OUR NUMBER ONE DOG... THE GEORGE REPORT
HOWDY!
GEORGE WAS WONDERFUL ON STAGE FOR THE SHOW. THEY HAD ME SITTING ON THE COUCH ALREADY WITH THE DOCTORS AND THEN HAD BELLA AND GEORGE WALK OUT ALONE. THEY DID AWESOME. WALKED OUT NO PROBLEM DESPITE ALL THE CLAPPING AND CHEERING FROM THE AUDIENCE. THEY WALKED OUT HE LAID DOWN RIGHT WHERE THE WANTED AND WE WENT ON WITH THE SHOW. PERFECT DOG. WE DIDNT MENTION THE POCKET BUT THEU LOVED THE LINE DROP A CANE GET A DANE. I CANT WAIT FOR YOU TO SEE THE SHOW.
THANK YOU RACHEL.
THEY RETURN ... I THINK ON MONDAY-- LIKE TOMORROW...
AND THEN OUR #1.1 DOG GRONK....JUST LEFT WITH PATRICK
HI CARLENE,
GRONK IS CURRENTLY NAPPING AFTER A BUSY FIRST 24 HOURS IN HIS NEW HOME. HE WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS ON THE RIDE HOME, BUT WITHIN MINUTES OF ARRIVING AT THE HOUSE HE WAS RUNNING CIRCLES AROUND ME IN THE BACKYARD.
WE WENT OUT TO THE SUPERMARKET THIS AFTERNOON AND I THINK GRONK IS ATTAINING LOCAL CELEBRITY STATUS BASED ON ALL THE ATTENTION HE RECEIVED.
GRONK IS VERY HAPPY HERE AND WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM AS WELL. I ALREADY FEEL LIKE A NEW MAN WITH HIM IN MY LIFE.
TALK TO YOU SOON,
PATRICK AND LISA (AND GRONK)
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PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK "DON'T YOU MISS THEM WHEN THEY LEAVE ?" .. ACTUALLY NOT REALLY--WE ARE SO GLAD TO SEE THEM GOING OFF WITH ENOUGH DOGGIE SKILLS TO ENJOY LIFE WITH SOMEONE WHO WILL GIVE TEHM FIRST CLASS CARE AND ATTENTION...
IT WAS FUN TO WATCH THEM LOAD UP THE C AR TO GO... GRONK WAS NOT SURE IF HE WAS TO BE INCLUDED-- AND DIDN'T KNOW IF HE SHOULD BE FOLLOWING PATRICK AROUND THE HOUSE OR GET IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR AND STAY THERE. HE RAN BACK AND FORTH SEVERAL TIMES TOTALLY IGNORING MEGAN WHO WAS STUFFING A NEW BED IN THE TRUNK...
NOW PATRICK IS GOING TO GO THRU THE
"YES HE IS A GREAT DANE"
"NO I DON'T HAVE A SADDLE FOR HIM"
" NO, HE DOEDNT EAT MUCH"
"HE WEIGHS 140 POUNDS"
"YES HE FITS IN MY CAR"
"HE IS A MERLE- COLOR-- RELATED TO HARLEQUINS"
AND OCCASIONALLY "YES I CARRY CARDBOARD AND BAG IN MY BACK POCKET AT ALL TIMES"
I HOPE SOMEONE TOLD HIM TO DO THAT--
AND I DID NOT YET GIVE HIM THE WARM WEATHER LECTURE ABOUT OPENING THE 2 DOORS AT ONCE.... SO THERE IS NEVER A TIME WHEN THE DOG IS BEHIND CLOSED CAR DOORS AND YOUR REAR END IS NOT IN THE DRIVERS SEAT... 100 YEARS AGO-- WE LEARNED ABOUT THIS- AND IT TURNED OUT OK... BUT MADE ME THINK THE PROCESS OVER.. A RECIPIENT LOADED HER DOG IN THE CAR, SHUT THE BACK DOOR- AND WENT TO OPEN HER DRIVERS DOOR AND FELL-- AS PEOPLE WHO HAV EONE OF OUR DOGS IS INCLINED TO DO ANYWAY.........FORTUNATELY SOMEON PICKED HER UP AND GOT HER IN THE CAR... BUT IF SHE HAD BANGED HER HEAD AND GONE OFF BY AMBULANCE IT MIGHT HAVE KILLED THE DOG. CARS HEAT UP SOOOOOO FAST
IT CAN BE OVER 150 DEGREES IN MINUTES.. I HAVE DONE THAT WITH THERMOMETER-- BLACK INTERIER. AN OPEN WINDOW DOES NOT HELP MUCH...
OPEN 2 DOORS-- LOAD THE DOG- THEN GET IN YOURSELF---
THAT IS THE KIND OF THING THAT WOULD MAKE ME BLOW UP BIG TIME.
FORTUNATELY IT IS SNOWING TODAY SO I HAVE ANOTHER FEW DAYS BEFORE TEH 2 DOOR PROCESS BECOMES MANDATORY.
PAM ORGANIZED VOLUNTEERS TO COME HER TODAY--GENERALIZED MEETING-- WE HAD THOUGHT BRING RAKES...
WELL.. COULD BE WE WILL GET A CALENDAR SHOT OUT OF IT IF WE CAN LIKE UP 30 PEOPLE WTH RAKES IN A BLINDING SNOWSTORM...
