TRY THIS--- I DUNNO WHY IT LOOKS LIKE THIS...
YOU ALL CAMERA PEOPLE HAVE COME SUDCH A LONG WAY-- I HAVE TROUBLE THINKING OF EDUCATIONAL BITS TO INCLUDE--HOWEVER THAT WON'T STOP ME FROM TRYING...
AMY AND SEAGRAM GAVE ME A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW ONE WILL RESORT TO PRECONCIEVED NOTIONS AND NOT LOOK AT WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU ... AND I DON'T MIND RIBBING AMY BECAUSE SHE IS A VERY BRIGHT PERSON WHO LET IT SLIP AND IT BEHOOVES ME TO EXPLAIN IT TO HER--- AND ALL OF YOU AT THE SAME TIME...
AMY ASKED ME FOR 2 MORE CHAIN /ROPE LEASHES ( WHICH I MAKE NO PROBLEM)-
IN HER LETTER... "SEAGRAM DOES NOT WALK NEARLY AS WELL WITH A TRADITIONAL LEASH HOOKED TO HER PLANET DOG HARNESS...IT IS LIKE SHE IS CONFUSED...."
GOOD MORNING AMY !!!!!! HOW OFTEN DO I SAY "READ YOUR DOG. AND DON'T ASSUME THE DOG IS WRONG" WE HAVE SPENT MONTHS TEACHING SEAGRAM TO IGNORE THE YANKING AND PULLING AS A PERSON WITH AN UNSTEADY GAIT STUMBLES AND JERKS THEIR HAND ON THE HARNESS....WHY SHOULD SHE NOT BE CONFUSED? YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO TALK TO HER WITH THE CHAIN COLLAR--- AND THAT MUST NEVER BE TIGHTENED AT ALL... YOU ARE TALKING TO HER WITH THAT... NOW IF YOU PUT A "NORMAL" LEASH ATTACHED TO HER HARNESS.. WHICH IS BUILT TO PULL WITH.....AND SHE PULLS, WHY WOULD SHE NOT BE CONFUSED....?
MOST ALL THESE DOGS CAN BE TAUGHT TO PULL A WHEELCHAIR IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES BY HANGING ON TO THAT HARNESS AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO PULL... THEY LOVE PULLING -- NOT VERY FAR MIND YOU--- BUT IN THE MALLS ETC-- IT IS A BREEZE.
MAYBE I NEED TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD NEED A DIFFERENT LEASH ON THE HARNESS.. ARE YOU THINKING THE LEASH IS A CONTROLL DEVICE.?.. NOT SO--- YOU SHOULD CONTROL WITH YOUR VOICE-- THE LEASH MIGHT THEN BE A REMINDER...
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GUSSIE IS A GREAT GIRL... "READ YOUR DOG AND DON'T ASSUME THE DOG IS WRONG" WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO TAKE GUSSIE'S TEMP TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY POSIBILITY OF ANY INFECTION THAT WE WANTED TO STAY AHEAD OF... AND TYPICAL NURSE- ABOUT WHOM MANY JOKES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN-- YOU KNOW IT'S 2AM YOU ARE SOUND ASLEEP ENJOYING THE DRUGS THEY GAVE YOU AND IN THE DOOR COMES A NURSE WITH A COLD THERMOMETER---- YOU ARE ANGRY AND SOMETIMES SAY SO...
SO GUSSIE DID NOT APPROVE OF HER TEMP BEING TAKEN AND CHARGED EILEEN ---- DID NOT BITE BUT BARKED REALLY REALLY LOUDLY RIGHT IN HER EAR AS SHE STOOD OVER HER-- THAT IS THE EQUIVELENT OF "TAKE YOUR#$%^&*&^% THERMOMETER OUT OF HERE"
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEMS WITH THAT AT ALL--- I WENT BACK AND WATCHED THE VIDEO--- GUSSIE WARNED HER WITH THAT
STEADY STARE OF "DON'T DO IT" ------ HEY--- MOTHERHOOD SUPERSEDES MEDICAL TRAINING.
GUSSIE IS STILL AWARE THAT I WAS THE ONE TO REMOVE HER 10TH DOA PUP... SO SHE IS NOT HAPPY WITH ME... AND I KNOW IT... I AM BEING VERY CAREFUL BUT I MAY YET GET IN TROUBLE... I KNOW THAT... SO BE PREPARED...
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LAINIE HAS ARRIVED... NOT SURE YET HOW WE WILL WORK THIS OUT-- I THINK GUSSIE WILL MOVE TO THE KITCHEN BEHIND FENCING-- AND LAINIE WILL GET THE NURSERY FOR DELIVERY... WE WILL SWAP THAT OVER IN A FEW DAYS OF LAINIE WANDERING AROUND GETTING USED TO THE PLACE... SHE SI "DUE" NEXT SUNDAY..AND IF YOU WANT TO BET, BET ON ALL BLACK PUPS... IF SHE HAS ANY COLORS IT WILL BE A SHOCK TO ME. SHE HAS, I THINK, WHAT SHOW PEOPLE WOULD BE ALL EXCITED ABOUT HER BIG BLOCKY
"EUROPEAN" HEAD. SHE IS LOVELY... AND TYPICALLY DANE.. VERY TIMID AND ATTACHED TO HER MOMMY.
I THIINK WE DID NOT BREED HER TO WALTER FOR BLOODLINES REASON-- WE WANTED TO BE ABLE OT BREED A PUP OF HERS TO WALTER... AS FOR BENTLEY, WE HAVE NOT SUCCESSFULLY USED HIM SINCE THE ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT.. HE HAS AN ON GOING STAMINA PROBLEM. A BUNCH OF BLACK PUPPIES ARE NOT MY FAVORITE... TOO HARD TO TELL THEM APART... AND DON'T GIVE ME THE COLORED YARN ROUTINE... THEY EAT THOSE...WHICH GO RIGHT THRU THEM
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SPEAKING OF STRINGY THINGS GOING RIGHT THRU THEM, WE APPARENTLY WORMED THEM YESTERDAY BECAUSE MAYA IS PASSING THE TYPICAL VERMICHELLI-- THEY ALL GET THEM...
I WAS NEVER SURE WHY WE DON'T WORM KIDS-- OR DE LOUSE THEM ON A ROUTINE BASIS--- THEY ARE EVERY BIT AS MESSY AFTER THEY START KINDERGARDEN... PEOPLE WERE HORRIFIED THAT I USED LOUSE SHAMPOO ON MY KIDS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE-- I DIDN'T EVEN CHECK TO SEE IF THEY HAD THEM-- MAKING ME THE ONLY PARENT WHO WAS SURE THIER KID WAS FREE OF LICE.
AND THEY GOT THE OCCASIONAL IVERMECTIN TOO.
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I HOPE THIS WORKS---
FORGET TEH DIFFERENCE TH E DOG MAKES IN THE PERSON'S LIFE,
JUST SEE HOW HAPPY A LIFE THE DOG IS HAVING.
PIXIE LOOKS ALMOST AS HAPPY AS GEORGE.
