I AM BACK..SOMEONE HAD TO GET AN EARLY MORNING FLIGHT SO NEEDED TO BE AT TEH 4AM SHUTTLE-- NO PROBLEM FOR ME...AT NOON I MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT ... BUT 4AM IS A PIECE OF CAKE..-- I LIKE DRIVING AROUND ALL BY MYSELF..
AFTER I LEFT HER OFF I GOT TO THINKING 2 THINGS.. ONE WAS THE CALENDAR-- THE OTHER WAS... THESE PEOPLE WHO GET A SDP DOG HAVE GOT TO "WORK" THEM 3- 4 HOURS A DAY JUST TO KEEP THEM IN TUNE.. AND XXXXX ( I AM ASHAMED TO SAY I NEVER DID NKNOW HER NAME) REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT STEVE WAS TALKING ABOUT WHEN HE SAID "WORK THE DOG"-- SO MANY PEOPLE THINK WORKING OR TRAINING MEANS WALKING IN CIRCLES-- PARTICULARLY THE JAPANESE CREW THTAT ARRIVED HERE TO WATCH OUR TRAINING METHODS--- SO I SAT DOWN WITH SPOON IN HAND TO SPOON FEED THE PUPS AND THE DIRECTOR SAID " DO YOU ALWAYS FEED THEM BEFORE YOU TRAIN THEM?"- TOTALLY MISSING THE POINT THAT EVERY TIME YOU HANDLE AN ANIMAL YOU ARE T RAINING IT... AND SPOON FEEDING WAS A REAL ATTENTION GETTER.
SO BACK TO OUR RECIPIENTS WORKING THEIR DOGS.....THE WORKING WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS.. GETTING OUT.. DOING SOMETHING.-- JUST WALK THRU A SENIOR CENTER-- WILL GIVE THOSE "CAPTURED" PEOPLE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.. AND IF YOU CAN MANAGE TO GET THERI COMPUTER ON EXPLORE SO TEHY CAN WATCH SOME REAL LIFE INSTEAD OF TEH NEWS THAT WOLD BE A BIG PLUS... OR......HOW ABOUT GOING TO THE FIRE STATION AND ASKING IF YOU COULD GO TO A STORE FOR THEM---MAYBE ONE OF THEM WAS JUST WISHING THEY HAD A JAR OF MUSTARD OR SOMETHING..- YOU HAVE A DOG NOW-- GET OUT AND USE THE DOG... HOW ABOUT SOME OLD PERSON ( MY AGE)-- THAT CAN NOT GET OUT AND AROUND--MAYBE THEY WOULD LIKE A HERSHEY BAR...THAT IS CALLED WORKING-- BUT IT IS ALSO DOING SOMETIHG POSITIVE FOR SOMEONE ELSE..
WHATEVER YOU DON'T HAVE AND CAN'T DO, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO HAS LESS AND CAN DO EVEN LESS. SO LETS GET ON THE UPWARD SWING -- AND IN TH EMEANTIME IT IS GOOD FOR YOUR DOGS-- TEHY HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO GO SOMEWHERE AND DO SOMETHING- THEN GO BACK HOME AND TAKE A
NAP.-- SO DO THAT.
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AND THEN I GOT ON THE PURINA KICK- AND WONDERED IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SOME KIND OF \PHOTO WORK/ CALENDAR -- WHICH THE TEAM OF WILLIAM/KITTY IS SO GOOD AT- AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO POSE THAT TO THEM.... WE COULD OFFER OUR DOGS AND TIME IN EXCHANGE FOR TEH MILLION DOLLAARS OF FOOD THEY GIVE US,
THEN THERE IS THE "WORK' OF BOOK WRITING..
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WE ALREADY HAVE A PHOTO BOOK IN THE MAKING "WHEN A DOOR IS AJAR"-- PHOTOING SOME REALLY WIERD RECYCLING/REUSE PROJECT OF STUFF AROUND HERE... TEH SLEDS OF PURINA BAGS COMES TO MIND QUICKLY......
IT'S WHAT YOU DO WITH WHAT YOU GOT, AND NEVER MIND HOW MUCH YOU GOT-- I FORGET THE REST OF THE SONG.... BUT CREATIVITY ABOUNDS HERE... WE SHOULD MAKE USE OF IT.
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I CAN'T FIND ANY CUT AND PASTES... EXCEPT FOR AMY AND SEAGRAM WHICH IS TOO A BLOG ALL BY ITSELF.. IT IS GOOD... SEAGRAM WRITES WELL... WHEREVER IT IS...
