LIONEL JUST HAD AN EPISODE... I DON'T THINK IT WAS A SEIZURE... HE WAS SOUND ASLEEP AND HIS LITTERMATE CHOMPED ON HIS EAR AND HELD ON... I WAS HERE WATCHING... LIONEL KIND OF ROLLED ONTO HIS BACK GETTING WEDGED BETWEEN THE FENCE AND PILLOW BEFORE THE PUP LET GO BUT HE WS TERRIFIED AND SCREAMING... HE HAD BEEN ASLEEP-- AND HE IS BLIND IN ONE EYE/ SO UPSIDE DOWN HE WAS PRETTY CONFUSED... BUT NOT "STIFF" JUST MAD... IS MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION... SO FAR. PAM HELD HIM TO QUIET HIM DOWN... AND HE LIKED THAT -- SO NOW HE WANTS TO BE HELD ALL THE TIME... SO HE IS NORMAL IN THAT REGARD..
TO BE CONTINUED-- ( ALSO TO BE A PET PUP)
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i drove the blue truck... whoopie...i even got the headlights on -- BOTH OF THEM----- thank heavens it was not raining...so i didn't have to find teh windscreen wipers..
somehow they build trucks with fewer "design engineers"-- that toyota i have is a challange every time i get in it. iit has a mind of it's own...- if i try and shut off the radio, end up with siri telling me to make a legal u turn and go the other way when i barely have got out the driveway. i had a bug squished on my window so i briefly turned on the washer wiper and all the cars coming toward me slowed down because using wipers breifly made teh lights flash. one car even flashed his lights back to thank me.
what floored me was the truck has 65,000 miles on it and it is mostly used for training runs with the dogs.. maybe 2 round trips to penna for donkeys-- but the rest are megan runs...MY CAR-- BOUGHT EARLIER--- , HAS 19,000
MEANING.....NEXT TO THE PAYROLL , OUR GAS EXPENSE IS MONUMNETAL - I COULD EASILY SAY,,, WELL TRAIN THEM HERE AND DON'T GO PLAY AT THE SHOPPING CENTER-- EXCEPT WHATEVER WE ARE DOING, IS WORKING. AND IF IT AINT BROKE DON'T FIX IT.
THE WHOLE PATTERNING OF THE DOGS TO PLAY AND RELAX HERE, AND PUT ON THEIR "OUTFIT" AND GO SOMEHERE IN THE CAR TO WORK AND COME HOME AGAIN, GET A COOKIE AND GO BACK TO RELAX MODE... IS MORE LKIE WHAT THEIR LIVES WILL BE LIKE WHEN PARTNERED.-- SOMEBODY HAS TO GO TO THE STORE AND BUY TEH BBQ SAUCE BEFORE TEHY COLLAPSE ON THE SOFA AND WATCH THE GAME.
WE TURN OUT DOGS IMMENSELY PREPARED TO DO THAT.
OTHER ADI TRAINERS WHEN THEY COME HERE ( WHICH THEY DON'T VERY OFTEN..) ARE SHOCKED AT THE ATTITUDE OF THE DOGS WHEN THE HARNESS IS ON. THEIR MIND IS SWITCHED TO WORK MODE...
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I THINK THE 19,000 MILES ON THAT TRUCK ARE THE REASON..
I COULD BUY A SMALLER MORE GAS EFFICIENT RUNABOUT-- BUT ... ON A FARM THERE ARE TIMES.... MY DAYSE OF BALANCING A BALE OF HAY ON A VW BUG ARE LONG GONE.
TO BE HONEST, WHEN I HAD THE VW BUG(S) I HAD A TRAILER HITCH ON THEM AND BOUGHT A SMALL 2 WHEELED TRAILER ( FROM KMART-- CAME IN A BOX- HAD TO PUT IT TOGETHER).. THAT WAS MY WAY OF DEALING WITH CARRYNG BULK STUFF IN A SMALL VEHICLE... AND IT WORKED BEAUTIFULLY-
THAT IS MY SOLUTION TO TEH CURRENT...GAS GUZZLING SUV'S FOR ALL THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CAN BEND OVER TO HOOK UP A TRAILER WITHOUT CONSUMING A HALF A BOTTLE OF ASPIRIN FIRST. GAS CONSUMPTION IN THE LOWER 48 COLD BE CUT IN NEARLY HALF, IF EVERYONE DROVE THSE VW BUG SIZE CARS-- AND IF THEY NEEDED TO HAUL TEH CONTENTS OF SOME COLLEGE DORM ROOM, JUST HOOK UP THE TRAILER...
ALL BECAUSE PEOPLE SAY THEY CAN'T BACK UP A TRAILER-- WELL MAYBE THEY CAN'T-- BUT IF WE MADE THAT A CONDITION OF DRIVING AT ALL, BOY WOULD EVERYONE LEARN FAST.
THAT CAN BE MY FYI OF THE DAY.... TO BACK UP A TRAILER, PUT YOUR HAND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STEERING WHEEL, AND THAT IS THE DIRECTION THE TRAILER WILL GO... YOU SLOWLY START IT TURNING,, AND THEN CHASE IT .BY REVEARSING THE WHEEL.... BEFORE IT JACK KNIFES.
I HAVE ALOT OF VERY FUNNY STORIES ABOUT TRAILER DRIVING IN BOSTON FROM THE DAY I FIRST HAD TO DRIVE THRU BOSTON ON RT 93 WITH A BRAND NEW TRUCK AND 53'TRAILER THE SIZE OF A MOVING VAN,..... 2 TRUCKDRIVERS, ON THEIR CB RADIOS SPOTTED ME TOTTERING ALONG SCARED TO DEATH AT ABOTU 30 MPH SO ONE GOT ON EACH SIDE AND MATCHED MY SPEED LIKE A SANDWICH--- I WAS COMING TO A BEND IN THE ROAD... AN D SLOWED EVEN MORE.. I KNEW THE REAR END OF THAT THING CUT THE CORNERS... I WAS NEARLY IN TEARS WHEN I FINALLY REALIZED THEIR BIG MONSTER TRUCKS WERE GOING TO BEND THE SAME AS MINE.. I EVENTUALLY LEARNED ALOT... LIKE HOW TO MAKE GRIDLOCK WITH 2 TRAILERS. ... OR A PARALELL PARKED RIG LIKE THAT GETS $90 WORTH OF PARKING TICKETS IF YOU RUN OUT OF QUARTERS... THERE ARE MANY STORIES...
THE POINT OF THIS STARTED OUT TO BE TO REMIND MEGAN/ STEVE.. THAT THE CLOSEST EXTREMELY CONFUSING MESS IN WHIHC THEY CAN TRAIN DOGS IS TEH NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAFETERIA NEXT TO THE HOTEL THEY USE... IT IS A MADHOUSE... LITTERALLY. THE BUILDING HAS HALLS AND NOISE AND IS 5 MILES CLOSER THAN THE MALL -- 10 MILES ROUND TRIP 6 TRIPS A DAY ETC....
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LIANIE SEEMS 100% NOW-- AND EVEN UP TO GRWOLING AT ME WHEN I REPREMANDED HER PUP FOR CHEWING ON A LITERMATE TOO HARD...
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MOVING ON.. I WILL GO SIT WITH LIONEL AND WATCH HIM... HE S DIFFERENT... BUT I THINK HE IS MANAGEABLY DIFFERENT..
