JULY 8, 2013

WHEN I RUN INTO SOME PEQUILIAR PHENOMENON I OFTEN WISH I HAD SOME LARGER STUDY GROUP TO SEE IF THE FACT IS PERVASIVE . .

TODAYS STUMP..... IS "A" THE MOST USED LETTER IN OUR ALPHABET? IF NOT THEY WHY HAS THE LABEL ON THE "A" KEY NEARLY WORN OFF WHEN THE REST OF THE KEYBOARD SHOW NO SIGNS OF WEAR.?

OUT OF ALL YOU.... ANYBODY HAVE THE SAME ??

 NOT ANY EARTH SHATTERING PROBLEM-- WITH LUCK I CAN REMEMBER WHICH KEY THAT IS- BY PROCESS OF ELIMINATION IF NO OTHER.

 I HAVE TO WATCH MY COMPUTER CAREFULLY-- I DON'T SUSPECT, I KNOW IT HOUSES SOME ALIEN BEING FROM SATURN - I WILL HAVE SOME PROBLEM- AND BOTH MEGAN AND MARIA WILL BE CONFUSED TOO-- AND THEY DON'T CONFUSE AS EASILY AS I DO..

YESTERDAY'S SH#TTING-- LUCKILY I HAD RUN OFF THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES AS SOON AS IT WAS SOLD OUT--JUST TO BE SURE IT WOULD NOT GET DOWN TO THE LAST MINUTE .. NEVER OCCURED TO ME TO RUN OFF THE LITTLE NUMBERED CIRCLES-- I HAD DONE THAT WITHOUT A PROBLEM FOR OVER A YEAR.. SO WHY DID THE COMPUTER STOP AT #628 WHEN I NEED 2 SETS OF 1000

THESE ARE NOT AVERY DOTS THAT COME WITH A PROGRAM --- THE AVERY ONES ARE TOO EXPENSIVE SO I BOUGHT THEM FROM ULINE- A COMMERCIAL KIND OF PLACE AND WROTE

MY OWN-- WORKED FINE FOR MONTHS..

OH I GOT THERE-- BUT THAT RED LIGHT THAT THE GROUP INSTALLED OVER MY COMPUTER DESK CAME IN HANDY...

RULE IS WHEN THAT RED LIGHT IS ON - DON'T TALK TO HER- SHE IS DANGEROUS.

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BOB CAME TO VISIT PI YESTERDAY-- AND SHE WAS THRILLED TO SEE HIM-- A REAL TAIL WAGGER.. WE BROUGHT HER OUTSIDE TO MEET HIM FOR FEAR SHE WOLD WALK ON TH PUPS JUMPING AROUND. TO GREET HIM

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DOG REPORTS

CASPER IS DOING FAMOUSLY PERFECT MATCH T 8 MONTHS-- A DEFINITE NO NO WITH ADI.. SO WE HAVE SAID HE IS IN TRAINING- WHEN IN FACT HE IS DOING VERY WELL .

DAN'S CHURCH WELCOMED HIM WITH A WELCOME BASKET - DOGGIE STYLE. THE MOST REMARKABLE THING FOR ME-- WAS WHEN DAN DISAPPEARED INTO THE LAUNDRY FOR FEW MINUTES CASPER WENT SNIFFING HEAD DOWN LOOKING FOR HIM-- AND WHEN HE SPOTTED HIM COMING OUT THE DOOR, HE FLEW 90 MPH TO BE AT HIS SIDE..

GOOD MATCH.

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SIR THOMAS WAS HERE AND SEEMS FINE

AS WAS SAMMY-- WITH JADE--

GREAT DOGS-- ALL OF THEM

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AND THEN THERE IS RASBERRY-- POOR THING... I FORGOT TO WORK HER ON A LEASH--- ALL THESE %$^&%& BLACK DOGS, I MISSED HER--SO I SPENT SOME TIME EXPLAINING TO HER THAT THE LEASH WAS A CONVERSATION AL TOOL-- AND AFTER A VERY NOISY 20 MINUTES SHE GOT IT AND WALKED WITH ME VERY NICELY.

 GOT TO DO THAT AGAIN TODAY -- AND SEE WHO ELSE I MAY HAVE MISSED..

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I THINK I HAVE A WAY TO PUT A MISTER LOWER IN THE KENNEL AND NOT HAVE THEM CHEW THE HOSE.. THAT METAL MESH ABOUT 6" WIDE -- TO KEEP LEAVES OUT OF THE GUTTERS.... I WILL WRAP THE HOSE IN THAT AND HOPEFULLY THE DOGS WILL LOOSE INTEREST IN IT.

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THE DEAGLE HOUSE AND NUTT HOUSE ARE ALMOST COLD WITH A/C

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JACK AND SKIP DUG POST HOLES FINER THAN I HAVE SEEN BEFORE-- 3 HOLES ABOUT 1' IN DIAMETER DOWN OVER 3' STRAIGHT SIDES-- VERY IMPRESSIVE TO ANYONE WHO HAS EVER DUG A POST HOLE.

 NEXT IS TO PUT A BLOB OF CEMET AT THE BOTTOM- THE USE THOSE SONNA TUBES TO BRING IT UP TO GRADE- TO HOLD UP THE ADDITIONAL FLOOR OF THE FEED ROOM SO WE CAN GET THE DRYER GOING.

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WHEN WE TOLD EXPLORE WE COULD DOUBLE OUR OUTPUT- WE WERE AWARE OF ALL THE ACCOUTREMENTS THAT WENT WITH THAT - NOW WITH THE HELP OF THE CAMERA PEOPLE, THAT FOOLISH CHICKEN SHATUPON SOCIETY, AND SOME SIGNIFICNT DONORS.... IT IS WORKING

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MUST KEEP OUR EYE ON THE MISSION STATEMENT-EVEN IF HAVING ALL THESE PUPPIES IS FUN, THE GOAL IS.......

SHELIA HAS THE SHIRT PROJECT WELL UNDER CONTROL, AND UNLESS SHE ASKS FOR HELP, LET HER DO IT.

 

ON WE GO

ALL ALIVE AND ACCOUNTED FOR

JULY 7,  2013

ALL ALIVE AND ACCOUNTED FOR- ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL NIGHT THANKS TO SHELIA- WHO CONVINCED PI THAT SHE WAS ALLOWED TO TOUCH THE BABIES-- HOWEVER.... COLLEEN- FOR WHATEVER REASON WAS SEEN TO BE A MORTAL ENEMYOF THE PUPS AND WAS LITERALLY CHASED OUT BY BOTH MOMS.

WHO CAN FIGURE?? IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING WE ARE NOT EVEN CONSIDERING-- LIKE HAND SOAP- WHY BUD-- AND ANKLE ANNIE- TWO OF THE KINDEST VOLUNTEERS AROUND-- THEN COLLEEN... BOTH MOMS AT ONCE..

 I CAN SEE ONE DOG ONE PERSON FOR A STRANGE REASON LIKE BAILEY WOULD BITE GEORGE ... THAT I CAN UNDERSTND -- HERE'S A GUY CRAWLING TOWARD HER . ON THE FLOOR, LOOKING AT HER STRAIGHT IN THE EYE(VERY AGGRESSIVE POSITION)WITH A BLACK SNAKE (STETHESCOPE) AROUND HIS NECK..AND WHEN I HELD HER FROM BITING HIM, HE TOOK HOLD OF HER HEAD AND PULLED BACK HER EYELID TO REALLY LOOK IN HER EYE.. THAT HAS TO BE THE ULTIMATE AGREESSIVE EYE CONTACT.

 AT ANY RATE -- SHE IS COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY--AND GREAT ON THE STRAIGHT AWAYS--- TURNING CORNERS SOMETIMES IS A PROBLEM- WE HAD A DOG LONG GO LIKE THIS-- GIGI-- GOT KICKED BY A DONKEY .. COULD JUMP ON THE BED-- NO PROBLEM.. IT WAS THE CORNERS-- SO WE HAD DOZENS OF BATH MATS AT EVERY CORNER.. SHE WAS BROWNIE'S MOTHER ( ONE OF THE VERY GREATS) JOINED THE CROWD AT THE RAINBOW BRIDGE AT 9 YEARS OLD..

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I WOULD NEVER WISH MEGAN'S PUP ANYTHING BUT THE BEST-- EXCEPT MAYBE TODAY-- I HOPE HE NEEDS SURGERY-- BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE THE ALTERNATIVE...

CASE IS.... HE HAS DEVELOPED PROJECTILE VOMIT AND DIARRHEA--- HE ALSO ATE ONE OF HER SOFA'S.. SOO SHE TOOK HIM FOR AN XRAY- AND ETHER HE HAS SOME STOMACH BUG-- OR A PIECE OF THE SOFA IS STUCK ..

IF HE HAS SOME STOMACH BUG, IT COULD BE DEVASTATING WITH PUPS SO YOUNG IF IT IS CONTAGEOUS. THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN KEEP THE PUPS IN STERILE CONDITIONS- I MEAN WE CAN REMOVE OUR SHOES, BUT THE MOMS STILL TRACK IN WHATEVER..

 THERE IS SOME THEORY THAT THE MOM'S VACCINATIONS WILL GIVE THE PUPS SOME IMMUNITY THRU THE COLOSTRUM- BUT WE CAN NOT VACCNATE TIL 6 WEEKS OLD.

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YOU ALL WANT TO WORRY ABOUT SOMETHING-- TRY THAT ONE.

I HAD 8 PUPS WITH PARVO ONCE-- THAT IS WHY THERE IS A HOOK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE KITCHEN CEILING I SPENT A WEEK OF GIVING IV FLUIDS AND TRYIG TO KEEP THE PLACE 1/2 TIDY. THEY ALL LIVED-- BUT I NEVER WANT TO HAVE THAT AGAIN..

MEGAN IS TO GO BACK THIS MORNING FOR ANOTHER XRAY TO SEE IF THE PLUG HAS MOVED... IF NOT-- THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO GET IT.

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I KNOW OF A GUY WHO HAS A PIECE OF STRING IN A FRAME IN HIS HOUSE- IT WAS WRAPPED AROUNJD HIS PUP'S TONGUE AND SWALLOWED THE OTHER END.. COST $2000 TO RETRIEVE IT.- AND THESE THINGS ALWAYS HAPPEN ON A SUNDAY...

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IS SH#TTING SUNDAY SO I HAVE SOME PREP TO DO-- WE WILL SH#T IN THE T TENT--- TO STAY OUT OF THE SUN..

WE HAVE A LOVELY MARKET UMBRELLA THANKS TO THE CAMERA CROWD.. WE DID HAVE TO MOVE THAT PATHETIC AMERICAN FLAG THAT MADE US LLOOK LIKE A MASH UNIT. WE WILL FIND ANOTHER PLACE FOR IT.

 I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THE PLACE IS TACKY-- BUT DELLORES IS NOW WEARING EARLENE'S SUIT- A HUGE STEP UP FROM THE VICTORIA SECRET UNDERWEAR.. SHE STANDS AT A BEND IN THE ROAD TO THE BARN AND EVERYTIME I GO BY I DO A DOUBLE TAKE THINKING SHE IS REAL-- EVEN WHEN SHE IS MINUS HER WIG-- WHICH IS OFTEN.

AND I FIND THAT EVERYONE TALKS TO HER AS THEY GO BY...

I WOULDN'T DO THAT

OF COURSE ... I ALWAYS SAY" EXCUSE ME" WHEN I RIDE OVER MARY'S GRAVE WITH THE LAWN MOWER.

SPEAKING OF BUCKWHEAT-- HE IS DOING VERY WELL- AND IS DEVELOPING THAT WARPD SENSE OF HUMOR MARY HAD..

PAUL TRIED TO CARRY SOME HAY IN HIS ARMS OUT OF THE BARN AND BB CHASED HIM BIG TIME-- IT IS ALWAYS FUN TO WATCH SOMEONE ELSE RUN ..

TODAY MAYBE WE CAN GET HIM TO THINK OF JOINING US IN THE T TENT -- THE BACK AREA-- BY CAMERA MARK AND HIS GRILL..

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NOW LETS SEE IF I CAN REMEMBER TO POST THAT IN THE BLOG

MADE IT TO ANOTHER SATURDAY

JULY 6, 2013

MADE IT TO ANOTHER SATURDAY---- AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT THIS WONERFUL DAY CLOCK SAYS.

MY FATHER USED TO SAY "ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER DOLLAR"

I AM BEGINNING TO THINK ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY FATTENING THINGS APPEARING ON THE COUNTER.

THE COOKIES FROM HAWAII HAVE BEEN EXCEEDINGLY POPULAR-AS BIRTHING TREATS. NO MORE BIRTHS/COOKIES FOR A WHILE..

NORMAL DAY----

THERE IS THE ARRIVAL OF THE DONUT COLLECTION AT ABOUT 8AM--- THAT STARTS IT---- BY NOON SOMEONE HAS MADE BROWNIES AND PURCHAASED A CHEESCAKE AND A FEW MUFFINS....- LAURA'S MOTHER ADDED AN APPLE PIE YESTERDAY- AND A BAG OF LOLLY POPS APPEARDED----KARLA WAS MORE PRACTICAL-- SHE BROUGHT MEATLOAF AND COLE SLAW-- TO ADD TO THE COLLECTION ON THE COFFEE COUNTER...

IT IS SOOOOO BAD----THAT I HAVE TO ASK YOU TO TRY SALADS /CRACKERS ... AND THINGS THAT ARE NOT SO MUCH FUN !!!!

WE DID EAT THE MEATLOAF LAST NIGHT FOR SUPPER-- JACKY AND HUSBAND ARRIVED IN THE GUEST HOUSE-- FROM INDIANNA

JACKY AS IN INDIANNA CHILI THAT SHE MADE AND FROZE LAST TIME SHE WAS HERE-- SO WE ATE THAT FOR MONTHS... IT WAS GOOD--- BUT WE ATE ALOT OF IT.

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HOPEFULLY WE GET ALOT OV VOLUNTEERS HERE TODAY-- BECAUSE IT DOES WORK NOW FOR SOMEONE TO COME GET AN "APPROVED PI HANDLER" WHEN A PUP GOES MISSING -SO I DON'T HAVE TO STAY INDOORS.... ALTHO WITHTHE A/C IT IS NOT BAD.

I HAVE TOGO TO A DRUG STORE AND GET SOMETHING TO COVER MY BROKEN TOOTH SO I STOP LOOKNG LIKE ICHABOD CRANE.

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OLIVER CAME BY YESTERDAY-- WITH HIS NEW PARTNER.PETER...

I THINK THEY ARE DOING FAMOUSLY-- THEY JUST NEED A FEW MORE MONTHS -- A FEW MORE MILES-- ON HIS APPLICTION PETER HAD PUT WANTING A BUDDY TO WALK AROUND THE PROPERTY-- AND I THINK OLIVER IS DELIVERING THAT NOW.

WHICH BRINGS ANOTHER TOPIC.... THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND NEED FOR OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING.

I HAVE HAD MANY EMAILS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ONCE BENT OVER TO USE A WALKER ARE NOW WALKING NORMALLY HANGING ON TO SOMEONE'S BACK POCKET....

WELL THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE YESTERDAY PETER'S WIFE NOTICED HOW EASILY PETER GOT OUT OF THE CHAIR IN THE T TENT -- BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THOSE BAR HEIGHT CHAIRS.AT HOME HE HAS AN OVERSTUFFED CHAIR IT TAKES A CRANE TO GET HIM ON HIS FEET-- SO IF THEY ADDED A COUPLE CUSHIONS HE WOULD HAVE ALOT LESS TROUBLE-- SO THEY WENT HOME TO TRY THAT.

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MUST OF THE DAY

CLEAR OUT THE T TENT-- WE HAVE BEGUN TO STOREMACHINERY WHERE WE ONCE HAD A PLACE FOR MARY IN THE BACK CORNER.. BENJAMIN BUCKWHERAT IS "COMING ALONG" AD NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT WHERE HE MIGHT FIND A TREAT-- LIKE THAT BACK CORNER.

I AM TOLD GRACE WASHED HIS TAIL YESTERDAY SINCE BB DOES NOT HAVE ON A HALTER, HE MUST BE RELAXING INTO THE HANDLING...

 HE TOO IS ADICTED TO MILK BONES-- SO LETS NOT GET HIM BITING-- THOSE SHOULD BE DROPPED FOR HIM TO PICK UP.

HE DOES NOT BITE NOW-- AND WE MUST BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO ENCOURAGE HIM TO REACH FOR TREATS.. CARROTS HOLD SIDEWAYS.. THINGS LIKE THAT.

NEXTT WE HAVE TO TEACH HIM TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE MILK BONE.

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ALONG WITH TEACHING THE NEXT 3 PUPS WHAT A LEASH IS... I FORGOT THEM AND THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND RESTRAINT AT ALL. THEY SCREAM WITH THE MOMMY I AM CAUGHT SOMEHOW SCREAM...... NEEDS EDUCATION.

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TOMORROW IS SH#TTING DAY-- MARK WILL BE CHEF OF THE DAY..

HE GAVE ME A GREAT LIFE

JULY 5,2013

FROM DAWN WHO LOST VAYLU 5 WEEKS AGO

HE GAVE ME A GREAT LIFE

I GAVE HIM A GREAT LIFE

THEN I LET HIM SLEEP.

 

IT HAS BEEN 5 WEEKS SINCE MY BOY HAS GONE TO SLEEP.LIFE WITHOUT A DANE NOT GOOD. WHILE GRIEVING THE LOSS OF OUR VAYLU MY HUSBAND AL HAD A SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE=BRAIN BLEED. SPENDING TIME AT LAHEY BURLINGTON WITHOUT VAYLU WAS AWFUL. AL IS HOME AND RECOVERING. IT WILL BE GOOD TO MOVE FORWARD AND HOPEFULLY BE PARTNERED WITH ANOTHER DANE ~AN EXTENSION OF MYSELF.THE SORROW IS SUCH OF LOSING PART OF YOURSELF AND YOU REALLY ARE.

JIM,ANN & KARMA SENT A SPECIAL CARD AND LEFT US WITH THE WORDS,"HANG ON,GRIEVE & THEN DARE TO LOVE & LIVE AGAIN."

DAWN & AL

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WELL SAID

IT IS A FACT OF LIFE-- EVERY SERVICE DOG WE DONATE WILL PROBABLY BE OUTLIVED BY THEIR PARTNER--

THAT WEIGHS HEAVILY ON ME- AND THERE IS NOT A THING I CAN DO ABOUT IT-

SO I TRY NOT TO DWELL ON IT

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HOW CAN I WITH THIS NONSENSE???

THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS I DO NOT DARE PUT IN PRINT---

PROBLEM ----THERE HAVE BEEN 2 PEOPLE WHO WOULD REALLY BE HAPPIER RUNNING THEIR OWN ORGANIZATIONS- BOTH HAVE PEQULIAR DELUSIONS ABOUT RUNNING SDP--- FROM ORDERING OTHER VOLUNTEERS AROUND- TO THE LATEST-- HAVING THEIR OWN SDP SHIRTS MADE---BOTH HAVE BRAGGED ABOUT HELPING AND VOLUNTEERING WHICH THEY HAVE NOT DONE.

WHAT EXACTLY IS THEIR GOAL????-

I RECIEVED 4 NOTICES LIKE THIS....

I STRUGGLED WITH WHETHER I SHOULD BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION AT ALL, BUT AFTER GIVING IT SOME MORE THOUGHT, I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF SOME COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE OVER AND OVER AGAIN ON THE EXPLORE CHAT EARLIER TODAY, OR IS IT YEATERDAY, THE FOURTH. ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS HAD MADE THE COMMENT THAT SHE WAS THINKING OF GETTING T-SHIRTS AND RUBBER BRACELETS MADE FOR HERSELF, WITH YOUR ORGANIZATIONS NAME ON THEM. EVEN AFTER SHE WAS TOLD NUMEROUS TIMES THAT THIS WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA-SHE WAS EVEN TOLD ABOUT COPYRITE INFRINGEMENT-SHE WAS VERY INSISTENT THAT AS LONG AS SHE HAD THEM MADE, IT SHOULD BE OK. I REALIZE THAT SHE HAS FINANCIALLY SENT SOME GIFTS AND SHE DOES VOLUNTEER, BUT TO ME SHE WAS WAY OUT OF LINE IN THIS ENDEAVOR.

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I REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE YOUR HANDS FULL RIGHT NOW, AND DO NOT NEED ANOTHER ISSUE TO TAKE CARE OF, BUT I THOUGHT THAT IF YOU COULD NIP THIS IN THE BUD BEFORE IT BECOMES A MAJOR ISSUE IT MIGHT BE EASIER NOW RATHER THAN LATER.

OH I HAD HEARD THIS. UNBELIEVEABLE I DON'T READ THAT WEB- AND DON'T HAVE TIME.. BUT QUOTES GET SENT TO ME.

LET ME MAKE ONE THING PERFECTLY CLEAR-- THERE IS A TERRIBLE MIS-USE OF THE WORD VOLUNTEER BY 2 PEOPLE ON THAT SITE WHO DO NOT EVEN UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE WORD. A VOLUNTEER IS A PERSON WHO COMES HERE, ASKS WHAT THEY CAN TO TO HELP AND THEN DOES IT. A VOLUNTEER IS NOT A PERSON WHO USES OUR COMMUNITY TO LECTURE ON THIER ACCOMPLISHMENTS WHILE STANDING AROUND DOING NOTHING. A VOLUNTEER DOES NOT USE THIS PROJECT TO AMUSE THIER ASSOCIATES WITH FILMS MADE HERE WHILE PERFORMING NOT 2 MINUTES WORTH OF ACTUAL VOLUNTEER WORK. THERE ARE A FEW VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SPEAK FOR SDP... THOSE HOWEVER ARE NOT THE 2 MAKING ALL THE NOISE ON THAT CHAT LINE.

NOW THE LATEST ABOUT THOSE SHIRTS.... VOLUNTEERS HERE EARN THOSE SHIRTS BY WORKING - SOMETIMES UNDER IMPOSSIBLE SITUATIONS.. THEY ARE A BADGE OF HONOR.

MY COMMENT TO BOTH THESE PEOPLE IS-- GO START YOUR OWN PROGRAM AND DO WHATEVER YOU WANT--- YOU HAVE MY BLESSING..

THE OPERATIVE WORD IS "GO" ... DO YOUR THING.. JUST NOT HERE.

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I AM HOPING FOR A QUIET DAY

THERE ARE ALOT OF (REAL) VOLUNTEERS WHO SEEM TO HAVE THE DAY OFF--

I THINK OLIVER IS COMING DOWN FOR A RUNAROUND WITH MEGAN AND ME

AND EARLENE MENTOINED DEALING WITH BUBBLE WRAPPING PUZZLES

THE NEW FENCE AROUND "v"V IS CLOSE TO BEING READY TO STAND UP

AND--- PREVIOUS OWNERS OF SERVICE DOG HAVE A HIGH PRIORITY IN GETTNG ANOTHER...

SO WE NEED TO FIND--- NOT ANOTHER VAYLU-- BUT A DIFFERENT DOG FOR DAWN...

WITH A 4' ROLL OF BUBBLEWRAP

JULY 4, 2013

WITH A 4 ' ROLL OF BUBBLEWRAP SWINGING BEHIND MYHEAD... I WILL ATTEMPT... IT IS DISTRACTING-- AND ON CAMERA IT LOOKS EXCEEDINGLY ODD;

WE GOT THE PUZZLES IN-- THEY ARE LOVELY-- WITH THE CARDBOARD BOXES,& LABELS IT MAKE A NEAT TIDY PACKAGE .. WE ALMOST LOOK OFFICIAL... THE 1000 PIECE IS BAILEY IN THE TREE AND THE 500 PIECE IS ME IN THE CHEF'S HAT FEEDING 3 DOGS A THE TABLE.

I ORDERED THEM FROM A PUZZLE COMPANY IN MICHIGAN, AND THEY CAME DHL FROM THIALAND.

WELL I ORDERED THEM FROM THE USA....

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BAILEY IS SLIGHTLY BETTER--- ONCE LIFTED OFF THE COUCH SHE IS CAPABLE OF WALKING AROUND CHEERFULLY EVEN... WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.. CLIMBED THE LADDER TO THE BED OUTSIDE THE T TENT. SHE IS BY NO MEANS RIGHT-- BUT SHE IS HAPPY AND NOT IN PAIN-- SO SHE NEEDS LIFT WITH A TOWEL TO GET ON HER FEET..

LIKE ALOT OF OTHERS AROUND HERE

FOR LACK OF A BETTER REASON I PUT HER ON DOXY-- LIKE FOR LYME?? I AM NOT SURE MY LOGIC IS ANYWHERE'SNEAR CORRECT-- BECAUSE WITH LYME I THINK A LEG OR TWO WILL BE PAINFUL-- SHE HAS NO PAIN.. JUST ;LACK OF CONTROL/STREGNTH. I THINK SHE IS EMBARASSED-- OR REALIZES SHE IS TOTALLY VULERNABLE TO EVERYINE SHE HAS BEEN DOMINATING FOR 10 YEARS.

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BESIDES EDDIES WHEELS SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING WE COULD HAVE AROUND HERE FOR EMERGENCIES... IN CASE SHE GETS WORSE.

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THESE 2 MOTHERS ARE NOT THE MOST SOCIALLY ADEPT... MOVING SLOWLY IS CRITICAL BECAUSE THEY MOVE VERY QUIDCKLY TO TELL YOU YOU'VE MOVED TOO FAST. NEITHER HAS DRAWN BLOOD YET... BUT IT IS DARN CLOSE... AND IT IS TOTALLY IN THEIR RIGHT -- IF YOU STICK YOUR HAND IN THIER AREA-- YOU BETTER ASK FIRST..

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MARIA WILL BE HERE-- DEPENDING ON HOW PI FEELS ABOUTEVERYONE TODAY.. COULD BE MEGAN NAS TO STAY AS TH E ONLY ACCEPTABLE PUPPY HANDLER... I DUNNO

I THINK WE HAVE A THE USUAL CREW FOR THE PARADE-- AND A BUNCH OF VOLUNTEERS HERE..

GRACE SAID SHE WOULD BE BACK T HIS MORNING-- I HOPE SHE CAN KEEP BAILEY COMFORTBLE...

* AND MARK SAID HE MIGHT COOK LUNCH TYPE STUFF????

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I AM GETTING VERY FULL OF TEMP FOOD-- LIKE PIZZA AND CHINESE FOOD.

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I THINK JANINE MAY HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SHIPMENT OF OMAHA STEAK BOXES--- SEEING AS SOME HAS STARTED TO DISAPEAR ALREADY

I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS LIVING--- SHE RENTED HER HOUSE AND WAS GOING TO MOVE INTO HER ODD OCTAGIONAL APPENDAGE-- BUT SOMEHOW IT IS NOT READY-- SO FAR WE HAVE INHERITED HER LAUNDRY-- A SIGNIFICANT LUMP... I HEAR GWEN HAS HER FURNATURE... ONCE IN HER LIFE SHE LIVED FOR 2 MONTHS IN THE HORSE TRAILER-- VERY SUCCESSFULLY I MIGHT ADD.SHE CAME IN YESTERDAY AND LOOKED CLEAN AND HEALTHY SO I CAN'T WORRY.

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PUPS ARE DOING GREAT-- I HAVE NOT DISCUSSED PUP SELECTION WITH BOB-- USUALLY STUD OWNER GETS FIRST PICK AND I USUALLY PICK FIRST BORN -- OTHER THAN THAT WE ARE UNDECIDED HOW TO PROCEED..

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NO TIPI POLES TODAY-- IT BEING A HOLIDAY-- I HOPE THEY COME TOMORROW-- I WOULD LIKE TO GET IT UP BY SUNDAY..

NO INSPIRATIONAL DOGGIES WILL BE PRODUCED TIL I GET BACK TO FULL SPEED ON THE SLEEPING PART OF LIFE..

JULY 3, 2013 WILD AND WOOLY 48 HOURS

JULY 3, 2013

A WILD AND WOOLY 48 HOURS !

WE NOW HAVE MERLOW'S 6 AND PI'S 8 ( OF WHICH WE GET 1/2)

BOB CALLED TO TELL EARLENE AND I WHAT A GREAT JOB WE HAD DONE SAVING A COUPLE OF THE PUPS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE NOT HAVE MADE IT..

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SECOND MOST EXCITING THING THIS MORNING .. IS BAILEY IS CONSIDERBLY BETTER..- YESTERDAY HER REAR END HAD SOME NERVE PROBLEM I HAVE SEEN BEFORE,, YESTERDAY SHE COULD NOT WALK OUT THE DOOR AND NEEDED A TOWEL UNDER HER REAR-- TODAY SHE WALKED OUT-- FELL A BIT ON THE STAIRS-- BUT GOT UP -- PEE'D CLIMBED THE STEPS AND GOT BCK IN WITHOUT HELP.. I WAS ALL SET TO GO GET HER SOME OF EDDIES WHEELS ( CAN BE GOOGLED-- WHEELS FOR HANDICAPPED DOGS)

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I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN ALL THE MOTHS LINE UP AT THE FRONT DOOR AND WAIT FOR IT TO OPEN SO THEY CAN DIVE BOMB ME AT THIS FOOL MAAACHINE.

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BECKY MANAGED LAST NIGHT-- I WANTED TO TAKE A PICDTURE OF THERESA'S DESK AND SEND IT TO HER.... BUT THE OTHERS THERE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A BAD THING.. YOU COULD NOT SEE THE DESK TO BEGIN WITH -- AND THERE WERE 4 PIZZA BOXES ADDED TO IT.-- TOPPED BY A GREAT CHEESCAKE.
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THEN I WENT TO HELP AQ TRUCK UNLOAD THE SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR MAILING THE PUZZLES AND THE BUBBL;E WRAP I ORDERED IS A 3 FOOT DIAMETER ROLL OF BUBBLE WRAP ALONG WITH 4 BUNDLES OF CASRDBOARD BOXES,

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I AM NOT SURE WE CAN STUFF THE BUBBLE WRAP THRU THE DOOR--- AND IF WE DID EXACTLY WHERE COULD WE PUT IT /// BESIDES MAYBE THE RAFTERS????

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WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAIL OUT PUZZLES TODAY---

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WE ARE GETTING FULL-- I KID YOU NOT.

I THINK WE WOULD HAVE A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING IF WE ONLY HAD ENOUGH ENERGY TO CARRY THE STUFF AROUND TO THOSE PLACES .  .

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PUSH OF THE DAY IS TO GET PI MOVED INTO THE TV ROOM SO BOTH FAMILIES ARE THERE AND WE CAN GET TO THE COFFEE POT BETTER.

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AND... I AM TOLD THE TIPI SHOULD ARRIVE TODAY-- THEY ALSO THOUGHT THE POLES WOULD BE HERE-- NOT TRUE YET... BUT THAT SHOULD BE FUN TO GET SET UP !!

A "GOOD INDIAN WOMAN" IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO SET UP THIS PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN AN HOUR..

I ONCE SET ONE UP SLIGHTLY LOPSIDED IN 2 HOURS..

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?TODAY?

WILL BE THE DAY OF THE LONG NAPPING-- I AM ABOUT 36 HOURS SHORT OF SLEEP-- AND EARLENE MUST BE WORSE...

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JULY 1,2013 THE BOOK HAS GONE TO JANINE

JULY 1, 2013

THE BOOK HAS GONE TO JANINE... NOT THE PRINTER-- I HAVE DONE WITH IT.. PROBLEM IS LIFE KEEPS WRITING MORE TO THE BOOK..

I GUESS THE ALTERNTIVE IS AWKWARD

I KEEP REMEMBERING STORIES WHILE AT THE SDME TIME STORIES KEEP GETTING WRITTEN N FRONT OF ME.

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LIKE YESTERDAY'S STEW WITH A FEW INTERESTING APPLICANTS... TO EXTEND OUR BELL SHAPED CURVE..

CAUSING A FEW OF US TO SIT BACK AND SAY "WHO'S LIFE WOULD BE MOST CHANGED BY WHAT EXPECTATIONS LISTED IN THEIR APPLICATION"

YOU ALL KNOW 57-- TEAL'S PARTNER WHO WEIGFH'S 57 POUNDS..

WELL ANOTHER HAS APPEARED-- PROBABLY WEIGHS 48 POUNDS

( IF WE START LISTING APPLICANTS BY THEIR WEIGHT, IT COULD GET TRICKY...)

48 WALKS WITH DIFFICULTY-- BUT WALKS--, HE FALLS-- THAT IS NOT THE DEFINED PROBLEM... THE PROBLEM IS HE CN NOT GET UP WITHOUT CRAWLING TO SOME CHAIR ETC...

SO THE REQUEST THERE IS A SOLID DOG WHO WOULD PROVIDE THE STABILITY TO GET UP.

WE ARE JUST BEGINING TO LOOK OVER THE NEW ( 8 MONTH OLD) PUPS THAT ARE JUST BEGINNING THE ACHIEVED BOREDOM PHASE OF TRAINING... SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A DOG TO DO THAT OR NOT...

THERE WERE 2 OTHER INTERVIEWEES TO CONSIDER

A 98 POUND AND A 210 POUND...

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MEANWHILE-- AS OUR EDUCATION CONTINUES..

MARIA AND I BECAME PAINFULLY AWARE THAT WE MUST HAVE ALL OVERNIGHT SITTERS BE INTERVIEWED BY MERLOW BECAUSE SHE HAS VERY DEFINITE FEELINGS IN THE MATTER WHICH DO NOT RESEMBLE ANY IDEAS WE HAD. BOTH ANKLE ANNIE AND BUD--- TWO OF OUR MOST GENTLE VOLUNTEERS GOT SPOKEN TO BY MERLOW-- SHE DID NOT DRAAW BLOOD- AND SHE LICKED BUD'S HAND AFTER CLAMPING DOWN ON IT. IT WAS VERY CLEAR - YOU DO NOT REAACH INSIDE HER PEN WITHOUT HER PERMISSION

ASK PAUL-- HE GOT HIS GLASSES REMOVED BY MERLOW TOO

SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHO WE ASK TO SIT WITH THE PUPS-- OR ELSE MARIA AND I GET SUTCK WITH IT. MERLOW LIKES US--- ---PLUS EARLENE AND BECKY 1

AND ALONG COMES PI---

GOING TO BE A BIG WEEK.

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MERLOW'S PUPS LOOK GREAT AND ARE GAINING PROPERLY. BUT ARE THEY WANDERERS. IN THE WILD- THESE WOULD NOT SURVIVE...

WHEN MARIA PUT UP THE WIRE SHEL;VING-( WHICH BECOMES OUR PUPPY BARRIER,) I THOUGHT IT WAS WAY TOO EARLY-- BUT THIS BUNCH ARE ALREADY PUSHING AGAINST IT AND THEIR EYES ARE NOT OPEN YET.

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ON A PERSONAL NOTE.. 2 THINGS

I AM NO LONGER GOING TO BED-- BUT TO CHAIR.. AND THT SEEMS TO BE MORE CONDUCIVE TO SLEEP

.NOT FASCINATIONG?? TRY THIS

THIS ORGANIC COCONUT OIL WHICH SHELIA FOUND -- CONTINUES TO BE PRETTY DARN STRANGE.- ALTHO THE CALORIC CONTENT IS LISTED-- IT WAS SUGGESTERD I THROW A HANDFUL IN THE BATH WATER... -- AFTER 3 YEARS OF DERMOTOLIGISTS TELLING ME WHAT OT SOAK IN, I HAVE TO ADMIT-- THIS IS DIFFERENT IN A POSITIVE WAY.

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BAILEY JUST REMINDED ME....

WE ALSO HAVE A NEW JOB FOR THE OVERNIGHTERS.. A GREAT DANE WITH AN EMPTY TUMMY OFTEN VOMITS YELLOW ?BILE.

SO THER SHOUJLD BE A 5AM COOKIE DISTRIBUTION FOR AT LEAST ALL THE HOUSE DOGS-

 

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WE HAVE NOT ONLY MERLOW'S PUPS, BUT PI'S IMPENDING DELIVERY, THEN A PARADE ON JULY 4TH- WHICH TAKES A WHILE BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO HAVE US HANG AROUND ON THE "GREEN" WITH THE DOGS ON THE BED..

THT MEANS SUPER COVERAGE FOR THURSDAY HERE AT THE HOUSE AND ON THE GREEN IN BURLINGTON. MAYBE DEALING WITH HEAT ( MORE ICE)

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WITH BOTH TRACY AND THERESA ON VACATION-- STUFF IS PILING UP IN TH E CORNERS- AND ALONG THE WALLS...

I NOTICED LAST NIGHT THRE ARE SEVERAL WALLS IN THIS HOUSE WHERE THE PILES START 4 FOOT WIDE ON THE FLOOR AND TAPER UP TO MEET THE WALL S AT ABOUT 6 FEET.

IT IS ALL VALUABLE STUFF-- BUT IT HAS MET THE CRITICAL MASS OF THE STUFF ON THE FLOOR-AGAINST THE WALL   HAS BEEN MISSING SO LONG THAT WE HAVE TO BUY THT STUFF NEW.

 THAT IS WHEN THE REAL TROUBLE STAAARTS

 WE ARE THERE...