5 pups-- which i think all of you know by now... all nursing well... mom is not likeing teh string cheese--so we better get/ try cottage cheese today-- we have boiled chicken thighs to bolster her intake... but producing all that milk means we have to add more food and calcuim to her diet.
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teh battle with the fence project moves onward... joyce and i rode around to more accurately figure out exactly what i should order-- and we both came up wioth 10 rolls of fence-- red brand #70318- 177# pounds -- $236.50-- 72 inches square knot ( not welded) which also means 100 "T posts" at 8 feet, $7.34 and 10 pounds each.. ok... now the redbrand is in IL.. and going to zip 01938-- and it does look like teh shipping will be somewhere between $650 and $2500- due to a bunch of things like size/weight...
all you with calculators-- have at it...
this project would use about 4 acres much better and provide real running room(?100 x 20?) attached to 10 more kennels- without haveing to "turn them out " by hand.
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i have alsways been thrilled with purina's donation of $60,000 of food... but now- when i see what trucking may cost- it is frightening,
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i will be very glad to get thru the summer-- between people getting married, educated,going to conferences, and funerals, we are hardly ever full staffed. when you taqlk about "key people" that is the only kind we have-- around here everyone is key... so when 2 go to an adi conference, one to family memorial, and 2 others preparing to go to college-- add a dentist appointment here and there and -- we are short handed big time... thaT IS HALF OUR PAID STAFF... SO WE Are heavily depending on volunteers to keep the normal training going while #1 we have puppies and #2 we do senior places 2 times a week..
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in the midst of it all when we were "doing" a senior residence- mora explained that most our volunteers were "retired professionals" - we certainly do have a collection of very competent volunteers- thank heavens. i am not too sure where she got the professional bit... i am retired from magazine delivering -- and chasing roosters around boston.. which maks me a profeessional what???- at any rate... we have many people with odd letters after their names- none of which i remember- heck--- i have trouble with the plain old names in the first place.
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my car smells-- actually is is not a dog smell,,, but a "you dummy, you left the windows open mold" you can't even smell the air freshiner over the moldy odor....--- they do sell seat covers... i may have to...
i always wonder why people buy seat covers for new cars---- it is your car enjoy the new car and when it gets really bad-- then you cover them.-- when i bougtht this car, i removed one of the back seats- so teh dogs coudl get in and out bettr..( bailey was getting old) and teh toyota dealer told me i would be ruining it's resale value... i explained to him that with luck, the lack of one seat would be the least of my problems in trying to sell a car of mine..
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brenda and dolly cut and paste
Because of the work you guys do at SDP I am able to give back. In my heart, I believe my disability shouldn't prevent me from giving of myself, to others. This is possible because I now have Dolly! I also believe that a pebble thrown into the water makes ripples for quite a distance. I see you guys as that pebble, because of what you do positive ripples are not ending at the recipient, but are reaching far; touching many lives. I am glad to be a part of that. Thank you so much for my wonderful gift, she is a true blessing. We hope to make you proud!
Brenda & Dolly
