JULY 5 2018

DOGS- NO WAY AM I A WHISPERER.....  I RARELY WHISPER....MAYBE I COULD BE THE DOG OBSERVER-ER - BEFORE ANYONE SAYS "EVERYONE THINKS THEIR DOG IS TEH BEST DOG EVER..."   I THINK I AM A LITTLE MORE OBJECTIVE- ONLY BECAUSE OF MY HISTORY OF HANDLING, BORROWING, AND OWNING SO MANY DIFFERENT DOGS OVER THE YEARS OF PRINT AND MOVIE BUSINESS.  I HAVE OPINIONS ( IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT....:) I DON'T THINK DANES ARE THE BEST DOG EVER-- IT DEPENDS ON WHat you want of a dog... if  success to you is  to go sit in a swamp  and shoot a duck and have  your dog splash into the water and grab the dead duck and bring it back to you,  a dane would be your worst choice... if you want your dog to sit at a poker table  and explain to you if the other guy is out of aces by the way he holds his cards,  then a dane is.. maybe.. your best choice....  in a word???   SAGACIOUS    would be that word. -- the only other dog breed i have owned or handled that  tends to be like that is a corgi.  OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE MANY OTHER DIFFERENCES -- LIKE THE CORGI HAS LESS BULK TO GET INto MOTION--  WE HAVE CHIPMUNKS RUNNING ALL OVER OUR YARD.. SEVERAL LIVE IN TEH T TENT  UNDER THE  COBBLE STONE FLOOR- OUR YOUNGER DANES MAY TRY AND CATCH THEM- OUR OLDEER DANES HAVE GIVEN UP[--- HOWEVER IF WE HAD CORGI'S WE WOULD HAVE FEWER CHIPMUNKS.  EXAMPLES....   *TAKE 3 DOGS-- ASLEEP ON THE SOFA-- AND A NOISE HAPPENS  IN THE YARD.... A JACK RUSSELL ( WANDA)  IS ON HER FEET  AT TEH WINDOW WITH THE YIP AND NIP APPROACH TO EVERYTHING.....WHERE A YELLOW LAB WILL PICK THEIR HEAD UP TO STUDY WHATEVER IS HAPPENING, A DANE IS MORE INCLINED TO  JUST ROLL THIER EYES TO OBSERVE, BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER TO MOVE OR NOT....  THAT EYE ROLL IS TYPICAL... *IF YOU  LIKE TO PLAY TUG OF WAR ...  GET A DOG WITH BULDGING JAW MUSCLES AND MUSHED IN NOSE-  THEY HAVE BEEN BRED TO GRAB HOLD AND HANG ON-- EVEN TO THE EXTENT THAT THIER NOSE IS MUSHED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THEIR JAWS..  LOVELY DOGS-- EVERY ONE... SOMETIMES MISDIRECTED BY HUMANS ....NOT MEAN-- JUST HAVING FUN... THEY GRAB AND HANG ON WITH EYES FIXED ON TEH OBJECT.--- IF A DANE HAS  SOMETHING IN I,S MOUTH THEY WILL SIDE OVER  WITH  THE TYPICAL EYE ROLL,   AND SWING IT IN YOUR DIERCTION TO INVITE YOU TO PARTICIPATE.  * DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOUR   SHEEP HERDING DOG CHASES CARS-- IT IS IN THIER BLOOD TO CHASE Anything that moves...  *DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOUR BEAGLE WILL NOT KEEP HIS NOSE OFF THE GROUND JUST IN CASE A RABBIT MIGHT BE AROUND EVEN IN A SHOPPING MALL. * YOU WANT TO THROW LOTS OF STICKS OR YELLOW TENNES BALLS?    GOLDENS AND LABS ARE YOUR DOGS .....  DANES  CAN BE TAUGHT TO  RETRIEVE... WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY.   ** i remember--- i was in weston mass speaking to ?4h group?  about dogs in general-- before my sdp phase...I had my current stud dog  "thumper "  with me-  someone in teh audience said-- " the trouble with danes is tehy don't retrieve"  - so i pulled out my wallet  and dropped it.  i asked thump to pick it up.. he got up came over , picked it up and handed it to me. nice as could be..   some one said " i did n't see that can you do it aqgaIN"   i dropped it again and asked him  o pick it up---  the look he gave me and what he said could not b e printed here-- so i bent over and picked it up myself---  danes are not robots. I GUESS MY ADVICE IS   "PLAN AHEAD"  ********** another goldie moment.... you people think i am nuts with   janine needing a refrigerator and getting one from the neighbors garage  the next day---- i did not mention the fact that tuesdaY  was my last swig of bedtime brandy--  1/2 shot-- empty bottle... put it in the recycle bin WED morning...   and  at 2:56pm WED..  appeared  on my desk  a new bottle of hiram walker blackberry brandy.  i had not told anyone i was running low...  no one saw teh e empty bottle----  it just happened... like alot of thigns happen here... APPARENTLY GOLDIE TOLD   MARGE ( CP NEW YORK) THAT  I WAS RUNNING LOW. *** THE FARM LOOKS SO WONDERFUL.  EVERYONE DOES SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB TENDING TO EVERYTHING NO MATTER WHAT.  THE BEST BUNCH OF PEOPLE! ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR DAY... THANKS FOR MAKING OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE.  NOW I'LL WATCH THE REFRESHING BEARS ON EXPLORE FOR A BIT. LOVE, NANCY