DEC 31 2015

LOOK AT IT THIS WAY-- ONLY ONE DAY LEFT TO BREAK ALL THE RESOLUTIONS YOU MADE A YEAR AGO.

I don't have much money but for the New Year I plan to start a quarter swear jar. You guys will be the recipient of the money in the jar. You should do pretty well as I retrain my potty mouth. Maybe some other people would like to try this in the New Year? Take care!

Sherri S.

WAY TO GO !!!

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I WOULD NOT GO TO TIMES SQUARE THIS YEAR... OF COURSE I HAVE NEVER  GONE--- EVEN WHEN I LIVED IN NEW YORK.... I NEVER THINK MASHING INTO A CROWD LIKE THAT IS FUN AT ANY TIME.  I WORRY ABOUT  TOO MANY THINGS...

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  RE ----THE ABC WORLDWIDE NEWS STORY..-- THEY HAVE THE CONTINUATION OF THE "BELLA AND GEORGE" STORY-- SO FAR WE HAVE BEEN ALL SET TO WATCH AND BEEN BUMPED BY   BARBARA WALTERS - THEN  THE PLANE CRASH -- THEN LAST NIGHT   YRETTA FRANKLIN-- BUT THEY SWEAR IT WILL BE ON NEXT WEEK...

DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH--

THEY CERTSINLY ARE WORKING ON IT  BECAUSE  WE HAD TEH PRODUCER ON THE PHONE- MAKING SPECIAL REQUESTS....   THERE WAS A GREAT CRASHING EFFORT YESTERDAY TO PUT A BUNCH OF PUPS IN THE "DORM ROOM" SO ABC COULD LIFT THE FILM FROM THE EXPLORE SITE-- THEN STILL SHOTS OFF CELL PHONE CAMERAS RELUCTANT TO WORK ON OUR WIFI SYSTEM ALL WITH A DEADLINE HANGING OVER OUR HEAD...

THAT WAS NOT EASY 6 PUPS... NOT THE SAME LITTERS... ARGUNG OVER TOYS AND TEHY DID NOT WANT ANY PEOPLE IN THE SHOT... SO WE CRAMMED PAM WAY UP IN TH E CORNER AND MOVED THE CAMERA TO EXCLUDE THAT AREA- AND TRIED TO KEEP TH EPUPS RUNNING AROUND ACTIVE--- THIS INVOLVED VERY QUICKLY PUTTIN G SOME OF THAT BLUE MATTING  ON THE RAMPS----  CP-- B HEISS ---GAVE US A ROLL  FROM PIG COMPANY - GOOD STUFF.

WHILE THAT WAS GOING ON..  JEFF AND HIS FATHER ARRIVED... THEY ARE DONORS AND OWN A HEAVY DUTY   EQUIPMENT/CONTRACTORS WHO DIG HOLES AND HAVE FRIENDS WHO DO THINGS LIKE POUR CONCRETE----  WE TALKED ABOUT  THE IMPENDING  INFIRMARY FOR DOGS...

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 WHILE PEOPLE ARE LEAPING ABOUT TRYING TO GET FILM TOGETEHR FOR THE ABC PRODUCER....GEORGE CALLED CHANGING KRINKLE'S MEDS SLIGHTLY--   MEANWHILE MEGAN  GAVE OUT THE MEDS AND FLUIDS YESTERDAY IN GRACE'S ABSENCE... KRINGLE AND GRETCHEN ARE PRETTY MUCH UNCHANGED..... NO RED STOOLS-- THIS IS A GOOD THING.... I NEED TO TALK WITH GEORGE ABOUT GRETCHEN AND THE ANTI VOMI MED.

PLUS   BAILEY IS LOOKING A BIT FRAIL-- SHE NEEDS SOME SPECIAL ATTENTION.. I THINK HAVING HER TEETH SCALED MAY HAVE SLOWED UP HER EATING-- AND SHE IS LOOKING THIN.. I WAS ABLE TO FEED HER 2 CANS OF FOOD WHILE SHE WAS LYING ON HER SIDE....  BUT SHE TOO NEEDS ATTENTION. 

.. AND WHILE ALL THIS WAS GOING ON THE COMMENT COLUMN WAS ALIVE WITH PEOPLE BASHING ME FOR NOT DOING WHAT SOMEONE THOUGHT I SHOULD 

PLEASE - JUST QUIT THOSE REMARKS ... I AM IN TOUCH WITH NATASJA AND WILL CONTACT HER WHEN I HAVE ANYTHING  SCIENTIFICALLY ACCURATE.. THERE IS TOO MUCH GOING ON FOR ME TO RESPOND TO ALL THE IDEAS/QUESTIONS  OTHER PEOPLE HAVE.----  AND I JUST CAN'T STRAIGHTEN OUT EVERY COMMENT.. SO WAIT- TIL NATASJA OR I TELL YOU.--

 I AM NOT GOING TO PASS OUT PARTIAL INFORMATION BECAUSE IT WOULD GET SO SCREWED UP "INTERNET STYLE"  THAT I JUST DON'T DARE.  SO WAIT...

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SPEAKING OF WAITING  DIDI'S OWNER CAME TO PICK HER UP LAST NIGHT-- SHE WAQS BOUNCING GLAD TO SEE HER.... AND WHEN SHE PUT THE HARNESS ON DIDI-- THE TRANSFORMATION WAS IMMEDIATE." I AM THRILLED TO BE BACK  TO WORK"

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THERESA GAVE ME THE YEAR END NUMBERS FROM PAYPAL  SALES ONLINE  31,000 MINUS COST AND SHIPPING WAS 16,000 "PROFIT" AND TEH EXTRA PAYPAL DONATIONS  WAS ABOUT ANOTHER 16,000 SO THAT WILL GO TOWARD THIS INFIRMARY--- THE BLEACHABLE  KIND  THAT GEORGE KEEPS TELLING ME WE ARE IN DESPARATE NEED OF.  WE ARE SO FAR VERY LUCKY WITH THE WOODEN DEAGLE HOUSE AND BUCKETS OF BLEACH ALL OVER THE PLACE... IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A FEW  PROPER WASHABLE SURFACE KENNELS... WITH THIS MANY DOGS-- WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE OCCASIONAL  SICK ONE OR TWO...

IT IS WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO DO IT RIGHT.

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 BLESS YOU ALL--- THE SHATUPON SOCIETY LIVES ON !!!

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CUTTING AND PASTING.....

Yes. Carlene, IMO, it's just common sense to think positive about the future for all service dogs, whether once struck down with A Parvo, or injury, whatever within reasonable doubt doesn't have to be the future. My Australian Shepard had a Parvo, treated with active coal (home-based made) and the regular meds in France, at 6 weeks, and is now nearly 10 years old and very healthy all the years. I, knowingly, flew to Normandy and bought her, it wasn't hard to decide after she had recovered. I've never regretted it. Keep up the good common sense, don't reduce the numbers of good service dogs because of what could happen. Future health problems are possible, there's no Crystal Ball. 

I FORGOT WHO SENT THIS- AND CAN'T FIND IT

dec 30 2015

i have been working for 2 hours on  a crazy video idea i had a while ago...

it seems to me that  we could "package" the chicken shatupon society as a school fundraiser--

 on a disc...

if they have a silent auction setup, we can have a poster about  "donate  $1  ( or $5 whatever)  ad pick a number.... in about 1/2  hour our hens wll pick the new lifetime member of the shatupon society of ipswich"  to attract attention to the "booth"   we could run a video  loop of  puppy pictures-- training pictures and a few chicken s on the table-- then at the end ( about 1/2 hour) we run the actuall poo picture and me measuriong it to declare the winner-- who gets a shatupon certificate.

worth a try-- heather is putting it together... a very amusing set of pictures-  the best sequence is the line up of purina bags for 3 seconds and flip to everyone sliding down the hill on the bags...

there are alot of relly cute mark pictures  to draw attention...

may as well  try and experiment  cost to us of producing the "package" of video, posters, tickets and disc is about $5--- could be a huge fundraiser for  --  dawn's school-- or laura's

so that has taken me a while

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Kringle
Temps 100.8, 101 4
Meds  Tylan x1,  Ampi 3cc x2,  Gent 0.4 cc x1,  Flagyl 250 x2,  LR 500 x2.

In a.m.  perky sitting on kuranda barking. In evening sitting on the floor attentive & interactive.

Continues w liquid brown stool x7 episodes since last night.  Food fleck noted in stools during the day. Voiding small amts, 2 witnessed.

For breakfast ate 1/4 c.  chicken and 1/4 c. puppy kibble. Snack ate 1/4 c. chicken soup puppy food.  Dinner - 1/2 c. chicken, nibbled on hamburger.  20 minutes later vomited undigested chicken and puppy kibble. Ate 1/4 c. chicken soup puppy food 1 1/2 hrs later with no g.i.distress noted.

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grace is going to albany to meet a sister  and will be back in a couple d ays

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other than that.......

Hello! Merry Belated Christmas!

I apologize for my delay in writing my update on life with Little Miss Ethel. She and I are doing great, she's my steadfast companion in the long hours of studying for the medical school admissions test.

In November she accompanied me to the Paralympic Training Site Lakeshore Foundation in Alabama where I shadowed Dr. Morgan, a Paralympic who leads research on the body mechanics of wheelchair athletes. Ethel loved jogging alongside me on the track as I tried out different racing wheelchairs and got her first taste of real Southern culture as we toured downtown Birmingham.

I train for my upcoming triathalons in the pool while its rainy and gross outside with Ethel watching over. She doesn't understand why anyone in their right mind goes willingly into the water and so she gets very excited to brace for me to pull out of the pool when I'm done.

After some trial and error, her vet here and I figured out that some of Ethel's skin issues (hair falling off of her paws and blistering) was caused by an allergy to chicken proteins. Unfortunately, chicken fillers are used in a lot of processed dog food/treats but she's frolicking with a shiny coat now that she's on Purina Salmon.

I'm proud of say that Ethel is also on the lowest dose of steroids she can be on from her blood disease from last February. If her next blood test (next week) comes back with a strong platelet count, then Ethel can be off steroids completely. With the decreasing steroids came a decrease in weight and she's back to her original size of 120lbs. (Although I assured her she never stopped being the most beautiful service dog in the world).

There's not much else to report on this end, we had a wonderful Christmas and Ethel got to tear apart all her new stuffed animal friends with a wagging tail. She has been and will always continue to be the best gift I could ever wish.

Thank you Carlene and thank you all of SDP!

Julia

DEC 29 2015

PUPPY PROGRESS-- THANKS TO GRACE -- PROGRESS IS SIGNIFICANT..  THE 4 AILING PUPS  ARE COMING ALONG AND SHOULD BE BACK TO FULL STREGNTH SHORTLY... THEY ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DEMANDS... LIKE ONE FOUND OUT ABOUT CHICKEN LIVERS -- AND NOW WILL ONLY EAT THAT...-I FOUND SOME GROUND CHICKN WHICH ANOTHER WILL EAT... AND THEN THERE IS BAILEY WHO WILL EAT THE GROUND SIRLOIN FROM COSTCO..AND TURN HER HEAD AT ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE..BUT THEY ARE EATING AGAIN....EXCEPT 
WE DO HAVE A NEW ONE... GRETCHEN-- JUST STARTING TO GET SICK-- NOT EATING   RAISED TEMP 103.2 -- AND I EXPECT TO GO THRU THE SAME CYCLE AS THE REST...  FLUIDS... ANTIBIOTICS...SO BE PREPARED--  ONLY OTHER HEALTH PROBLEM IS  LINT-- FROM WEEKS AGO... STILL OCASSIONALLYHAS A STRANGE NOISE WHEN BREATHING... NOT ALWAYS.. BUT WE MAY DECIDE TO  TAKE HER IN FOR XRAYS...OTHERWISE SHE SEEMS FINE.  JUST NOISY... *****MY PHILOSOPHY ON MUCH OF THIS MEDICAL TESTING IS... WILL THE TEST MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IN MY TREATMENT OF THE ANIMAL ( OR PERSON)??? BEING ABLE TO ATTACH A LATIN NAME TO  SOME ALIMENT ABOUT WHICH YOU CAN DO NOTHING ANYWAY, CLASSIC CASE....MY FOOT-----, IT HAD BEEN SLIGHTLY SORE , BUT NOT SLOWING ME UP.. SO  I IGNORED IT FOR A WHILE.. BUT THEN THERE WAS A QUESTION OF A METAL FRAGMENT IN MY FOOT WHICH WOULD BE A DISASTER  IN AN MRI.... AN XRAY DISCOVERED  NO FRAGMENT , BUT  A BROKEN  BONE-- THE DOCTORS WANTED TO PUT A BIG CAST ON MY FOOT- WHICH  MEDICARE WOULD PAY FOR, BUT  WOULD HAVE MEANT NO DRIVING AND OTHER INCONVENIENCES... SO I SAID  "NO"  --I WAS SUBJECT TO ALL KINDS OF VERBAL ABUSE FOR NOT LETTING  THE DOCTOR PUT A CAST ON MY FOOT... WHICH I HAD BEEN WALKING ON FOR MONTHS WITHOUT ANY REAL PROBLEM.....  *******MY FIRST RODEO...WAS NOT IN  2015,  2012  OR 2006.....OR 1988 FOR THAT MATTER....... I WAS JUST STARTING A NEW FOLDER  ON THIS COMPUTER....FOR SAVING BUILDING  INFORMATION AND WANDERED THRU SOME OF THE EXISTING "FOLDERS" .   I RAN INTO  A  "SICK PUP" ADVICE --"HAVE YOU WASHED THE V PEN?  IT LOOKS DIRTY  IF THEY EAT IT THEY WILL GET SICK..."-- RIGHT .. IT IS DIRT-- HOW AM I TO WASH IT?  OR STOP THEM FROM EATING IT.???

BOILING DOWN TO ...MICROMANAGMENT---- IF I KEPT THEM ALL IN CRATES- --- KEPT TRACK OF EVERYTHING THAT GOES IN OR OUT OF THEM AND  WALKED AROIUND ON A LEASH- THIER PHYSICAL HEALTH COULD BE MADE TO BE OUTSTANDING....HOWEVER I PREFER TO GIVE THEM A LIFE OF RUNNING AS FREE AS POSSIBLE - WHICH HAS IT'S PERILS.. I CAN TRY AND REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF INJURY OR SICKNESS... BUT  WASHING THE "V PEN" OR SCRUBBING  PUPPY HILL IS NOT IN THE CARDS..

 
 I GO BACK TO THE STATEMENT I MADE DAYS AGO ABOUT  GEORGE BEING THE HAPPIEST DOG I KNOW OF...  ANOTHER  DOG LEADING A VERY HAPPY LIFE IS WANDA- I THINK YOU WOULD ALL AGREE  FROM WANDERING  AROUND A WALMART PARKING LOT TO  A LIFE HERE AND AT JANINIE'S SHE BOUNCES AROUND A PRETTY HAPPY DOG... I RESENT  IT WHEN SOMEONE COMES ALONG AND DECLARES ME A TERRIBLY DEFICIENT DOG OWNER JUST BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME  AND MEDICAL HISTORY... IN HER PREVIOUS EXISTENCE. .... OR OCCASIONLY WHO EVEN HAS HER AT THE MOMENT...  SHE IS WARM ... FED... AND HAPPY-------- NOT CAGED,. TESTED FOR MEDICAL  IMPERFECTIONS- WITH A FULL PAPER RECORD--- AND MISERABLE...

I TAUGHT MY VERY YOUNG  KIDS TO RIDE BICYCLES LONG DISTANCES ( 5 MILES?)   BEFORE THERE WAS SUCH A THING AS HELMETS...AS ADULTS THEY NOW RIDE 50-100 MILES HAPPILY ---(  WITH A HELMET.).. THERE IS SOME PARALELL...  ? A CALCULATED RISK?  *************ONE THING I HAVE LEARNED LATELY IS THESE  INTERNATIONAL "PASSPORTS" WHICH ACCOMPANY DOGS FROM EUROPE, THEY LIST THE VACINES  AND ATTACH THE STICKERS FROM THE VIALS  AS WE DO HERE.... THEY PUT THE DATES NEXT TO THE STICKERS..   WHAT I COULD NOT READ IN THE SMALL PRINT  WAS THAT THE SECOND DATE   WAS NOT THE SECOND STICKER, BUT TH DATE WHICH COVERAGE FROM THE  VACINE EXPIRED AND NEED TO BE BOOSTERED.I KNOW IT NOW... AND SO DO ALL OF YOU!!   EXPERIENCE COMES FROM BAD EXPERIENCES.*******EVEN THO WE  CURRENTLY HAVE 2 NEGATIVE  TESTS FOR PARVO. SOMEONE ASKED IF HAVING PARVO ELIMINATED A DOG FROM SERVICE DOGS....  HOW EASILY A RUMOR STARTS- IT IS FRIGHTENING... SYMON HAD A SHOULDER INJURY WHICH MADE HIM A FABULOUS FAILURE- THE FACT THAT HE HAD HAD PARVO HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT...    BUT THIS WAS ENOUGH FOR A RUMOR TO START..
SO THE DISCUSSION  THEN BECAME IF THEY HAD PARVO ARE THEN  NOT GOING TO GET IT AGAIN... LIKE MY MOTHER MAKING ME PLAY WITH A FAMILY WHICH HAD THE MEASLES-- AS ALL YOUNG GIRLS OF MY AGE WERE FORCED TO DO....IS A VIRUS A VIRUS THT IS A AUTOMATICLY  ADNMINISTERED VACININATON.
I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK WITH PEOPLE WHO'S OPINION DID OT COME OFF THE INTERNET... THERE MUST BE  SCIENTIFIC ANSWER TO THE QUESTION...I DON'T YET KNOW IT.
************Today John and Jess had a busy day. This afternoon John was real tired so he decided to take a nap. He was in a deep sleep when apparently Jess had an urgent need to go out since she had "tankered up" with water not long before their nap. We don't know what she tried to wake up John, but whatever it was wasn't working so she tried something new - she climbed up on the bed and sat down on John's stomach. She was immediately successful and was quickly escorted outside, much to her relief! You told us that Dane's are thinkers. We believe you.
Paul

dec 28 2015

perfect grace report..  

Kringle 
Temps 101.2, 101
Meds: Tylan x1, Gent x2, Ampi x2, Cerenia x1, Flagyl 250 x1 500 cc LR x2
Several bouts of reddish brown stool overnight and once in a.m.
No diarrhea since 9:30 a.m.
Vomited overnight. None during the day.  Ate total of 5 tsp. of sweet potato baby food. No vomiting. Occasional coarse upper airway cough. Last void small concentrated at 9:30 a.m

Pixie
Temps 101.2, 101. 7
Meds: Tylan x1, Amox 500 x2, Flagyl 250 x2, LR 500 cc x1, Cerenia x1
Vomited several times overnight. None during the day. Up to drink water in the evening
Dark greenish brown diarrhea with mucous blobs during the night. None during the day.
Very quiet all day, intermittent fine shivers.

Ruby
Temps 101.4 102.1
Meds: Tylan x1,  Amox 500 mg x2, Flagyl 250 mg x2, LR 500 cc x1
Playful, interactive, tail wagging
Rapidly ate eggs and chopped hamburger in a.m. Vomited an hour later.
In evening ate 1/4 can chicken soup for the soul, 1/4 c chicken livers with broth
Voided x1

Reece
Temps 101.2 x2
Meds: Tylan x1, Amox 500 x2,  Flagyl 250 x2,  LR 500 cc x1
Quiet but interactive,  playful in evening, outside in kennel 5 run for brief play time in a.m.
Outdoors to go to the bathroom in kennel run
Ate paper bowl full of chicken with broth approx 1 c.

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i am impressed..a true professional... 

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recording  what was not there is totally foreign to my way of observing.

people with the ability to remember things not visable are astounding to  me.

i have so much --" if i can not see it,  it is non existent."

raises he11 with filing paperwork..  i watch theresa in amazement--

 she puts things in the draweer- and then can find them again...

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re: the isolation unit....

i am looking for floor plans only  ----and i have a feeling we need to go slightly wider..

 mostly because  we can not have a rug covered sleeping loft because we can not clean it..

so it would be kuranda beds ( CLEANABLE) which means  a 4'wide kennel  is not wide enought to walk past one...  and they would have to be up by the door- which is where a dog would want to be--  so a 5' kennel. and if we have a normal wall   made of 2x4 kind of things then covered with "something"  washable... that is another 6" per divider  . 24' is possible , but.. to add  anotehr few feet of wall/roof   would make the interier better

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 then--- to stand around and look at it..  the t tent is 20 x 30- and simple to build- i built it years ago... and one post  may be sagging, but it has not collapsed even in the 4'snow last year... so the engineering there is proven to work..this building would have to be on a concrete slab-- with drains pre installed..-- so no sag there.

which would probably need a building permit-- cant get all that done before you can't pour concrete---

actually i am told you can pour concrete in freezing weather-- they put something like antifreeze in  the mix...

but then there might be mounds of snow...etc... it is looking like spring.

so we have time to think--floor plan only-  on paper..

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lynne has a great video of loading  her dog in the car... she gets in the drivers seat pushes a button to open the hatch and her dog runs around back and jumps in- she pushes the button and it closes... simple-

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 i don't know how to imbed that kind of thing... but it is around..

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maybe i should make a new years resolution and go to the phone store  and see if they can get my phone back to only  making phone calls-  yesterday i somehow had hundreds of pictures some volunteer had posted somewhere...and could not use the phone.  and i really don't need my car to tell me every email i get  about  buying  the ultimate home security system...  which if i push teh wrong button   this siri woman will read teh entire thing to me while causing the windshield wipers to  wipe. 

 i want out !!

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someone found this for me.

DD - Dec 14, 2015 Carlene White's tips for training on the Yuppy Puppy!
IT IS NOT EASY-- FIRST YOU TAKE A HANDFUL OF TYLENOL SO YOU BACK DOESN'T GIVE OUT... THEN YOU BEND OVER -- POISED--- SO IF THE PUP'S NOSE-- OR FOOT GOES ANYWHERE NEAR THE BONE HANDLE, YOU TTRIGGER IT... IT HAS TO BE SPLIT SECOND-- BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU DO NOT DO IT PERFECTLY, UP ARE TEACHING THEM TO DO SOMETHING WRONG... IT IS THE ULTIMATE IN CLICKER TRAINING.. AND IF A DOG IS IN THE TRAINING PHASE AND YOU ARE NOT THERE TO SUPERVISE... IT HAS TO BE COVERED WITH A LAUNDRY TUB-- SO THEY DON'T GET ANY BAD IDEAS...

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lotsa cut and paste.  

that lecture  about  "our dogs don't sit" by bella should have been taped --i can not tell you how many times i have listened to "What do you mean they don't sit?"  like their training is deficient...we try and stay with meaningful training--- it is less domineering-- and more educational...  rarely do you see any of us marching in circles with a dog "at heel"- ours is a more casual style of what works best.

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From Bella's Mom:

 Today was a pretty lazy Sunday. Nothing wrong with that once in a while. Bella actually slept until 7:45. Kinda late for her. She can also sleep in tomorrow but I am sure I will see her around then anyway. She is sleeping in Gabi's bed again. Not sure if George likes that he can spread out on Bella's bed and

have it all to himself or if he misses her. I last night he was confused because he stayed on his 1/2 of the bed all night but tonight he is spreading out more. I think he knows she's ok. But this morning we hung around. Bella watched a Finding Bigfoot marathon this morning until it was time to go to the

 Kingdom Hall for our 1 meeting. Then we got home a little after 3, and watched a little football. It was kind of damp and gloomy so no outside playing.

 We had some friends over for dinner which was nice. George loved the extra attention. Bella taught our friend why George didn't know how to sit on

 command. She didn't understand why a service dog wouldn't know how to sit. Bella explained it to her saying if George knew how to sit and some random person asked him to sit while she was using him for support she would fall backwards on her back and that wouldn't be very good. She then showed

 her how if she needs to get George down how she will ask him to down and he will slowly lower and sometimes will help lower Bella on his way down. But it was a cool piece of information for someone who assumes all dogs should know how to sit. But how in George's case him not knowing how to sit on

 command is a protection for Bella. That was about the excitement of our night. Thanks for looking in on us and have a wonderful night.

 Love Bella and George 

DEC 27 2015

WOKE UP TO A PUPPY THROWING UP IN THE KITCHEN--IMMEDIATE PANIC--BUT...IT WAS  "THE USUAL" I THINK.. WHICH IS  DANE'S WAY OF TELLING YOU THEIR TUMMY IS EMPTY AND TEHY NEED A COOKIE OR SOMETHING.  I AM HAPPY TO REPORT SHE DEVOURED 1/3 A CAN OF FOOD.. SO I EXPECT NO PROBLEM...

GEORGE STARTED ANOTHER ANTIBIOTIC  FOR KRINGLE...ALONG ITH THE REST.OF THE PILLS AND FLUIDS.

..  THE OPTHER 3 PUPS ARE EITHER 3 DAYS BEHIND KRINGLE, OR THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET IT AS BAD..

NEXT JOB-- TRYAND GET SOME FOOD TOGETHER FOR THE SICK ONES.... A BUFETT OF SCRAMBLED EGGS,  YOGURT,  SOUPY  BLENDED HAMBERGER  AND SEE IF ANYTHING APPEALS.

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ALL YOU PEOP LE SEND NG ME BARN PLANS FOR TH E  ISOLATION UNIT....  I DON'T NEED PLANS ON HOW TO BUILD THE BUILDING... I NEED LAYOUT IDEAS.. FOR INSTANCE  IF IT IS 24 FEET WIDE WE COULD HAVE 4  4FOOT WIFDE KENNELS... EXCEPT IF WE DID - THE KURANDAS WOULD  NOT GIVE US ENOUGH ROOM TO WALK PAST THEM  - AND THEY ARE THE EASIEST TO STERILIZE..  SO WE NEED  3 AT  5' WIDE.LEAVING US 9 FEET FOR ??? SHOWER STALL FOR DOG WASHING???  ETC....

I MUST SAY I LIKE THE LOOKS OF PERMATEK.COM-- ESPECIALLY IF THEY CAN GO  5'  UP THE WALL...   LOFT? NO LOFT? 

MANY PEOPLE SUGGESTING  THOSE STORAGE CONTAINERS...  JUST PLAIN THE WRONG SHAPE...-- WE HAVE ONE FOR THE PURINA FOOD THO

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I TREID TO FIND THE LESSONS ON HOW TO TRAIN  THE YUPPY PUPPY-- ROSE DOGGIE POSTED THEM -- CANT FINDE..  ANYWAY I SAID  I WOULD GET THESE 3 KITCHEN PUPS TO USE TH EYUPPY... I BETTER GET AT IT.. I M FAILING.

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HOPEFULLY KAREN IS DUE BACK TOMORROW...  A SERVICE DOG WITHOUT THEIR PARTNER.. IS ONE CONFUSED MUTT !!  I THINK SHE SAID SHE HAS A FLIGHT TOMORROW...  SOMETHING BOUT BUMPING RETIRED MILITARY FROM MILITARY FLIGHTS HAS HELD THEM UP.

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It's too bad more service dog organizations and particularly their board members don't have a better appreciation for the amazing jobs Great Danes are doIng for the mobility impaired. I can't think of another breed that could do better or that is as suitably prepared physically and temperamentally to fulfill those needs. Is there anything I can do or someone I could write to help? 

Being in Europe without DiDi has reminded me how much freedom she gave me and how dependent on others I am without her. 
Sincerely grateful,
Karen

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SO I SENT....

YOU COULD WRITE TO ASSISTANCE DOG INTERNATIONAL-- SUZI  HALL IS TEH SECRETRY-- COREY HUDSON   THE EX PRES WHO TOLD ME DANE PEOPLE ARE NUTS..  HE IS PROBABLY THE  ONE TO TRY AND CHANGE HIS MIND.....LOOK THEM UP ONLINE AND GO AT THEM... WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SHEILA OBRIEN AND LU PICCARD TEH REST HARDLY SPEAK TO ME AT CONVENTIONS...

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HI Carlene & all SDP staff,

Merry Christmas!  Wanted to share some pics & video of our first Christmas with Princess Ruckus.  She is the best present I've received this year. Thank you ALL!!  She sure does know how to opens presents!  Next is Yuppy Puppy training & Rose Doggy has given me great advice that comes from Carlene. Can I switch the Tylenol for Aleve?  Its Ok to repost these pics & videos where ever

Carolyn & Princess Ruckus

Sent from Surface Pro

DEC 26 2015

ANNIE DID  A NICE MAIL CALL LAST NIGHT-  SHE READ A BUNCH OF CARDS AND LETTERS WHILE TEH CP'S AND STAFF KIBITZED.  

THAT WAS AFTER PAM TURNED OUR COLLECTION OF FOOD INTO A WONDERFUL MEAL  MOSTLY FROM  IHEART AND CHARLOTTE...- AND WE STILL HAVE MORE FROZEN FOR THE NEXT ROUND...

THE PUPS WHO ARE SICK WEIGH HEAVILY ON MY MIND... GRACE HAS DONE  A WONDERFUL JOB CARING FOR THEM WITH GEORGE'S DIRECTIONS AND MEDICATIONS...-- 

LONG AGO GEORGE SAID WE DEFINETLY NEED A QUARENTINE KENNEL --- MAYBE  NOW IS THE TIME? - -- ANNE  IS APPLYING FOR  GRANT FROM A FAIRLY LOCAL  COMPANY, AND IF THEY COME THRU WE JUST MIGHT BE ABLE TO  BUILD A PROPER INFIRMARY IN  THE  PLACE WHERE  THE TEEPEE.. NOW IS.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SPRAY KENNELS AND SCRUB WALLS AND FLOOR MADE OF CEMENT AND TILE-- NOT PORUS WOOD..  IF ANYONE WANTS TO SUBMIT A DESIGN.. PLEASE DO  SEND IT IN THE MAIL.. THE AREA COULD BE 20 X 24-- AND SHOULD CONTAIN PROVISION FOR SCRUB DOWN  AND FLOOR DRAINS  PLUS  MINI LAB WORK - COUNTER SPACE FOR MICROSCOPE AND THINGS.

WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN WALKING IN AND OUT OF CHLOROX FOOTBATHS,  BUT  TEH DEAGLE HOUSE IS STILL PRIMARILY WOOD-- AND YOU JUST CAN NOT CLEAN THAT AS WE  WOULD LIKE TO.

THANKS TO OUR CAMERA PEOPLE --- WE HAVE A WONDERFUL SUPPLY OF ABOUT EVERYTHING EXCEPT A "WASHABLE " BUILDING.  SO I GUESS THAT IS NEXT.  THERE ARE MORE WIRES AND  PIPES UNDERGROUND IN THE AREA IN FRONT OF THE T TENT THAN IN TIMES SQUARE...  SOMEHOW WE CAN MANAGE--AND PROBABLY HAVE TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THIS ONE..  I THINK  THE "OLD GUY" WHO INSULTED ME IS RETIRED NOW..  BUT BUILDING INSPECTORS HAVE NEVER BEEN MY FAVORITE.  THEY LIKE PAPER PLANS....WITH STRAIGHT LINES...

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A THOUGHT FOR THE MOMENT--- SOOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THANKED US FOR WHAT WE ARE DOING FOR PEOPLE.... WHEN IN MY MIND TEH PEOPLE ARE SECONDARY... THE DOGS ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME-   EVERY ONE OF  THEM...  OF COURSE WE LOOK   AT GEORGE--- BUT THERE ARE OVER 100 ALL HAPPILY DOING AN INTERESTING JOB WITH NICE PEOPLE.  

I WISH THE REST OF ASSISTANCE DOG INTERNATIONAL WOULD REALIZE WHAT FANTASTIC  MOBILITY  SERVICE DOG A DANE MAKES---- ESPECIALLY IF THE PERSON DOES NOT  NEED TO HAVE THE DOG RETRIEVE SOME OBJECT...  THERE   ARE DOGS BETTER AT RETREIVING  NO DOUBT-- AND  A JACK RUSSEL MAKES A BETTER "HEARING EAR" DOG TO ALERT TO SOUNDS.. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO WALKING AROUND A DANE IS "WHERE IT IS AT" .

DEC 25 2015

 TWO THINGS FROM YESTERDAY....

'Twas the morning before Christmas,
Best thing in the house
Was puppies a pooing,
Long shapes like a mouse!

( AND TEH PUPS IN THE KITCHEN ARE STILL CYLINDARS....)

WE STILL HAVE A HUGE BOULDER ROLLING DOWN HILL AT US WITH THIS LOOSE STOOL BIT..

EVERYONE HAS BEEN VACCINATED/REVACCINATED  FOR THE BIG REASONS WHICH WE HAD TO DO

HAVING DONE THAT, IT COULD CAUSE ANY TESTING  TO COME UP POSITIVE EVEN WITH 

THE PREVIOUS TESTS NEGATIVE.  

----AND THE RAINS CAME.... AND MADE BIG PUDDLES FOR THEM TO PLAY IN-- LOADED WITH GIARDIA

COMPLIMENTS OF THE CANADIAN GEESE--

 ALL THE GROUND WATER IN NEW ENGLAND IS CONTAMINATED SO I AM TOLD.

WE GO THRU THIS  EXTREMELY LOOSE STOOL  REGULARLY DUE TO THE GIARDIA  

---AND DON'T PAY ALOT OF ATTENTION TO IT... UNLESS IT IS ACCOMPANIED

 BY VOMITING AND LETHARGY AND HIGH TEMP. I.E. THE FOUR PUPS  IN THE DEAGLE HOUSE

TEH 7PM REPORT ON THE 4 IN THE DEAGLE HOUSE IS TEMPS NORMAL-...STOOLS STILL 

 VARIETY OF COLORS  BROWN , GREY, YELLOW.

AND THE BIGGEST CLUE-- NOT WOLFING DOWN FOOD.  NIBBLING MAYBE-- BUT WITHOUT ENTHUSIASM

THAT MEANS TROUBLE FASTER THAN ANY OTHER.

I CAN'T REMEMBER THE VOMIT REPORT..

AND

 YOU CAN ADD BENTLEY AND DIDI TO THE  RAINBOW DIVISION... WITH TAN AND YELLOW.

 BUT THEY ARE EATING VERY WELL---

GEORGE COMMENTED THE OLDER DOGS WOULD PROBABLY  TURN AROUND

 MORE QUICKLY THAN PUPS... OR ANY DOG ALREADY COMPROMISED BY SOME OTHER PROBLEM.

THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IS OFTEN  AN ART  NOT A SCIENCE

THIS COULD BE ONE OF THOSE TIMES....

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 "THING 1 AND 2" ( 2 CAMERA PEOPLE) ARRIVED YESTERDAY-- THING 1 WORKS FOR THE CDC

ON THINGS LIKE EBOLA--- THING 2 IS A NURSE...IS THIS GOLDIE PRESENTING US WITH A GIFT?

SOMEBODY HAD T SHIRTS MADE UP WITH THING 1 AND THING 2-- WE NEED THOSE...WITH 4 DEB'S  A FEW DONNA'S ,

I SUFFERED BADLY WITH 5 MICHELLES - ... 3 STEVES... 2 BUDS  WHEN WE REALLY NEED 10 GRACES AND 8 PAMS...

BUT THANKFULLY WE HAVE GOOD SOLID ONE EACH OF THOSE.

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THE OTHER THING FROM YESTERDAY IS ---

STEVE WAS PRESSURED TO LEAVE EARLY AND DID NOT GIVE PROPER  KUDOS TO  TALKEETNA  WHO BOUGHT HER 1000TH BRICK YESTERDAY...

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WE ARE STILL GETTING ALOT OF  REQUESTS OF TIS TYPE  

I have recently seen the video and news reports on Bella and George.  Congratulations on the great work you do.  I understand that your service is for those living in the northeastern United States.  Could you please recommend an organization in the Midwest that can help provide and/or train service dogs for mobility issues similar to the situation Bella experiences?

 I have a child who has issues in her legs and in her armst similar to cerebral palsy.  They have determined that it is not a form of CP but have not been able to find an actual diagnosis.  She can walk on her own but with an irregular gait.   Her tight, spastic muscles and balance difficulties are her only issues.  A large service dog such as a Great Dane would be a great help, allowing her to walk with support and confidence and reduce her fear of falling.

 Any suggestions you might have would be appreciated.

i keep telling them to contact ADI in their area.. but i don't think any other adi member has danes--tho hopefully now- they are considering it.  we do have a nice female in florida with new horizons ZENA  -- i hear they are thinking of breedin her to a lab ( for thier own mental security)-----  lu ( ECAD in conn)  bred a dane to a lab and got a bunch of high strung large labs-- she gave us one.... and i an sure it was not my predispsoition about labs... but the dog was very high maintanience aNd we gave it to someone way up in maine as a pet.  it lacked all the good things about a dane.

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MEGAN GAVE ME A RUBIC CUBE---I CAN NOT EVEN REMEMBER THE OLD ONE- BUT THIS IS NUMBERS.. AND INSINUATES  SUDUKO KIND    OF ONE OF EACH NUMBER ON THE FACE... WHICH IT WAS SET UP TO DO WHEN I GOT IT...  BUT THE PRINT INDICATED THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO GET IT 123 ETC ALL IN ORDER...  THAT IS NOT TRUE... BECAUSE,.... I THINK ----

  NUMBERS IN THE MIDDLE STAY IN THE MIDDLE  AND NO AMT OV MANEUVBERING COULD GET THEM OUT OF THE MIDDLE

I THINK....  AM I RIGHT?   ON THIS CUBE    1  1  6  5  7  4  AND MESS IT ALL ABOUT AND I GET   1  4  5  7  6  1     NO 8'S OR 9'S

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I WIL UPDATE IN THE  EXPLORE COMMENTS AS TEH DAY GOES ON... AND  ON .. AND ON....

DEC 24 2015

AWAKING TO VERY PRETTY POOPING IN   THE KITCHEN... ASOLUTELY PERFECT !! I CAN NOT THINK OF ANYTHING PRETTIER IN THE MORNING THAN PERFECT POOPING

AND

IN ADDITION... GRACE PEERED IN THE DEAGLE HOUSE WINDOW AND SAW 4 TAILS WAGGING---SHE DOESN'T WANT TO GO IN THER TIL SHE "CONTAMINATES" FOR THE DAY...  THIS BY NO MEANS SAYS WE ARE BETTER-- BUT THEY COULD  HAVE BEEN LYING AND ONLY RAISED THIER HEADS..SO LETS EVERYONE PRAY FOR  FOR GRACE'S STAMINA    ALONG WITH THE  PUPPIES- WE COULD NOT HAVE BETTER HELP- AND I AM TOLD SHE DID HAVE SEVERAL HOURS SLEEP LAST NIGHT ( A LUXURY FOR HER)  APPARENTLY DONNA ( ANOTHER NURSE....) IS COMING IN THIS MORNING TO SPELL GRACE WITH  THE FLUID DRIPPING...

IN THE PROCESS THERESA LOST HER DESK CHAIR-- I SAW THAT GRACE WAS SITTING ON AN OVERTURNED LAUNDRY TUB- SO SCOOTED OUT THERESA'S CHAIR..

.PLEASE DON'T SEND ANY--- AT ONE POINT IN MY LIFE I BOUGHT 8 OFFICE CHAIRS AT A FLEA MARKET.. AND THEY ARE IN THE WAY IN THE TRAINING ROOM.

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SPEAKING OF SENDING THINGS-- LAST NIGHT.. THE MIC WAS ON WHEN I CALLED IN A DINNER ORDER FOR 6 OF US.... WHEN THEY DELIVERED IT, THEY TOLD ME REGINA -- FROM GEORGIA HAD PAID FOR IT ALL... WOW !!!! WHAT A HAPPY SURPRISE !!! SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIREBUILDERS FROM DOGFEST.

GREAT MYSTERY AS TO HOW SHE KNEW WHICH RESTAURANT AS THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND TIME WE ORDERED FROM THEM--- WHAT DID SHE DO??? WATCH ME DIAL????/  THESE CAMERA PEOPLE DON'T MISS  THING.

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I WILL TRY AN D KEEP UPDATES POSTED ON THE  CAMERA CONVERSATION...WE ARE BY NO MEANS OUT OF THE WOODS...WE COULD -- CHLOROX OR NOT-- STILL HAVE WEEKS OF INTENSIVE CARE -  

THERE STILL IS  GREAT BIG BOULDER ROLLING DOWN HILL TOWARD US....-EVERYONE IS VACCINATED AND BOOSTED... BUT....

 ALL I CAN SAY IS WE ARE ORGANIZED AND ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO....  AND VEERY DEPENDEDNT ON GRACE'S NURSING ABILITIES...

NORMAL PEOPLE JUST DON'T THINK ABOUT SOLES OF FEET-- OR LONG FINGERNAILS- OR WHO TOUCHED WHAT WHEN...

PAM HAS US WELL SUPPLIED WITH VOLUNTEERS...

CP'S   IHEART AND CHARLOTTE HAVE US WELL STOCKED WITH A COMPLETE HAM  DINNER.

I WILL DO A LAST MINUTE RUN TO COSTCO FOR  CHLOROX AND SALAD.

WE ARE OPERATIONAL--

HOLDING OUR BREATH...

OF ALL THINGS -----POO PICKING IN THE FIELDS IS NOW A VERY CRITICAL THING...ANY EXTRA VOLUNTEERS WOUOLD BE WELCOME TO WALK AROUND IN THE NICE FRESH AIR 

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 IT COUDL BE WORSE-  WE COULD BE DOING ALL THIS IN A BLIZZARD-- BUT-- BUD DID DRIVE  OUT TO AYER AND GET THE PLOW FOR TEH BUCKET OF THE TRACTOR... LOOKS LIKE IT SHOULD BE PERFECT.... WITHOUT TAKING THE BUCKET OFF-- 6' AND CAN ANGLE IT ( BY HAND NOT HYDRALIC.) AND A QUICK SNAP OF A CHAIN AND  WE CAN DROP IT AND USE THE BUCKET ---

 HOPEFULLY THE 6' PLOW  FROM STREET TO BARN  WILL GIVE US A WAY TO GET STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS IN HERE TO HELP-- TEHN I CAN CLEAN UP WITH THE BUCKET- FOR SILLY THINGS LIKE PARKING.

AND THE TRACTOR HAS A WONDERFUL HEATER.... AND DOORS...  ONCE IN THE CAB... IT IS ALOT EASIER TO DEAL WITH THAN THE ELECTRONIC MARVELS THAT MAKE MY DAY.

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ANOTHER WHY WE DO THIS

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DEAR CARLENE

THIS DONATION IS A THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP TO OUR FAMILY.I AM EMMETT'S ( AND JACK'S) MOTHER IN LAW

THANKS TO YOU JACK IS THE HAPPIEST AND MOST CONFIDENT I HAVE SEEN HIM IN QUITE A WHILE.  THE BOND HE HAS WITH EMMETTIS EXTRAORDINARY.  THEY ARE QUITE A PAIR- AND THE WHOLE FAMILY LOVES EMMETT. SINCE SEPTEMBER I HAVE SPENT WAY TOO MANY HOURS WATCHING THE PUPPIES.. HOPEFULLY I WILL GET TO VISIT SOMETIME  

DEC 23,2015

are we over whatever hump there was???  bailey already looks 174% better with that lump gone-- which  hurt just enough so we could not clean it as we wanted to...she is left with a sizeable hole to heal--- and a tail which may not be lifted more than an inch or two...we may leave a poland springs soapy water bottle or two  ( relabeled) next to the door to help her remain socially acceptable-  small price to pay...all those small white washcloths you sent for the birthing will be put to good use.

i should update the amazon list-  i will in fact--- we could use some vasoline impregnated gauze strips-- and we are nearly out of vet wrap... and i must order more vaccines.

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 the parvo test came back negative-- between labs making mistakes and the "NO" really meaning they did not see any in that sample....i don't believe it...and we are acting around here as if we possibly have a parvo problem. -- foot baths hand washing etc... we have one ppup that is vomiting... but with this number of dogs it is not unusual to  always have someone with  an upset tummy.

i discussed this with geroge- he now has a policy of not giving any treats besides milkbones. he said  there are just too many uncontrolled-- so he just cut out all treats-  i think that is wise...  even the home made ones...  so our problem is.... because milkbones has never donated to us--( even tho they brag about donating to service dogs)-- i want to have all milk bone logos... gone.  so if you send milkbones, take them  out of thier box and put them in a plastic bag- or better yet  decorate some other plastic  container  which would be much more interesting.

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paul wrote this to all  the troops---for me to cut and paste...

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A Christmas Thank You 

To every Employee, Worker, and Volunteer at Service Dog Project - young and old. We can’t name names because there are so very many of you - no one more important than another: the dog sitters, pup teachers, kennel cleaners, bill payers, office organizers, grounds keepers, dog trainers, laundry doers, shot givers, volunteer coordinators, mail readers, and master overseer. Poop scoopers all; smiling, encouraging, teaching - all with a common goal, united by love, to prepare these Great Dane dogs for their lives ahead with the people who need them. 

We did not even know that there were service dogs for people with stability and mobility problems. Our son John, 38, was experiencing the increasing symptoms of his Myotonic Dystrophy. He was becoming bent over, was down to 2 days a week of work, and slowly becoming discouraged and depressed. When someone suggested a service dog, we researched on the web which led us to a visit on a Sunday open house at SDP. There were lots of people, big dogs, lots of food, big dogs, brightly painted buildings and tents, and big dogs. We truthfully didn’t know what to think when we left, but 2 things stood out clearly - the facility was exceptionally clean (didn’t even smell like a dog facility), and the people there were all smiling and obviously loved what they were doing.

 Fast forward to now. John has been given the gift of Jessie, a svelte and petite 122 pound beautiful Harley (and sometimes drama queen!). It has been 5 months now, and to say it hasn’t been without a lot of work and refocus in our household would not be true. But now John stands tall. His confidence has returned and even grown. He is mentally sharper and clearer than he has been in years. Everywhere John and Jess go people stop them and want to talk. He has had to stop working completely now, but has a reason to get up in the morning and has hope for the future. He has just returned to volunteer at an adult day care with Jessie, where he had volunteered previously, and looks forward to more time visiting nursing homes and schools with his new best friend.

 None of this would be possible without ALL of you. - EACH ONE - You encouraged us with the paperwork, you encouraged us with the bonding process, you taught us about the care and loving of Danes, you even let (?) us become poop scoopers and kennel cleaners so we could begin to give forward, you helped us with all the little (and sometimes not so little) bumps in the road, you made time in your schedules for training visits, and much much more. ALL WITH SMILES, LOVE , LAUGHING, and ENCOURAGEMENT.

 So much giving, so much caring, so much love, so much sacrifice. It reminds us this Christmas season of the loving, giving, caring, and especially sacrifice that God gave to us in the gift of His Son, Jesus, whose birth we now celebrate. We are taught that God’s ways are not our ways. We don't understand the tough times, and sometimes we have trouble accepting the good times. 

But we want to encourage all of you at SDP to keep moving ahead through the difficult - all the while taking time to enjoy and experience the good around you. What you are doing is changing lives. We are only one small story of many. There are more Taylor families out there who may not even yet know about Service Dog Project, but whose lives will be changed and who will be touched in very real ways by each of you and the work, sacrifice, and love you put forth every day. We look froward to a continuing relationship with all of you as we work to help give forward in some small way for future recipients of the greatest service dogs anywhere -

 Great Danes from SDP! 

Thank you from all the Taylor family. 

Christmas 2015 

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NOW WOULD YOU ALL SEND AND RESEND AND BOOST AND SHARE- OR WHATEVER

 GETTING THE NUMBERS UP WOL DBE A BIG HELP FOR FUTURE PR

 http://www.akc.org/news/great-dane-service-dog-helps-girl/

IF IT DOES NOT CLICK.... THEN COPY AND PASTE

DEC 22 2015

OF COURSE....I AM NERVOUS ABOUT BAILEY... SO DON'T EXPECT MUCH TIL I GET PAST  THIS  OBSTACLE  .    SHE IS BETTER THAN SHE HAS BEEN -- THANKS TO GRACE'S CONSTANT CARE.... BUT  THIS TAIL THING HAS TO BE DRAGGING HER DOWN...-- OVERNIGHT I  THOUGHT OF DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS... ONE OF WHICH WAS CUT THE DANM TAIL OFF... EXCEPT I DON'T THINK WE CAN...   THAT IS RIGHT WHERE ALL THE INFECTION  HIDES..-- HER TAIL LOOKS DEAD... SHE CAN NOT-- OR WON'T MOVE IT-- IT PROBABLY HURTS SO SHE DOES NOT USE THOSE MUSCLES EVER... SHE IS VERY CLEVER ABOUT PEEING ON A HILL-- BUT SOMETIMES NEEDS A BABY WIPE TO CLEAN HER UP.. WHICH SHE FINDS EMBARRISING.

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THE OTHER HEALTH ISSUE -----  KRINGLE HAD A TEMP OF 103.4 LAST NIGHT AND DID NOT EAT.-- THAT IS SEMI NORMAL UPSETTING OCCURANCE.. BUT IN LIGHT OF  NOT KNOWING WHAT WE ARE DEALING  WITH....OUR EARS PERKED UP.

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TRYING TO STERILIZE 12 ACRES IS IMPOSSIBLE, THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THE RUNNING ROOM  IS HARD TO DUPLICATE IN A STERILE ENVIRONMENT...  SUN IS GOOD BT CHOLROX IS BETTER...

AT CRAZY ACRES  ----EVEN THO WE HAVE SO MANY DOGS, THERE ARE BUILT IN HEALTH CHECKS HERE---  PRETTY MUCH  AT LEAST TWICE DAILY.... SO IF ANYTHING STARTS  WE SHOULD BE ON IT WITHIN 14 HOURS.  USUALLY THEIR FIRST INDICATION IS LACK OF INTEREST IN FOOD.

 THE FIRST HEALTH CHECK.. ARE THEY EATING?- THAT IS THE EASIEST AND QUICKEST ASSESSMENT- AND THE WAY WE FEED MAKES IT SIMPLE TO NOTICE...

THE SINGLE DOG FEEDING WITH TEH "WAIT" BIT ALSO GIVES THE FEEDER A CHECK TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING COMING OUT OF ANY  FRONT END ORIFICE  -NOSE OR EYES- THAT SHOULD NOT BE THERE.  AND STANDIN G ON THEIR BACK LEGS IS A QUICK CHECK OF ANY HANGERS THERE AND TEH CONDITION OF THE HIPS..

 RUNNING LOOSE I WATCH FOR IRREGULARITIES OF STRIDE... (IN BOTH STAFF AND DOGS...)

LISTENING FOR GURGLES/PHLEM TYPE NOISES IS A NATURAL-- AND CURRENTLY WE HAVE ONE OR TWO...USUALLY  DISREGARDED.. IF THERE ARE NOT OTHER SYMPTOMS.  LINT , RUBY --ARE THE NOISE MAKERS- --NORMAL TEMPS

ANY QUESTION GETS THEIR TEMP TAKEN A COUPLE TIMES A DAY.... DO WE TAKE EVERY DOG EVERY DAY?  COURSE NOT.--- MANAGING A BUNCH OF DOGS BECOMES A QUESTION OF  WHICH ONES LOOK LIKE THEY DON'T NEED ATTENTION..

WITH THE ABOVE-- AT THE MOMENT- AS OF LAST NIGHT'S FEEDING--- KRINGLE DIDN'T EATSUPPER... BUT SHE HAD EATEN BREAKFAST ---AND GRACE  REPORTED AND TOOK THE TEMP  103.4... AND THAT WAS EMAILED  TO GEORGE WHO SAID TO BRING HER DOWN TODAY WITH HER MEDICAL RECORD....  -   KRINGLE IS IN WITH 2 OTHERS WHO ARE ALREADY EXPOSED TO WHATEVER  SO WE LEFT HER THRER OVERNIGHT.  THERE ARE 14 IN THAT BUILDING. AND TIL WE GET A BETTER LINE ON WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON - NO DOGS ARE MOVING THERI LIVING QUARTERS...  NORMALLY WE SHIFT DOGS FROM BUILDING  TO BUILDING  ON A DAILY BASIS  FOR VARIETY'S SAKE.

I HAVE ADDED... FOR THE MOMENT WE HAVE INSTITUTED A NOISE ASSESSMENT DEPT. STETHOSCOPES TO STEVE AND GRACE-- GRACE BEING AN RN  IS OUR PROFESSIONAL HEAR-ER- STEVE IS TO ASK GRACES OPINION  IF HE FINDS ANY NOISES HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND.- IF GRACE REPORTS ANY...WE TAKE  TEMP AND ASK GEORGE.

STOOL REPORTS ARE DIFFICULT WHEN THEY ARE  2-3 OR 4 IN A KENNEL-- OR THE KITCHEN.-----.BY SEPARATING THEM WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHICH IS  THE  PENDING  POO PROBLEM...-- OR BETTER YET.. THE CAMERA PEOPLE NOITCE AND LET US KNOW.

ROCK CONTENT OF STOOLS CAN INDICATE  A KNOWN PROBLEM ....

HEAD SHAKING OR EAR CLEANING BY SIBLINGS  INDICATE EARS NEED CLEANING...

THERE ARE SOOOO MANY MORE --BENTLEY--- WILL TELL US IF SOMEONE IS COMING IN  HEAT--( OR HAS A VAGINAL INFECTION...)

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SO ON WE GO.. I EMAILED GEORGE ALREADY WITH KRINGLE'S TEMP AND HE SAID BRING HER DOWN.7:30  WHICH WE WILL DO

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i have written to natasha and let her know that we found neal to be the nicest personality pup we have ever had

he  was  a great guy... we did give him a happy life, but the past few days  his happiness was clearly over.

he did not have any normal kind of problem-- eventually  teh fluids that we were giving him just ran right thru - both ends

whatever it was , i wIll report the details as they come in  from the lab tests.

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PLEASE... ON WE GO WITH THIS-- CAN YOU ALL WATCH THIS AND PASS IT AROUND ASKING EVERYONE TO  SHARE ETC....GET THOSE NUMBERS UP !!

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CARLENE..

Making sure everyone's seen this...AKC film in Woburn, includes interviews with Rachel, Bella and Carlene

 http://www.akc.org/news/great-dane-service-dog-helps-girl/

ON WE GO.