18 Puppies are doing great everybody seems fine we have had one upset puppy in sizzles litter and there was a great ruckus with a puppy in may’s litter yesterday when May stepped on one I don't know what the matter with sizzles pup was but seems fine now …..so all is a go.
The both litters are started on the gruel which we will continue to make more and more solid looking ….they are now eating I think 2 meals a day with nursing…….. the plan would be for Megan to take may home with a pup at about 6 weeks old…. by then They would be sustained 100% on Our food and not need to nurse .At six weeks they would also get there first vaccinations---- As for their worming… they're getting wormed about every two weeks now and I must remind somebody to worm may also
I don't know how these two week old puppies can have worms but they do------ vermicelli looking worms but puppy wormer is inexpensive and you just plain do it .
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I hate to tempt fate and say it looks like we have 18 perfect puppies which we might think of keeping one pop out of each litter tord breeding ….. that would give us 16 to start training out of which we ought to get 14 or so service dogs in about a year . I knew we would have this gap in no puppies because the litter before this is almost a year ago the end of October 2019 so there there is a shortage of puppies . this hits just at a time when With the 180 some odd dogs that we have out there we have had a couple with a medical problem and a couple getting just plain old so we do have to try and replace those----- which we can't always do .
we do try . But we can't do the impossible it would be nice if we had many more dogs , but we don't .
in the whole of the United States it is unbelievable to Me that I cannot persuade any other Great Dane breeder whatever to get involved with training these dogs for people with handicaps. ---- on a daily basis I get requests where people have been unable to find a Great Dane breeder in California Wiscconsin Or Texas, who would train a dog for them or an ADI assistance dogs international facility that would take on a Great Dane in their program .
So two or three people per week go out and buy a Great Dane puppy and then send me an email would I please help them train it------well I just answered 1 today by saying it took me the best part of 50 years to figure out how to do this and I couldn't transfer that knowledge in a one hour appointment even if they did come here. -- so I suggested they read back through the daily doggies where an awful lot of my training ideas have been discussed .
this problem is not just in the United States but I have at least one person in Britain Who's done the same thing and wants me to help How am I supposed to do that?? I would love to try . I've invited them here if they stay 10 feet away . I know I'm in a bind .. I don't know what to do .so if any of you who read this thing every day have any brainstorms by all means let me know i.
other animal wise…
There was a lot of traffic in and out of here yesterday with with service dogs getting re certified as service dogs .
we try and see are dogs at least once a year---- when the dog is new it's once every three months but after that it's once a year--- they're supposed to come back and I get to look at the the dogs and the biggest thing I check is is the dog happy with this project ---- I can tell that by how the dog acts around the person for openers and my other way is too have them take the harnest off and put it back on again And if the dog quite willingly puts his head back in the harnest then generally that doesn't mind doing that.. if it turns his head away then I have to try and figure out why and sometimes it's the dye harness doesn't quite fit right or is rubbing somewhere or something .. it also gives me a chance to decide if the dog is too skinny or too fat------ generally veterinarians tell people a fat dog is just perfect and I don't agree with that much at all should be able to see the ribs just a little bit -----but certainly not the hipbones sticking out the top that's too thin----- Too fat is when there's a depression at the top of the tail.
thus endeth of the lesson for today
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Here’s to sizzle’s pups….. by a cp who’s name I didn’t wroite dopwn…..
let me try to the round the Clock puppy patrol
thanks to all for your tenaciousneus
during the turbulence of this capricious
CL V 19 with proximity made precarious
you share with us Cacophonous sizzlers
AND the fracas of Mays rambunctious randoms
you are very much appreciated and that's not that's no malarkey
while minding the puppies pees and poos
at the door you've left both your shoes
you might find a pIddle and step in the middle
and now need a new sock or 2
so don't let your toesies
offend any nosies
so grab a fresh pair
and head back to the to the stare
of the CPS who think they are all know-sies
This accompanied the huge box of sock type slippers for the overnighters to wear or anybody else for that matter
I know you already know that I retired Lydia, but wanted to share with you what I had posted on Facebook as well.
<3A mere "thank you" seems so little for what I received. My independence, confidence, my smile back, my sense of adventure, a constant listening ear, a bed hog
;) , a warm body to snuggle, though not a big snuggler, she allows a hug or two.My sweet Lydia has given so much of herself to me, no questions asked, just pure love and understanding, unconditional love. It never mattered my mood, my physical ability, from walking, to wheel chair, back to walking thankfully, she never wavered, my crazy whims which she joined in.
Photography adventures, road trips, from Vt. to Texas, we stayed with my Aunt and uncle with 20 rescue dogs in the house, she didn't care, as long as I was there with her. From Vermont to Az. to the Grand Canyon, Living off grid in the high desert for a month, she was right there with me enjoying the adventure, not so much the riding part
;)From Arizona to Florida and meeting her skin Grandma for the first time, and her crazy fur nephew Hopper, her fur sisters, she accepted it all.
Back home again to Vermont, lived in tiny house which she loved. Now having a fur Dane nephew rescue Capone who she thinks is a bit obnoxious .. (he is lol) But accepts and plays with him when she can.
A sad trip to Georgia, and back home again.
She has slowed down now 7 1/2, and told me she is tired. She has shown me the signs, she has a hard time getting up, so I wait patiently for her to get her feet under her.
So now it is MY turn to take care of my sweet girl, to be patient and understanding, to keep her safe, and healthy, to love HER unconditionally for the rest of her life.
My sweet girl has given me 6 wonderful years of her life and service to care for me, it's the least I can do to return the love.
My sweet Lydia is SO happy living the life of leisure in her retirement . When I grab my cane and purse, she goes to the bedroom to her bed. She doesn't fill with anxiety when I leave, but is very happy when I get home. That tells me I made the right decision, it was HER time to retire, and so she did
<3Her story will not end here...
:D Forever Grateful,
Annette and Lydia
