AUG 7 2017

 MONDAY= HANGING LOOSE  DAY....WE MADE IT THRU THE WEEKEND..-- OVERHANGING DEAD TREES  GOT LOWERED ( NOT REMOVED)  BY AN EXPERT ROPE TYER/ FLIPPER---WHIFFLE BAR IS ON IT'S 5  WOBBLY FEET AGAIN.... CHICKENS PERFORMED PROMPTLY PICKING THE SHATUPON WINNERS ..DEBBIE ( AND OTHERS) DROVE TEH TRACTOR AND PLAYED WITH THE SAND PILE WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING... A VERY NICE FAMILY FROM ANDOVER SHOWED UP,NEEDING A DANE FIX HAVING LOST THEIR DANE 2 WEEKS AGO... AND MINDY LOVED THE MOTHER- SO SHE HAS GONE FOR AN OVERNIGHT TO SEE IF SHE COULD BE ANOTHER STASHED FEMALE WITHIN THE 10 MILE RADIUS...

TAKING THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ONE AT A TIME...

I WAS FASCINATED WITH THE  TREE GUY'S ROPE HANDLING-- ALONG WITH GETTING ROPES HIGH INTREES TO BEGIN WITH... AND CUTTING OFF  A BIG LIMB  WHICH WAS TIED TO A ROPE UPA DN OVER A GISMO... SO THE   500 POUND LIMB DID NOT   MAKE THE 200 POUND  GUY AT THE OTHER END OF THE ROPE GO UP AS IT CAME DOWN--- WAS INTERESTING... AS WAS TEH AMAZING COLLECTION OF THINGS ATTACHED TO HIS BELT AS HE CLIMBED-- BUT MOST OF ALL..... WITH ONE HAND OCCUPIED WITH HEEPING HIM IN THE TREE, HE COULD FLIP A ROPE AROUND A TREE LIMB AND HAV E IT COME AROUND AND UP TO BE GRABBED BY HIS ONE AVAILABLE HAND... WAS AMAZING...  JUST ONE OF THOSE SKILLS ONE NEVER SEES AS CRITICAL , UNTIL YOU CAN'T... IF HE COUD NOT DO THAT  I AM NOT SURE HE COULD EVEN ATTEMPT BEING A TREE CUTTER DOWNER...

****SORT OF LIKE THE PARKINSON PATIENT  WHO WANTS/ NEEDS  TO GO TO THE SUPERMARKET TO BUY THE FOOD FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER, BUT CAN'T STEP UP THE CURB OUT OF THE PARKING LOT.

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 AAAHHHHH   --- THE WHIFFLE BAR--  THE ROOF HAS BEEN SITTTING ON THE GROUND FOR MONTHS JUST WAITING FOR SOME BRAVE SOULS TO RIGHT IT AGAIN  ON IT'S WOBBLY LEGS-- AND WITH A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORE AND MULTIPLE HANDS ( I.E. 2 PER 6 PEOPLE) GOT IT UP AND SOME TRIANGLES THAT WILL HELP...  I FER THAT UNTIL WE GET IT ANCHORED DOWN , IT MIGHT STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAIL OFF INTO THE  NEIGHBORS YARD IN A STIFF BREEZE-- I CAN HERE HIM NOW.... INSTEAD OF COMPLAING ABOUT THE DOGS, HE COULD CALL THE BUILDING INSPECTOR--   WITH A   " YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT THAT CRAZY OUTFIT HAS DONE NOW..".  E DO HAVE A STORM COMING TODAY.. AND WE DO HAVE A SMALL COLLECTION OF CONCREETE BLOCKS.. SO MAYBE......

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OUR CHICKENS ARE REALLY MOST PROFESSIONAL AT THE PROMPT SELECTION OF SHATUPON WINNERS...  SLIGHT PROBLEM WITH THE FLYING PURPLE EGG GETTING LODGED BEFORE FALLIN G ONTO THE  BOARD...   IT WAS  EASILY DISLODGED BY THE SECOND EGG- AND EVERYONE WAS VERY PLEASED... GO AHEAD AND LAUGH... AS WE TAKE OUR $20,000 / MONEHT TO THE BANK SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO DONATE DOGS...IT HAS TOBE THE WORLDS MOST RIDICULOUS PROJECT..  BUT IF IT WORKS...... DON'T FIX IT.

.... HOWEVER..... BETWEEN BREAKING TOO SOON AND NOT BREAKING AT ALL, WE MUST BE  MORE SCIENTIFIC ABOUT THE BOILING OF THE EGG IN PURPLE DYE.. FOR  1 MINUTE  45 SECONDS..   

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 THAT TRACTOR HAS TO BE ONE OF THE EASIEST  THINGS TO USE   -- ONE LEVER ,MOVES TEH BUCHET UP... AND DOWN   MOVE IT BACK AND FORTH AND IT SCOOPS OR DUMPS--- TO DRIVE, PUSH THE LEVER WITH YOUR TOE AND IT CRAWLS  FORWARD... SAME LEVER WITH YOUR HEEL AND IT CRAWLS  BACKWARD.. THE ONLY PROBLEM CAN BE IS... IF YOU  ASK IT TO BACK UP AND A CAR IS IN THE WAY, IT WILL BACK UP ANYWAY...PUSHING THAT CAR AS IF IT WAS NOT EVEN THERE.  FOR A SMALL MACHINE IT HAS INCREDIBLE POWER... AND HYDRAULICS ARE WONDERFUL, BUT UNFORGIVING...  MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE  YOU CAN NOT COMPRESS FLUIDS- DEBBIE AND FAMILY  EACH TOOK TURNS TURNING OVER THE SAND PILE... - THAT WAS PRACTICE... NOW IF I AM LUCKY , I CAN GET THEM TO DO SOMETHING USEFUL TODAY.....  LIKE TURN OVER THE MANURE PILE AND ADD LIME AT THE SAME TIME...  THESE YOUNG MALE PEOPLE  JUST LOVE TO DRIVE THINGS...

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THERE WAS MORE TO THE POSSIBLE MINDY RELOCATION THAN MEETS THE EYE...   MINDY DID SEEM TO GRAVITAT TO THE FAMILY...AND THEN I FOUND OUT THE FAMILY "BUSINESS" WAS IN TEH  DELIVERY OF FOOD ITEMS TO SUPERMARKETS-- AND HAVING THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE... WITH NO PROBLEM   50 POUNDS OF CARROTS.   AS I CONSIDERED THAT....THE POSIBILITIES WERE ENDLESS-- BETWEEN MINDY'S REACTION TO THEM AND THE 50 POUNDS OF CARROTS, I DECIDED IT WAS  GOLDIE IN ACTION AGAIN, AND SUGGESTED AN OVERNIGHT.  I AWAIT THE REPORT..... WHO KNOWS... MAYBE HE CAN GET US A CARTON OF BLACK RASSBERRY YOGURT BARS...AND MINDY WOULD BE HAPPIER...

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TODAY'S MAJOR JOBS--

** MONITOR THE HEAVY RAIN W/R/T THE  4" DRAIN PIPE WE PUT IN THE DONKEY VIEWING AREA

**PUT TOGETHER ONE PIECE OF THE ROOF- AND CHECK IT FOR PATERN--  I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO  GET THESE ROOF ANGLES EXACT-- A CARPENTER SHOWED ME ONCE-- BUT HE WENT TOO FAST AND I HAVE NEVER GOT IT RIGHT.  IT DOES NOT SOUND VERY HARD.... WHERE THE 2 ROOF RAFTERS MEET THE ANGLE HAS TO E 90 DEGREES TO THE GROUND ( LEVEL)  WHICH MEANS WHERE IT SITS ON THE WALLS, YOU NEED THAT SAME ANGLE AND  ONE AT  RIGHT ANGLE TO IT...  IT IS ALL HIGH SCHOOL  GEOMETRY-- 

PLUS AN ACCURACY LONG MISSING IN MY "ALMOST-- CLOSE ENOUGH " MENTALITY.  IN NEW ENGLAND .. WE ARE TALKING "SNOW LOAD"  AND  THIS "ALMOST"   CAN GET INTO TROUBLE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT "SUPPORT" 

**WHILE THAT IS GOING ON... WE NEED TO MOVE ALL THE LUMBER  TO THE AREA OF THE "SHED THAT IS BEING REBUILT"   BECAUSE IT ID TIGHT  IN THAT DRIVEWYA AND I COULD NOT GET IT DELIVERED THERE...   MANY TRACTOR TRIPS COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT THE PARKING PIT HAS 2 TREES 9 FEET APART  JUST TO KEEP YOU AHONEST........ A CAR/TRACTOR CAN EASILY GET THRU, BUT NOT WHILE CARRYING 12 LUMBER AND STUFF. NEXT BIG QUESTON... THE BLUE PICKUP-- I KNOW DOES NOT HAVE AN 8' BED... BUT IF IT HAS A 6' BED... CAN WE BALANCE THE 12 ' LUMBER  WITH THE JUDICIOUS USE OF A FEW CONCRETE BLOCKS.?  

THAT WHOLE THING OUGHT TO GIVE THESE YOUNG  "EAGER TO DRIVE ANYTHING "  MALES  SOMETHING TO DO... AND TO FIGURE OUT....  IT WILL REQUIRE DEVELOPING A TEAM EFFORT...

I HAVE DECIDED A LOT OF THINGS... ONE OF THEM BEING ONE REASON WE HAVE SUCH SUCCESSFUL BUNCH OF TEENS IS THAT I GIVE THEM JOBS AND DON'T TELL THEM WHAT TO DO... JUST GET IT DONE... FORCING THEM TO THINK.. THE KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE  ARE SUPER !   YOU MAY THINK IT A FANTASTIC  WAY TO TEACH KIDS.. WHAN ACTUALLY IT  IS MY ABILITY TO FORGET WHAT I WAS DONG ANYWAY,,

BUT IF IT WORKS ... DON;T FIX IT...  AND OUR TEENS ARE TERRIFIC... AND I HAVE A PERFECT EXCUSE FOR BEING LAZY...

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TODAY ASHER AND I RETURNED TO THE SERVICE DOG PROJECT FOR THE DAY TO UNWIND FROM OUR BUSY WEEK AND JOIN IN THE FUN FOR OUR FIRST IN-PERSON SHATTING SUNDAY! IT WAS SO NICE TO BE BACK AT THE FARM TO SEE OUR FRIENDS AND TO MEET SOME PEOPLE I MISSED DURING TRAINING. ALWAYS FUN TO BE CAUGHT ON THE EXPLORE.ORG CAMERAS, TOO!  ASHER WAS SO HAPPY AND EXCITED ALL DAY TO SAY HI TO HIS DOG AND HUMAN FRIENDS - HE GOT TO ROAM AROUND ON HIS OWN FOR MOST OF THE DAY AND GO FOR A GOOD RUN WITH RUBY, BUT HE WAS ALWAYS HAPPY TO RUN BACK TO ME AT MY EVERY CALL! WE'VE HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL MONTH TOGETHER AND I WAS THRILLED TO REALLY SEE HOW WE'VE BONDED FOLLOWING OUR INITIAL TRAINING AT THE FARM. ASHER KNOWS WHO HIS PERSON IS, EVEN ON HIS HOME TURF! IT WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL DAY SPENT AWAY FROM WORK AND SCHOOL AT A PLACE WE BOTH LOVE. WE CAN'T WAIT TO BE BACK AT CRAZY ACRES AGAIN SOON!

AUG 6 2017

SUPER SUNDAY...   THERE WILL BE ALOT GOING ON...IN ADDITION TO PLAIN OLD OPEN HOUSE-- IT IS CHICKEN SUNDAY TO CHOOSE TEH E NEWEST LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE SHATUPON SOCIETY AT 3PM--TEHRE WILL BE A DONKEY WANDER/WALK AT 10:30am  I AM TOLD...   COUSIN DEB WILL BE EHRE WITH HER 2   "BORN THE SAME DAY" BOYS ( GOING TO STOP CALLING THEM TWINS TIL I FIGURE OUT IF THAT IS BY NOW... NOT A GOOD TITLE..)AND TO CAP IT ALL OFF TEH TREE CLIMBER IS COMING TO ENTERTAIN US---WE DO HAVE A BUNCH OF  NEAR DISASTER TREES WHICH NEED ATTENTION...-- THE WORST BEING A BIG 6 INCH LIMB... DEAD... EXCACTLY OVRE TEH GATE...  ALONG WITH MANY OF THOSE UPSODE DOWN ... V's....  THAT GET CAUGHT MID FLIGHT... BEING HELD IN PLACE FWHILE THEY AWAIT THE NEXT HURICANE..

 I AM NOT SURE WHY, BUT MY IMPRESSION OF A NICELY KEPT HOME HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH LAWNS OR  HOUSE PAINT... BUT  WELL KEPT TREES... WITH OUT ALL THE SHORT BROKEN SMALL BRANCHES-- WE HAVE A WAY TO GO ... BUT HOPEFULLY THIS  "TREE GUY"  CAN DO  2 OR 3 DAYS HERE AND  CLEAN US UP.--

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I REMEMBER----- HERE WE GO....W/R/T TREE CLIMBERS....I HAVE A FRIEND  WHO HAD 2 KIDS-- DELIVERING ONE INTHE FRONT OF A PICKUP ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL AND  SHE HAD AN AWFUL TIME CONVINCING HER HUSBAND TO CONTINUE TO THE HOSPITAL INSTEAD OF GOING BACK TO GETTING  THE HAY IN....ALSO ( TEH SAME HUSBAND WANTED TO CALL THE CHILD "FORD" FOR THAT REASON)-- VERY BRIGHT PEOPLE WHO  DID NOT BELIEVE IN BOIXES TO BE OUT OF.--  SHE  MANAGED A BARN FULL  OF ANIMALS--- AND I SAW WITH MY OWN EYES,.. ONE DAY SHE SENT  HER BOYS OFF TO GET THE SCHOOL BUS WITH A CUP OF  HORSES SWEET FEED FOR BREAKFAST.....  SHE HAD ONCE WORKED IN A GRAIN MILL AND DECLARED IT CERTAINLY WAS NOT WORSE THAN THE CEREAAL IN BOXES...

JUMP 20 YEARS LATER, I MET ONE HF HER "BOYS" HIGH  IN A TREE--  6'2  WITH EYES OF BLUE-- THE KIND OF GUY  THEY HIRE TO MAKE ADS FOR SOME MUSCLE BUILDING GOOP.-- SO SHE WAS RIGHT WITH THE HORSE FEED...

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I HAD HOPED TO CHALLANGE THE 2  ....BORN AT THE SAME TIME... BROTHERS TO BUILDING A  SHED UNDER THE ROOF TO THE "WHIFFLE BAR" ----- WE ARE 2 SHEDS DOWN-- SO FAR---- WITH  2 COLLAPSING UNDER THE WEIGHT OF 4 BUTTERFLIES...  NOT SURE HOW THEY WILL DEAL... BRIGHT KIDS--  I WILL LET THEM KNOW WHAT HAS FAILED SO FAR...-- BUT THE THIBNG IS ALMOST A CIRCLE-- WHICH IS NOT A GOOD START FOR CONSTRUCTION..... I BOUGHT A BUNCH OF 2 X 3'S ..ALONG WITH 2 X 4'S....I AM NOT SURE WHY--- WE NEED TH E  WHIFFLE BAR FOR DOG FEST 

OTHERS YOU MAY SEE....

MARK WILL BE COOKING??? HAMBURGERS AND OTHER BURGERS...- WE COULD HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE...

WE HAVE ACQUIRED ANOTHER VOLUNTEER YOU MAY SEE IN THE VICINITY OF TANNER....... TOM.. A  PERSON  OUT OF COLLEGE, LOOKING FOR A REAL EDUCATION... AND WHERE BETTER THAN HERE?? 

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I AM TOLD WE HAVE A SCREAMING WILD ANINAM BEHIND GRACE'S CHICKENS...---SOUNDS LIKE MATING SEASON FOR FISCHER CATS... ALWAYS A POPULAR ITEM WITH THE DOGS AND NEIGHBORS... WE DO HAVE  WILLOWDALE STATE FOREST BEHIND US.... I USUALLY SAY 2000 ACRES- BECAUSE  I DON'T REALLY KNOW...  I DO KNOW IT IS ENOUGH FOREST FOR ME TO GET TOTALLY LOST IN ONE DAY... I WAS ON MY DAUGHTERS HORSE  TRYING  TO IDENTIFY A TRAIL FOR A 4 H TRAILRIDE...

I THOUGHT THE HORSE WOULD BRING ME HOME-- IT DID NOT... AND I ENDED UP  2 TOWNS AWAY AND HAD TO CALL FOR A HORSE TRAILER TO COME GET US...  I WAS EVEN INTO THE MOSS IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TREES.... AND LISTENING FOR RT 95--  BIG TIME LOST..  THAT  FOREST  IS FULL OF GLACIER ESKERS? WHERE YOU RIDE /WALK ALONG A TALL  NARROW  RIDGE WITH A DROP OFF ON BOTH SIDES TO A MUCKY MESS. 

THE KIND OF TRAIL NOT CONDUSIVE TO TAKING A SHORTCUT TO ANOTHER RIDGE.  

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SOMEBODY SENT ME THIS.... IT IS AN INTERESTING "GEORGE AND BELLA"   STORY WHICH CAN BE COPY AN D  PASTED???

Giant Dog Approaches Little Girl In Hospital Bed, Now Keep Your Eye On His Back

aug 5 2017

topic of the day--- me and my toothbrush...... there are sometimes tiny things in the news that  are not there by accident-- the  THEY--- whoever THEY are --- get teh general public used to hearing something...and  later comes some wierd  unexpected twist... this morning ... for the first time i heard " the lettuce crop in the  US state of california is withering in the heat" and next "the murders will stand trial in the US state of Indiana" ----- what is with the "US state of"   bit..is there some rumor around that  america is actually going to fracture.. ?? they continued that US state of  all thru that newscast.. very odd...

i remember the good old days when  the big job around was to be an  news editor  who verified the spelling and accuracy of anything about to go in print..  then comes the internet-- and  very inexpensive printers -easily purchased ..  and the verification process is totally lost on "the printed word"   but there is a lesson there... it is the cumulation  of the tiny drops of ink that is the expensive thing ... on which these  manufacturers of printers thrive...

there is a bit of a  stretch to see a paralell between  big tv corporations -- using tv news shows to put out information--... that information is the ink of the  process...   it is  "used"  in such tiny amounts that it sometimes seems inconsequential -- but someone has figured out that the sum of the drips moves mountains.  

There was an expression  "don't anger anyone who buys ink by the barrel"    so now... don't anger anyone who has an avenue  to  distributing crapola  without a editing filter.... and that is the internet/facebook....( example ...----SDP has bred audrey anyway !!)

i like to think i am aware that  if the "rate of increase in jobs has gone DOWN" &  if you are not listening carefully,  the word DOWN  sticks, however.... it means jobs are still on the increase...

 i take pride in that concept-- and then  i needed an new toothbrush...  clear as a bell i decided i must have an electric toothbrush that goes round in circles....  far superior to  the forth kind...  i must have one like that-- and ebay provided one for me..  i was very happy... until i saw... and thought about the commercial  that had put all that in my head..  word for word...without my even suspecting  it had happened.

now that toothbrush serves to terrify me on a daily basis......  with all this crapola spiiling out around me-- what  do i have lodged in my head that does not belong there?

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 even the age related ability to forget just about everything has not saved me from the "hidden persuaders" .. Madison Avenue has gone virally world wide...

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If you need further parallel  visions,   google madison avenue   and you will learn.....

1.  "Madison Avenue techniques" refers,  to the . methodology of advertising.- the "gimmicky, slick use of the communications media to play on      emotions."

2  .Madison Avenue was not part of the original New York City street plan.  and was carved between 4th and 5th avenue.

3.  it is one way...

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i had intended to do a DD  about teh ny times article about controling  mosquitos by using a fan instead of chemicals... which  i have promoted since 1998 when  i found that  the deagle house and a fan with a net was 40000 times more efficient than the $500 mosquito mgnet .

w/r/t   that mosquito mqgnet-- i tried to give it away 3 times.. and people kept giving it back to me...  just last week , i put it out on the street... and no one would even take it.. so it has gone to the  "transfer station"  aka  dump...

just one more example of what i was convinced i must buy...

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does that mean my mind is teh  dump of mis- information planted carefully by some evil empire? 

not going there... 

today anyway 

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Another reason I love watching this cam is for all the information you learn on here..Last night our 8 year mastiff came into the room and he didn't look right He tried to vomit but nothing came up and he was all bloated I told my husband we have to get him to a emergency vet now. We 

drove to Center City Phila and just what I thought he had bloat. Very scary watching your poor baby like that but they operated right away and hours later he is doing well. Elvis will be ready to come home this afternoon. He also had his stomach tacked so hopefully it won't happen again...If I 

didn't watch this cam so much ( I don't think my husband will complain any longer) we would have had a much different outcome 

Thank you Service Dog Project   cheers  Debbie

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here is how to start going to law school...

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T'S BEEN A BRUTAL WEEK OF MOCK CLASSES AT OUR NEW LAW SCHOOL, AND TO SAY THAT WE'RE EXCITED THAT IT'S FRIDAY IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT! THIS WEEK ASHER AND I - ALONG WITH ABOUT 40 OTHER INCOMING 1LS - HAD A CRASH COURSE IN SOME FAMILY LAW ISSUES TO HELP US LEARN SOME IMPORTANT STRATEGIES WE'LL NEED DURING LAW SCHOOL LIKE CASE BRIEFING, LEGAL WRITING, AND OUTLINING FOR EXAMS. ASHER WAS WELCOMED TO LAW SCHOOL BY THE DEAN HIMSELF, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES I'D SEEN ASHER HAPPY TO MEET A MAN SINCE HE'S QUITE A BIT MORE COMFORTABLE AROUND WOMEN. DEAN YELNOSKY IS A DOG PERSON, AND ASHER MUST HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TELL. I THINK THEY'LL BE BUDDIES!

ASHER HAS BEEN A PERFECT GENTLEMAN ALL WEEK, AND HE'S HAD TO PUT UP WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND UNFAMILIAR PLACES. LUNCHES THIS WEEK WERE EITHER AT NICE RESTAURANTS WITH ALUMNI OR CATERED BUFFETS, AND AT NO POINT DID ASHER HELP HIMSELF TO A SNACK WHEN HE EASILY COULD HAVE. CLASSES WERE LONG AND WE SAT IN THE CLASSROOM FOR A GOOD CHUNK OF OUR EIGHT-HOUR DAYS, AND ASHER WAS CONTENT TO LISTEN IN OR SNOOZE DURING OUR LECTURES. I HOPE HE PICKED UP ON A FEW ELEMENTS OF THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE THOUGH - I'M EXPECTING HIS HELP ON TOMORROW MORNING'S MOCK EXAM!

WHEN WE WEREN'T MEETING NEW PEOPLE OR SITTING IN CLASS, WE WERE MEETING SOME NEW FRIENDS AT BOWLING NIGHT OR TOURING THE RHODE ISLAND DISTRICT COURT. I'D BEEN IN THE COURTHOUSE A FEW TIMES FOR WORK, BUT THIS WAS ASHER'S FIRST TIME. IT'S ALWAYS FUNNY TO WALK UP TO THE FRONT OF A SECURITY LINE, WHETHER IN AN AIRPORT OR WHEN WALKING INTO COURT - MOST PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH HE AND I WHEN IT COMES TO METAL DETECTORS. ASHER'S BEEN VERY PATIENT WITH PAT-DOWNS AND WANDS TO HIS VEST, AND I GUESS NEXT TIME I HAVE TO GO TO COURT WE'LL BE EASILY RECOGNIZABLE! WE HAD A FUN TIME SEEING SOME OF THE COURT'S MORE PRIVATE AREAS AND GETTING A FULL HISTORY OF OUR STATE'S FEDERAL COURTHOUSE. ASHER SAYS FORGET THE WHOLE LAW SCHOOL THING - WE ALREADY LOOK THE PART AND ARE READY TO BE SWORN IN!

WE JUST HAVE A FEW MORE HOURS LEFT OF OUR PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK, WHICH ENDS WITH THE MOCK EXAM AND REVIEW TOMORROW MORNING. THIS WEEK HAS BEEN GRUELING FOR BOTH OF US, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR OUR ROAD TRIP ON SUNDAY - WE'LL BE HEADED BACK TO SERVICE DOG PROJECT FOR THE DAY! I'M SO EXCITED FOR SOME TIME TO UNWIND AND TO SPEND THE DAY AT ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PLACES. WE'RE ESPECIALLY EXCITED BECAUSE THIS IS OUR FIRST IN-PERSON SHATTING SUNDAY - WE HAVE OUR BRICKS READY!! YOU MIGHT JUST SEE US ON CAMERA DURING THE SHATTING ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SO MAKE SURE TO TUNE IN!

aug 4 2017

we --- peg...bud.. and i..---. went to meet with rep hill and senator tarr at the state house yesterday..  we had a long meeting... fortunately they had heard of SDP before and were quite sympathetic with our problems and  the fact that bentley has had no pups since last january... certainly far beyond the normal  range of the problems visitors come to them with....  they asked  us to get together additional information  which peg and i will do ?starting today??? peg???

peg is focused..  fortuantely around here we have several people who can stay focused amid all kinds of distrctions.... ann is another... and annie..  the list is endless... fortunately....

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 frannie got here  and maybe the rest of her family will arrive today-- i have some roofing jobs maybe her boys could solve....  we have a new building with no roof.. an old building which need s a new roof, and a roof  leaning against teh shop   which needs a new building.

  the roof with no building is the most "pressing"    we need that for dog fest.... it is where  we sold extra shirts, monkey fists  and other SDP items..

it has a big label  " the whiffle bar" -- but it is only a roof...

problem is... it does not have a rectangle in it... 5 sided... the first year it had walls sloped outward-- with  a shelf on each of the 5 sides for the display of items.. pretty successful  but the walls lacked uniformity..  so the next person to work on it  made walls  vertical- perfecdtly straight... a new  concept around here... but they lacked the stability of the triangular shape.. and it fell over... leaving the whiffle bart in the state it now is in... roof on the ground... no building for it to be the roof over...  

so i had a bunch  of 2 x 3's  delivered  in prep for the arrival of the  young men from washington---  let them put something together-- the did fine with the origional tee pee..

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i also had 2 x 6's delivered in prep for roofing the new "shed... "--- which will allow us to expand our donkey operation. -

janine has decided to hold a "donkey derby"  at the  very  exclusive  myopia  polo club on sept 9th  which just might be the event of the year there...... i say "exclusive"   but note... for years it has been exclusive of donkeys-- and would  only allow the most expensive of thorobreds to perform there  in several  roles... mostly polo ponies... if she manages to get enough people to come ... it could be i big deal....

i remember....... back when i had  many donkeys and needed to find a use for them ( sort of like the 23 great dane pups that prompted me to start SDP...)   there was the  exclusive myopia driving club-- who's members   really did everything right -- with hystorically correct  vehicles and attire-

some competed  internationally-- now think... internationally was more tha canada a dn mexco... but britain  germany and Hungary  which meant getting theri horses ... usually 4 of them- plus equipment etc over the atlantic...

this was not for the  meek at heart....  they would arrive wherever with the correct, spotlessly clean horses harness even a driving apron.

they practiced ahead of time and were good... big time good.

into this environment , enter me with 32" tall donkeys-- a lot of them...i casually said i was going to drive 8 in a formal hitch... like teh budweisers..

let me be clear... maintaining a herd of 30 donkeys was still much cheaper than one horse.... and it has been said... donkeys are idiot proof-- a claim we went on to prove so many times,,,''  i eventually did get to drive all 8-- in very strange places.. like hotel ballrooms...with antlers... but seeing  as  it required such an effort to  crawl around on your knees  to put all hta harness on 8  mini doneys. that we   we rarely practiced did it mostly for performaces...  because we found a bucket of carrots  worked better than hours of training.... if we could get the front 2 going in the right direction   the other  6 would  have to go with them as they were all tied together with the harness...

an example... we had a parade where we were in front of teh budweiser hitch of perfectly trained clydesdale horses-- each weighing over 2000 pounds...  i knew the parade route would be ovresome trolley tracks in boston-- and those always made the donkeys stop a dn look at them fro 5 minutess before crossing....  with 8 tons of horse behind me... we could not stop and live to tell it..... so we took 2 garbage can lids.. 5 pounds of sliced carrots  and my kids as  "sidewalkers"  held teh lids with carrots under the noses of the lead team thus obliterating the vision of teh train tracks  from the leaders... so they walked across... 

back to my membership in this exclusive driving club--  the last meeting i went  to   there was a discussion about how perfectly all the members presented the horse and carriage--- and someone in the back said "but carlene is the only one having any fun"

i liked that comment....  perfection has always been a difficult concept for me... my heart is in jerry rigging...

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I wanted to share a short story. Yesterday, we were walking through the hall at school, when I stumbled and started to fall. Clark braced immediately and didn't move a muscle--he did NOT want me to fall--and was so steady and sturdy for me. We managed to save it, and I found my balance again. 

It took Clark some time when we were first paired to figure out how I fall and how he can catch me, but he knows immediately now.

From my perspective, that must be one of the hardest skills for a dog to learn. To brace and stay as still as a statue, even though a person's weight is pulling them down. I would say it takes some quick thinking and stubbornness. :) But I am not the one who teaches that skill, so I don't know for sure, but that's what I see. So thank you for my smart, determined dog!

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danes are born trained-- just don't wreck them...

AUG 3 2017

FOLLOW TH EMONEY TRAIL-- I HEAR IT ALL THE  TIME..  OK... FRANNIE ( SISTER) IS FLYING HERE TODAY AND SENT ME A COPY OF HER TICKET.... WHICH INCLUDED 

• U.S. Transportation Tax:
  57.77
• U.S. Flight Segment Tax:
  16.40
• September 11th Security Fee: 
  11.20
• U.S. Passenger Facility Charge:
  18.00

 SO EXACTLY WHERE DOES THE  57.77 GO?   OR THE 11.20??--AND WHY IS THE  9/11 THE ONLY ONE THAT IS NOT .... US..... SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE IS IN SOME COMMITTEE SAYING  "IF WE SLIP IN ANOTHER $2.18  NO ONE WILL NOTICE...  WHAT CAN WE CALL IT,.... CO PILOT FEE??

AS I  TIRE OF NEWS STATIONS... I WANDER THRU NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ( IF THE MYTHBUSTERS IS NOT ON...) ONLY TO WATCH A CREW OF 20 GROWN MEN ON THEIR HANDS AN D KNEES SIFTING THRU THE  SAND OF SOME MASSIVE DESERT ,  LOOKING FOR FRAGMENTS OF POTTERY  OR BONES...

WHO PAYS THEM TO DO THAT???    --- WHAT COULD POSSIBLEY BE TEH PROFIT  MOTIVE?  CONSIDERING THE TURN OF "THE WHEEL" WHAT ADVANTAGE TO OUR FUTURE COULD A FRAGMENT OF POTTERY BE?  THAT WHEEL HAS TURNED... MOVE ON...

THERE CERTAIN LY IS NOT ANY EXCITING AMUSING,ENTERTAINMENT WATCHING 20 GUYS CRAWL AROUND THE DESERT.  IT IS LIKE WATCHING A FISHING MATCH... WHO PICKS UP THE TAB? AND WHY?

IF YOU HAD A SON N OR DAUGHTER GOING TO COLLEGE WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO  A LETTER.... " HI MOM ... I FINALLY CHANGED MY MY MAJOR...FROM COMPUTER SCIENCE TO  ARCHEOLOGY"   BET YOU'D BE THRILLED...  WHEN HE GRADUATES $200,000 LATER  YOU CAN RESURRECT HIS OLD SAND PAIL FROM KINDERGARDEN WHICH YOU HAD BRONZED..

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I HAD A RELATIVE-- I STILL DO-- A COUSIN WHO AFTER GRADUATING FROM VASSAR-- BRIGHT GAL--- FROM THE NEW YORK SCEENE... CONVINCED THE GOVERNMENT TO GIVE HER A GRANT TO GO LIVE IN A COMMUNE IN COLORADO--( BOY COULD WE USE HER TALENT NOW !!) SHE IS THE ONE WHO WITH HER S.O.  BUILT AN INTERESTIN HOUSE ON THE SIDE OF A CLIFF WHILE LIVING IN A TENT FOR A  WHOLE YEAR..... IN COLOORADO.... WHERE THEY HAVE WINTER....I AM TOLD- THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS ( EXCUSES )  I HAD TO HAVE A TENT AND SEE WHAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE-- BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING IN HER CHILDHOOD WHICH WOULD ENCOURAGE  TENT LIVING...   THE US GOVERNMENT PAID HER SOMEHOW... 

 SHE -- ROBERTA PRICE---  DID WRITE A BOOK   HUERFANO "A MEMOIR OF LIFE IN THE COUNTERCULTURE"   I WENT TO VISIT HER SO  I AM IN THE BOOK SOMEWHERE.   SHE IS SOMEWHERE IN ?NEW MEXI CO

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THIS COMPUTER IS ACTING WIERD... SO  I QUIT FOR THE DAY

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THIS GUY HAS IT RIGHT  -- I TOLD YOU  ALL SO...... !!!!

Man shows how he kills up to 4,000 mosquitoes EACH NIGHT with fans using his dog as bait (but don't worry, Rocky the pitbull never gets bitten!)

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4753954/Man-shows-kills-4-000-mosquitoes-NIGHT.html#ixzz4ogKzYvCR  

AUG 2 2017

this DD is late due to sears ------ and i am pretty annoyed.....

i ordered   on 7/18/2017  and got....

sawsall   spm5896809107   for 99.00  naked... no battery  

blades

tablesaw  

drill bits...

table saw blade

except 

battery for sawsall  ( this , i did not get )   

no tax or shipping

i thought the total  301.35-- was charged  paypal  379.93 aand they say they shipped  416.26-- except no battery...

all shipped individually- so unless you happened to notice...and had nothing better to do... it was not very clear....

the only one i have checked so far is the sawsall listed for 99.00 was paypal charged  105.19  and shipped 119.99

i have work to do--- 

 how   my 301 got to be 416-- is something i just need to know. even if they did only charge for 379-- 

it is another corporate  confuse and conquer..... like the phone bills---   charge cards or insurance..

 or the  you have earned a $50 reward for filling out this survey--

 but that survey reward involves $4.95 for s&h  which you opt not to have  ( in my case,   age reducing face cream)

and you find on your bank statement a charge for $4.95 slipped in among the  others... for the face cream i never ordered or got.

as for sears... i wish i had time to play teh little old lady with a huge dog and plunk myself down in a chair in the custome r service department.

i know why these places ask for your date of birth as a misc way of identifying you.... it is to see whan they can start on the confusing stuff... like the r verizon bill--- where some outfit was selling a  rug shampooing service and signed me up for a monthly  fee of 7.99 to have my rugs shampooed if i needed to have them done. and they hired verizon to send out that 7.99 on the phone bill...  it was bizzarre and i had to tell verizon i was not going to pay any bill that had other companies charges on it... and they  simply said ... ok... somehow they switched it off  too easily for it to sound logical...

so watch the details...

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Last night I was clearing my DVR and watching a couple of Dr Pol's that I hadn't seen. He and his family are Great Dane lovers. He said since he and his wife have been married they've had at least 10, and never just one dog. He says they are the smartest and most reliable dogs on the planet. 

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I WONDER IF HE KNOWS ABOUT US????

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a genisis fund billboard has bella.....( NO GEORGE)

THIS PICTURE IS A BILLBOARD THAT IS GOING TO BE UP ALL OVER BOSTON. THERE ARE 20 GOING UP. THAT LITTLE FACE IS OUR LITTLE MS. BELLA. HOW COOL IS THAT! I THINK SHE WAS 3 OR MAYBE 4 IN THE PICTURE BEING USED. SO IF YOU LIVE IN THE BOSTON AREA AND SEE A BILLBOARD TRY TO GET A PICTURE AND POST IT SO WE CAN SEE!

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PIXIE AND I HAD AN AMAZING DAY TODAY. A DAY WE HAVE BEEN TRYING ALL SUMMER LONG TO DO. WE MADE IT TO THE FARM AS WE KNOW WE CAUGHT GOT ON CANDID CAMERA  

IT WAS SO AMAZING TO SEE THE JOY IN PIXIES EYES WHEN SHE SAW HER SISTER RUBY, OH NOT TO MENTION THAT MY SILLY GIRL JUST RAN ON INTO THE PALACE TO SNIFF IT ALL OUT WHERE SHE WAS. I SAID MY GIRL IS DITCHING ME,LOL.. I ALWAYS WONDERED IF PIXIE REMEMBERED WHERE SHE WAS FROM AND I TALK TO HER ABOUT THE FARM AT HOME. WELL I CAN ASSURE YOU THEY DON'T FORGET. IT WAS THE MOST AMAZING LESSON I LEARNED CAUSE THEY TRULY HAVE A BOND AS WE HAVE WITH OUR OWN FAMILIES. LESSON IS JUST BECAUSE A LOVING DOG LEAVES IT FAMILY AND IS SO FAITHFUL TO YOU DON'T EVER THINK THEY FORGET THEIR LOVED FURRY FAMILY 

PIXIE PLAYED WITH RUBY WHILE I TOOK LOGAN TO SEE THE SWEET NEW BABIES THE ( BUGS) OH HOW PRECIOUS TO SEE IN PERSON VRS ON CAMERA. THEN WE VISITED THE MUSICIANS AND I TELL YOU THEY ALL HAVE THE SWEETEST PERSONALITIES. 

IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO SEE EVERYONE AND ALL THE WONDERFUL STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS. I CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH FOR THE KINDNESS TO MY FAMILY AS WE WHERE THEIR. PIXIE ENJOYED SEEING EVERYONE TO. 

LOGAN HASN'T STOPPED TALKING ABOUT WHERE PIXIE CAME FROM HE LEARNED SO MUCH MORE SEEING IT IN PERSON THEN ME TELLING HIM AND IS WATCHING IT ON EXPLORE. HE HAS A LOVE TO HELP OTHERS AND LONGED TO SEE WHERE PIXIE WAS BORN AND RAISED AND HOW SHE BECAME SUCH AN AMAZING SERVICE DOG FOR ME. 

I FEEL SO BLESSED TO HAVE FINALLY GETTING TO MAKE THIS TRIP TODAY BACK TO FARM AND VISITING. IT WAS SUCH A GREAT DAY FILLED WITH PURE JOY AND HAPPINESS WE FINISHED OFF OUR ADVENTURE WITH A NICE MEAL AT WAHLBURGERS, MM LET ME SAY YUMMY. 

P.S.  I DID  CONTACT AUSTRAILIA AND STRAIGHTEN THAT OUT... IF I DO 

ONE SCREW UP A DAY  AND MAYBE I CAN KEEP AHEAD OF IT..

AUG 1 2017

 NOW---- THIS IS EXCITING....  FROM BELLINGHAM,  WASHINGTON...

Dear Carlene,

LAST THURSDAY WE SENT OUT OUR FIRST DOG TO WORK WITH HIS NEW YOUNG MAN WHO IS AN AMPUTEE.  I WAS KIND OF NERVOUS AND HAD SCHEDULED 6 FIELD TRIPS OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS WITH HIM TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS WORKING OUT WELL.  I RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE TODAY AND MY WORRIES ARE OVER:

Today we left at 5:30 to be at Children's by 8. Bretton had a ct, MRI, and X-rays. Then a lunch break and then an oncology visit. Cedar was AMAZING. She was perfect. The only time she seemed stressed or upset was when I had to take her because she couldn't go in the MRI room. But I took her for a walk outside and she did great. We walked back in the hospital and I kid you not she led me to where bretton was. She was like I know where he is and that's where we are going. We are now on our way home from childrens.  Kara and Bretton

I HAVE HEARD YOU SAY MANY TIMES THAT THEY ARE BORN TRAINED.....JUST DON'T SCREW THEM UP.  I NOW FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN.  HIS MOM SAID THAT WHEN BRETTON WENT TO TAKE A SHOWER, SHE HAD TO LET HER INTO THE BATHROOM BECAUSE SHE KEEP GOING THROUGH THE HOUSE LOOKING FOR HIM.  

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HELP, SUPPORT AND ADVICE YOU HAVE GIVEN ME TO GET ME STARTED.  I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MANY MORE IN THE FUTURE.

CHUCK

LEAN ON ME SERVICE DOGS

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SOUNDS LIKE A MATCH !!!!---- I LIKE THE PART THAT CHUCK  WAS NERVOUS AND SCHEDULED FIELD TRIPS....  I KNOW THE FEELING WELL...  AFTER 150 DOGS DONATEED, I FEEL LESS PANIC'D THAT ONE MIGHT HAVE SOME ACCIDENT, BUT THE WORRY IS ALWAYS THERE...THERE ARE SOOOOOOO MANY NAY SAYERS LURKING ON THE INTERNET IT TAKES COURAGE TO PUT YOUR WHOLE FUTURE ON THE LINE  WITH AN ANIMAL TO WHOM ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN....

NOT BEING A FACEBOOK PERSON , I HAD TROUBLE FINDING OUT  MORE ABOUT HIM... BUT SOMEWHERE THERE IS A PICTURE OF HIM REDOING A BARN INTO 10 KENNELS...  I AM NOT SURE WHERE HE IS IN THE PAPERWORK DEPARMENT  LIKE WEB SITE SETC...

BUT HE IS ON HIS WAY WITH A SUCCESSFUL DANE -- OUT THERE....

SOUNDS LIKE HE HAS A SUCCESSFUL MOM TOO....   THAT IS SO CRITICAL IN A MATCHING.. TO HAVE  THE ACTIONS OF THE DANE BE UNDERSTOOD INSTEAD OF CRITICIZED...  A NOT SO OBSERVANT PERSON WOULD HAVE DECIDED "THE DOG RAN AROUND LIKE AN IDIOT FOR NO REASON- AND I HAD TROUBLE STOPPING HIM"    THIS MOM KNEW WHY AND SOLVED IT BY LETTING THE DOG INTO THE ROOM.---- NOT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD IS CAPABLE OF FIGURING OUT WHY SOMETHING IS HAPPENING-- EITHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE.-- ALSO NO ONE IS CAPABLE OF THINKING OF EVERYTHING..(. HENCE  DISCUSSION GROUPS... LIKE BOARD OF DIRECTORS - OR CONGRESS  KIND OF THING...)

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ONE REASON BELLA AND GEORGE ARE SO SUCCESSFUL IS BELLA'S MOM  BUT....I HAVE WARNED BELLA'S MOM..... DON'T LET PEOPLE ROUGHHOUSE WITH BELLA  (HERSELF INCLUDED)...  GEROGE DOES NOT LIKE THAT-- AND HE IS ENTITLED TO HIS OPINION...  I THINK SHE KNOWS THAT...

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I WONDER HOW MANY GREAT IDEAS ARE OUT THERE BUT DON'T GET OFF THE GROUND BECAUSE OF FEAR OF INTERNET  LURKERS JUST WAITING TO JUMP ON ANY NEGATIVITY...  ALL YOU CAMERA PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN  ME THE COURAGE TO TACKLE SOME THINGS.. "JUST DON'T BOTHER "  IS SUCH AN EASY WAY OUT...

WANT AN EXAMPLE????/ BREEDING AUDRY.. A DARN NEAR WHITE DOG.... FOR ALOT OF REASONS IT SHOULD BE A GOOD BREEDING WITH 4 OR 5 GREAT SERVICE DOGS---AND BETTER MINDS THN MINE HAVE STUDIED THE GENETICS-- SAYING WHITE TO BLACK  SHOULD NOT PRODUCE WHITE DEAF----- BUT IF WE GET A WHITE PUP  WITH 2 HEADS, THERE WIL BE SOMEONE OUT THERE READY TO   SHOOT DAGGERS AT US--- I HOPE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE DAGGER SHOOTERS WOULD BE  AS INTENSELY QUESTIONED....

BEING "AGED"   HAS ALSO GIVEN ME AN ADVANTAGE....I HEARD 25 YEARS AGO ABOUT A WHITE DEAF STUD IN NEW YORK THAT WAS THROWING NOTHIGN BUT HARLEQUIN PUPS...

ALL RIGHT.... NOW I HAVE THE CHANCE TO VERIFY THAT CHART--- WE SHOUD HAVE NO WHITES... AND WE SHOUD HAVE NO BLACKS EITHER.. JUST MERLES AND HARLS...

AND IF WE END UP OVERLOADED WITH PUPS.... I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER THING TO DO THAN TO  PUT JUDY ON  SOME FLIGHT TO WASHINGTON WITH AN EXTRA ONE OR TWO... I HAVE TRIED TO SHARE BLOODLINES WITH 2 OTHER TRAINING FACILITIES, BUT THEY WERE ALREADY CONVINCED THE ONLY SERVICE DOGS WERE GOLDENS AND LABS. 

WE ARE USUALLY VERY GOOD AT THE PUPPY PRODUCTION PROCESS......

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THE VERY BRIEF ENCOUNTER BETWEEN CHARLIE AND BENTLEY RESULTED IN WHAT LOOKED LIKE A SCRATCH FROM A DISTANCE....  HOWEVER IT IS  A SIGNIFICANT GASH IN CHARLIES NECK-- I COULD USE THE WORDS " GAPING HOLE" -- WHICH MEGAN AND STEVE WASHED OUT YESTERDAY... AS WE STOOD AROUND WONDERING WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT....  CUTTING/CLIPPING THE HAIR AWAY FROM THE HOLE IS ALWAYS CRITICAL TO ME SO IT DOES NOT COLLECT ALL THE FLUIDS COMING OUT OF THE HOLE... AND KEEPING THE FLYS AWAY IS ALSO MANDATORY----- VET WRAP IS ALWAYS A SUGGESTION , BUT I AM THINKING A  SMALL CHILD'S TEE SHIRT CUT OFF WOULD BE A CLEAN FLY CHASER....  NOT HAVING ANY SMALL CHILDREN-- AND NEEDING A COUPLE TODAY, I THINK WE WILL GO BUY SOME AND SEE IF THAT WORKS.... PUTTIN G HIM IN WITH AN ATTENTIVE FRIEND TO KEEP IT CLEAN  WOULD ALSO WORK...?CHAOS?SIZZLE?-  I AM PRETTY SURE VETS  WOULD NOT WANT TO STITCH IT AT THIS LATE STAGE...

I REMEMBER ---- DEAGLE( VERY OLD STUD DOG) HAD A 4 INCH CIRCLE  BITTEN OFF HIS RIB CAGE BY A GERMAN SHEPHARD..I COULD SLIDE THE SKIN AROUND  THE HOLE-- AND IT GREW BACK PRETTY QUICKLY... WHAT FACSCINATED ME WAS IT GREW BACK WITH THE SPOTS OF A HARL...  JUST LIKE THE REST OF HIM.....

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THE TEE SHIRT IS MY BRILLIAN T IDEA FOR THE DAY...NOW FOR MY BIONE HEADED STUPIDITY..

I WEAR ONE OF THOSE."I HAVE FALLEN AND I CAN'T GT UP" THINGS AROUND MY NECK--  WHEN I SHOWER , I CAREFULLY HANG IT OFF THE FAT  ROPE I USE TO GET IN ADN OUT OF THE SHOWER.- COUPLE YEARS NOW...LAST WEEK I DEVELOPED A RASH ON MY NECK  IT TOOK A WEEK FOR ME TO FIGURE OUT THE STRING  OF THAT THIG WAS FILTHY --  IT WASN'T EVEN WHITE ANYMORE... 

TALK ABOUT IGNORING THE OBVIOUS????