Sunday
pups had a grand day out in the "V" pen next to the t-tent..... and we had a grand bunch of new/stewers.
from extremely weird philo dough appetizers megan produced to costco ham ,veggies, a salad sort of thing and cocconut cake--- for the first time ever--- we had a balanced meal---( unlike the day we ate 5 chocolate cakes)--
pot luck-- you takes your chances
we did not try and harness the black and white stud-- there were sooo many cars around that if he got to running he could have caused a tornado type disaster- frightened horses have been known to try and climb over cars
it is very hard on the cars...
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we had no dog fights--
only a concern that i dreamed paul's truck ran into the pond- but it didn't seem to happen... at least yet.
only dog concern today is merlow's red drinking water--- merlow must have a cut in her mouth that has not healed----- the only place i see it is in her drinking water-
always a puzzle--- gums are pink- so she has not run out of blood yet..
i saw this yesterday -- and really assumed it would heal by today--- but this morning... same red.. nothing else seems wrong with her
so george here we come.. ??blood work?? she is a "lilly" child
i hope she cut herself--- i do not want any genetic nonsense.
she has eaten everything off the counters intended for the chickens-- so it could easily be a bone or plastic etc....
but it should have stopped by now..
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the pups played so hard yesterday they slept right thru to 2:30am... when i got up and fed them a dog food meal-- having it all ground up ready to be mixed and moistened with goats milk made it relatively painless-- i would have been much more cheerful if they could have waited til 5am ... however.....
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bud came late and we had a very smokey mess of a fire without his management.
hillari ( dress blues hillari) helped out doing stuff--
and bella and family were here- bella looks great in spite of recent surgery
the 3 merle girls are getting up there--- born 2003 --- i have not heard from melissa and annie or susan and maude... lately... any reports???
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now that i am studying head patting--- ony one pup--pi-- seems to object-- one wonders why-
it might not be fear--- but just plain.............. "i don't like that"
which would turn the term "fear biting" into "quit hitting me or i will hit you" concept.
peggy suggested i read a book on head patting-- but if i did it might color my observations. sometimes an empty head works better. besides reading is not my speciality.
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olive and bumpy ran around the pond--- but that is all they did-
old wives tale is that as soon as they concieve they go out of heat
if that is true--- boy was that quick !
bud and i were all set to look for "swimmers" but there werre none to be had.... at least easily had.
bud and i took a loooonnnngggg time getting the microscope all ready to observe the bumpy produce .... by getting the old slide in focus-
then danielle came in- tweeked the knobs once into perfect focus in all of 2 seconds-
.... it was that education thing- she probably read the directions at some point.
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then there was a discussion - that bobby and frankie are both kept with females for companions-- bumpy is not--- bumpy wasted no time-- where both bobby and frankie resulted in the plastic performance.
currently they are all howling--- big time--- at least the 3 studs are singing --- very loudly
hopefully the neighbors do not recognize the noise as from a dog.
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today's schedule
the usual--- maybe a ttrip to george's -- down the drive 10:00 ish then "around" training. for a while
maybe some raking--- i bought 2 new ones--- feel free to use them anywhere to scratch up leaves and pine needles- "getting it done" is not in this process-- just do a square and quit-- the entire thing is just too over whelming. leave the rakings around trees or along fence lines... where i can not mow anyway..
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message from shanghai in case you thought the world was new england
| Hi, this is Jeff Wu from Shanghai, China. We are a factory who produces (makes) dog clothes, harness and toys. Please reply if you are interested. Best regards, Jeff Wu |
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so i answered--- maybe he has access to the double ended solid brass snaps to which we are addicted
i have been known to find them for $1. each if so i'll take 4 dozen
they roam... badly
