Saturday, August 29, 2020

aug 29 2020

 FOR ALL OF YOU WHO DON'T LIKE A RAINY DAY,...... HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE LACK OF RAIN????  ASK PEOPLE OUT WEST HOW  DO THEY LIKE THE BEAUTIFULLY DRY -- BLUE SKY---  

I REMEMBER... WHEN I WAS A KID, IF IT RAINED ON A DAY WHEN SOME OUTDOOR EVENT WAS PLANNED, IT WAS CALLED OFF...  NOW IT SEEMS MORE LIKE YOU DO IT ANYWAY AND JUST GET WET... \\
I FORGOT, I DON'T NEED TO TYPE THIES.

Amazon is gonna take over the world ….and to some degree rightly so ….Speaking of rain I'm trying to water what could be called lawn around here which comes out of our well by the way um----- I bought 2 100 foot metal hoses so I could run it across the flat field where the dogs are and hopefully they wouldn't try and drag it around like a big snake ….well one of those hoses leaked very badly------

NORMAL CONVERSATION DISTRACTION… I FORGOT THIS WAS ON….  yeah thank you Judy is coming up the puppy sit she's coming to puppy sit I heard that that's wonderful I know 10:00 o'clock she said to be here Donna oh that one Cortana why put it 60CC syringe right there right there stop down yes I want to try and put the baby food in that jar baby food jar baby food and just very slowly screwed into his mouth with his head up like he's nursing alright if it works with the life saver if you wanna be able get out there however the bottom to get out of there let me say open it is that is is that that does that go away anyway but if that's not a 60 piece orange there is 1 that maybe 3030 yeah well there isn't one it's even bigger it would be down the ICU try that see if you can squish it out the little hole and when he's got his head up in the air so that we don't feed him look for the first time it's really hard small I don't know well that's the case we could always cut it off but I think I think you'll get it I don't know maybe alright which case will come off ---- OH  SHlT  look what happened oh **** OK so much for getting about dictating----- well I'll just leave it

OK back to leaking hoses I went to the AMAZON  seller web where they said I could return it which historically would be a pain in the neck---- but now ..all I had to do was let UPS know that I had something to return ---- within 2 hours I had a packing slip with their address on it an empty box in the place where they usually leave boxes … coming in to service dog project .  we put the hose in the box and the next time the truck was here to leave things they picked it up and left ------that same afternoon I got a box which I thought was gonna be a cake it was heavy it turns out it was the replacement hose----- I don't see how you could be any more efficient than that .

 

It looks like the minute I placed the call saying I had something to pick up and return a label got made in the truck that was out here in the Woods already delivering and within minutes   They---- being ups ---KNEW that we were a regular customer made the label picked up and delivered ….Now the rest of the story which is even a little more frightening is that the pick up and delivery we're in two different trucks absolutely gorgeous shiny ram vans with the Amazon :) on the side oh ….the other part is that both drivers we're new and did not no about pushing the button for the electric gate but they pushed some button and an automatic phone call came in during Mail call saying Amazon delivery is here …. apparently did not have a robo call which would say we're stuck at your gate can you come in meet us but the efficiency is overwhelming .

 

Efficiency overwhelms me easily ---case in point --somehow people in the barn we're keeping a book of doggy activity and this is pretty critical when you have personnel changes every four or seven hours…They cannot be like ships that pass in the night----- they have to know what is going on that's a good thing …… except in this case it was a dead end and the fact that we have several dogs who really need to have some concentrated effort on them ----loose stool--- not eating --you're familiar with nala  ---but the book is a dead end it never came up 2 Donna and Me in the house .so although the next person in the barn know that someone wasn't eating they weren't the ones to do anything about it---- anyway that piece of information never landed where it should have .. Now that I know about it there's information I need to give to the veterinarian to help diagnose but the problem…. is that book that everybody's been Writing in is too much detail too many dogs to make it useful for health purposes .

 

So I am now trying to figure out how to get information  where it needs to go  in a manner that will ensure  That the staff will actually do it with the least possible effort … so far    it is a fact that all medications are to come by way of the counter over our dishwasher in the kitchen usually by Donna six days a week so if she bags up whatever pills are necessary for the day with the dogs name on it it attaches it to what is called the overnight sheet  that piece of paper should then be the source of  what happened to those pills when people have to initial when they give him and then at 5:00 o'clock the person who closes the barn gets to say which dog is in what kennel .which should also assume the health and welfare of every dog at 5:00 PM--daily - that paper should come up to the house --- daily

That expression “no news is good news” Can also mean that one of the parts of the operation have fallen off a Cliff and you just don't know it .that's where we're at ….   I am working on it  

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I am writing to find what the protocol is for retiring a Service Dog and requesting another.
While Dolly is still able to work and is still healthy I have noticed a significant decrease in her ability to stand when out for any length of time. 
We have been able to work around this for the most part and thankfully right now we are not out and about a significant amount of time. With COVID we 
are still laying kinda low. But I am hoping that I can still use her for another year or so, I am hoping!! 


I wanted to make sure I contacted you early so we have plenty of time to rematch me with the right fit, if I am lucky enough to receive another SD. Linda, Dolly has changed my life so much, for the better. I have gained so much freedom and independence having her. I would not still be able to continue to work without her help. Dale and I have done so much traveling in our motorhome and seeing things that I was not able to see before because I was unable to navigate the terrain.  I am actually able to go places with my grandchildren that I would not have done before, because I was afraid to take them out independently. It's crazy to think that shopping with my grandchildren or going to the playground could bring so much joy. I absolutely love the independance. These are just a few things that have changed since getting my gift of Dolly. I can not even think about going back to the life I had previously.

Is there something formal that I should do? Of course once Dolly is retired we would keep her here with us and she can watch TV and eat BonBons when I am out.😉 

Again, Thank you for all you do!!! I just feel like I can't say that enough!

Brenda Swarts