july 16 2023
i knew it---- all i did was make a few training suggestions-- which i thought were pretty good ones. and i still think the concepts i was making were good ones to maybe help any pup in training...
i also had a second discussion ready for today..... -- which i have had many times before-- about whenever you handle an animal ( or a child) you are training it.. and keep your eyes on the dog's head ...
i am 100% unaware of any judge telling me what to say or not say -- somehow that sounds un-American...
moving on ----got to stay above all that......... i did see mo yesterday--she does personify "gaunt" and missing alot of muscles in her rear end... but eliz had her out on a lead line to graze off the lush lawn of meridith-- and mo managed to wander off to the neighbors when we were not looking...
when we got her back she non-chalantly scratched her nose on the side of the barn.....and i thought....... if she was in any pain or feeling "poorly" she would never have made the effort to scratch her nose...... that is an animal observation worth remembering... i dunno where i learned it, but there is some truth to it.
i think janine is trundling off to new jersey for a refrigerator-- then to arlington and finally to aiken where she will wave her hand over construction of her house then fly home- leaving car and trailer there. she plans to winter there... not summer...
my assignment is to move 4 bales of hay a day to the back pasture at meridith- til janine gets back...... i did hear some discussion about 2 "standardbred" who would not be coming here yet... that would be 2 amish carriage horses out of the auction. standardbreds are the trotting race horses -- in harness with the small 2 wheeled cart behind.... they make perfect carriage horses when they stop racing.... the problem for them is when they stop being carriage horses they end up "on the wall" at the auction.
apparently there is a standardbred rescue outfit who can take these.... this equine rescue network is much more involved/ connected than i had realized... when i mentioned to janine her schedule did not put her in the right place to go to the auction, she said "oh but my friend xxxx. will be there". somehow they look. these over online and discuss the who what and where.. to "get the job done..." there is a network of "janines"
got to mention-- i hear tales of auctions in general being the nightly amusement in the carolina area.. things like ---"wednesday is kitchen equipment,and goats, . saturday night riding horses and saddles...'
the tales make it sound like a very jolly community gathering....got to check that one out. jolly is damn good.
mo itching last winter.
