pup report...all 6 living pups are living !!! she did have one more doa-- but all the rest are doing great... mom is a bit of a beginner-- but her deliveries were unusually quick-- having caught the first while she was trying to get out the gate.... and one other, i nearly missed because i was splicing megs rope and gabby didn't show much movement-- it just slid out...
aren't we lucky... 6 more blacks---( they do have "better" markings....) i think 5 boys one girl... those umbilical cords do confuse things-- we have had more than onf boy turn out to be a girl...
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AND THIS------whata way to start !!! best email i could get this morning....
DEAR CARLENE,
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR ALL OF THE SUPPORT AND INSPIRATION YOU HAVE GIVEN ME AND UPDATE YOU ON THE SUCCESSES OUR FIRST SERVICE DANE HAS HAD. IN HER FIRST 3 WEEKS WITH HER PARTNER SHE HAS BEEN THROUGH CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL WITH HER PARTNER WHERE HE CRYED AS HE WAS WHEELED OUT OF PRE-OPT WHEN HE HAD TO LEAVE HER, BUS TRIPS OF 100 MILES TWICE, STARTING THEIR SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL , A COUNTY FAIR WITH 30,000 OTHER PEOPLE AND TODAY, A PLANE RIDE FROM SEATTLE TO GEORGIA. IT TOOK TWO PSA AGENTS TO HOLD HER WHILE THE INSPECTED HIM. SHE DID ALL OF THIS WITH FLYING COLORS. MY DAUGHTER RAN ACROSS THEM AT THE FAIR. SHE IS A VERY STRONG YOUNG WOMEN WHO BUILDS HOT RODS WITH HER HUSBAND AND IS A HORSE BEHAVIORIST. SHE BROKE DOWN AND CRYED WHEN SHE SAW HOW WELL THEY WERE DOING TOGETHER.
YOUR ADVICE AND GUIDANCE ALONG WITH TRAINER TALK AND WATCHING THE CAMERAS HAS GIVEN ME A BIG HELPING HAND IN STARTING UP MY PROJECT. WHERE WOULD I BE WITHOUT POO PICKERS OR: “THEY COME TRAINED…..JUST DON’T MESS THEM UP. THERE IS NO WAY I COULD OF TRAINED FOR EVERYTHING THEY HAVE BEEN THROUGH ALREADY BUT I PREPARED THEM TO WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE A GREAT TEAM. I HAVE LEARNED SEVERAL THINGS I NEED TO ADD BUT BY GIVING THEM A GREAT FOUNDATION THEY MADE IT THROUGH ANY THINGS I DIDN'T EVEN DREAM OF. MANY THANKS TO ALL OF SERVICE DOG PROJECT PEOPLE FOR THE INSPIRATION YOU HAVE GIVEN ME. I WILL EVEN FORGIVE MEAT CHIPPER STEVE’S JOKES!
CHUCK
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forgiving meat shippersteve's jokes is really going some...i am thrilled to see this guy get started.....he gets the gold star for bravery.... HMMMMMMMMMM
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my mind is full of florida things.... mostly get out !!!-- visions of state police escorting tanketr trucks-- south wth gasonline--- while suspecting one tank of gas is not going to get a car the full legnth of florida---- miami to jacksonville 350 miles and the path of the storm is set to follwo that path-- so somewhere you will have a plethera of cars out of gass as their miles pre gallon tells a truth.... pick ups will run out first....--- suv's next.. then "luxury cars" ... normal cars-- and all the compacts will wizz by to georgia...... while the storm grinds on at 10- 15 miles per hour???? i suppose if yo plan it right you could get in the eye and crawl north with the sun shining????? that is as sensible as some of the other things i am hearing like the guy falling out of a 70 story building "i am ok so far"---
and if you have any clean container--- fill it with water... the water coming out of the faucets is ... apparently-- still perfectly good... so why waste time on prebottled?
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speaking of the stregnth of concrete--- one of teh cp's has reminded me ... that ICU building needs painting before winter...--
could be a dogfest job....
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rushing----
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Just a quick note .. as to .. Ishanti Hlomes .. Service Dane Kaydet's (human) Mommie MAY not have had time to update you guys ...
They live in the Miami Beach area (Florida) .. I have been trying to"keep up" as best I can with CPs in the Florida area .. anyhoo Ishanti had to get everything in a row (gas , her medical stuff , etc etc etc) but They are on the road ... As I type this at this moment , they are in the car at the northern end of the (Florida) Turnpike .... they are heading to her hometown .. "for a while" ....... at the end of this note will be her facebook post ..... If you guys need/want to reach her .. she has her cell phone
(Note : I do Not have the number "assuming" you guys do )
I am up here in Jacksonville (Flo) playing the "wait & watch" game ... not a fun game by the way =O
Penguin hugs
lets not waste her cell phone battery unless it is an emergency
