i knew it...  yesterday at mail call   jiminey and larkey got in a dog fight over a 3 inch piece of cardboard. on the sofa.--

 that was 300 pounds of dogs fighting over a 3" square of cardboard.

i had no time to think of anything except stopping the fight and restoring peace and quiet. i stood up turned arouind.. and i can not tell you what i did to anybody

whether it was hand -- feet -- mouth -- whatever.. but in less than 15 seconds i had turned the snarling mess into 2 dogs sleeping on the couch and i had the 3" piece of cardboard.

i knew full well when i got up this morning the facebook crowd would be all over me for doing something wrong..

..and you know.... i have had it ,, i did not have time to consider all my options and sit down  

with  facebook and the spca and usda and see what the  recommended method of breaking up 2 150 pound dogs might be...taking into consideration 

 i am not as steady on my feet as i once was... not as mentally as astute.... 

 working with what i had. i did what needed to be done --- got them both back on the sofa.. behaving.

apparently i was "yelling" at only the dog which was not on the sofa.  and this offended someone who did not realize 

it was far too late to comment on who picked the fight.------i can only address exacrtly what is happening. ... and at the moment 

larkey was not on the sofa where he  had been told to stay.  i know full well jiminey is no angel.... 

 he had taken a bone away from larkey yesterday which might have been the reason for the fight over 3: of cardboard... who knows...

let me tell you what is most offensive to me.... sdp was built on the  super training of my 8 great dnaes for the 10 years before i ever started sdp

and certainly the 20 years since i donated the first 3 dogs..... and i did all. that without the constant comment of all i do wrong. 

in the last go round of a camera person calling up the spca, usda, and a/c. ---at least the usda guy noticed "she can't be abusive, they follow her all over" 

and they still do...   now ... here we go..... yesterday.... i had to take and extra 4 seconds to get larkey back on the sofa....  he knew something had gone wrong

what i  did was to put him back on the sofa lying quietly and told him that was a good boy... that was what was expected....  and he relaxed...

i have many years worth of that dog logic behind me.... 

i know... for the 2 people so far today who have read me some lecture on how bad i am..... there will be dozens who will be amazed that i got the fight stopped.
i don't even do facebook so i don't know what is being said there.....

fact remains. a fight started where it was least expected 

those brothers have played together for a year.. and they still. do play and sleep together...

i am literally not allowed to deal with dogs on camera for fear someone with start another campaign to eliminate sdp.

i already live in fear of what the neighbors will pull... or the  town and their rat problem... and  then there is   facebook...

i did learn a new thing.......

i was talking to a man who was  involved with the neighbor's lightning strike and trash problem......  and i said

"it would serve one bunch of neighbors right if i. started a pig farm " 

  and he said.  " you could make a fortune"

"how could i make a fortune running a pig farm?"

  "  4 pigs can eliminate a human body in 2 hours.. and the mafia pay good money for that." 

apparewntly alot of people already knew that .. but it was news to me.