I HAVE HAD 10 HOURS SLEEP-- ANOTHER 4 WEEKS OF 10 HOURS AND I MAY BE BACK
TO NORMAL- WHATEVER THAT IS.
TODAY WILL BE "PECKER CHECKER DAY"
WHEN WE ARE OUT TRAINING THE 3RD QUESTION PEOPLE ASK "IS THAT A MALE OR
FEMALE?" - I ALWAYS WANT TO ANSWER WITH SOME SNIPPY REMARK-- BUT I DO HOLD MY
TONGUE.. IT SEEMS TO BE A CRITICAL BIT OF INFORMATION
TO CONFORM WITH THAT BIT OF THE IDIOCRIOSY--- UNDER CONTROLLED
CIRCUMSTANCS...I WILL UPEND THE PIMENTOS.-- FOR A GOOD 6 MONTHS IT WILL MAKE NO
DIFFERENCE... EXCEPT.....
I DON'T MEAN TO BE A SEXIST-- BUT IN FACT THE FEMALES ARE THE FIRST TO
CLIMB OVER THE FENCES AND GET LOOSE.
BEFORE ANY FEMINIST GETS ON A ROLL ABOUT THE OBVIOUS SUPERIORITY OF THE
FEMALES, I THINK IT HAS FAR MORE TO DO WITHTHE ANATOMY-- THE FEMALSE DO NOT HAVE
THE TAILHOOK ASSEMBLY WHICH DISCOURAGES SLIDING OVER THE FENCE.
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A FEW OTHER THINGS TO NOTICE WHICH ARE MORE INTERESTING......TO ME
ANYWAY....CAN THE PUPS EXTEND THEIR LEGS STRAIGHT BACKWARDS?
OLD WIVES TALE #932 IF THEY CAN THERE IS NO HIP DYSPLASIA..--
WELLLLLLLL... MY FATHER ( BORN 1900) TOLD ME IF A PUP PUTS HIS LEGS STRAIGHT
BACK HIS HIPS WERE GOOD..-- LONG BEFORE DYSPLASIA WAS A WORD --- THE SECOND BIT
OF INFO IS THAT --- LONG AGO ( 1995??) WHEN THE PENN HIP TEST WAS IN VOGUE -- I
HAD DEAGLE "PENN HIPPED" AND IN THE PROCESS THE VET TECH WHO WAS EXTENDING HIS
LEGS BACKWARD ( UNDER ANESTHESIA AND ON THE TABLE) SAID.. I CAN TELL YOU NOW HIS
HIPS ARE FINE BECAUSE WHEN WE CAN'T GET THE LEGS BACKWARDS LIKE THIS IS WHEN
THE RESULTS COME BACK WITH DYSPLASIA.
THAT TEST WAS $500 AND I DID THAT FOR A WHILE.
THEN I LOOKED AT MY STUDS WHO WERE JUMPING 6' FEBNCES AND BREEDING FEMALES
ON THEIR OWN SCHEDULE-- AND THAT $500 DID NOT LOOK LIKE A WISE INVESTMENT...
AND WE HAD ONE FFEMALE WHO COULD CLEAR AN 8' FENCE-
THQT IS WHEN I STARTED FEEDING THE PUPS ON THIER HIND LEGS SO I COULD GET A
REALLY GOOD LOOK AT THEM AS THEY DEVELOPED-- THAT SEEMS TO WORK AS WELL AS
ANYTHING- THE RECORD IS VERY GOOD AT ID'ING A PERFECT PET/FABULOUS
FAILURE-
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SO NOW ITH THE PIMENTOS-- YOU CAN SEE THEY EXTEND THEIR LEGS BACKWARDS.. I
HOPE THEY ALL CAN--- ALL OF YOU FOL --CP's-- WHO WATCH THEM SO CAREFULLY--
CAN YOU TELL ME ANY THAT DO NOT- IN THE NEXT MONTH?
THAT WILL GIVE YOU ALL A HELPFUL JOB.
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AND--- THOSE 2 SMALLER PUPS-- YOU ALL ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEM GETTING A
CHANCE O NURSE-- THEY ARE DOING FINE... THE ONE I NEED TO WEATCH IS THE SMALLER
HARLEQUIN... WHO AT BIRTH KNEW SHE NEEDED TO PUT THAT NIPPLE IN HER MOUTH-- BUT
WAS VERY SLOW TO REALIZE SHE HAD TO CLOSE HER MOUTH TO IMPROVE THE SUCTION AND
DELIVERY OF MILK..
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WE WILL WEIGH THEM ALL AGAIN TODAY TO BE SURE THEY ARE ALL GAINING...
I CAN TELL FROM LIFTING THEM -- THEY ARE ROUNDING OUT.
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NOW ABOUT THE NUPPIES-- THEY MADE THEIRR FIRST THERAPY DOG VISITS
YESTERDAY TO BROOKSBY VILLAGE-- A RETIREMENT HOME-- IN A BABY CARRIAGE..
THERE IS ONE WOMAN THERE WHO HAS NOT SPOKEN TO ANYONE IN ??YEARS?? WHO
TALKED TO THE PUP..
SO ALREADY THEY ARE WORKING.
IT IS A WIN WIN TO TAKE THE DOGS THERE FOR TRAINING-- IT IS HEATED AND
AIRCONDITIONED-- AND WHENEVER YOU HANDLE AN ANIMAL YOU ARE TRAINING IT.
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YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WALK IN CIRCLES TO TRAIN A DOG.
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IF I TOOK BAILEY AND STARTED WALKING IN CIRCLES, SHE WOULD STOP AND LOOK AT
ME "WHAT ARE YOU ... NUTS? I WILL WAIT TIL YOU COME ROUND AGAIN !!!"
IT INSULTS THE INTELIGENCE OF THE DOG.
I SEE IT HERE WITH THE SMALL PUPS-- WHEN ON A RAINY/COLD DAY MEGAN OR
HIALRY WILL TRY DOING LAPS-- RUNNING AOUND THE CENTER FIREPLACE AND BEFORE VERY
LONG- THERE WILL BE AT LEAST ONE PUP WHO WAITS FOR THEM TO COME ROUND... GOT TO
REMEMBER THOSE WHO DO THAT.
THAT IS WHY I SAY OUR DOGS ARE EDUCATED-- NOT TRAINED..
YOU CAN NOT TRAIN A DOG TO DO ALL THEY THINGS OURS WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO--
SO I DO NOT WANT TO INHIBIT THIER ABILITY TO THINK ABOUT THINGS.
THIS IS WHY OUR DOGS WILL SOMETIMES LOOK AT YOU AND SAY " YOU WANT ME TO
WHAT?" THEN IF NECESSARY THE COMMAND IS "YES DAMNIT"
AND... I HOPE SHELIA BRINGS HER REHAB DAUGHTER DOWN TO BABY SIT TH EPUPS SO
I CAN GET OUT O COSTCO AND WALK BEFORE I LOOSE THAT ABILITY
AND WE DO HAVE TH E GOPRO CAMERA STRAPPED TO A HARNESS FOR BAILEY TO
WEAR.
PROBLEM THERE IS COSTCO DOES NOT WANT US FILMING IN THEIR STORE-- SO WE
MAY HAVE TO RUN TO WALL MART FOR AN EXPERIMENTAL FILMING.
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EARLENE REPORTS ALL PIMENTOS HAVE GAINED AT LEAST 3 OZ...
SO WE AR OFF AND RUNNING IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE PUPPY SITTING TO DO-- EARLENE HAS TO GO TO WORK
DARN...
