NOV 23 2017

WIERD STORY OF THE DAY... A CP-- SUE--IS A FRIEND OF AN 86 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO'S DAUGHTER WAS  DYING OF BRAIN CANCER..  THE DAUGHTER HAD 3 DANES  A MOTHER AND 2 OF HER 5 YEAR OLD "PUPS" ---- THE DAUGHTERS DYING WISH  WAS TO KEEP THE DAUGHTERS TOGETHER... THIS CP-- SUE-- SUGGESTED TO THE  HUSBAND THAT HE CALL ME AND SEE IF I COULD PLACE THE DOGS TOGETHER...- I STARTED TO TURN IT OVER TO LYNN/ZEUS WHO HAS CONTACTS WITH NH RESCUE- AND  GOLDIE MUST HAVE STEPPED IN BECAUSE I ASKED WHERE THE DOGS WERE--- MIDDLEBOROUGH- WHICH RANG A BELL......SO I ASKED MORE QUESTIONS... AND FOUND THE DOGS WERE OUR DOGS FROM THE LITTER OF 12 WHERE TRACY KEPT 6  AND WE TOOK 6 - THE LITTER THAT INCLUDED LOLA WILLOW EBONY, MIA AND PERRY -- SO WE HAVE 2 MORE NOW.. Hi Carlene Just wanted to say thank you from Tracy’s mom! I am an SDP CP and a friend of Tracy’s mom who is 86 and has had a tough time since losing her daughter Tracy back in August. I did not realize the connection between you and Tracy but thought that it would be worth a try for Richard to call you and see if you could help place Gabby and Sealy. Boy what a small world! Thanks again for helping. Tracy’s mom just called me to say that you were taking the 2 Danes and I went online to SDP and saw the two new girls! You will never know how much you have helped this family in their time of need. Richard wanted so much to fulfill Tracy’s final wish to keep the girls together.  God Bless you and Happy Thanksgiving!     Sue  DARN THAT GOLDIE.......  THE REST OF THE STORY....AS MEG AND I WERE  CHOOSING ONE PUP AND TRACY THE NEXT... MEG WANTED ONE MORE OF THE WIERDO COLORS-- WHICH I THINK WE NOW HAVE...-- OF THE 2 THIS SEALY HAS THE SHAPE I LIKE-- VERY LIKE OPAL  SHORT, BLOCKY.. THEY ARE NOT SPAYED... LORD KNOWS HOW THAT COLOR WOUOLD COME THRU WITH PUPPIES...  I CAN JUST HEAR THE SHOW PEOPLE GET ALL IN A SWIVET ABOUT CROSS BREEDING BROWN DANES.... A DANE IS A DANE... BUT I HAVE NEVER GONE OUTSIDE THE RECOMENDED COLOR COMBINATONS OF HARLS...-- FOR AT LEAST 8 GENERATIONS.. SO I DO NOT KNOW WHERE THOSE 3 "BROWN/GREY DANES"  CAME FROM... IT HAD NOT OCCURRED TO ME TIL  JUST   NOW...... YOU KNOW.... YOU CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE FATHER TO A LITTER....----HMMMMMMM....... WHY DID I NOT THINK???------DON'T ANSWER THAT...:(  IF IT WAS A RECESSIVE  COLOR DEAL   , I WOULD EXPECT  TO HAVE ONE OFF COLOR RECESSIVE    BUT TO HAVE 3 OFF COLOR IN  ONE LITTER... ITHE PROBABILTY CHANGES...    TO HAVE 3 MEANS I BET SOMEBODY HAD A BROWN TALL DOG AROUND WHEN SHE WAS BRED... WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE- BECAUSE THE MOTHER CAME HERE TO BE BRED TO JASPER.... OR .DID WE SEND HER HOME ONE DAY TOO SOON- WE HAVE NO TALL BROWN DOGS HERE.....  TRACY HAD A MORE NORMAL FARM SITUATION WITH "BARN DOGS"   , AND NO PERIMETER FENCE....---G--E--O-R-G--E--  ??? .I SUPPOSE WE COULD  DO DNA TESTING IF WE REALLY WANT TO KNOW.... SHE ALSO HAD 17 PUPS WHERE ONLY 12 LIVED...WHICH WAS INCIDENTAL INFORMATION/ THAT IS ONE ARGUEMENT I HAVE HAD WITH THE AKC...    LONG AGO I TRIED TO PROVE PATERNITY ON ONE PUP... AND THEIR $40 DNA TEST WAS NOT SUFFICIENT AND I NEEDED TO DO A $120 TEST ON ALL 3 DOGS INVOLVED...  I WAS NOT THAT CURIOUS...  I WONDER HOW WE COUDL DO THE DNA  IN THIS CASE.....-- ? ARE THESE 2 SISTERS?   -- OR DO WE HAVE TO GET JASPERS DNA AND SEE IF HE IS THE FATHER???-- HE IS AROUND-- IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING.. SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW-- THAT  ONE OF THE GREATEST DOG I EVER OWNED  WAS "JACK"  A MUTT---  A DANE WITH A RIDGEBACK-  MAYBE THIS IS GOLDIE TELLING ME.. GO FO IT... "MINE IS NOT TO QUESTION WHY MINE IS JUST TO DO OR DIE. "      (MUST HAVE BEEN SHAKESPEARE...) .  ****** My daughter sent this to me because I have talked about your donkeys so much - she also loves donkeys!  I think she saw this on someone's facebook page and thought I would like to read it.  Dated Sept 2011.  It was cute about the psychic that came and talked to the donkey.  I know you will not agree with one thing the lady talks about - how donkeys don't get along with canines.  Well, they sure do at Crazy Acres!  And there was an adorable donkey that looks like Edna!  Her photo is below!! THIS  TOPIC COULD BE AN ENTIRE DD--DONKEYS DO NOT GET ALONG WITH DOGS// FACT-- THEY ARE USED IN HERDS OF SHEEP TO KILL WOLVES... AND IN FACT I HAD A DONKEY HERE THAT DID KILL  A SAMOYED WHO WAS STALKING  MY "HERD" -- THEY KILL NOT WITH THEIR HEELS , BUT TEETH.. AND I WATCH OUR BUNCH AS BOTH DOGS AND DONKEYS LEARN TO  CO-EXIST...  DONKEYS ARE VERY WISE ABOUT THE WHOLE THING... DON'T WASTE ANY ENERGY PURSUING A DOG, BUT I F THEY COME CLOSE AND TRY TO BITE- THEN USE THE TEETH.... THE OTHER PSYCHIC AND DONKEY STORY--  CHANNEL 4 ?NBC? HAD A SHOW WITH TOM BERGERON WHERE  A PSYCHIC WAS TO READ THE MINDS OF ANIMALS-- WBZ HAD PLENTY OF DOGS AND CATS FOR THE SHOW AND WANTED SOMETIG DIFFERERNT-- ME-- WITH A DONKEY--  SO I TOOK MY LEAD DONKEY   WHO WAS ALSO MY #1 STUD DONKEY- THE MOST RELIABLE  CHILD PROOF--- AND THERE WE SAT-- ON CAMERA... THE PSYCHIC, ME, AND TOM... WITH THE DONKEY   SIDEWAYS IN FRONT OF ME-- AND THERE WERE  CAMERAS  AT RIGHT ANGLES...  BECAUSE........ AS THIS PSYCHIC TALKIED ABOUT HOW HE WAS THINKING OF HAVING TO PULL A GREENWAGON---IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ME-- AND TOM --- THAT DONKEY HAD   ANYTHING BUT A GREEN WAGON IN MIND.  I NOTICED... TOM NOTICED.. AND I TRIED TO HIT HIS "5TH LEG"   WITH MY LEAD ROPE TO NO AVAIL...AS THE PSYCHIC DRONED ON AND ON...  AND TEH CAMERA ANGLE WAS CHANGES TO A "HEAD SHOT"  I WOULD BET GOOD MONEY THAT TOM REMEMBERS THAT SHOW AND DONKEY...  HOW COUDL HE FORGET????? AND YES.. A DONKEY HAS BEEN CALLED THE BEST ENDOWED MALE ANIMAL. WITH WHAT HAS BEEN COMPARED TO A 5TH LEG....   I SEE NO REASON TO DOUBT IT. ***  MOVING ON..... I HOPE TO GET TO  "THE START OF TEH THANKSGIVING  HUNT" OVER AT ANN'S--  I BELIEVE JANINE IS RIDING--SHE HAS "HER COLORS" - A HUGE DISTINCTION  IN THE HUNTING CROWD....  A YELLOW COLLAR ON HER BLACK JACKET WHICH MEANS SHE RIDES WITH THE RED COATED MEN...  THAT STARTS AT 10:00 IN THE APPLETON FIELDS AND IS QUITE TEH SCENE WITH THE 30 OR SO HOUNDS-- THEY AE NOT  CHASING A FOX, .... THIS IS A DRAG HUNT... WHERE TH E HOUNDS ARE FOLLOWING  THE SCENT OF A VERY SMELLY RAG DRAGGED OVER A SPECIFIED COURSE AT 6AM  -- THERE IS NO WAY I CAN GET TO THE GATHERING PLACE WHICH IS ABOUT 1/4 MILE INTO APPLETON FARMS-- BUT   "THE HUNT"  USUALLY GOES ACROSS ANN'S FRONT YARD VERY SHORTLY AFTER THE START..  LEAPING OVER SIGNIFICANT STONE WALLS AND FENCES...-- THERE IS ALWAYS A GROUP OF "HILL TOPPERS" WHO JOIN BY PAYING A "CAPPING FEE" THAT RIDE AT THE BACK... JANINE HAS DONE THAT SINCE SHE WAS 10 YEARS OLD...  EVERY THANKSGIVING I HOPE FOR ONE MORE SUCCESSFUL ROUND ON HER  HUGE HORSE  'LINCOLN'  THE REST OF THAT STORY IS THAT EVERY ESTATE THE GALLOP THRU OFFERS THEM A "STIRRUP CUP" OF BOOZE OF SOME KIND...  SO BASICALLY IT IS 2-3   HOURS OF RACING AROUND VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS  AS THEY BECOME SLIGHTLY PICKLED. LET US PRAY... *****   REORT ON THAT LIFELINE SCREENING..  SO FAR I AM NOT IMPRESSED... MOSTLY BECAUSE AT THE CHECK IN DESK THEY INSISTED I GIVE MY MEDICARE CARD-- WHEN THE THING WAS ALREADY PAID FOR-  I WILL GET THE RESULTS IN 21 DAYS... I CERTAINLY SAW VERY MANY POSSIBLE  PROBLEMS.. NON E THE LEAST OF WHICH WAS TEH BLOOD TEST WAS DONE INTO 2 PIPETTES, NOT A SYRINGEFULL-- AND THEY WERE NOT LABELED WITH MY NAME IN ANY WAY...-- ALONG WITH VERY PORTABLE TABLES AND LABELS ON STAFF WIHCH DID NOT SAY NURSE- OR ANYTHING SIMILAR-I WILL OLD JUDGEMENT...