NOW FOR PUPPY RAISING.... THE LAST LITTERS WE HAVE HAD HERE, THE PEOPLE SITTING ON THE FLOOR.... IN WITH THE PUPS HAVE BEEN VERY LAX IN SCOLDING THEM FOR JUMPING/ PLAYING---- PARTICULARLY JUMPING AT THIER FACES... I REMEMBER SPEAKING TO THEM VERY SHARPLY-- I ALSO REMEMBER PEOPLE SAID " OH IT IS NO PROBLEM, THEY ARE ONLY PLAYING
I CAN' T SCOLD THEM" -- WELLLLL.... WE HAD A BAD SCENE WHERE A PUP KNOCKED OVER A VOLUNTEER ON PUPPY HILL- THEN CONTINUED TO JUMP AT HIS FACE AND JUMP ON HIM... FOR A FULL 6 MINUTES BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO GET UP... IT WAS NOT DONE IN ANGER... THE PUP WAS HAVING A GRAND TIME PLAYING WITH HIS FACE.... LUCKILY HE DID NOT MAKE TOOTH CONTACT... BUT IT WAS AWFUL... AND TEH MORE HE SCREAMED FOR HELP... THE MORE EXCITED THE 2 PUPS GOT AND THOUGHT IT WAS PART OF THE GAME. ---AS WE ADDRESSED IT... DONNA SAID " OH I KNOW WHO THAT IS--- XXXX WHO DID THAT ALL THE TIME IN THE KITCHEN..." OH GREAT... SOMEHOW IT DID NOT GET MENTIONED TO MEGAN OR STEVE TO ADDRESS THAT BEFORE THE PUPS GOT SO BIG... AND NOW WE HAD TO WASH OUT THAT PUP,... THE SHAME IS.... I SAW THE START OF IT WAY BACK AND TOLD PEOPLE NOT TO ALLOW THAT BUT DID NOT FOLLOW THRU . I SHOULD HAVE TOLD THE PEOPLE TO GET THE %&^*()_*&^%$#^&*() OUT OF THE PUPPY PEN ENTIRELY, AND REPORTED IT TO MEGAN /STEVE TO DEAL... SO IT IS MY FAULT-- BUT BELIEVE ME ... I DO LEARN... IF I HAVE ANYONE DISMISS ANYTHING I SEE GOING WRONG, I MAY REQUIRE MORE MONEY FOR THE SWEAR BEAR. GET READY TO RECIEVE SOME SEVERE SUGGESTIONS.------
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SINCE ROLLING AROUNG THE PUPPY PEN IS NO LONGER ONE OF MY SPECIALITIES... I ASKED MEGAN TO HAVE AT IT.. AND SHE
TRIPPED AND FELL AND GIGGLED IN THE PEN... THAT PUP CAME OVER AND STARTED IN WITH HER-- AT WHICH POINT MEGAN DOMINAATED THE SITUATION WITHOUT DIFFICUTY --- IT WAS DONE ON CAMERA SO IT IS THERE SOMEWHERE... PROBLEM IS.. THAT PUP NEVER LEARNED THEIR MANNERS- AND WE CAN NOT HAVE A SERVICE DOG OUT THERE WITH ONE KNOWN SCREW LOOSE... SO WE HAVE OFFERED HER TO A VOLUTEER WHO HAS THE STREGNTH OF WILL TO EXPLAIN MANNERS TO A 150 POUND DOG.
MY FAULT-- I SAW THE START OF IT IN THE KITCHEN WITH VOLUNTEERS/ AND STAFF SITTING ON THE FLOOR... SITTIN WITH THE PUPS IS STILL FINE.. EXCEPT THERE HAVE TO BE RULES OF BEHAVIOR-- EVEN AT 4 WEEKS OLD... THER EIS AN INSTINCT TO JUMP AT MOMMY'S FACE-- SO THE PROPER RESPONSE IS----- "GET OFF , I AINT YOUR MOMMY"
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BETTER TOPIC... CORN.... REPORTEDLY THE WORLDS GREATEST CORN.
PLAYERS IN THE STORY ANN- WHO IS TEH OWNER OF THE FIELD... MR MARINI WHO PLANTED TEH CORN AND HIRED PEOPLE TO TEND IT...A SMALL GROUP OF VERY HARD WORKING PEOPLE WHO DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH... CARLENE AND HER BAND OF VOLUNTEERS-- ONE HISTORICAL NOTE-- IN YEARS GONE BY (3 OF THEM) WE KNEW THAT WITHIN HOURS OF THEM PICKING CORN, A HUGE TRACTOR ARRIVES AND LITERALLY PLOWS EVERYTHING LEFT INTO THE GROUND.
ANN SAW THE WORKERS IN THE FIELD WITH PICKUPS- AND TALKED TO MR MARINI WHO SAID IF THEY WERE IN THE FIELD, THEY WERE THRU WITH THAT FIELD AND ANN COULD HAVE/PICK/TAKE WHATEVER WAS LEFT. ANN CALLED CARLENE- FRIEND OF 30 YEARS TO SAY "GO LOOK"
SKIP/LES AND I WENT AND JUST TOOK A QUICK DRIVE ON THE TRACKS THE MARINI GROUP HAD MADE THRU THE CORN FIELD
WITHOUT HARDLY PAUSING , SKIPA DN LES HAD TOSSED 4 BUSSHELS OF BEAUTIUL CORN IN THE BACK WINDOW OF MY CAR..
RACING HOME DRAGGING CORN STALKS UNDERNEATH THE TOYOTA.
WHEN GRACE SAW THAT SHE GATHERED A GROUP-- WITH LAUNDRY BSKETS AND WITH THE BLUE PICK UP WE WENT BACK TO THE FIELD... DRIVING ONLY IN THE TRACKS MADE BY THE MARINI GROUP .... IN LESS THAT 30 MINUTES MY TOYOTA AND THE PICK UP WERE FILLED-- BEAUTIFUL CORN...BUT WE GOT TO A SECTION OF THE FIELD WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE THE MARINI GROUP HAD NOT PICKED ANYTHING-- I SUDDENLY THOUGHT WE INTERUPED THE PICK... AND THEY WERE COMING BACK SO WE LEFT QUICKLY-- THERE IS NOTHING LIKE BEING SCOLDED IN A LANGUAGE NOT ENGLISH.. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THEY HAD LEFT SO MUCH OF THE FIELD TOTALLY UNTOUCHED...- SO THEY MAY HAVE GONE BACK TODAY... BUT OUR CARS ARE UNLOADED AND WE ARE READY TO RUN AND OUTRACE THE BIG TRACTOR TURNING IT ALL INTO THE GROUND.--
THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE FIELDS INVOLVED WITH THIS PROCEEDURE-- STAY TUNED....MEANWHILE ANYONE COMING TO SHATUPON SUNDAY WILL BE WELCOME TO AN ARMLOAD OF BEAUTIFUL CORN---AS LONG AS THEY PROMIS NEXT TIME TO GO BUY SOME FROM MR MARINI'S FARM STAND.
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BUTTERFLY NETS AND THINGS HANGING. FROM REAR ENDS.... HEY YOU SAY YOU WANT DETAILS...... WE HAVE PREGO GABBY WHO JUST CAME IN WITH A REPORTED 4" DROOL... SOUNDS FAIRLY NROMAL... BUT PODREK... ON TH EDECK.. HAD 20" PIECE OF ?TOWEL BINDING? AFTER A SLIGHT TUG.. WHICH PRODUCED NO MORE... WE CUT IT OFF TO ABOUT 4" AND THAT STAYED THAT WAY OVERNIGHT.. HE SEEMS COMFORTABLE BUT WE DON'T DARE PULL... GRACE JUST CAME IN AND HAS FIGURED IT IS A PIECE OF BUTTERFLY NET COMING OUT HIS REAR...-- SHE FOUND MORE OF THE NET IN THE POND WHERE HE WAS PLAYING YESTERDAY....
JUST ONE OF THOSE DETAILS OF GREAT DANE RAISING "HOW TO DEAL WITH BUTTERFLY NETS COMING OUT A DOG S REAR END."
HOPEFULLY IT IS A WAITING GAME-- OTHERWISE... IT IS SUNDAY.. AND SUNDAY SURGERY CAN COST $3000-- NOT AT GEORGES....BUT EMERGENCY VET'S OFFICE.-- WHICH WE ARE READY FOR IF WE NEED TO ... BUT MONDAY SURGERY WOULD BE $2400 LESS.... AND IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM EVEN IF IT LOOKS PRETTY STRANGE.
