oct 11 203
What shocks me often .... is how things simpl;e to me are totally fascinating to “others
‘... which I guess is what keeps me rolling....yesterday at the hospital 2 doctore 1 rn and a medical tech were laughing hysterically at the donkeys jogging along mem drive...—and when I said I coujld have a donkey in the hall of lahey that afternoon... they could not believe it.. I did qualfy it by saying io would prefer not to have a horse only because of the quick movements of a horse that might make them s;ip and fall on the con crete type floors where a donkey would tread slowly....horses in elevators are not my favorite either--- they do become unreasonable if they panic... not a donkey problem...last horse I had on an “upper floor” was a dress commercial- fancy lady—tall horse...i was paniced but we did ok...luckily we were facing a window which showed the planes taking off from logan... and for some unknown reason she took a fascination with them... it was unusual for that to happen..
Like dogs watching tv--- some notice.. some don’t
Bless thos planes... I. did have another horror show... a dog loose in boston... and the worst dog in the world to have loose would be a “sight hound” greyhound type—that loves running...
The planes sAVED ME ON DAY WHEN UNLOADING a saluki slipped a collar and started between two buildings only to stop because of a plane crossing the field of vision... that whole episode terrifies me today...
It was after that that I started the rope with a ring... and had better control.
Speaking of elevators—I had to get a nearly full size pig onto the roof of a hotel in boston. For a shot of the skyline with some tv performer.. that was a huge undertaking... luckily I had 10 days to prepare a generically wild pig to be on an elevator.
We did it... now I am even amazed I even took the job.... but I was ”the best animal handler in nNew England “ ( AKA the only damn fool who woul d try this stuff.)
I did locate the folder of a lot of old jobs which I will try and photo—some wer interesting... like the model feeding a dane off a spoon.... and they wanted the dog’s head perfectly square... that took me a while to get her( pirple) to stop timming her head to lick the spoon.
Such challenges
