICKS HAVE SOLD OUT AGAIN..

MEANING WE CERTAINLY WILL BREED SCARLOTT THIS WEEK SOMETIME.. SO WE MAY AS WELL GET THE LECTURE OVERWITH..

 MERLE TO MERLE IS NOT ADVISED BY THE AKC-- AND I FULLY EXPECT ALOT OF PEOPLE WHO TAKE THE AKC WORD FOR IT TO COMPLAIN LOUDLY AND WORDS LIKE IRRESPONSIBLE BREEDER WILL COME TO THE INTERNET...

SO LET ME GET AT IT.

1. IN EUROPE REGISTRIES (GERMAN DDC) THEY DON'T ALLOW MERLE TO MERLE OR HARL TO HARL FOR THE SAME REASON.. HOWEVER THE AKC ALLOWS HARL TO HARL.

BOTH CAN PRODUCE PROBLEM DOGS... USUALLY DEAF.

I WILL ATTACH THE BREAKDOWN OF MY COLOR HISTORYTO THAT INFO STUFF LINDA HAS

SHOWING OF 180 DOGS I HAVE HAD 6 WHITE-- 3 OF WHOM WERE DEAF..(. AND KEPT BY ME OR A FRIEND-- NOT DUMPED ON THE RESCUE SYSTEM..) SO MY ACTUAL NUMBER IS 1.6% DEAF-- NOT THE 25% THEY TALK ABOUT---

THERE IS A CORRILATION BETWEEN HARL X HARL AND WHITE DOGS- BUT ONE OF MY DEAF ONES WAS PRODUCED BY A BLACK X HARL CROSS.

PROVING THE BELL SHAPED CURVE LIVES ON..

WE COULD HAVE 8 DEAF PUPS FROM SCARLOTT AND YELLOW BUT IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY. ONE DEAF MIGHT BE THE NORMAL-

WHATEVER HAPPENS WE WILL DEAL... I AM BEING MORE HARD HEADED THAQN USUAL BECAUSE YELLOW S SUCH A PERFECT DOG FOR OUR PURPOSES.. AKC SHOW PEOPLE WILL CALL HIM A PIECE OFF JUNK-- NO NECK AND SHORT LEGS---

SHORT NECK IS FEWER NECK INJURIES AND SHORT LEGS IS THE BSKETBALL PLAYER VS FOOTBALL PLAYER ARGUEMENT...

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AS OFTEN HAPPENS WITH THE USUAL DOG BREEDER, YOU USE THE STUDS AVAILABLE-- WELL IN OUR CASE I HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN 3 -- BUMPY .. BLACK BENTLEY HARL AND YELLOW MERLE-- SO IT IS NOT A LAST RESORT..

KARLA COOK HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH COCKER SPANIELS AND THE MERLE BLOODLINES -- SHE IS ON THE CASE ---

THE AKC IS A HUGE OUTFIT WTIH ALOT OF BELIEVERS- THEY REALLY LOST ME WITH THE $40 DNA TEST WHICH WAS USELESS AT CHECKING PATERNITY... THAT IS ANOTHER $120

I DO APPROVE OF THEIR CANINE GOOD CITIZEN PROGRAM--- THE REST IS SMOKE AND MIRRORS.

EVERY ROTTEN PUPPY FARM HAS AKC REG DOGS ETC......

WELL--- THAT SPOUTING IS OVERWITH

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AND I DON'T HAVE THE ENERGY TO SPOUT ANYHIGN ELOSE.

I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM ANYONE WHO STOPPD GETTING THIS DAILOY DOGGIE AND HAS HAD IT START BGEING DELIVERED AGAIN-- AOL SAID THAT WOULD HAPPEN...

JULY 25, 2013

BEFORE ANYONE COMES DOWN ON ME FOR CONSIDERING A MERLE MERLE CROSS... I HAVE STUDIED IT IN DETAIL... -- REMJEMBER I AM NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF PRODUCING SHOW DOGS WITH CERTAIN MARKINGS ETC

I AM WANTING WORKING DOGS- THERE IS AN AKC AUTHORITY I RUN INTO ALL THE TIME .. SHE HAS FINALLY STOPPED CALLING MY DOGS A "PIECE OF JUNK" BECAUSE I DO NOT PURSUE A CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE AT THE DOG SHOWS,... ACTUALLY SHE REALLY GOT MAD AT ME FOR BUYING A BUNCH OF BLUE RIBBONS FOR 15 CENTS EACH AT THE RIBBON MAKERS STORE...

IT JUST SEEMED SUCH AN EASY SOLUTION.... BUT THAT IS MY HISTORY WITH THE GDCA ( GREAT DANE CLUB OF AMERICA)

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I AM SURE THERE WILL BE A FEW WHO WILL DECIDE VERY VOCALLY ONLINE--- I DO NOT KNOW WHAT I AM DOING...

START WITH.. STATISTICALLY-- HEALTH WISE---- BREEDING HARL X HARL IS ABOUT AS BAD AS MERLE TO MERLE WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT MERLE TO MERLE WILL PRODUCE NO "CORRECTLY COLORED" SHOW DOGS.. SO FOR YEARS THE AKC DECIDED MERLES WERE THE WRONG COLOR AND SHOULD NOT BE SHOWN/BRED/OR SOLD. THE FACT THAT MERLE TO MERLE DOES NOT PRODUCE SHOW COLOR HARLS SEEMS TO BE THE BASIC OBJECTION..

IN THE AKC OPINION "WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO BREED DOGS WHEN THERE IS NO CHANCE OF PRODUCING A SHOW DOG" WELL... I AM THE EXCEPTION

SINCE THERE WAS ONLY 3 LETTERS YESTERDAY- WE BROUGHT YELLOW IN FOR A CAMERA SESSION-- AND THEN HIS BROTHER BENTLY... THEY ARE BOTH GREAT DOGS- BUT CONFORMATION WISE I PREFER YELLOW-- HE IS ONE BRICK OF A THING.-- AND IF I HAD TO BE VERY PICKY ABOUT PERSONALITIES-- YELLOW IS THE QUIETER "I AM FAR SUPERIOR TO THE REST OF THE WORLD" ATTITUDE AND BENTLY CAN BE A LITTLE SILLY. MINUS THE COAT COLOR MY CLEAR CHOICE IS YELLOW.

AND BOTH CAN PRODUCE HEALTH ISSUES--- READ THAT CAREFULLY-- BOTH HARLS AND MERLES CAN PRODUCE DEAF WHITES- AND AN ODD STILLBORN HERE AND THERE-- WE KNOW THAT-- SO CAN ALOT OF DOGS-- AND PEOPLE...

THE CHART SAYS

MERLE X MERLE 25 % BLACK- --- 50%MERLE-- ---25% WHITE

HARL X HARL 8%BLACK 16%BLACK/W 33% HARL 16%MERLE 16%WHITE/HARL 8 WHITE

 SO IN A LITTER OF 8 WE STATISTICLLY COULD HAVE ONE BAILEY--- WELL THAT SURE ISN'T GOING TO BOTHER ME MUCH...

IF WE HAVE 8 STILLBORNS THAT WOULD BE WAY OUT OF THE STATISTCAL BELL SHAPED CURVE.. COULD IT HAPPEN? YES - AND IF WE SHOUL;D BE SO UNLUCKY TO HAVE IT HAPPEN , WE STILL HAVE TO GO WITH PROBABILITY CHART-- IT ALSO  COULD HAPPEN HARLTO HARL

AND THERE IS NO PARTICULAR PROBLEM WITH A DEAF DOG- THEY AREN'T MUSH DIFFERENT THAN A BEAGLE WHO DOESN'T LISTEN ANYWAY-- BESIDES NOW- WE HAVE A VIBRATING COLLAR FOR USE WITH DEAF-- I HAVE HAD DEAF... SOME OFMY BEST SHINER, PANDYMONIUM - AND MARIA HAD ONE ...OTIS...

WHAT I NOW WILL DO IS REDUCE THE FAMILY TREE TOTHE STATS FOR COLOR AND SEE HOW CLOSE THAT GDCA CHART PERCENTAGES COMPARE WITH THE REAL WORLD...

THAT WILL TAKE ME A WHILE AND I WILL SEND IT OUT LATER..

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NOW ABOUT HOW I DECIDED 32 " WAS THE GOAL FOR SIZE OF A DANE SERVICE DOG....AND WHY GEORGE BUSH'S "INSEAM" MEASUREMENT INFLUENCED IT.

 IN ALL THOSE PHOTOGRPHS OF GEORGE BUSH WALKING DIRECTLY AT THE CAMERA, I NOTICED HIS KNUCKLES WERE AT THE SAME HEIGHT AT HIS .... SHALL WE SAY... INSEAM MEASUREMENT?????

 SO I WONDERED WHAT WAS THE MOST POPULAR INSEAM MEASUREMNT--- WHERE ELSE TO GO BUT COSTCO AND THERI PILE OF BLUE JEANS.-- THE HIGHEST PILE WAS THE 32" INSEAM-- I AM SURE THEY SPENT A FORTUNE RESEARCHING THAT - SO I WILL TAKE THIER WORD FOR IT.

 A KNUCKLE HIGH DOG WOULD NOT NEED A LONG HANDLE- AND EVERY INCH OF A HANDLE LOOSES STABILITY...

SO I SET ABOUT BREEDING FOR 32" DOGS...STRONG- STURDY-- SHORTER LEGS.--. SHORTER NECKS -- A PIECE OF JUNK-- JUST LIKE YELLOW.

I AM WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK OF A DEAF DOG OR TWO IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A BUNCH OF GREAT SERVICE DOGS .. THERE ARE QUALIFIED PEOPLE WHO WOULD ADOPT A DEAF DOG...

I AM WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK- BECAUSE I AM ALSO WILLING TO DEAL WITH WHATEVER HAPPENS...

AND THIS CAMERA CROWD HAS BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH NOW TO REALIZE WE CAN HAVE PROBLEMS OF ANY KND AT ANY TIME.. I HOPE THEY WILL BE READY TO EXPLAIN TO ANY NEWCOMMER WHO SHOWS DOGS- THAT WE HAVE A DIFFERENT GOAL... I CAN HEAR IT COMING....

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I WANT TO GET AT THE FAMILY TREE AND SEE HOW CLOSELY ALL THOSE NUMBERS ON THE CHART FIT... I WILL POST THAT LATER

IN THE MEANTIME HERE 'S 2 REFERENCES

 

www.doggenetics.co.uk/index.htm

Double merles are often referred to as "lethal whites". This is an incorrect and misleading term. There is nothing lethal about the merle gene, it can just be problematic. Lethal white is a completely separate gene which does not occur in dogs. It occurs in horses,
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 http://www.greatdanerescueinc.com/events/genetics.html/title/breeding-considerations-breeding-where-do-deaf-whites-come-from-

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ALSO I TALKED TO AOL AND THEY SAID THEY MAY HAVE FIXED THIS EMAIL PROBLEM-- PUTTING ME ON THE WHITE LIST FO PEOPLE ALLOWED TO SEND OUT MASSIVE NUMBRS OF EMAILS

BUT IT MIGHT TAKE 24 HOURS

I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM ANYONE WHO STOPPED GETTING IT AND NOW IT IS BACK AGAIN.

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I AM NOT YELLING-

 I CAN NOT SEE the small print

JULY 24, 2013

mail call at 5pm is a hoot. and we have been watching the number of people watching us... normally 300 ish it more than doubles for mailcall.

there are wildly colored envelopes-- some crayon colored-- with a dollar or two for the fun jug-- then the 1/2 inch of cardboards with funny things on the back... PLUS A NOTEBOOK MADE OF ELEPHANT POO...and the packages--- usps, ups, fedex are all represented..

last night shelia's husband- was trying to hide off camera when shelia and i started on the envelopes - we didn';t get far and his phone rang.. his sister--- a camera person from conn ---called to ask what he was doing here..

that along with "blue" greg going up on puppy hill to call his mother in england.

 ah the reaches of modern technology...

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i don't know if you ALL REALZE WE HAVE A MEETING AT 9AM EVERY DAY --AKA COFEE BREAK...-- AND WE HAVE SOME SERIOUS CALCULATIONS TO DO ABOUT POSSIBLEY BREEDING SCARLOTT TO YELLOW... BOTH ARE HERE-- SHE JUST STARTED I HEAT.

IT WOULD BE MERLE TO MERLE WHICH COULD BE GENETICALLY A PROBLEM ( A WHITE DEAF) BUT WHITE DEAFS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH HARL TO HARL -

THAT IS A PERFECT MATCH AS FAR AS STRUCTURE IS CONCERNED... YELLOW IS A TANK ! MORE SO THAN HIS BROTHER BENTLEY...

IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE ALOT OF PUPS AT THE MOMENT-- BUT DON'T FORGET 1/2 OF PI'S GO TO THE"WALK" SERVICE DOG PROJECT.

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I GAVE UP ON THE BOOK AND SENT IT TO JANINE... TO DO WHATEVER TO IT... I PUT IN A BUNCH OF DAILY DOGGIES WHICH SHE MAY HAVE TROUBLE WITH... THERE IS NO LOGICAL BEGINNING OR END TO THE THING... EVERY TIMNE I THOUGHT I HAD IT DONE, I REMEMBERS DOMETHING ELSE.

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TODAY I NEED TO TRY AGAIN WITH DENIM-- HE GOT A BIT OLD WITHOUT BEING LEASH TRAINED-- SO NOW HE IS GOING THRU THE SCREAMING BITING STAGE OF LEARNING ABOUT RESTRAINT...I HAVE THE FIGURE 8 ON HIM SO HIS NECK SHOULD SURVIVE ALL HIS FLAILING ABOUT. HE HAS DEFINITE IDEAS ABOUT WHAT HE SHOUJLD DO AND WHERE HE WANTS TO DART OFF TO...

CONTROL IS NOT YET IN HIS VOCABULARY.

SOMETIMES THE WORSE THEY ARE THE BETTER THEY TURN OUT..CASE IN POINT BOBBY.. WAS DREADFUL WHEN FIRST LEASHED. AND PERFECT LATER.. SO LET US PRAY..

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I PUT WEE WEE PADS ON THE SDP WISH LIST... I CAN REALLY GET SPOILED BY THEM---

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AND FEEDING THE PUPS NOW IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY-- BOTH MOMS ARE STILL NURSING,,, BUT WITHOUT ENTHUSIASM .

PI'S ARE FEW DAYS YOUNGER THAN MERLOTS-- AND IT SHOWS

THAT TAKES ALOT OF TIME TIL THEY FIGURE OUT HOW TO REALLY TAKE IN FOOD... A ND THEY HAVE TO LEARN TO DRINK WATER ON THIER OWN.. SO IT IS COMPLICATED AT THE MOMENT.

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NO EXCITING COPY AND PASTE

SO ON WE GO.

JULY 23, 2013

TIPI SETTING UP RECORD 22 MINUTES AS PER A SIOUX WOMAN ON THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION.. APPARENTLY THEY HAVE CONTESTS. AT PARTIES ETC... OH BOYS---- 22 MINUTES..... RED FLAG IN FRONT OF A BULL..MY PROBLEM... WELL ONE OF MANY WOULD BE ... I WOULD NEED CONDITIONS-- LIKE -- YOU COULD NOT COUNT THE TIME I HAD TO SIT DOWN AND REST BETWEEN ACTIONS.... AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A SMALLER TIP[I THAN THIS ONE WITH THE 27 FOOT LONG POLES.. I HAVE ALL THE OLD POLES--- MAYBE WE COULD TRY AND SET UP ANOTHER DOG ONE FOR SHADE-- AND TIME US---. WRINKES WOULDN'T COUNT...

MAYBE THAT WOULD BE QA PARTY GAME FOR THIS BUNCH COMING IN OCTOBER...

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SPEAKING OF SHADE... SOMEONE WHO SENT A COUPLE DOLLARS FOR THE FUN JUG SAID THEY WERE FOR KENNEL SHADE... I HAVE BEEN THAT ROAD OF TRYNG TO SHADE THE KENNELS ON THE BARN- AND IT WAS A LOST CAUSE-- BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO INSIDE AND GET OUT OF THE SUN ENTIRELY... PUTTING UP SHADE ROOFS COLLECT ALL KINDS OF THINGS- AND TO COVER THE PART YOU WANT TO SHADE MEANS THE COVER HAS TO INVOLVE THE GATES TO THE FIELD... WHICH ARE ALREADY ILLUSTRAQTING THE "LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS." ALTHO I LOVE SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE FUN JUG, TELLING ME WHAT THE DONATION IS FOR IN THIS CASE LEAVES ME WONDERING WHAT TO DO... KENNEL COVERS JUST DON'T WORK HERE- AND THEY HAVE AN OUT ALREADY...

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NOW ABOTU THE REQUEST TO TURN THE TIPI AROUND-- AGAIN - THE LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS-- YOU COULD NOT SEE INSIDE IT ANYWAY EVEN IF IT DID FACE THE CAMERA. IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAT I BE ABLE TO SEE WHO IS GOING IN AND OUT ( LIKE THE DOGS...OPA;L ESPOECIALLY) SO IT IS POSITIONED SO I CAN SEE FROM THE T TENT.

I AM DELIGHTED TO HEAR SOME OF YOU HAVE LOOKED UP TIPI DETAILS LIKE FACING EAST--- THAT IS KNOWLEDGE YOU MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE HAD...

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WE HAVE A ?BREED OR NOT TO BREED QUESTION AT THE MOMENT... SEEMS AN ODD TIME... BUT WE DON'T GET TO PICK THE TIMEING...

ONE THING THAT WOULD AFFECT US MOST IS THE CONDITION OF THE CHICKNE BRICKS-- YOU PEOPLE HAE BEEN DOING GREAT WITH THEM-- AND WE ARE 1/2 WAY THRU THIS BUNCH...

WTH YOUR SUPPORT WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER LITTER THIS FALL---- SO HAVE AT IT -- YOU HAVE 7 DAYS- TO SHOW YOUR CONTINUED INTEREST IN SUPPP[ORTING THE FOOD/UTIILITIES AND VET EXPENSE OF ANOTHER LITTER...

NAG EACH OTHER TO BUY NUMBERS...

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PUPPY FEEDING MAY TAKE PRECIDENT RIGHT NOW... THEY ARE WIMPERNG ... HUNGRY??? AND NEITHER MOTHER SEEMS TO WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT... SO I WILL GET SOME FOOD READY AND CUT THIS SHORT

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HAVE SOME CUT AND PASTE...

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Hello Ladies,

Manny is doing excellent! He's a good boy!

We both are due for a visit and Manny's re-certification identification as well. I believe it is due in early August. I know how busy everyone is at the farm and don't just want to show up unannounced. If you could let us know a more convenient date or time we will be eagerly anticipating our visit. See you soon!

Thank you,

Maureen & Manny

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Pandora is very in tune to the people around her and does grumble at certain individuals. Here is what we have discovered:

She doesn't like anyone to do handstands, she runs at them and barks.

A three year old jumping on her bed outside isn't what she feels is good behavior and let him know. She sounded very vicious but the three year old didn't even seem to notice. I think he's got her number.

A nice man called us into his garage on one of our walks and loved her. He told us a story of how he always wanted a Dane but his wife said no. He wanted to show his wife Pandora so went inside to get her. As soon as the wife came out Pandora started grumbling!! Tell me dogs don't know.

Every morning she greets me like we haven't seen each other in years. What a wonderful way to start my day.

Our chocolate lab keeps taking the ball over to Pandora, but Pandora has no idea what she is suppose to do with it. When we throw it she just watches it go up in the sky and then looks at us as if to say, What do you expect me to do now?

She is adjusting well and seems very happy.

You sound way too busy, take it easy and don't forget to relax once in a while.

Debbie and Mike

I AM NOT YELLING-- I CAN NOT SEE the small print

JULY 22, 2013

LOOK OUT WORLD HERE I COME !! 12 HOURS SLEEP - I DO NOT BELIEVE IT. ANNE GAVE ME AN OVER THE COUNTER SLEEPPING PILL-- SO I TOOK ONE...

BECKY WAS OVERRNIGHTER AND SHE SAID SHE CHECKED ON ME SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE I JUST DID NOT GET UP AND MAKE COFFEE AT 2AM ETC...

BEING AN RN.. AND THINKING MEDICALLY SHE DECIDED IT WAS A COMBINATION OF WHATEVER ELSE I TOOK YESTERDAY... MEDICATIONS HAVE A WAY OF MULTIPLYING THEMSELVES

SO WE STARTED IN.. I HAD 2 PIECES OF CHEESCAKE 4 OF COSTCO'S CHICKEN WINGS , A SMALL BIT OF PATS POTTOE SALAD AND A COOKIE. PLUS THIS ONE PILL WHICH TURNS OUT OT BE UNISOM WITH A FANCY NAME....

THERE YOU HAVE IT-- THE SECRET TO A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP

PERFECT RECIPIE- TIL THE FDA DECIDES CHICKEN WINGS FOR SLEEPING PURPOSES MUST BE DISPENSED IN A BUBBLE WRAPP CONTAINER.

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WHICH BRINGS UP --- SOMEBODY NEEDS TO INVENT A BLISTER/BUBBLE BREAKER-- YOU KNOW THOSE INDIVIDUAL PILLS IN ONE IMPENATRABLE BUMP OF PLASTIC.

I THINK THESE THINGS ARE MADE BY THE MAKERS OF TRANQUILIZER- BECAUSE THE EFFORT EXPENDED AT GETTTING ONE ANTI-NOSE-DRIP PILL OUT OF THE PACKET AND INTO MY MOUTH CAN NECESSITQATE 2 TRANQUIL PILLS BEFORE I CAN EVEN CONTEMPLATE WHY THE PRINTER SPITS OUT BLANK SHEETS OF PAPER..

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THE THEORY OF MULTIPLYING PILLS???

WE HAVE ONE VET APPLICANT WHO IS ON 140 PERESCRIBED PILLS A DAY BY ACTUAL COUNT- THIS IS THE WAY THE VA DOES IT.

?TOE HURT?---- HAVE AN ANTI TOE PAIN PILL

? THAT PILL IS UPSETTING YOUR STOMACH? HAVE ASTOMACH SOOTHER

? THAT KEEPS YOU AWAKE? TAKE 2 PLASTIC COATED CHICKEN WINGS...

THERE IS NO END-- JUST DON'T LIGHT A CIGARETTE NEAR HIM...

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NOW FOR SOME OTHER PROBLEMS OF THE DAY

PI HAS A LUMP--- A HARD LUMP IN THE MILK DEPARTMENT-- SO WE MAY BE IN A QUICK OFF NURSNG AND ONTO GOATSMILK/PUPPY FOOD...

AS SOON AS WE GET SOME MORE HELP HERE I CAN ADDRESS IT-- I JUST GAVE HER THE MORNING FEELIE TO BE SURE ALL FAUCETS WERE AGREEABLE- AND FOUND THAT...

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I THING STEPH FOR ONE WILL BE HERE THIS MORNING-- SHE IS A CERTIFIED PUPPY FEEDER-- AND MARY JO WILLL I THINK BE WORKING INTO THE SCHEDULE ALSO-- SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A HANDLE ON IT QUICKLY...

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THE PUPS ARE FAR ENOUGH ALONG THAT I DON'T THINK WE WILL HAV TO GO TO BOTTLES-- BUT THIS SITUATION IS WHY WE LIKE TO GET PUPS TO LEARN TO DRINK OUT OF BOTTLES BEFORE THIS HAPPENS..

THE COMPLICATION WILL BE TO ROTATE PUPS ON HER OTHER WORKING NIPPLES.

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OTHER THAN HTAT ... IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HAVE A FULL SUPPLY OF PEOPLE HERE YESTERDAY PAUL AND EARLENE COLLEEN3, BLUE GWEN,MARIA'S WHOLE FAMILY-- JUST TO N AME A FEW....

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MARIA'S FAMILY DE- WRINKLED THE TIPI-- WRINKLES IN YOUR TIPI ARE A SIGN OF A POOR HOUSEKEEPER- LORD KNOWS I DON'T NEED ANY MORE ADDITIONAL SIGNS LIKE THAT.

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MY DAUGHTERE- GWEN- CAME IN YESTERDAY AND SAID "THE PLACE IS CLEAN" -- SHE DID NOT MEAN IT UNKINDLY BUT THE SHOCK WAS SUCH THAT SHE JUST BLERTED IT OUT WITHOUT THINKING.

IT IS A FACT- AND IT IS NOT JUST TH EMIDDLE OF THE FLOOR THAT IS CLEAN, WE HAVE ENOUGH HELP NOW TO MOVE AN OCCASIONAL SOFA AND CLEAN BEHIND THEM.

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TIPI PROJECT TODAY---

SINCE THE WRINKLES ARE OUT, I CAN GO ON TRYING TO HANG THE INSIDE DRAPE.

IT IS THE STRANGE PIECE OF TIPI THAT MAKES FOR THE UPWARD DRAFT... THE TIPI OUTER SHELL IS NOT ON THE GROUND BUT AN INCH OR TWO OFF THE GROUND-- IT IS THE INSIDE DRAPE OVERLAPPING THE FLOOR COVERING THAT GETS THE DRAFT GOING... ALONG WITH PROPER MANAGEMENT OF THE SMOKE FLAPS.

NOW SEVERL PEOPLE HAVE NOTED THE DOOR IS SUPPOSED TO FACE EAST- BUT THAT WOULD BE FACING THE HILL- SO I DECIDED IT WOULD WORK BETTER TO HAVE IT ACING THE T- TENT..

COMMENT HAS BEEN MADE BY THE CAMERA PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN'T SEE INTO THE TIPI- WELL YOU CAN'T SEE INTO IT ANYWAY YOU CAN ALL COME AND ENJOY THE INSIDE IN OCTOBER-- OR WHENEVER YOU GET HERE...

IT HAS ALSO BEEN SUGGESTED THAT CAMERA PEOPLE BE ALOWED TO SLEEP IN THE TIPI AT THEIR OWN RISK...- AFTER ALL THEY DID HELP PAY FOR IT.

WITHTHE OLD TIPI, I HAD A RULE- THAT WHATEVER YOU ATE HAD TO BE COOKED IN THE TIPI.

CALLING FOR PIZZA WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION..

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PI NEEDS ATTENTION

JULY 21, 2013

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE EXPECT A BOOK LIKE THIS TO BE SPELLED THE SAME WAY OTHER PEOPLE SPELL WORDS... I HAVE BEEN TOLD MY SPELLING ABILITY IS CHARMING. ... AND ONE OF THE MORE EXCITING THINGS ABOUT THE DAILY DOGGIE.

ADD TO THAT TYPOS CAUSED BY POOR TYPING ABILITY COUPLED WITH AGED SHAKING FINGERS AND I AM TOLD SOME OF THE DOGGIES ARE "CLASSIC"

SO WHY DO I HAVE TO GO THRU THIS MANUSCRIPT SO MANY TIMES ? I AM RUNNING OUT OF INK..

I CAN REMEMBER......

COLBY COLLEGE- MAINE- SOME OF THE FACULTY DECIDED NO ONE SHOULD GRADUATE UNLESS THEY COULD SPELL ALL THE WORDS ON THEIR 500 WORD LIST.

I WAS A MATH MAJOR - I WROTE TO THE DEAN ASKING WHY MY ROOMMATE ( WHO COULD SPELL) WAS ALLOWED TO GRADUATE WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT A SLIDE RULE WAS.

I CARRIED THAT FOOL 500 WORD LIST FOR 3 YEARS ( I LEFT IT HOME WEN I SPENT MY JUNIOR YEAR AT UNIV OF EDINBURGH).

I CAN REMEMBER MY POOR MOTHER IN TEARS CRYING "YOU CAN'T EVEN SPELL THE WORD TWICE THE SAME WRONG WAY."

I DID GRADUATE- ACTUALLY THEY GAVE ME A DIPLOMA AND I RAN FOR THE EXIT. IT WAS A PAINFUL PERIOD IN MY LIFE.

AND HERE I AM -- CONFRONTED BY THE BOOK AND THE FACT THAT MANY OF MY MIS-SPELLINGS AREN'T CLOSE ENOUGH FOR SPELL CHECK TO MAKE SUGGESTIONDS.

IF THE TRUTH BE KNOWN-THAT IS WHY I SOMETIMES USE UNUSUAL WORDS.- AT LEAST I CAN FIND SOMETHING SIMILAR.

WHY CAN'T I PUT "CREATIVE SPELLING BY AUTHOR" OR SOMETHIGN.

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YUCK-- THIS IS NOT AS EASY OR AS MUCH FUN AS I THOUGHT

HOW BAD IS IT??

I AM OUT OF INK AGAIN.

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BUT THE TIPI IS UP

IT NEEDS ALOT OF DIDDLING- AND THERE ARE ALOT OF PIECES TO ADD YET-- BUT IT IS STANDING

A THING OF BEAUTY.----THANKS TO GRACE( TALL) SHELIA( STRONG)AND COLBY ( HALF AWAKE)

THAT LIFT POLE WAS HEAVY--- BUT LIKE ANY HEAVY OBJECT, ONCE YOU GET IT BALANCED IT DOESN'T WEIGH MUCH.

OBJECT WAS TO ATTACH THE CANVASS TO THEONE LST POLE AND SET IT IN PLACE- THEN UNWRAP THE CANVAS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS

 I HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF ESP[ECT FOR THE INDIAN WOMAN WHO CAN PUT UP THIS YEAR ROUND HOUSE IN AN HOUR.

SEVERAL OF THE CAMERA PEOPLE HAVE KEPT TRACK ----AND IF YOU DON'T COUNT TH ESITTING AROUND COFFEE DRINGKING AND ADD ONLY THE ACTIVE PART... IT WAS NOT MUCH MORE

THAN AN HOUR AND A QUARTER... IT WAS THE 36 HOURS REST BETWEEN THE ACTION THAT MOUNTED UP..

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IT WAS HOT.

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TODAY IS SUP[POSED TO BE LESS HOT

SUNDAY STEWING- WITH NO MARK TO GRILL-- HE HAS A GOLF THING.

RUMOR HAS IT EARLENE AND PAUL MIGHT BE AROUND TODAY..

THEY HAVE CHAOS WITH THEM..

 MEGAN IS SUPPOSD TO BE BACK FROM HER TRAVELS-

MARIA HAS DONE A TERRIFFIC JOB- AND IS ABOUT TO COLLAPSE FROM THE EFFORT. BEING SHORTHANDED HAS SHOWN IN THE FCT THAT THE DOGS ARE LESS INCLINED TO SLEE[P ALL NIGHT.

I HAVE ADDED MARYJO TO THE MISC CREW- INTRODUCE YOURSELVES--- SHE IS THE ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE HILLARY, A SLIGHTLY OLDER VERSION.

THE CAMERA PEOPLE REPORT THAT CALLIE AND DEVLIN HAVE DONE WELL OVERNIGHT WITH THE PUPS -- AND ARE STILL AWAKE... AIN'T YOUTH GREAT???

SO ON WE GO

I STILL DO NOT KNOW WHY EMAILS ARE SO RANDOM... BUT YOU SHOULD BE BLE TO FIND THIS ON TOUR WEB.

I AM NOT YELLING-- I CAN NOT SEE the small print

JULY 20, 2013

IF YOU DON'T GET THE DD HERE -- YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEB-- I TRY AND REMEMBER TO POST IT THERE.

WE ARE LIVE AFTER 18 HOUR OFF LINE....

 WE COULDN'T EVEN OPEN MAIL WITHOUT THE CAMERA CROWD... SO I HAVE HELD IT OVER TO TONIGHT 5PM.

RUMOR HAS IT SHELIA MC COME DOWN AND HELP WITH THE CANVAS ON THE LIFT POLE TODAY- WE MAY GET IT FLIPPED AROUND... BUT LET'S NOT GO FOR NO WRINKLES YET.. A GOOD INDIAN HOUSEKEEPER DOES NOT HAVE WRINKLES IN HER TIPI..

I AM GETTING MORE AND MORE RESPECT FOR INDIAN HOUSEKEEPERS.

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WE DID GET ALL THE DOGS UNDER A/C LAST NIGHT BY BRINGING THEM UP INTO THE DEAGLE AND NUTT HOUSES-- DOUBLED UP-- BUT THAT WAS BETTER THAN THE BARN-- WHICH WE CXOULD NOT GET BELOW 90 DEGREES.

 

THERE ARE A COUPLE BRITISH PEOPLE IN THE GUEST HOUSE LAST NIGHT... I THINK.. THE ROLLER BLADING GROUP TO WHICH JANINE BELONGS IS IN BOSTON THIS WEEKEND-- COUPLE HUNDRED ROLLERBLADING PEOPLE HIT ONE TOWN EVERY MONTH OR TWO.. INTERESTING STORIES THEY TELL.

I SAY INTERESTING--- BUT THE INTERESTING STORIES ARE USUALLY SOME UNEXPECTED SCREWUP, NOT THE FACT THAT ALL WENT PERFECTLY.

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BB DID NOT MAKE THIS WEEKS TRAILER LOAD- SO HE IS STILL HERE.... BACK TO LOOKING... SEVERAL HAVE OFFERED MINI'S. BUT I HAVE BEEN THAT ROAD -- THEY ARE ABOUT 32" I.E. THE SAME SIZE AS THE DOGS.

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ANOTHER HOT DAY FOR MARIA COVERING... ANYONE WHO CAN COME AND DEAL WITH DOGS, I HOPE YOU SHOW UP... IT IS AWFULLY HOT.

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DOGS ARE UP AND BARKING... I BETTER GO HELP

JULY 19, 2013
HAPPY 19TH OF THE MONTH-- THAT SHOULD TAKE CARE OF ALL BIRTHDYS, ANIVERSAEIES, GRADUATIONS   AND OHER THINGS FOR WHICH I SHOULD SEND AN CARD.

paula just suggested i tell everyone what a fantastic job she , maria and giules re doing.. and altho maria and jules aren't up yet-- they will be and have put in a huge effort covering the place while we are shorthnded.

 so i did that

 

i have been up since 4am because he cameras aare out.. i jumped out of bed thinking it was just ours-- and how could i push buttons in the barn without the dogs barking-- when becky discovered most of explore is out. so i emailed tim- and will just wait til something else happens.

becky - wandering around the internet found something about ustream cleaning it's teeth this morning-- so that could be the problem-- go ahead all of you and research that one and let me know.

this &%*(* book - there is no such thing as done. stuff happens so fast around here that there is a story a minute-- so i put a bunch together and have shut the folder steph said she is coming here to play with pups-- so i am going to saddle her with a quick edit.... ( she is an editor... or something like that..... apparently she can spell too.)

janine did ask me to do a quick story about the job with ducks that could not swim with goldie hawn..- the call was for brown ducks-- and ron ( son in law) found some in some farmer's yard- and took them to ?plymouth.. where he sat all day waiting to film the ducks- somehow goldie hawn and a badmitton net were in the story too. 4:30 the director called for the ducks to be put in the pond... and ron carefully lifted 2 then 2 more.and picked up the next 2 when someone screamed the first 4 were drownding.-- so there was a great deal of confusion as people jumped in the pond to save the ducks.-- turns out.. these ducks had not ever been in w ater and had not preaned thiere feathers??? ... so i was told...at any rate-- they were the sinking ducks.. he collected them and went back the next day with another bunch that we had first tested in the bath tub.-

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it is suupposd to be &(*_* hot-- i would lve to try and get the first 3 poles up.. early so we can look at it and figure out where we can put it... i am ready-- the 3 are tied together... but they are 27 feet long... it will need some engineering ..

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all dogs are have air conditioning thanks to a bunch of people-- so they go out for a runaround- then back in to cool off..

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it has been determined pi will not nurse her pups in any kind of damp bedding-- she is ripping it up as i sit here-- so i better go tend to that

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cn't do much else today anyway

just keep the lid on the place will be an acheivment.

JULY 18, 2013

TV TELLS ME 90+ FOR WEATHER???? THAT DICTATES TODAY WILL BE TRYING TO KEEP A BUNCH OF BLACK DOGS OUT OF THE SUN-- THEIR BACKS GET ALMOST TOO HOT TO TOUCH... SO LOTS SPRAY BOTTLES-- MISTERS-- FANS AND A/C'S TODAY TO KEEP ALL THAT RUNNING THERE WON'T BE TIME FOR MUCH ELSE.

BIGGEST NEWS--

BUCKWHEAT LOST HIS CHANCE TO FILL MARY'S SHOES.. HE IS GONG BACK TO TENN- THE BUS MAY PICK HIM UP TODAY THERE ARE FEW PROBLEMS I AM NOT WILLING TO RISK. HE DOES HAVE AN ATTITUDE OF DOMINANCE-- PROBABLY COMES FROM BEING A FULL MALE FOR TOO LONG. THE FIRST PROBLEM I NOTICED IS YOU CAN NOT MOVE HIM SIDEWAYS-- DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH-- BUT WHEN I WOULD ASK HIM TO MOVE HIS REAR SIDEWAYS BY PUSHING ON IT, HE WOULD QUICKLY PUSH RIGHT BACK WITH A "DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO".... JANINE WALKED HIM AROUND AND TRIED TO GET HIM TO TAKE HER SERIOUSLY ON A LEAD.. SHE HAD THE FEELING HE WAS JUST BIDING HIS TIME LOOKING FOR HER GUARD TO BE DOWN.. WITH MARY IT WAS A GAME- USUALLY FOOD ORIENTED.. WITH BUCKWHEAT IT HAS A SERIOUS FEEL TO IT.... SINCE HE IS A BIG ANIMAL- IT IS NO JOKE.

THEN HE CAME ACROSS THE PARKING LOT TO TROMP A PUP ( WHO SEEMS FINE NOW)- AND THEN HE BIT SHELIA- WHO WAS JUST SCRATCING HIS NECK...

SO JANINE CALLED HER TRAQILER CONTACT THAT DRIVES BACK AND FORTH WEEKLY- SHE WAS GOING TO TRY AND GET HIM ON THE TRAILER TODAY.

IN THE MEANTIME-- HE IS IN THE MIDDLE STALL/PASTURE - DO NOT GET WITHING BITING DISTANCE -

THE PART THT REALLY WORRIES ME... IS

HORSES NIP/PINCH ETC AND LET GO. AN D THEY ARE KNOW FOR BITING/

A DONKEY IS NOT KNOWN FOR BITING... BUT WHEN THEY DO THEY HANG ON AND DRAG THEIR PREY AROUND. I HAVE BEEN ON THE RECIEVING END OF THAT PERFORMANCE ONCE AND I NEVER WANT TO BE IN THAT SPO T AGAIN.

THEY ARE USED IN HERDS OF SHEEP TO PROTECT THEM BY KILLING WOLVES- BUCKWHEAT SHOULD GET HIMSELF A JOB DOING THAT...

SO HE GOES BACK... THANK HEAVENS- AND GROVER SAID HE WOULD KEEP HIS EYES OPEN FOR SOMETHIG ELSE TO TRY.. MAYBE STAY WITH THE FEMALES-- JENNY'S

THAT IS NOT AN AUTOMATIC EITHER BECAUSE THAT SPOTTED JENNY WE HAD HERE FOR A WHILE AND GAVE TO MYOPIA HAD THAT SAME DEFINSIVE LOOK TO HER-- WHICH IS WHY SHE MOVED ALONG..- WE NEED A VERY SPECIAL DONKEY-- IT MAY TAKE US A WHILE-

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THE HOT THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH TODAY MAY ALSO BRING ON THE BUGS-- SO FAR THIS YEAR WE HAVE HAD VERY FEW. I REDALIZE I AM TEMPTING FATE... SOMETHING I HESITATE TO DO. TO THAT END I DID NOT THROW OUT THE 1/2 GAL COKE BOTTLE.

AND I WIL PUT UP THE PENNIES IN TH EPLASTIC BAG BIT... I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT CONCEPT-- BUT MAY AS WELL TRY- I KNOW THE PLASTIC BOTTLES WITH THE TOPS CUT OFF AND I NVERTED WORK WONDERFULLY AS LONG AS THEY ARE BAIED WITH SOMETHING VERY ATTRACTIVE TO FLYS..AND FYI NOT ALL DOGGIE DOO IS ATTRACTIVE.. I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY- IF THERE ARE 4 DISTINCT PILES WAITING TO BE PICKED UP ON THE DECK, THE FLYS WILL BE ALL OVER ONE PILE AND NONE ON THE OTHER 3.. THE ONLY OTHER PIECE OF INFO I ASSOCIATE WITH THIS "ATTRACTIVE SH#T" STUDY IS SOMETHING ABOUT DOGS NOT DIGESTING THE PROTIEN IN THE WHITE OF AN EGG.. MAKING THEM INCLINED TO EAT THEIR POO.

 ALL UNFOUNDED RUMOR.. HOWEVER FLYS DO MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHICH PILE IS APPROVED.

BAIT THAT BOTTLE CORRECTLY AND I HAVE HAD 4" WEEKLY OF THOUSANDS OF DEAD FLYS--- THE BLACK SHINEY KIND.

 THUS ENDETH THE BUG LESSON FOR THE DAY

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MY CHIPPED FRONT TOOTH IS NOW REPAIRED-- NEITHER THE DENTIST OR HER ASSISTANT KNEW ABOUT EXP[LORE-- BUT BOTH HAD SEEN A DANE SERVICE DOG IN A STORE IN THE PAST WEEK.

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AS I WANDER I AM GETTING MORE OF THE "I SAW A DANE SERVICE DOG AND WONDERED IF IT WAS YOURS" I THINK WE ARE NERLY THE ONLY ONES WITH DOGS OUT WORKING.

PI'S OWNER IS TRYING TO START "WALK" WITH HIS FRIEND MIKE.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE IN MIND FOR THE 4 PUPS OF PI'S THAT THEY WILL BE GETTING.

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NOW ABOUT THE FEEDING OF MERLOW'S PUPS-- WITH THE GROUND UP PUPPY FOOD AND GOATS MILK... TAKING IN TO ACCOUNT THE SMEARING FACTOR.. TODAY I WILL START WITH 6 OZ WATER, 1 AND A HALF CUPW OF GOATS MILK- AND A HUGE HEAPING TABLESPOON OF GROUND UP PUPPY FOOD. THE PUPS HAD A GOOD STRT WITH STEPH AND NOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO CONSIDER HOW MUCH FOOD THEY ACTULLY SWALLOW- AS OPPOSED TO SMEAR...

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I AM NOW ON PUPPY DUTY

 HOPEFULLY VOLUNTEERS WILL ARIVE THIS MORNING TO TKE OVER.

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P.S WE HAVE DELIVERED CHAOS TO PAUL AND EARLENE-- SHE HAS BEEN TERRIBLY BORED AROUND HERE- SO THEY TOOK HER FOR  A FEW DAYS.

JULY 17, 2013

MANY THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARRIVED IN SUCH SPLENDER TO HELP WITH THE SHORTAGE--- I THINK ALL THE DOGS GOT BETTER ATTENTION YESTERDAY-- THEY WERE A BIT QUIETER LAST NIGHT-- SO I DID GET A BIT OF SLEEP.

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE SAY THEY CAN MAKE PLANS TO HELP AS WE GO ON THRU THE WEEK. INCLUDING A KENYON FRIEND OF GWEN'S.

REMINDS ME OF MY ANIMAL EPISODES DAYS WHEN I COULD PUT THE CALL OUT FOR EMERGENCY HELP AND BOTH MY KIDS--- IN COLLEGE --PROVIDE ME WITH A HUGE SUPPLY OF WONDERFUL HELP THAT WAS INTELLIGENT AND BROKE.... SO IF I NEEDED 8 PEOPLE TO MEET ME AT 5AM IN THE CITY HALL PLAZA IN BOSTON, 8 PEOPLE WOULD BE THERE READY FOR WHATEVER HAPPENED..

WHAT IS NOW AMUSING IS I OFTEN RUN INTO THESE ADULTS IN SOME PRETTY AMAZING JOBS AND WE REMINISS ABOUT HOW THEY WERE IN CHARGE OF THE CHICKEN TRAY-- OR POO PICKING IN THE DONKEY PEN-- FOR SOME ANIMAL EPISODES JOB. I

I HAVE OFTEN HEARD THEM SAY THOSE CRAZY JOBS PREPARED THEM WELL FOR WHAT THEY WOULD FACE IN THE BUSINESS WORLD. ..... "SH#T HAPPENS DEAL WITH IT".

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THAT IS ABOUT HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS SHORTHANDED WEEK.

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IT IS NOT ALL DRAB BY A LONG SHOT...

ALONG WITH THE GENERIC VOLUNTEERS HERE... I HAVE TO MENTION THE CRAZY CAMERA BUNCH WHO HAVE BEEN PROVIDING US WITH AMUSEMENT WITH A FEW OFF BEAT COMMENTS TO MAKE US CHUCKLE-- AND COOKIES..... AND FRUIT ( THOSE CHERRES WERE WONDERFUL)

I ALSO HAVE TO MENTION THE NUTTY PROCEEDURE ABOUT OPENING THE MAIL AT 5:00PM SEVERAL CP's HAVE CONTINUED TO SEND US A DOLLAR OR TWO IN A COLORED ENVELOPE-- FOR THE FUN JUG... WHICH IS TO BE USED FOR THINGS NOT QUITE ESSENTIAL. AT 5PM WE SIT WITH THE WHITE BOARD AND TELL PEOPLE WHERE THE MAIL IS COMING FROM-- AND OUR NUMBER OF PEOPLE WATCHING NEARLY DOUBLES DURING THAT PROCESS...

 THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVOITE THINGS ABOUT THE EXPLORE CAMERAS, IT GIVES PEOPLE WHO'S BUDGET CAN AFFORD ONLY A DOLLAR OR TWO A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE. ..PLUS... THOSE WHO CAN BUY THOSE VERY CRITICAL CHICKEN BRICKS. THOSE ARE NOT THE FUN FUND...CHICKEN BRICKS ( OFF OUR WEB) ARE CRITICAL-- FOOD AND UTILITIES..

I CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT TO DISCOURGE ANY ROVING MILLIONAIRES WHO MIGHT WRITE US A BIG CHECK... BUT THERE ARE SO MANY OF THESE CAMERA PEOPLE THAT I AM CONFIDENT ON RELYING ON THE CHICKEN BRICK PEOPLE. THOSE BRICKS GAVE US CONFIENCE TO BREED MERLOW AND PI FOR THIS CURRENT PUPS.

WITHOUT CBP ( CHICKEN BRICK PEOPLE) BENTLEYS LOVE LIFE WOULD SUFFER GREATLY.

SO HE THANKS YOU TOO.

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THE EMAIL SYS TEM CONTINUES TO BAFFLE MANY OF YOU-- I SUGGEST YOU PASS THE WORD AROUND THAT I (USUALLY REMEMBER) TO POST THIS OFF OUR WEB PAGE.. I THINK MY EMAIL LIST GOT TOO LARGE ANMD IT IS SCREWING UP SOMEWHERE-- BUT YOU SHOULD FIND THE DD OFF OUR WEB.

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BAFFLE-- NOW THERE IS A GOOD NAME FOR A HARL PUP-- ALONG WITH CHAOS,MAYHEM ETC...

I DOUBT I GET THE TRIPOD OF THE TIPI UP TODAY-- BUT IT IS A GOOD THOUGHT.... YOU CAN WATCH THAT MESS WITHTHE PUPPY HILL CAMERA.

 ?SCHEDULE?

IF ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE HERE A QUICK PUPPY BUS TRIP ABOUT 10:30 TO THE PUPPY HILL AREA

AND WE WILL TRY AND DSH FEED PUPS ABOUT NOON HERE IN THE HOUSE

THAT SCHEDULE IS TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON VOLUNTEER HELP TODAY..

JULY 16, 2013
no daily doggie this morning-- we have a very large problem being short handed ... several of the dogs have been barking literally all night long. it is not their fault-- they have not had the attention they need or should hav e. so they do that repetative barking that is so annoying, keeps me awake, and i am surekeeps the nieghbors awake also . the neighbors will make an official complaint i am sure..

JULY 15,2013

MY MOTHER WOULD PUT UP A POEM A WEEK ON OUR MIRRORS ( I HAD 2 SISTERS) AND WE WOULD GET $1 FOR MEMORIZING THAT

"IF" BY RUDYARD KIPLING HUNG IN THE HALL AND WAS A $10 POEM. "IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HEAD WHEN ALL ABOUT YOU"

I WORKED HARD TO LEARN AND EARN THOSE $1 REWARDS... SIMPLE ENOUGH-- I HAD TO COMB MY HAIR IN THE SAME MIRROR..

CONSEQUENTLY I HAVE ALL SORTS OF PIECES OF POETRY IN MY HEAD-- MOSTLY THINGS LIKE "WHO'S WOODS THESE ARE I THINK I KNOW" POETRICALLY SIGNIFICANT ETC-- BUT INTHE MIDST THERE IS THE "TAKE A BUCKET"-- WHICH I QUOTE REGULARLY-- AT LEAST TO MYSELF

I TRIED TO GET MY KIDS TO LEARN THEM---- BUT $1 AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE.

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PUPS ARE MOVING ONWARD LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THEM OUTDOORS-- EVEN FOR A BIT-

WE HAVE TO GET THE PUPPY BUS OILED AND SCRUBBED-- TO CARRY THEM BACK AND FORTH BEFORE THEY LEARN TO FOLLOW-

 I WONDER IF IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SET UP A SMALL SQUARE IN HE GRASS DOWN BY THE PUPPY HILL CAMERA JUST TO GIVE THEM TIME OUT...

 NEAR THE TIPI PROJECT... BEFORE THEY ARE READY FOR THE V PEN.. IT COULD BE ON CAMERA-- WHERE THE V PEN IS NOT 100%

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NEXT PROBLEM-- ALOT OF YOU ARE NOT GETTING THIS DD-- YET I SEND IT OUT EVERY DAY--

- SO ... I WILL NOW SEND A NOTICE OUT IN SMALL BUNCHES... WHICH WILL TAKE A WHILE TELLING PEOPLE TO TRY LOOKING FOR TI ON THE WEB TIL WE FIGURE OUT WHY AOL IS NOT MAILING IT...

 THERE IS NO WAY I CAN PUT IN HERE---- "LET ME KNOW IF YOU DON'T GET THIS"

THAT DOESN'T WORK.

JULY 14, 2013

TODAY'S VENTING-- SENIOR MEMORY

I ALWAYS HAD A POOR MEMORY- NOW IT IS WORSE..AND IT IS PRESENTING PROBLEMS--

WITH A BIT OF LUCK, I CAN CONCENTRATE ON ONE THING AT A TIME..... THERE IS NO CHANCE I CAN DEAL WITH 2 OR 5 THINGS AT ONCE--

WHERE IT COMES INTO LIGHT IS WHEN I AM AT THE COMPUTER I HAVE ALL I CAN DO TO REMEMBER WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO TECHNOLOGY WISE-- ALONG WITH WHATEVER I NEED TO ACCOMPLISH TEXT OR ACCOUNTING WISE.

TO HAVE SOMEONE COME UP BEHIND ME AND SAY "EXCUSE ME CARLENE, IT IS RAINING OUTSIDE".

THAT CAUSS ME TO FORGET WHERE I WAS GOING, HOW I WAS GOING TO GET THERE AND WHY I NEEDED TO GET THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.. WHICH CAUSES LANGUAGE NOT SUITED FOR FAMILY TIME.

TOM USED TO DO IT ALL THE TIME "CARLENE , I NEED GEORGE'S PHONE NUMBER" . I NEVER DID GET HIM TRANED..

BACK AT MIT WHEN THE COMPUTERS WERE TWICE THE SIZE OF THIS HOUSE, THERE WAS/IS AN OLD COMPUTER ROOM RULE-- IF YOU DON'T MAKE EYE CONTACT-- DO NOT SPEAK

I NEED THAT RULE HERE-

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ON SOMEWHAT THE SAME TOPIC-- IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE A DECIENT ARGUEMENT WHEN I CAN NOT HEAR 1/2 OF WHAT IS SAID.

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SUNDAY STEW IS ON-- PER USUAL--

BENJAMIN MADE A NASTY MISTAKE YESTERDAY AND WILL BE CONFINED TO THE "GRANDCHILD'S PEN" RIGHT OUTSIDE THE T TENT.

THERE WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND DOGS BY THE CAMER-- AND HE BOLTED THRU THEM AND KICKED AT A PUP. SO HE IS IN TROUBLE..

PAUL SAID THEY WOULD BE GOING ON HOLIDAY BUT I DON'T KJNOW IF THAT STARTED TODAY OR MONDAY .

AND THE POLES GOT TREATED-- HOPEFULY THEY WILL BE DRY ENOUGH TO STAND UP TODAY... I DOUBT WE CAN DO THE COVER-- BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET THE POLES UP

THEY ARE 27 FEET LONG-- AND THERE ARE 17 OF THEM.

SO ALONG WITH STANDING UP TIPI POLES, THE PLAN OF THE DAY IS TO TRY AND PRIORITIZE THINGS GOING INTO MY EAD.

SINCE I HAVE HAD NO SLEEP SINCE 2AM IT WILL BE A ROUGH DAY.

CAMERA PEOPLE------IF I AM SEEN WITH MY HEAD ON THE KEYBOARD, DO NOT CALL 911

JULY 13, 2013

YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF DAY IT WILL BE.......WNHEN YOU SET THE BOTTLE OF EXCEDRINE ON YOUR DESK BEFORE COFFEE.

LOTTS OF CUT AND PASTE REPORTS TODAY SO I WILL GET RIGHT TO THE PLANS OF THE DAY

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YESTERDAYS DELIVERIES USPS, UPS, FEDEX, AND A FREIGHT COMPANY ( THE POLES)..

.MOST EXCITING.. BALL POINT PENS--- GOOD ONES-- RUBBER HANDLES--A WHOLE BOX FILLED- LABELED FIRST MISSOURI BANK----- OR PROBABLY MIS LABELED SOMEHOW-- 250 REALLY GOOD PENS FOR $19.50 IF YOU DON'T MIND WHAT THEY SAY-

I HAVE A HISTORY OF PENS IN BULK-- IT USED TO BE 1000 PENS FOR 30.00 ON EBAY - . WITH THOSE PENS I BECAME THE JOHNNY APPLESEED OF BALL POINT PENS.,

LET IT BE KNOWN YOU CAN TALK YOUR WAY INTO ANY OFFICE APPOINTMENT BY GIVING THE RECEPTIONIST A SHOEBOX OF PENS.-- ESPECIALLY GEORGE'S VET OFFICE... I HAVE WATCHED PEOPLE IN HIS OFFICE LOOK FOR A PEN- AND CLCULATED WHAT THAT WAS COSTING HIM ON A YEARLY BASIS. 2.7 MINUTES PER DAY IS A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE , EQUALS 11.25 HOURS

EVEN AT THE MINIMUM WAGE- THAT IS OVER $100 PER -- AND HE MUST HAVE 30 EMPLOYEES... IT AIN'T PEANUTS-

-NOW IF YOU ADD THE DISTRCTION FActor AS YOU HAVE TO IN MY CASE

--"AH... LOOK AT THE FRESH POT OF COFFEE.. NOW,....WHY DID I COME IN HERE???. OH YES I WAS LOOKING FOR A PEN" THE NUMBER IS STAGGERING.

SO MUCH FOR THE PENS-- TRY EBAY SEARCH PENS

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IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING THE SIMPLE THINGS OF LIFE- ....I.E. US... OPENING MAIL....

WHO WOULD THINK THAT THE OPENING OF THE MAIL AT 5PM WOULD DRAW TWICE THE CROWD THAN THE AVG WATCHING.

THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH THIS GLASS OF WINE BUNCH OF CP"S.. IT MUST DEFINE COCKTAIL HOUR...

WE OPENED ALL THE COLORED ENVELOPES -- MANY WITH A SHORT NOTE AND A DOLLAR OR TWO WHICH GOES IN THE FUN POT- I THINK PEOPLE BOUGHT A   PACK OF PASTEL ENVELOPES TO SEND/ PARTICIPATE IN THE PINK ENVELOPE CAMPAIGN TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND PRINCIPAL OF JOC's SCHOOL-- AND THEY HAVE A FEW LEFT OVER...SO IT GOES ON... IT PAID FOR THE TEEPEE AND THE NEXT THING WILL BE A HUGE POWERFUL VACUUM CLEANER FOR THE BARN KENNEL-- SHELIA IS SCOUTING A BUILTIN--.. THOSE DOLLARS MOUNT UP

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I DON'T THINK IT HAS CUT INTO THE CHICKEN BRICKS-- IT CAN'T-- THAT CHICKEN FUND IS NOT A FUN PROJECT IT PAYS THE REAL BILLS.. LIKE YESTERDAY'S UTILITY BILLS ELECT $1000,WATER $350, AND TRASH $385-- PLUS THE DOG FOOD.. AND WE HAVE 4 SPAY AND NEUTERS BOOKED FOR NEXT WEEK. THAT CHICKEN BRICK IS EXTREMELY CRITICAL TO MOVING FORWARD WITH THE NEXT LITTER...

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AND THEN THE FRIEGHT TRUCK WITHTHE TIPI POLES 27 FEET LONG-- PERFECTY STRAIGHT-- FROM A SPECIAL TREE FARM IN MICHIGAN? WHICH GROWS TALL STRAIGHT TREES.

THAT DEFINES TODAY'S PROJECT.. GET THE POLES UP.... CORRECTLY THIS TIME

AND THE BIBLE OF TIPI'S BY GLADYS LAUBIN GIVES EXACT MEASUREMENTS OF THE PLACEMENT OF THOSE POLES-- TO WITH IN INCHES...

FOR ME TO DO ANY CONSTRUCTION WITHIN INCHES IS A CHALLANGE-- I AM MORE THE "WITHIN A FOOT OR TWO" TYPE.

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ENJOY THE CUT AND PASTES...

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I don't do Facebook either, but one of the CPs posted the following in the comments. It came from Lola's Facebook page...

From Lola on facebook:

So today was a long day! This morning mum took me to the diner down the street for breakfast. All the people said I was so beautiful and asked mum all kinds of questions about me, like what kind of dog, what's my service, how old I am. They couldn't believe how good a job I do at just a year old ;) . They were so happy for us and told us to come back any time and gave me a piece of bacon...mmm mmm mmm!!

So many people in and out of the house today. People working in the yard and painting some walls.....I wag my tail at everyone, especially the ones giving me cookies!

 

Every night my mum has to get a shot of medicine POOR MUM :( and I always make sure she is ok when she's done. She always pats my head and says I'm such a good girl and smiles at me. I'm real glad I can make her smile after she gets an ouchie

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Hi Carlene & All,

I hope you are feeling well and getting good, restful sleep.

Is there a chew toy that puppies like more than shoes?!? We have always kicked off our shoes when we enter the house. My children's families do the same so there are always shoes of all sizes, colors and materials by the entry door. Garden clogs and sneakers seem to be Ebony's favorites. Other than her shoe fetish she is a dear, wonderful dog and a faithful companion for Al. I'm so comfortable when Al is out walking with Ebony. She always brings him home safely. They only walk the driveway but there are several walks back and forth.

Gratefully,

Pat

( I SUGGESTED A PIECE OF FISH NET HUNG HIGH)

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Things are fine out here in Western MA. Tessa is doing great. You mentioned it was a slow DD not much to report and as I've been going to mention this to you for about a month now (you jarred my memory when you mentioned puppies and hawks.)

 

I take Tess down to a local athletic field for exercise, on hot days She likes to walk in a small creek that runs along side the field. One morning as We were going over to the creek Her head came up alert, a furrow between the ears as she stared off. I looked toward what caught her eye and there two children were running flying kites about 20 ft over their heads. Tess looked at me ...to the children, back to me then over to their mother and back at the children! She then began tugging at the leash toward the children. I told her no she looked again at me then the children....I said they're okay Tess it won't get them it's not a bird! So she went and enjoyed the creek then before we left I took her over to smell the kites and show her they weren't big birds. I told the children and their mother about her wanting to chase the birds over their heads away, they hugged her and told her thanks Tess!

Tess at times will watch the turkey vultures gliding on the air currents over head but I didn't think too much of it before. She's very in tune with everything surrounding Us. Which is so amazing these Dog's process so much information, traffic, people, animals, shopping carts, cars, trucks and so too it seems big birds trying to scoop up children! Just thought You might use a chuckle and incase you hadn't noticed before they're trained to watch out for hawks too! They are true multi tasker's as if just taking care of us was not enough! Thanks again for putting us together! Sincerely Al&Tess

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APPARENTLY SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEGUN TO HAVE THIS LAND INTHEIR SPAM FOLDERS SO THEY DON'T THINK I HAVE DONE IT.. TRY THERE.

I AM NOT YELLING-

- I CAN NOT SEE the small print

JULY 12, 2013

THE BOOK.... DIDDLING WITH IT-- I HAVE SOME EDITING TO DO... I AM GOING TO INSIST THAT THE FACTS ARE CORRECT-- JANINE HAS TOLD THE ANIMAL EPISODES PORTION OF THE BOOK -- AND SHE HAS ADDED SOME THINGS I FIND UNACCEPTable

 LIKE LUCY THE PIG WAS TRAINED TO COME , FETCH THINGS, SIT AND LIE DOWN.... SHE WAS NOT TRAINED TO ROLL OVER- I DO NOT THINK A PIG IS THE SHAPE THT WOULD ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.. ....FOR JANINE TO INCLUDE THAT IS SLOPPY WRITING

I WOULD NOT WANT ANYONE TO THINK WE MADE ANY OF THIS STUFF UP. I DON'T THINK ANYONE COULD MAKE UP SOME OF THE THINGS THAT JUST HAPPEN AROUND HERE.

SO I AM RED PENCILING HER DRAFT.

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SHE IS NOT GOING TO TAKE IT LIGHTLY-- BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF ANOTHER WILD STORY.. JANINE IS CURRENTLY A NERVOUS ----A PLUMBER DID NOT SHOW UP ON SCHEDULE.

JANINE IS HOMELESS- SHE GOT TIRED OF PAYING HER MORGAGE SO SHE RENTED HER HOUSE OUT- BEFORE SHE HAD MADE PROVISION FOR HERSELF AND SON TO LIVE SOMEWHERE.

THIS KIND OF THING IS NOT TERRIBLY UNUSUAL-- COULD BE SHE IS IN THE GUEST HOUSE-- I KNOW HER LAUNDRY IS IN MY WASHER.AND . MY FRIDGE IS RELATIVELY EMPTY---

WHEN WE FIRST MOVED HERE SHE LIVED IN THE FRONT OF THE HORSE TRAILER FOR A MONTH- AND THAT WAS CONSIDERED FAIRLY NORMAL.

AND YOU WONDER WHY I BOUGHT A TIPI?

IT WILL BE THE OVERFLOW GUEST ROOM.

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WE ARE REALLY PRESSED FOR DD NEWS...

 THE PROBLEM BEING ... ABOUT 10 MONTHS AGO--- BEFORE EXPLORE -- I DID NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL COURAGE TO BREED ANOTHER LITTER-- SO RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DOGS READY TO GO DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AS FINISHED SERVICE DOGS.

THEREFORE THE ONLY TRAINING NEWS I HAVE IS THAT WE ARE ALL PLODDING IN CIRCLES TRYING TO ACHIEVE BOREDOM SO WE CAN CONTINUE THE MORE EXPLICIT TRAINING AND GET THESE DOGS OUT OF HERE TO THIER NEW PARTNERS.

PRETTY DULL

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SO... FOR EXCITEMENT-- MERLOW'S PUPS EYES ARE OPEN

 THE TIPI POLES WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERED WEDNESDAY AND THEY WERE NOT.

WE DID MANAGE TO GET SOME OLD POLES AND CANVAS INTO THE V PEN FOR SHADE FOR ANY PUPS THAT ARE THERE IN ANOTHER WEEK OR SO.....

THESE PUPS BEING SMALL WE HAVE TO PUT UP ALL TH E USED CAR TINFOIL BANNERS- TO KEEP HAWKS AWAY.

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AND I FOUND YELLOW INDEX 5 X 8 CARDS- MAYBE NO I CAN GET ORGANIZED - HISTORICALLY I ALWAYS CARRIED A 5X8 FOLDED IN THIRDS WITH ALL THE DAILY DATA ON IT-- THINGS TO DO-- APPOINTMENTS-- PHONE NUMBERS

A TRIFOLDED 5X8 STANDS UP ALERTLY ON MY DESK, FITS IN A POCKET, AND CLIPS ON MY GOLF CART STEERING WHEEL

 WHAT ELSE COULD I ASK FOR.?

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SHELIA AND I HAD A GOOD ARGUEMNENT GOING YESTERDAY- I LOVE ARGUING WITH SHELIA- ESPECIALLY WHEN NEITHER OF US KNOWS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT..

IT HAD TO DO WITH AIR PRESSURE-- AND DID YOU LOOSE PRESSURE OVER A LONGER DISTANCE OF SOLID PIPE OR HOSE???

SHE WENT HOME TO LOOK IT UP--

WHEN ONE PERSON KNOWS THE CORRECT ANSWER IT RUINS ALL THE FUN.

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I AM NOT YELLING-- I CAN NOT SEE the small print

JULY 11, 2013
DANE NAMED QUIETEST BREED OF DOGS. I HOPE SOMEONE REMEMBERS THAT WHEN MY NEIGHBORS TRY AND JAIL ME AGAIN. the story on vetstreet.com

AGAIN YOU SAY??? THAT IS ONE OF THOSE STORIES----

I WAS INSTALLING A COMPUTER IN A MEDICAL BUILDING AND WORKED A LITTLE LATE-- CAME HOME- MIXED A SOUTHREN COMFORT MANHATTAN ( DON'T SEND ME SOME-- I QUIT DRINKING THEM)- JUST AS I FINISHED ONE, THE PHONE. RAND.. THE POLICE CALLED- THEY NEEDED ME TO COME TO THE STATION AND SIGN SOME PAPERS- I QUICKLY REPLIED - I COULD NOT AS I HAVE BEEN DRINKING AND I MUST NOT DRIVE ....THINKING THEY WOULD GO AWAY... THE NICE MAN OFFERED TO SEND A CRUIZER FOR ME-

SO I MIXED ANOTHER BIGGER SOUTHERN COMFORT MANHATTAN AND WAITED FOR MY "TAXI" HE ARRIVED ABOUT THE TIME THAT SECOND DRINK BEGAN TO HIT- BUT HE WAS VERY NICE AND LET ME TAKE THE UNFINISHED PART IN THE CRUIZER SO I DIDN'T WASTE IT. THE STATION IS ABOUT 20 MINUTES WAY..

I WAS FEELING NO PAIN WHEN THEY CHECKED ME IN WITH A MUGG SHOT, FINGERPRINTS. THEY HAD CALLED IN A WOMAN TO BABY SIT ME BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT HAVE A FEMALE ETC..... I FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS BEING PAID LESS THAN THE MINIMUM WAGE AND FEELING NO PAIN... I SET INTO THE OFFICERS ABOUT THE ILLEGAL HIRING PRACTICE-

THE PROBLEM WAS A LEASH LAW VIOLATION AND I HAD A SUMMONS TO BE IN COURT THAT NO ONE HAD PUT IN MY HAND-- SO I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT AND WAS THEN IN CONTEMPT OF COURT..... COURT TAKES THAT CONTEMPT BIT VERY SERIOUSLY

THE BAIL WAS SET AT $20 AND I ONLY HAD $14. AND THEY WOULD NOT TAKE MASTER CARD....ONE SAID "ISN'T THERE ANYONE YOU CAN CALL TO BAIL YOU OUT?" THEY REALLY WANTED ME OUT OF THERE-- IT WAS THEN ABOUT 11PM. AND I WAS ON A ROLL ABOUT ILLEGAL HIRING... I WAS OFFERED THE PHONE TO TRY AND GET THE $6.00. A FRIEND CLOSEST TO THE STATION WAS ANN- " WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU CALLING ME FOR AT THIS HOUR??" I SIMPLY SAID I NEEDED $6. "WHAT FOR?"---- BAIL---- "WELL COME GET IT--- MY CAR HAS NO MUFFLER-- IF I DRIVE IT AT THIS HOUR I WLL BE IN THERE WITH YOU." MY NICE POLITE POLICEMAN GAVE ME A RIDE TO HE HOUSE TO PICK UP THE $6 -- OF WHICH $2 WAS IN COINS...I LINED UP ALL MY BILLS AND COINS ON THE DESK AND THEY LET ME GO-- AND HAD TO TAKE ME HOME AGAIN- WHICH THEY WERE HAPPY TO DO.

I WROTE TO THE CHIEF TNE NEXT DAY AND TOLD HIM WHAT A GOOD STRAIGHTFORWARD JOB HIS OFFICERS HAD DONE AMID GREAT ADVERSITY.

I ALSO WENT TO COURT... I NOW HAVE A RECORD.. WHICH MEANS I PROBABLY COULD NOT GET THE TOP SECRET CLEARENCE I ONCE HAD... BECAUSE OF A LEASH LAW.

WHAT A PITY

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THAT WAS TOO LONG WINDED-- I HAVE THINGS TO DO.. APPARENTLY

PUPPY EYES ARE OPEN-- CAMERA PEOPLE WNT TO SEE THOSE..

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  SCRATCH THIS-- IT JUST GOT POSTPONED TIL FALL
AND I HAVE TO MAKE ARRIANGEMENT TO GET TO THE TOWER OF HOPE PARTY IN WHITE PLAINS NEW YORK ON JULY 18TH-- IT IS SOME KIND OF RECEPTION WINE/CHEESE DEAL AND OUR PUPPIES WLL BE THE MAIN ATTRACTION.. MERLOW'S BUNCH WILL BE A PERFECT SIZE AND ACTIVITY..

WE HAVE DONE THIS FOR YEARS-- AND TOWER OF HOPE HAS BEEN VERY KIND TO US FINANCIALLY--

SO WE WILL GO AND SET UP OUR USUAL FLUFFIES ETC... PUPS DON'T MIND AT ALL.. THEY DON'T CARE IF THEY ARE ON A FLUFFY AT HOME-- OR INTHE BACK OF A SUV OR AT SOME PARTY..

IT WORKS.- WE WILL TAKE 2 CARS -- THE OTHER CAR WITH SOME ADULT DOGS..

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TIPI POLES SOULD BE HERE TODAY...

THE CHURCH GROUP PUT UP THE TOP RAIL AROUND THE NEW CHICKEN FENCE... JUST NEEDS A FEW SET SCREWS.

JULY 10, 2013

AN EMPTY HEAD FUNCTIONS BETTER- SOMETIMES...

I HAD NO IDEA THERE WERE THOSE... GEMS IN THOSE DAILY DOGGIES-- THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME SOME- KEEP THEM COMING----

COUPLE PEOPLE SAID THEY ARE ENJOYING READING THE OLD ONES SO THEY DON'T NEED TO BUY THE BOOK....

NOW THAT COULD BE A PROBLEM... HOWEVER I AM HAVING A GOOD TIME READING WHAT THEY HAVE FOUND...

LIKE --- I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY NO ONE IS INTERESTED IN MY JAR WITH A CUP OF DEAD MOSQUITOS-

SOUNDS REALLY WIERD EXCEPT I HAV E SEEN PEOPLE ON TV PICKING AT ONE MOSQUITO IN A PETRI DISH -- AND HERE I HAD A WHOLE CUPFULL CAUGHT WITH A FAN AND NET--- WITHOUT CHEMICALS..- I THOUGHT I HAD A FORTUNE-... HOWEVER WEALTH IS IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER.

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THERE IS SOME FUNNY STUFF

YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN TROUBLE WHEN..
YOU CAN HEAR A DOG MOVING HIS BOWELS

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE MIGHT FIND THAT AMUSING-- BUT I FIND IT VERY FACTUAL.

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MOVING FORWARD.....

BECKY 3 SURVIVED THE NIGHT-- NO MINOR -- OR MAJOR-- MISHAPS..

EXCEPT BOTH MOTHERS HAVE STARTED EXTREMELY LOUD BARK/HOWL IF IT GETS TOO QUIET..

BOY THAT WAKES YOU RIGHT UP !!

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NEXT--

THE EXPRESSION "HITTING A NERVE"

IS MUCH MORE MEANINGFUL TO SOMEONE OF MY AGE WHEN DENTISTS DID NOT USE NOVACAIN ON A REGULAR BASIS.. TO EVEN THINK OF BEING 12 YEARS OLD SITTING IN THE DENTIST CHAIR IS MAKING ME DROOL TODAY-- IT WAS AWFUL...

AT ANY RATE-- THIS HITTING A NERVE BIT... PAUL -- OF KARUNDA BEDS MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A DANE BREEDER IN ?MICHAGAN? WHO SAID I WAS AN IRRESPONSIBLE BEEDER BECAUSE SHE SAW THE PICTURE WHICH INCLUDED LOLA-- THAT STRNGE THROWBACK COLOR-- AND DECIDED I HAD USED A BROWN DANE IN MY FAMILY TREE..

 

NOT TRUE-- AT LEAST NOT SINCE I HAVE BEEN BREEDING THEM.

 THERE ARE 3 COLORS OF DANES BROWNS-- HARLEQUINS- AND BLUES-- AND THEY ARE LIKE 3 DIFFERENT BREEDS--- PER THE GD CLUB OF AMERICA( GDCA)-- AND THE "SHOW "BROWNS AND BLUES ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAAVE ANY WHITE- BE CAUSE THAT MIGHT INDICATE A HARL IN THEIR PAST BLOODLINE

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LIKEWISE THE HARLS SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY BROWNS OR BLUES-- ( WE HAVE-- IN THE PAST DISCUSSED THE BLACK OUT OF BLUE OR BLACK OUT OF A HARL BLOODLINES WHICH IS CONDUSIVE TO SCREWING UP FREQUENTLY)

SO I DUG OUT THE FAMILY TREE WHICH ILLUSTRATES COLORS - ND WE ARE PRETTY GOOD TIL LOLA- I STARTED BACK TO SEE HOW FAR BACK--- WE HAD NO BROWNS--SO I DUG OUT THE BMW FAMILY TREE (GOOGLE BMW DANE-----VERY FAMOUS BLOODLINES-- WON WESTMINSTER MANY TIMES)-- AND BACK 9 GENERATONS- THERE WAS A BROWN DANE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HARLS--

BMW OFTEN BRED RELATED DOGS -- SO THAT BROWN GENE MAY... NOT NECESSARILY... BE THE REASON FOR LOLA'S COLOR.

THAT IS 9 BMW GENERTIONS AND 5 OF OURS

14 GENERATIONS-- AND THAT AKC BREEDER DECIDES I AM AN IRRESPONSIBLE BREEDER OS DANES..

 

IT HIT A NERVE.

 I WILL RECOVER. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEND THAT PERSON A COPY OF OUR TREE AND THE BMW PEDIGREE... IF I KNEW WHO IIT IS.......

IN THE MEANTIEM IT SITS ON MY DESK MAKING ME ANGRY EVERY TIME I LOOK AT IT.

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WEDNESDAY - ACCORDING TO THE DAY CLOCK...

APPARENTLY THERESA'S CHURCH GROUP IS COMING OUT TO HELP.. OK... BACK TO FENCE DETAIL-- I BOUGHT PIPE TO PUT AT THE TOP AND MAYBE BOTTOM OF THE NEW CHICKEN FENCE-- THAT SEEMS A GOOD JOB FOR THEM

IT IS THE REAL THING... MADE FOR THAT PURPOSE- NOT THE USUAL 21' IRON PIPE FROM OLD WELLS THAT I GOT OUT OF TH E JUNK DEALER'S YARD..

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JUNK YARDS ARE BECOMING A THING OF THE PAST

DARN...

NOW IT IS TRANSFER STATION-- AND THEY WON' T LET YOU PICK.

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ONE BUNNY THAT JANINE SAVED FROM THE BUTCHER'S TABLE HAS NOW GONE TO THE RAINBOW BRIDGE VIA OVERNIGHT FEDEX.

THE SECOND ONE MUST BE HITCH HIKING IN UNKNOWN TERRITORY

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I AM NOT YELLING-- I CAN NOT SEE the small print

JULY 9, 2013

BENTLEY NOW OP[ENS THE BACK DOOR AND LET EVERYONE INTO THE FRONT DOOR.

GRRRRRRRRRR

 TODAY IS ACCOUNTING DAY-- WHICH MEANS A GREAT DEAL OF THE DAY THE RED LIGHT OVER MY HEAD WILL BE ON-- TO SCARE EVERYONE AWAY.

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THIS MEETING WE HAVE STARTED HAVING AT 9AM WITH WHOEVER IS AROUND IS GETTING ALOT DONE.

IT IS ALSO POINTING OUT ALOT OF THINGS I HAVE NOT DONE.

I WAS MY MOST EFFICIENT WHEN I CARRIED A DAILY 5X8 CARD FOLDED IN 1/3's WITH PEOPLE I HAD CALLED/NEEDED TO CALL

ETC ALL DURING ANIMAL EPISODES-- THERE ARE SHOEBOXES FULL OF YELLOW FOLDED INDEX CARDS WITH NOTES LIKE

FIND 2 MICE TOMORROW -

CALL THE SNAKE LADY - FOR TUESDAY-COPLEY PLACE
GO SEE MR RICHARDSON ABOUT BORROWING HIS COW.
     DON'T CALL - HE HATES PHONE CALLS

 THINGS LIKE THAT-- POINT BEING WHAT I DIDN'T GET DONE I JUST COPPIED ONTO THE NEXT DAYS CARD.

 I TRIED--- YESTERDAY AT OUR 9AM MEETING.. I HAD 12 THINGS TO GET DONE-

I AM HAPPY TO REPORT EARLENE AND BLUE GWEN DID STRAIGHTEN OUR THE UPSTAIRS WITH ALL THT SHIPPING PACKAGING-

 AND MARIA GOT AN AIRCONDITIONER

 THE OTHER 10 THINGS I WILL CARRY TO TODAY-

AT THIS RATE I BETTER NOT EVEN GO TO THE 9AM MEETING.

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SHELIA TOOK OPAL AROUND WITH HER AND MANAGED TO GIVE OUT 10 BUSINESS CARDS---

AND ( THIS IS THE INTERESTING PART...) WHEN SHE CAME BACK BERRY WAS IN THE HOUSE--

YOU REMEMBER BERRY WHO HAD ZERO LEASH TRAINING-- AND SATURDAY I PUT THE FIGURE 8 ON WHILE SHE SCREAMED AND FLIPPED AROUND-- IT TOOK ME FOREVER BUT EVENTULLY SHE STOPPED AND LOOKED RIGHT AT ME AND STOOD STILL- TAIL WAGGING SHE CLEARLY SAID "OH YOU WANT ME TO WALK NEXT TO YOU?".. LIKE HELEN KELLER AT THE WELL FIGURING OUT THE HANDS MEANT "WATER" ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE WAS TRAINED..

SO I HAD HER IN THE HOUSE YESTERDAY INTENDING TO DO REPEAT OF THE LESSON TO BE SURE SHE HAD IT... BUT I DIN'T GET AROUND TO IT.. SHELIA CAME IN -SAW THAT BERRY NEEDED CONTAINING - SLIPPED THE LEASH ON HER WITH ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM. I WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED-- BERRY WAS HAPPY, SMILING, AND SO PLEASED WITH HERSILF THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD .

SHE WAS AS BAD AS BOBBY .. AS A VERY YOUNG PUP FIRST TIME IN HARNESS , HE HAD THE SEMI NORMAL FLIPPING AROUND GAGGING, CRASHING INTO FURNATURE-- IT WAS SO BAD THAT A VOLUNTEER HERE REPORTED ME TO THE SPCA---

BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN BOBBY STOPPED TO THINK " LET ME TRY SOMETHING ELSE" AND WAS PERFECTLY TRAINED EVER SINCE

ABSOLUTELY PERFECT OFF LEASH FOR HIS ENTIRE LIFE- HE HAD SO MUCH MORE FREEDOM BECAUSE HE UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE SAID TO HIM- HE LISTENED...

SOMETIMES WHEN A PUP DOES NOT CHALLANGE THE RESTRICTION OF THE ROPE, THEY DON'T TOTALLY GET THE SAME PICTURE- SOME PUPS JUST NATURALLY BEHAVE 94% OF THE TIME AND DON'T QUESTION THE ROPE. SOMEHOW THOSE PUPS DON'T EVER GET THE 100% THAT A FEW OF OUR DOGS HAVE HAD. BOBBY-- THUMPER-- ETC

 I CAN NOT SAY BAILEY-- SHE WILL TELL YOU WHAT SHE THINKS OF WHAT YOU HAVE ASKED HER TO DO BEFORE SHE RESPONDS...SOMETIMES SHE NEEDS REMINDING.

BAILEY IS DOINV VERY WELL -- I.E. SHE IS NOT GETTING ANY WORSE-- AHD COME CAMERA PEOPLE HAVE SENT A FUNNY HANDLE TO KEEP HER REAR END HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION... MUCH BETTER THAN TH E USUAL BECH TOWEL...

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TODAYS PLANNED ACTIVITIES...

 DOGGIE SWIMMING POOLS TO ARRIVE ABOU 10:30

SHELIA WILL BE HERE----- I WOULD LOVE TO GET A SMALL TIPI SET OF POLES UP INTHE PUPPY AREA

(THE NEW TIPI POLES ARRIVE TOMORRROW)

THERESA IS BACK FROM VACATION AND MAY STOP BY ( WTH GREAT EFFORT EARLENE CLEANED OFF HER DESK)

 ANN WANTS TO RETHINK THE WEB-- AND WE ARE CARRYING THAT SHIPPING CHARGE AFTER WE SAID NO SHIPPING.

I AM ANXIOUSLY AWAITING GRACE'S UNICORN HAT FOR BAILEY-- THAT WILL BE A GOOD PHOTO

 WE COUL.D NOT LOCATE THE ENTIRE BOX FOR THE PUPPY BREATH MANUFACTURING BUSINESS--SO ANKLE ANNIE TOOK HOME A BUNCH OF VIALS TO PREPARE..

I HAVE THE 10 THINGS TO DO FROM YESTERDAY'S MEETING

AND I CAN'T EVEN READ ONE OF THE TOPICS