i vacuumed my room-- doesn't sound too exciting... except it was with the 17 pound cordless backpack -- i have good and bad news about it.. when I first put it on... there is an adjustment to MY center of gravity --- which made me wonder...... one might easily say i am 17 pounds more than i ought to be.... so teh xtra effort it took to vacuum the floor might explain teh tired factor..-- but the vac worked well and very fast... what did not work is the accessory which i thought would work so well in the barn...
the usual vacuum has a "head" perpendicular to the wand... this vac came with a head in line with the handle-- which would be much more efficient to use in the kennel.. problem is... that in line head does not connect to the wand in any way i can fathom.
i hate to write to a company and say " how do you connect the 2 pieces?" but htat is what i haD TO DO... SKIP TRIED... STEVE TRIED .. IF IT DOES GO IN.. THERE MUST BE A REDUCER PIECE MISSING??? I AM AFRAID I AM GOING TO GET AN EMAIL BACK SAYING..." LOOK YOU DUMMY...." STAY TUNED.
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WE HAD ALOT OF VISITORS HERE YESTERDAY-- LOTSA NEW PEOPLE--- BEAUTIFUL DAY
AND A PERFECT DAY FOR THE TANNER TRIBE TO FINISH ALOT OF THE FENCING...
AS OF LAST NIGHT ... WE HAVE 4 MORE 200 FOOT RUNS UP AND DOWN THE STEEP HILL-- WHICH SHOHLD ... WEAR THEM OUT BETTER... AND DEVELOPE THIER MUSCLES BETTER...
THE PUPPY HILL AREA HAS DONE A GOOD JOB ON THE DOGS KEPT THERE... BY USING THESE RUNS, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO not use the pond for free exercise and KEEP THE GATES OPEN TO THE POND And "A" loop so we can ocassionally drive around with both the tractor and golf carts to keep[ the forest from reclaiming the path.
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now about monkey fists-- i should have asked you all sooner-- but i tire of hearing about people selling monkey fist door stops for alot of money- and i have... i am sure... spent hours looking for the right size rock to put in the center of a big one...
enter ebay--- finally i got the idea of the smaller bowling balls-- a candlepin bowling ball is 4.5 inches and just might be perfect for a heavy door stop-- i may have to make it a 5 FINGERED ONE TO ACCOMODATE TEH SIZE OF THE ROPE IN RELATION TO THE BALL... I HAVE LOT OF 1/2 INCH ROPE... THE 3/4 " WOULD MAKE THE DOOR STOP TERRIBLY EXPENSIVE-- A CHEAPER WAY TO GO IS TO USE THE BROWN SISSLE ROPE.. I WILL EXPERIMEBNT
IN THE MEANTIME I HAVE 99 ZIP TIES FOR JANNA'S WEDDING... ( SO FAR)
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FOR LACK OF ANY CUT AND PASTE--- HERE IS THE LATEST GRANT PROPOSl we wrote if you find any typo's ( i doubt it..... ann is darn good) do not tell us.
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100% of our puppies will participate in the “Road Show” project as part of their service dog training. Of the 166 service dogs we have donated to date, 25 currently live in Essex, Middlesex, and Suffolk Counties. *SummarySupport and expand our local “Road Show”, therapy visits with puppies, to bring smiles and laughter to more assisted living facilities. A win-win where the local communities benefit from the training we do anyway. *LOI Need DescriptionLife in assisted living facilities can be bleak. We are literally received with open arms by residents and staff everywhere. Until our dogs graduate as fully certified service dogs at 12-18 months of age, their “job” is to bring smiles and laughter — while also being trained. They do that naturally, of course, the challenge is allocating staff time to organize the trips and trainer time to ensure everything goes smoothly. We have always done random visits but this spring two volunteers decided to take it to the next level. We are already working with 21 towns, averaging three visits a week, from Waltham to Beverly and Chelsea to Amesbury and everywhere in between, up to about a 45 min. drive from Ipswich.
We love the surprised reaction when we bring in two huge dogs, perfectly behaved and working the room like pros, along with a bunch of puppies in our new donated baby carriage (we could call it “Bill’s Buggy”?). It is a lively scene and everyone gets to pet the dogs and give them treats — neatly handed out in a purple frying pan.
Depending on the group we show either a short video or our new documentary and then answer questions. The entire visit lasts about an hour and a half, and has a residual effect of many weeks, so we are told. With advance notice, participation is much higher, as some residents need help to get around. We now see groups of about 50-60 whom we leave with a story to tell, plus new knowledge of service dogs and commercial free live EXPLORE cameras featuring not only our dogs 24/7, but life in nature around the world.
Serving our local area is an important part of our mission — in fact please consider this an invitation to our famous “Sunday Stew” open house, where families and service dog recipients volunteer, mingle, and visit with the puppies. During the week we receive busloads of special education students with their teachers and many teens doing community service.
We engage daily and directly with thousands who read Carlene’s early morning blog, the “Daily Doggie”, and follow us via 7 live EXPLORE cameras. With “Barn Talk” at 3:15 pm, “Trainer Talk” at 4:45 pm and “mail call” at 5 pm we do our best to keep everybody engaged and informed. —Turns out the cameras are a life line for people who are isolated due to illness, geography, or because they are caregivers. *LOI Plan for Grant Funds Our success, whether it is managing a bunch of puppies at an assisted living facility or helping 166 people (and counting) walk again with their donated service Dane comes down to having enough training hours available. Your previous grant enabled us to add a third full time trainer to our staff. This trainer is still with us and is very much needed. Also, one of our interns now works full time as a junior trainer.
Your grant will go towards payroll for training as well as additional administrative time. This would ensure that we continue to have enough training hours to produce perfect service Danes while also keeping our promise to bring smiles to local seniors with our “Road Show” of puppies in training.
