GREAT NEWS
WITH THE HELP OF THIE "CAMERA CROWD" BUYING NUMBERS ONLINE WE HAVE NEXT
MONTHS FOOD BILL PAID FOR AND ALMOST COVERED THE OIL DELIVERY WE JUST HAD.--
THIS IS A HUGE HELP -- THOSE $10 NUMBERS DO ADD UP ! THANK YOU...
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IT IS TOO EARLY FOR ME TO BE ANNOYED ABOUT ANYTHING .
SO..... LACKING THE VENTING DEPARTMENT-- I WILL GET INTO THE OLD WIVES
TALE DIVISION...
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PURE SPECULATION I DO
NOT GUARENTEE ANY RESEMBLENCE TO SCIENTIFIC FACT
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YOU WATCH THESE PUPS AS THEY DEVELOPE --- THEY CAN AND DO PUT THEIR LEGS
STRAIGHT BACKWARDS.
I CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR GEORGE ( DVM) TO TELL ME I AM NUTS
HE DOES THAT OFTEN
...
MY FATHER--- BORN IN 1900---WELL BEFORE XRAYING DOGS WAS IN VOGUE.. ... HE
TOLD ME WHEN I WENT TO PICK A PUP OUT OF A LITTER-- TO PICK A PUP WHO COULD
SLEEP WITH IT'S LEGS STRAIGHT BACKWARDS AND THEY WOULD NOT GO LAME.
NOW FLIP FORWARD TO THE YEAR 2000. I HAD A DOG FROM EUROPE DEAGLE... AT
THAT POINT THERE WAS SO MUCH DYSPLASIA AROUND THAT HAVING TH BREEDING DOG'S HIPS
XRAYED WAS CONSIDERED RESPONSIBLE BREEDING. SO I DID THAT TO DEAGLE.
THERE WERE-- MAYBE STILL ARE--- 2 TYPES OF HIP XRAYS A SIMPLE XRAY $75
WHICH YOU THEN SENT TO OFA FOR $20--- SOMEWHERE IN NEBRASKA OR SOMEWHERE==
AND THEY WOULD GIVE YOU SOME KIND OF RATING.. GOOD-- BAD-- OR INDIFERENT -- OR
SOMETHING--- I FORGET .
I AM GOING SOMEWHERE WITH THIS STORY
THEN PENN HIP CAME ALONG---- $500 AND A BUNCH OF XRAYS AND YOU GOT BACK A
NUMBER DESCRIBING EACH HIP - RIGHT AND LEFT.. VERY SOPHISTICATED-- AND YOU
BRAGGED ABOUT HIS RIGHT HIP IS 28 AND LEFT ONE 32-- WHICH WERE SUPER HIPS
---
AND AS WE HAD DEAGLE ON THE TABLE-- ANESTHISIZED -- THE VET TECH YANKED
AND PULLED HIS LEGS INTO POSITION... STRAIGHT BACK... AND SAID " I CAN TELL YOU
NOW HIS HIPS ARE EXCELLENT BECAUSE MOST DOGS YOU CAN NOT GET THE LEGS
STRAIGHT BACK LIKE THIS"
AT WHICH POINT I REMEMBERED MY FATHER'S COMMENT-- AND HAVE SAVED $500 PER
DOG SINCE.-
WELL --- IT IS NOT QUITE THAT ABRUPT.. FOR A LONG TIME AFTER THAT I JUST
HAD A NORMAL XRAY TAKEN AND GEORGE CAN TELL BAD HIPS AS WELL AS OFA.. SO WE DID
THAT... FOR ABOUT 3 GENERATIONS--
THEN I WENT TO THE RAISED FOOD DISHES-- WHERE THEY ALL STAND IN A LINE
TWICE A DAY AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THEIR REAR ENDS LOOK LIKE.. NOW IF I HAVE ANY
QUESTION AT ALL-- THEY BECOME FABULOUS FAILURES AND SOMEONE'S PERFECT PET... WE
HAVE NOT HAD MANY OF THOSE AT ALL.
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PACING IS ANOTHER THING THAT WILL MAKE ME DISMISS A DOG. PACING IS WHEN 2
FEET ON THE SAME SIDE MOVE FORWARD AND BACK IN UNISON... A DOG SHOULD TROT--
DIAGIONAL FEET. IF THEY PACE IT MEANS--- TO ME ANYWAY-- THERE IS SOMETHING
WRONG SOMEWHERE EITHER GENETIC OR INJURY-- PERFECLY GOOD DOGS-- BUT I DON'T
KEEP THEM IN THE SERVICE DOG PROGRAM--IT DOES NOT PAY ME/GEORGE TO FIGURE OUT
WHY-- I DON'T CARE WHY-- THEY ARE GREAT PETS...
THE LAST ONE I REMEMBER IS ABBIE ----BEAUTIFUL HARLEQUIN FEMALE PACED
AT 3 MONTHS AND I GAVE HER TO COLLEEN WHO STILL ENJOYS HER WOBBLY NATURE AT 13
YEARS OLD.
A WONDERFULLY HAPPY LIFE- IS STILL AROUND HERE AT TIMES-- AND IT WOULD PAY
TO HAVE EVERY ONE WATCH HER MOVE.
SO WHEN YOU SEE ME IN THE T T ENT DRINKING ICE TEA-- I AM NOT GOOFING
OFF-- I AM WATCHING THEM MOVE .
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I HAVE ANOTHER ON GOING ARGUEMENT WITH GEORGE-- MY DOGS HAVE HAIRY TEETH-
VERY OFTEN ONE HAIR UNDER THE GUM OF THEIR EYE TOOTH-- HE SAYS LAPPING--- BUT
BAILEY ( WHITE) HAD A BLACK HAIR STICKING OUT OF HER GUM.
I AM NOT QUITTING ----I NEED MORE STATISTICS ON THAT ONE,
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SPEAKING OF YOU LOT BEING HELPFUL-- MY MISERY ABOUT---- DID I OR DID I
NOT-- SEND IN THE 990 TAX FORMS-- TWO OF YOU RESEARCHED IT FOR ME
YES I DID... BUT I AM ONE FORM SHORT FOR THE STATE
WHICH I WILL DO. HOPEFULLY TODAY
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RESEARCH -- SOME ONE HAS WARNED ME OF AN APPROACHING HURRICANE---
REALLLY????
IN ANY CASE WE SHOULD GET OUR PHONE TREE GOING FOR WINTER...
IF WE LOOSE ELECTRICITY WE LOOSE HEAT IN THE BARN KENNELS- THE REST --
NUTT HOUSE -- DEAGLE HOUSE-- LAUNDRY-- MAIN HOUSE-- ALL HAVE =WOOD OR COAL
STOVES-- BUT THE BARN GETS COLD-
AND THE OLD RULE OF TOO MANY TESTICLES IN ONE BUILDING GETS TO BE A
PROBLEM
EVEN SO-- WE NEED A SUPPLY OF KINDLING.. OIL AND WOOD IN EACH OF THE OTHER
BUILDINGS
A GOOD SUNDAY STEW JOB- LIKE CHECKING THE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
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TRAINING---
MEGAN AND I GOT ALL ORGANIZED YESTERDAY TO TAKE FIONA AND LULU ON A TRAIN
RIDE-- THE USUAL IS TO START IN BEVERLY--- RIDE ONE STOP TO SALEM WHERE 7
MINUTES LATER THERE IS A TRAIN GOING BACK TO BEVERLY...
A GREAT 10 MINUTE LESSON
EXCEPT... THE TRAIN IN GOING WAS 8 MINUTES LATE AND BETWEEN BEVERLY AND
SALEM WE PASSED OUR TRAIN GOING THE OTHER DIRECTION.. WE SAT IN SALEM FOR AN
HOUR/
IT WAS EDUCATIONAL-- THE REASON THE TRAINS WERE LATE??? YOU WOULD NEVER
GUESS --AND I DON'T THINK THE GUY WAS KIDDING US.. LEAVES ON THE
TRACK..APPAERNTLY EVEN A FEW LEAVES UNDER THE WHEELS CAUSES A LACK OF TRACTION
AS THE LEAVES CRUNCH INTO A GOOPY SLIPERY CONSISTANCY-- AND IF THERE IS A
GRADE-- THE ENGINES CAN NOT PULL.
I AM VERY PREPARED TO HAVE SOMEONE TELL ME THAT IS NUTS...
BUT IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR THE DOGS.. LULU IS BRIGHT AND QUICK--
HOLY SH#T RESPONSE.... FIONA HAS MORE OF A "LET ME FIGURE THIS OUT" ATTITUDE
.. FIONA IS OLDER TOO.
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TODAY -
- MIKE AND A COUPLE OF HIS TRAINING FRIENDS PLUS PI AND BOB ARE COMING
FOR A MEET AND GREET...
I DID HEAR RUMOR PAUL WOULD BE AROUND..
AND THE DUMPSTER IS EMPTY-- AND I AM INSPIRED
ONE LAST LESSON/THOUGHT
HORSE SH#T-- AS MANURE--- IS A VALUABLE THING-- IF IT IS NOT A TRASH
PILE.. IF IT HAS HAY STRINGS, SODA CANS, AND COFFEE CUPS, I WOULD HAVE TO PAY
SOMEONE TO TAKE IT AWAY INSTEAD OF THEM PAYING ME..
THERE ARE SOME HORSE PEOPLE WHO NEED THAT LESSON.
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MOXIE IS NOW HERE-- ROUND AS EVER-- THE TV ROOM IS HER APPARTMENT. SHE
IS DUE IN 3 OR 4 DAYS..
