george reports on katie's xray- basically he is not sure what it is either-  not typical anything-- but cancer is not ruled out either.
the immediate problem is what to do about it--- leave her home to rest...  take her with you( jade) and just don't ask her to pull or push etc...  somehow  leaving her home for 2 weeks would be upsetting to her if you could manage to  cut down her activity  while she is with you.
like go study at the library alot??????
also  unless she is in terrible pain, i would not give her pain med..  this  would encourage her to walk on 3 legs and rest the other.
when and where is that conference you are to speak at with allison?
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re: the nuthouse...
the roof is nearly done  thanks to greg..  
i hate to think how many ton's of lumber are stuck on that hillside, 
greg proved the sturdiness by doing chin-ups on the rafters
and he ain't light.--- but nothing moved....
on the blue dog front---- sterling and gigi managed a tie yesterday
stay tuned...
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puppy wise...
karen sent a friend to puppy sit yesterday-- i missed his name but he spent  a few hours entertaining the 6 pups on puppy hill.
i hope he comes back- 
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and then we mixed the 2 litters without too much mayhem--- in "V"  
"V"  was small for that number of pups 7+6+3 ( the hats)
we went thru a lot of cardboard--- and the pen could stand a raking  today--- it has too many wet leaves.
we could let them all loose if we had enough people to chase them--- and we  did not have the laundry water to deal with.
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laundry water 
we are doing so much laundry that  the dry well is not dry---
molly's father thinks the dry well is just clogged with dog hair and dirt  again...  it never occurred to me that  there would be enough great dane hair  for it to be a problem-- but it was a few years ago.
sooooo  we will try just pumping   -- and if that does not work  then we  will have to digg up some other solution.
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stewing today-- it is getting to be that weather when  the wood fire is a  really good thing-and not just a smokey tradition.
and
----about our stew pot   it needs to be rejuvinated again.. 
maybe marini's still has corn???
