april 30 2017

sunday.... i have that right-- i have a clock that tells me the day..( actually 2 of them-- one in my room  too...so i don't take the wrong pill at the wrong time.)  the day of the week was never a biggie in my world- with animals  every day as it's own character of routien and disaster details and whether it is friday or tuesday doesn't really matter.

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 but now that i know it is sunday.... sunday guests are going to be strongly encouraged to  do something besides  sit around and eat the wonderful food they all bring... and i am guilty too !!!  

i have been collecting a bunch of chores-- ..my heavens ... do we have pallets.... sonme lovely pallets  -- some firewood...  then.....get the g-tent cleaned up and ready for use..... so first  . is to get the million dollar ($7500)  electric dryer out of the g-tent- and the only place i can think of where it wold be safe til we need it.. is teh ice house (  new isolation  building)  it could serve a purpose there to keep snacks and not encourage rats while we wait for the dryers in the house or laundry to keel over.

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i am still struggling with plumber details- trying to get the gs dryer up and running is not easy...  the golf carts help.. the barn laundry is washed there and then carried... wet  to the dryer in the laundry-- reason being teh dry well for the laundry must be catered to ... and the washer in the laundry is the most elderly one we have... but just pursuaded it to work again.. but it is getting old. 

bud is our sunday fixer...   aka... bud the manual reading man

david #1 has become our saturday fixer... he and joyce tackled the  oven in the kitchen-- joyce and i found a wierd wire last week .. so  for lack of anything better to do.... ordered new switches from thier online... and printed up the  wiring drawings...  the wires did not totally match the drawings...-however david and joyce put in the new switches, then stood back and turned it on-- and it seems to work..

i am not going to test it on a nice roast beef... joyce suggested a tv dinner test would be wiser..

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i am reminded no cloth toys for adults... sizzle just tossed up a piece of cloth toy about the size of a wash cloth...

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 the v pen is off limits untel we get a good rain.... i emptied the bags of sand there for pups to play with... and it was very dusty  and coarse......  i had thought of ordering a load of sand to cover that area... it is very tired looking...

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i wrote a letter? to send to the farm bureau ( and state legislators) about commercial labels for farm buildings-- which was the reason teh ice house has cost so much money-- all the regulations for commercial have been foolish and expensive...?insulating concrete blocks ?  and the elabrate $11,000 floor drain "system"  that flushes--- and i am not allowed to have a sink. ...  basically that building cost what  we should have spent on training  4 more dogs.  the floor drain flushing collection of copper and iron  pipes is just going to  sit there-  i see no reason to spend the money to finish it.  we are going to have  2  hose connections and one shower head for wasshing dogs-- with a smalll water heater. we will have to finish the massive drain flushing sstem as soon as heII  freezes over. all because of the word "commercial"

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Hi Carlene, 

Ava is taking her first rode trip outside New England. We thought this would be a great time for CPs to meet her and see what a well trained SDP dog can do after she has left the farm. 

We will be traveling to southeastern US, eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and North and South Carolina. 

We will be gone from approximately June 13 to  June 28. But how long we stay depends on Ava who is used to her own doggie outhouse and being able to run in the yard whenever she wants. She's great in the car and has been fine in shorter trips. br>IIf anyone is interested, they can email us at thebeans1@comcast.net 

Ava continues to be her wonderful self. Her impeccable manners has given her the titles of Miss Universe and Queen Ava at MGH. (I realize at SDP there has been only one queen.) But it is being able to lean on her both physically and emotionally that truly makes her wonderful. 

Thank you and to everyone at SDP once again, for my most precious gift.   

Cindy and Ava (and Jim) 

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april 29 2017

almost may 1st - which i bet you all almost knew-  to me it means payroll due monday.. and we made it !!  our  2 grant moneys are  expended to nearly zilch... which they are supposed to be.. so we can have the next installment. without them .. and the chicken bricks , we would not be...

we have to send in a report that we have spent  the last bunch of money... and boy we sure have.......i am hoping next year will be easier without the building...

sooooo... yesterday when the memsaic chicken brick program  had the hic-cups, i nearly panic'd  because we are coming down th e homestreth to shatupon sunday  ( may 7?) and to have that program down could mean disaster..  if it ever happens you could send me checks for  quick-pik numbers...  we could not live many months without the support of the  "camera  people"

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i am feeling much better... i know... because i am ready to fight on several scores.. first being...the farm bureau is trying to get the legislation to  stop calling a farm building a commercial building...  which ended up dictating that we spend money on very foolish things .. like  the famous $11000 floor drain the town made me put in the new building... i need to write that up -- with photo's  i think i can make a good case...

i maybe don't wnt to do that until we get thru the town meeting monday night over barking dogs.... i am trusting that the town ruling that  this is a farm community and if you move here you must expect noise, smell and dust  ( specifically noted. ) but to deal with that i felt i needed a lawyer to make the proper arguements   so i didn't get at the  microphone and call these people ^&*()_*&$.  if those people think the dogs are noisy, wait till we get to frog season...we have big frogs..

thankfully... i have 14 days of  "noise reports" done by a faithful camera person  "imitchelli" -- and  alot of people are planning to come with thier  dogs.... to the meeting....

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after our computer hacking episode-- i have nearly transferred all money out of the old accounts into new ones..and tey are sending me new credit cards...--- doesn't sound like much,-- i do only one  electronic bill paying - the easy pass program... and sure enough  i got an email telling me the old card was no good..  the time it took them to do that was impressive...  what do they do, run a daily check on who's card is no longer able to pay the $3 bridge toll? i had to get ann to go with  me ( an excuse for lunch at the seafood store)  because she is the second signer on the  3 sdp  accounts.  checking savings and fun fund... personally i had 3 accounts too..

 in this paperless society , to close  an account  for fraud needed me to sign papers.... in 3 places.. and to open an account needed another 3-- so who is counting   6 accounts needing  3 to close and 6  with 3 to open    18 + 18  =36    ? paperless?   

that  was as bad as the day at the attorney general's office when -- to get a raffle permit, i needed to sign 2 papers for al the years i had been in business already -- like 22 sheets of paper--form papers that they  then filed   ??? where  i wonder?  

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i can rememeber teh good old days when i went to the topsfield farigrouunds to let a bunch of dogs run every morning.. and they all behaved...i am not sure i coold do that now....  this is a problem .. because we ae taking a bunch of dogs to a college on tuesday - compliments of ebsco-- and i don't have 8 dogs that are "voice controlled" as they were when i did the fairgrounds regularly.. some will have to be on leash..  darn... some can "work the crowd"   nicely... but then there  is watson....-- and there is always a possibility of stray dogs on campus...  leashes...

i used to take 8 danes to boston-- government center for example-- with that "bed"  and stand around while people enjoyed patting the dogs..

having them on the bed made  them more eye level... and got rid of the  "hover and bend over"  which can be tiring for the dogs... being on the bed was a way of "containing"  them too...

i wonder if we shold get the bed out for this gig? 

a quick spray with gold paint and change the linnens, and it is respectable looking.

hmmm.  it goes in the horse trailer nicely.

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  flys are coming....fly boot project is progressing---  there are some --    kensington kpp minature horse fly--  maybe i should put some on the wish list??

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on to the farm bureau...

april 27 2017

ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU WHY  I MIGHT AT TIMES SOUND DELUSIONAL -- AND WHY I FEEL PERSECUTED BY THIS COMPUTER, FRUSTRATED BY  MY CONSTANT QUEST FOR PASSWORDS. I WA S LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND-- THANKS TO TEH BANK-- A GUY TO CLEAN UP MY COMPUTER-- WHICH IS KNOWN FOR NOT BEHAVING LIKE LINDA'S-- HE DID THAT-- AND  AFTER.... I DECIDED TO MAKE A SPREADSHEET OF ALL KNOWN PASSWORDS ETC....   IN THE PROCESS I FOUND I HAVE 11 DIFFERENT EMAIL ACCOUNTS..... I ANSWER ONLY ONE.. ANIMALEP@AOL.COM.. ONE OF THE 11 DOES TRIP TO THE ANIMALEP ... BUT THE REST,I AM AFRAID PEOPLE MIGHT THINK I WAS IGNORING THEN, WHEN IN FACT .. WHO KNEW???  SO HERE IS THE  "MULITPLE'S " LIST-- THEY ALL HAVE THIER INDIVIDUAL PASSWORDS--- EMAILS      11 APPLE         6 DISCUS       3 EXPLORE   5 FACEBK      3 GOOGLE   13 PAYPAL       8 VERIZON    6 WIRELESS  6 ADD TO THAT ALL THE INDIVIDUAL  GRAINGER, FARMTEK, LLBEAN AND I HAD 238 PASSWORDS PLEASE  DON'T BOTHER TELLING ME ALL THE CLEVER WAYS TO REDUCE IT- I LIKE TO THINK I HAVE TRIED I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE LOOP "?FORGET  PASSWORD ENTER NEW PASSWORD NOT THAT ONE...  IT HAS TO BE NEW I STARTEED WITH MY CHECK CASHING NUMBER ( LORDY... REMEMBER HAVING TO CASH A CHECK???) IT WAS FOR A STORE THAT WENT OUT OF BUSINESS 20 YEARS AGO SO I USED THAT AND ADDED THE INITIALS OF WHATEVER LIKE  ALLEGRO MEDICAL WOULD BE 7788AM,,, FACEBOOK 7788FB  --LLBEAN 7788LL  LIFE WAS PLEASENT THEN... TIL I HIT THE   MUST HAVE 8 LETTERS...ONE HAS TO BE CAPITAL... NEEDS TO HAVE A PUNCTUATION MARK AND CHANGE IT EVERY 3 MONTHS.-- WITH ALL THOSE CHALLANGES I NOW RUN INTO  YOU HAVE HAD 5 TRIES, YOU ARE SHUT OFF...  SO AS OF TODAY SDP HAS A NEW ACCOUNT SO THE PAYROLL CAN HAPPEN... BUT  I HAVE TO GET  TO THE BANK WITH ALL COSIGNERS TO GET REALLY  BACK IN BUSINESS.. ******* PAM IS AT LEAST BACK IN MASSACHUETTES- BUT NOT HERE YET... SHE PICKED UP HER DOGS AND LEFT.  BEING SHORT HANDED THATN MEANT LINDA CAN NOW INCLUDE DOG FEEDING ON HER JOB DESCRIPTION.. ***  WE HAE 2 CP'S HERE WHO ARE STAYING IN AMESBURY AT THE  ?HAMPTON INN?( GOT TO CHECK THAT NAME)  I AM TOLD THEY ARE PAYING LESS THAN THE DOUBLETREE -- FERNCROFT-- SHERATON-- WHATEVER IT IS CALLED NOW... AND IS ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE AWAY.. SOMETIMES IT TAKES A WHILE--- NATURALLY THE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE BIG CITY, THE CHEAPER THINGS ARE-- SO I SHOLD GET THAT NAME AND WE SHOLD MENTION IT TO ANYONE NOT STAYING IN THE GUEST HOUSE.   WE AE ALL SIGNED UP FOR TEH DOUBLETREE FOR DOGFEST-- AND IT  IS NICE FOR EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO  GET TOGETHER..AND USE THIER FUNCTION ROOMS TO HAVE  PARTIES AT NIGHT... *** BIG EXCEITEMENT OF THE DAY... OUR PLUMBING PIECES SHOULD BE ARRIVING AND JUST MAYBE WE CAN GET A PLUMBER HERE TO GET THE NEW DRYER HOOKED UP...  DAVID HAS ORGANIZED THAT...  I REALLY HAVE EVERY RESPECT FOR PEOPLE MAKING A LIVING WAGE,  BUT A LIVING  DAYS PAY IS A DAY'S PAY--- I FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THAT WITH PLUMBERS OR WALL STREET  TYPES,, THEY MUST MAKE  ENOUGH TO REPAY ALL THE LOANS TAKEN TO MAKE THEM PLUMBERS OR SCHOLASTIC ECONOMY TYPES.. -- OR PEOPLE WHO CAN TAP DANCE-- WE PAY ALOT TO WATCH THEM DO THEIR  SKILLS...  BUT THERE IS A LIMIT... I FIND...THERE ARE SOME GOOD DEALS BY HIRING THE GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN "EDUCATED" USING OUR TAX DOLLARS  IN THE MILITARY.   **** SOMEBODY SENT ME  MIKE ROWE'S COMMETS ABOUT DRAGGING THE GUY OUT OF THE PLANE...  WORTH A READ... ***** HERE IS AN INTERESTING, WELL WRITTEN ARTICLE PUBLISHED BY MIKE ROWE ABOUT THE UNITED AIRLINES INCIDENT. I THINK MIKE ROWE WOULD WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSE YOUR IDEA THAT PEOPLE WHO RUN FROM POLICE WOULD STOP AND NOT MOVE FOR A 150 POUND POLICE DOG! IT'S A LONG READ, BUT MIKE ROWE HAS ONE SENTENCE IN PARTICULAR WHICH HITS THE NAIL ON THE HEAD! "MOVING FORWARD, WHAT MATTERS MOST TO ME IS A HEIGHTENED RESPECT FOR THE RULES, AND A HEIGHTENED RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ENFORCE THEM." HERE IS THE LINK TO HIS ARTICLE: http://mikerowe.com/2017/04/otw-unitedairlinesceo/ FOLLOWING IS THE ENTIRE TRANSCRIPT IN CASE IT IS EASIER FOR YOU TO READ IN ALL CAPS. ENJOY! KATHY WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE UNITED AIRLINES’ CEO? APRIL 17, 2017 OFF THE WALL DONNA JOHNSON WRITES... “I ASSUME YOU’VE SEEN THE UNITED VIDEO. WERE YOU AS DISTURBED AS I WAS? HOW CAN A COMPANY TREAT THEIR CUSTOMERS LIKE THAT AND REMAIN IN BUSINESS? I KNOW YOU FLY ALL THE TIME - WHAT WOULD DO IF YOU WERE THE CEO?” HI DONNA LIKE MOST PEOPLE, I DON’T ENJOY SEEING PASSENGERS DRAGGED DOWN THE AISLE OF A COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE, LIMP AND LIFELESS. NOR DO I ENJOY SEEING THEM HOGTIED AT 37,000 FEET, (WHICH I’VE ALSO HAD THE OCCASION TO WITNESS - IN PERSON - AND MORE THAN ONCE.) THESE KINDS OF EPISODES ARE ALWAYS DISTURBING, BUT WHAT BOTHERED ME INITIALLY ABOUT THIS VIDEO WAS NOT JUST THE VIOLENCE, IT WAS THE OBVIOUS EASE WITH WHICH IT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. A LITTLE COMMON-SENSE AND THE FREEDOM TO APPLY IT COULD HAVE RESOLVED THIS SITUATION IN A DOZEN DIFFERENT WAYS. LAST NIGHT HOWEVER, I WATCHED A TAPE OF UNITED’S CEO, OSCAR MUNOZ, AS HE ATTEMPTED TO WALK BACK SOME EARLIER COMMENTS. HE TOLD ABC NEWS THAT THE PASSENGER IN QUESTION - DAVID DAO - “DID NOTHING WRONG.” NOW, I’M NO LONGER DISTURBED, DONNA. I’M MERELY TERRIFIED. IS OSCAR SERIOUS? GOD, I HOPE NOT. I HOPE HE’S JUST DOING THE TYPICAL “OVER-APOLOGY” THING CEO’S DO WHEN THEIR “CRISIS EXPERTS” TELL THEM THEY’VE GOT TO SAY WHATEVER IT TAKES TO WIN BACK THE PUBLIC TRUST. I HOPE HE’S JUST REACTING TO SOME LAWYER WHO TOLD HIM BEFORE THE INTERVIEW, “FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, OSCAR, DON’T BLAME THE VICTIM!” WELL, OSCAR CERTAINLY DIDN’T BLAME THE VICTIM. BUT IN THE PROCESS OF FINDING HIM BLAMELESS, HE SUGGESTED THAT MILLIONS OF PASSENGERS ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO FOLLOW A DIRECT COMMAND FROM UNITED EMPLOYEES. AND THAT’S A HELL OF A LOT MORE DISTURBING THAN A BEAT-DOWN IN THE MAIN CABIN. HERE’S THE THING. IT’S EASY TO FORGET THAT WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO FLY. BUYING A TICKET DOESN’T CHANGE THAT. SO, WHEN WE BOARD THE PLANE, WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO REMAIN THERE. WE CAN BE LEGALLY REMOVED IF WE’RE TOO DRUNK, TOO LOUD, TOO CREEPY, TOO SUSPICIOUS, OR TOO BIG FOR THE SEAT. WE CAN BE REMOVED IF WE STINK. WE CAN BE REMOVED IF WE’RE INSUBORDINATE. WE CAN BE REMOVED FOR WHATEVER REASON THE AIRLINE DEEMS NECESSARY. OBVIOUSLY, AIRLINES DON’T LIKE TO REMIND US OF SUCH THINGS, BECAUSE IT MAKES THEM SOUND MEAN. SO THEY BURY THE TRUTH IN THE FINE PRINT OF A 37,000-WORD CONTRACT, AND TELL US HOW MUCH THEY LOVE US IN SAPPY COMMERCIALS AND MANDATORY SAFETY BRIEFINGS THAT TRY OH-SO-HARD TO MAKE US SMILE. BUT THE FACTS ARE CLEAR: IF YOU WANT TO TRAVEL BY AIR, YOU MUST AGREE TO DO WHAT YOU’RE TOLD. IF YOU DON’T, YOU SUBJECT YOURSELF TO FINE, ARREST, CONSTRAINT, FORCIBLE REMOVAL, AND/OR A PERMANENT BAN FROM THE FRIENDLY SKIES. IT’S ALL THERE IN THE FINE PRINT. PERSONALLY, I SUPPORT THIS POLICY. I SUPPORT IT BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO FLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN A STEEL TUBE FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO GET TO DECIDE WHICH RULES THEY WILL FOLLOW AND WHICH THEY WILL IGNORE. I’VE BEEN ON TOO MANY FLIGHTS WITH TOO MANY ANGRY PEOPLE TO WORRY ABOUT THE SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES OF THEIR OUTRAGE, OR THE DETAILS OF WHY THEY TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO IGNORE A DIRECT COMMAND. A PLANE IS NOT A DEMOCRACY, AND THE MAIN CABIN IS NO PLACE TO ORGANIZE A SIT-IN. THE MAIN CABIN IS A PLACE TO FOLLOW ORDERS. MOVING FORWARD, WHAT MATTERS MOST TO ME IS A HEIGHTENED RESPECT FOR THE RULES, AND A HEIGHTENED RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ENFORCE THEM. OBVIOUSLY, THE POLICIES THAT LED TO THIS PARTICULAR FIASCO NEED TO CHANGE. BUT THE GREATEST ENEMY WE FACE IN THE FRIENDLY SKIES IS NOT BAD SERVICE - IT’S ANARCHY. AND I HAVE NO INTEREST IN FLYING WITH ANYONE WHO DOESN’T FOLLOW ORDERS. DO YOU? DOES ANYONE? LET ME SAY IT AGAIN. UNITED MADE A BUSINESS DECISION THAT WAS UNBELIEVABLY, INCOMPREHENSIBLY STUPID, AND NOW THEY’RE PAYING FOR IT. (SERIOUSLY GUYS - WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH TWO HUNDRED CITIZEN-REPORTERS ARMED WITH CAMERAS?) POINT IS, THIS IS HOW THE MARKET IS SUPPOSED TO WORK. THEIR STOCK IS DOWN HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE FLYING ON OTHER CARRIERS, AND ACCORDING TO CNN, THEY JUST MIGHT BE THE MOST HATED COMPANY IN THE WORLD TODAY. BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN DR. DAO “DID NOTHING WRONG.” HE DID. HE IGNORED A DIRECT ORDER FROM A UNITED REPRESENTATIVE WHILE SITTING ON A UNITED PLANE. HE WAS TOLD TO LEAVE AND HE REFUSED TO DO SO - MULTIPLE TIMES BY MULTIPLE PEOPLE - ALL WITH THE PROPER AUTHORITY. DOES THAT MEAN HE DESERVED A BEATING? OF COURSE NOT. BUT IT DOESN’T MEAN HE’S INNOCENT. LIKE THE AIRLINE, DR. DAO HAD OPTIONS. HE HAD RECOURSE. HE COULD HAVE DEPLANED AND PLED HIS CASE TO THE GATE AGENT. BUT HE DIDN’T. HE CHOSE RESISTANCE. THAT WAS DUMB. UNITED CHOSE CONFRONTATION. THAT WAS DUMBER. NOW, HERE WE ARE. DUMB AND DUMBER. AS FOR YOUR QUESTION, DONNA - IF I WERE OSCAR MUNOZ, I’D TAKE A PAGE FROM CHARLOTTE MCCOURT, THE 11-YEAR OLD GIRL SCOUT WHO BECAME FAMOUS ON THIS PAGE FOR TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW GIRL SCOUT COOKIES ACTUALLY TASTED, AND THEN, WOUND UP SELLING MORE GIRL SCOUT COOKIES THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD. FIRST, I’D STOP APOLOGIZING FOR THE WAY IN WHICH THAT PASSENGER WAS REMOVED, AND START APOLOGIZING FOR BEING CHEAP AND SHORT-SIGHTED. THEN, I’D APOLOGIZE FOR VALUING RULES MORE THAN COMMON SENSE. THEN, IF UNITED STILL INSISTS ON OVERBOOKING FUTURE FLIGHTS, I’D PUBLICLY EMPOWER MY EMPLOYEES TO OFFER ANY AMOUNT OF MONEY TO ENTICE PEOPLE OFF OF AN OVER-SOLD PLANE. WHATEVER IT TAKES - NO CAP, NO LIMIT. BUT THROUGH IT ALL, I’D MAKE DAMN SURE THE WORLD UNDERSTOOD THAT PASSENGERS ON MY AIRLINE STILL NEED TO FOLLOW THE ORDERS GIVEN BY MY PEOPLE - EVEN IF THEY THINK THOSE ORDERS ARE STUPID OR UNFAIR. AND FOR THAT, I WOULD MAKE NO APOLOGY WHATSOEVER. FINALLY, LET ME SAY TO MY MANY FRIENDS ON THE FRONT LINE OF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY - FLIGHT ATTENDANTS, PILOTS, GATE AGENTS, AND THOSE OF YOU BEHIND THE COUNTER - I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO, SINCERELY, AND I UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT THINGS ARE RIGHT NOW. YOUR JOBS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY THANKLESS OVER THE YEARS, EVEN AS THEY HAVE BECOME MORE CRITICAL. THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK. MIKE PS. OSCAR - I’VE PREPARED A NEW GREETING FOR YOUR PILOTS TO READ PRIOR TO TAKE-OFF. I THINK IT CAPTURES THE KIND OF TRANSPARENCY MANY OF YOUR CUSTOMERS CURRENTLY CRAVE. MAYBE ONE DAY, AS I PULL MY SEATBELT LOW AND TIGHT ACROSS MY HIPS, I’LL GET TO HEAR IT... “MORNING FOLKS, AND WELCOME ABOARD. THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING. I REALIZE YOU PAID A LOT OF MONEY TO RENT THE SEAT YOU’RE CURRENTLY OCCUPYING, BUT LET’S BE CLEAR RIGHT FROM THE GET GO - YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO BE HERE. WE’RE GLAD THAT YOU ARE, BUT I DON’T CARE HOW MUCH YOU PAID TO FLY WITH US TODAY, OR WHAT YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE ENTITLED TO AS A RESULT. I’M IN CHARGE OF THIS PLANE, AND EVERYONE ON IT. THAT INCLUDES YOU. SO - IF A FLIGHT ATTENDANT ASKS YOU TO DO SOMETHING, DON’T ARGUE - JUST DO IT. WE’LL TRY TO MAKE YOUR FLIGHT AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE, BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE - YOUR COMFORT IS NOT OUR PRIORITY, AND NEITHER IS YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE DECISIONS WE MAKE DURING THE JOURNEY. AS FOR SAFETY, YOU’LL BE PLEASED TO KNOW I HAVE MUCH TO LIVE FOR, AND SO DOES MY CO-PILOT. SO REST ASSURED - WE’LL BE DOING ALL WE CAN UP HERE TO GET OURSELVES BACK ON THE GROUND IN ONE PIECE. THAT’S GOOD NEWS FOR THE REST OF YOU, ASSUMING WE CAN KEEP THE MAIN CABIN ATTACHED TO THE COCKPIT. FINALLY, WE VALUE YOUR BUSINESS HERE AT UNITED, SINCERELY. AND WE APPRECIATE THE TRUST YOU’VE PLACED IN US. BUT LET’S NOT GILD THE LILY. FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS, WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, SO KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF, DON’T GET DRUNK, AND LISTEN TO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS. IN OTHER WORDS, TRY NOT TO BE AN ASSHOLE. I’LL SEE YOU ON THE GROUND...” NOW THAT’S AN AIRLINE I COULD GET BEHIND! WHO’S WITH ME? MIKE

april 27 2017

steve tells me  a veteran with ptsd had not slept for more than an hour at a time til he got his dog... now sleeps 7 hours... now that....   i can train a dog for !

there aare some wonderful pictures of bella and george in the same bed sharing the same blanket with only their 2 heads showing...  there does exist a video of geroge and bella coming down the stairs somewhere,,, and george  is watching her movements byt the 1/4 inch at a time... even to where she starts to step down a step and changes her mind-- and his foot starts to step down and withdraws it when she does...

a perfect example of why you should not interupt a dog who is caring for their person...

ok george is a perfect dog-- thrilled with his job...i have also seen a video where he very nearly bites bella's mom.. rachael picked up bella and was swinging her around while bella giggled...apparently she giggled  a bit mor loudly than usual becasue george did not like it and jumped up on  rachael and clearly said  "STOP THAT" ---  lucklly she stopped... she's no fool... he is big... and accurate... 

150 POUND DOG  WITH AN OPINION MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.. MAKING ME WONDER......  NOW HERE IS ANOTHER CRAZY IDEA....

WHY THE POLICE DON'T USE MORE DOGS--- MIGHT MAKE FOR FEWER DEATHS BY GUNFIRE.   I HAVE BEEN  THRU THE LECTURE TO MY KIDS ( NOW OVER 50...)  "IF THE POLICE TELL YOU TO STOP -- YOU DO JUST THAT AND DO NOT MOVE"    BUT THERE ARE MANY WHO DON'T STOP FOR THE POLICE..  NOW IF WE TRAINED DOGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY...  AND HAVE IT WITH OR WITHOUT THE IMMEDIATE BITE..  "FREEZE FOR THE DOG"  AND HAVE THE DOG TRAINED JUST TO CIRCLE UNTIL TOLD TO BITE....... I BET YOU COULD GO HAVE COFFEE AND COME BACK AND THAT PERSON WOULD BE STANDING RIGHT THERE.

I CAN SEE IT NOW...  GET A GUY OUT OF A CAR,  TELL HIM  " IF YOU MOVE HE WILL BITE"....TELL THE DOG TO "WATCH HIM" AND YOU WOULD NT NEED HANDCUFFS.   IT WOULD E A SIMPLE THING TO TEACH A DOG "BITE ON ANY MOVEMENT"    DOGS LOVE TO BITE-- IF YOU WATCH  SMALL PUPPIES... THIER IDEA OF HEAVEN IS TO BITE SOMETHING -- OR ANOTHER PUPPY  AND DRAG IT AROUND.

WE WOULD WANT THAT TYPE TRAINING  INSTEAD OF TEH "ATTACK IN ANGER TYPE"  MORE LIKE WE DO WHEN FEEDING-- WAIT UNTIL STEVE MOVES HIS FINGER 1/8 INCH AND DIVE IN - HAVE A GOOD TIME CHEWING UP THIS  PERSON WHO MOVED.  SO WHAT IS A FEW HOLES.

I HAVE BEEN AROUND ANIMALS TOO LONG  NOT TO NOTICE MALE PEOPLE  TEND TO WANT TO DEFY OTHER MALE PEOPLE AND FIGHT.  YET THERE IS AN INATE FEAR OF DOGS,  IF  A DOG  IS STARING AT A GUY, NO GUY  IN THE WORLD IS GOING TO SAY  "MAKE ME"  TO THE DOG... A FEW NEWS VIDEOS OF THIS  IN ACTION WOULD TRAIN THE GENERAL PUBLIC 

I WOULD ALSO BET AT LEAST $1.57 THAT IF A DOG SAID  "GET OUT OF THAT AIRLINE SEAT"   THE GUY WOULD HAVE GOT UP AND WALKED OUT.

I DON'T KNOW...BACK A FEW YEARS, I ALWAYS TOOK AN AISLE SEAT SO IF THE STAFF CAME ON AND STARTED OFFERING MONEY TO GET OFF, I WAS UP AND RUNNING...  TRUE STORY... AND I DID WELL AT THIS  BACK WHEN IT WAS $400 TO TAKE THE NEXT FLIGHT.

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 I HAD AN EAMILS... RE BLEEDING TAILS...

i have tried stuff from pipe foam insulation to spray on .... ..etc... but i find... less is better..

i now put on a 1 inch bandaid-- even the lighter variety if you can find it..

and they don't know it is there.

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 I FORGOT THE PERSON.... BUT TEH DOG IS KRINGLE.

What a great day!

 I hiked for the first time in over two and half years! 

Yes, it was slow. Yes, it wasn't far, but I did it!

 Kringle made it possible.

 When I got dizzy we just stopped and I leaned on my four legged friend.

 It was such a great way to start my day!!!!

APRIL 26 2017

MEGAN TELLS ME  WE ARE IN TROUBLE WITH THE UPS GUY..  POOR MAN... OUR DRIVEWAY AND IT'S POTHOLES ARE SO BAD HE HAD A PACKAGE FALL OFF HIS SHELF IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO DELIVER TO US..  THAT DOES IT..  I HAVE CALLED JEFF ( MASTERSON)  NOT ONLY  ARE WE IN DIRE NEED OF A DRIVEWAY-UNTIL WE HAVE ONE , I MAY HAVE TO PARK MY CAR AT THE STREET SO HE CAN DELIVER THINGS IN IT...-- ONLY OTHER OPTION IS THE HORSE TRAILER- BUT I AM WORRIED IT MIGHT GET TO ROLLING DOWNHILL...I WISH WE COULD GET THE OLD VAN GOING... IT WOULD BE PERFECT...  UNTIL WE CAN GET THE DRIVE FIXED..  JEFF SAID HE WOULD  "BE ALONG"  -- MAYBE WITH A "CAT"

ALSO----  ANOTHER  JEFF PROBLEM....WE HAVE A DRAINAGE PROBLEM BEHIND THE ARENA THAT ONLY SOME SIGNIFICANT BULLDOZING WILL CURE..   CURRENTLY I CAN NOT GET OUR TRACTOR THRU THE MUCK  TO GO FROM MANURE PILE TO COMPOST HEAP..  THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM ... 

WE MAKE TOPSOIL FASTER THAN ANYONE ELSE... THE HORSES AND DONLKEYS HAVE A PREFERRED POOING PLACE NEAR THEIR BARN DOOR   WHICH CATCHES TEH RAIN OFF THE ARENA AND BARN... CAUSING A DOWNHILL  SLURRY CONSTANTLY CHURNED UP BY THIER POINTY HOOVES... PERFECT BLACK DIRT... WE COULD GROW ONIONS...

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BETSY HAS A BROTHER WHO IS KEEN TO MAKING A DOCUMMENTARY ON SERVICE DOGS...  HE IS ACTUALLY A VIDEOGRAPHER--

WE COULD DO THAT--- PROBLEM IS I DON'T KNWO WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH IT AFTER WE MADE IT. IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO MAKE A MILLION WITH IT..  BUT THAT IS WHERE I FALL APART..  I DON'T KNOW THE RIGHT "PEOPLE" 

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A TRAINING FILM-- WE HAVE OUR OWN METHODS.. WHICH DO WORK...AND ARE DIFFRENT..

THERE IS A NEED FOR DOG TRAINERS-- BUT THERE IS NO NEED FOR A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY CAN TRAIN DOGS..

THE SIMPLE JUDGE IS  HOW DO THEIR DOGS ( OR CHILDREN) BEHAVE--

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ALMOST DAILY  I GET SOME CALL INQUIRING ABOUT A DOG TO DETECT AN ONCOMING  EPILEPTIC SEIZURE... IT GETS VERY CONFUSLING FOR ALOT OF PEOPLE...  SOME DOGS PICK IT UP BY THEMSELVES  IF THE PERSON LEARNS TO "READ" THE DOGS SIGNS...  BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW THERE IS NO WAY TO TRAIN THE DOG... HOW DO YOU PRACTICE?  THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE  "OUT THERE" OFFERING TO TRAIN A DOG FOR SEIZURE DETECTION FOR $10,000  -- DETECTION ?... NO... THEY CAN TEACH A DOG TO DO SOMETHING IF A SIEZURE HAPPENS-- BUT DETECT AHEAD OF TIME?  NOT THAT I KNOW OF.

THEN TOO... I GET MANY CALLS FOR PTSD, AND DEPRESSION...  WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH GETTING YE OLDE DOG OUT OF THE DOG POUND AND GETTING OUT AND AROUND WITH IT  DOING THINGS LIKE CANINE GOOD CITIZEN COURSES WITH EHT AKC...

WE DO GET APPLICANTS WITH THE DON'T WORK, DO DRIVE, AND DON.T VOLUNTEER ANYWHERE...  MAYBE SOME CANT... BUT IF THEY CAN DRIVE  THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE...

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SPEAKING OF DONIG SOMETHIGN... MOLLY MADE THE MOST WICKED CAKE SORT OF THING... SOMETHING ABOTU A CAKE... THEN DRILL HOLES IN IN AND POUR IN  SOMETHING TO MAKE THE BOTTOM SOGGY... IT WAS GOOD... IF YOU EVER FINED A RECIPIE  JUST DO IT !!*\

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**I KEEP SWEARIN GI WLL GET TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH MY 4 DOGS... BENTLEY,SIZZLE,WATSON AN DMINDY..

MAYBE TODAY

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WOW  LOOK AT THIS !! 

 IN CASE IT DOESN'T COPY, IT IS A HUGE VASE OF FLOWERS !!

Look what my firemen  and fire gal sent me.  I am in tears.

Please share with all and post on Facebook for me too.

Love,

Ila

april  25 2017

this computer is acting up ... again.... you know if you don't get it in yout email, you can try on our web  -- top left corner... all right---  this apparently will be the year of the pennies in the plastic bags... -- i have now had a 1/2 dozen varieties of the oenny project... i have tried it in the t tent- wheree i did not think it worked... but with mo and lincoln we coudl do a perfect experiment if we hang a bag off thier neck  and see how many flies are on their front legs vs back ones... fly counting... to be cloestly associated with mosquito counting... some of the CP old timers know about my $500 mosquito mgnet  vs my $19 fan with $3 net "funnel" attached  it was 4 mosquitos  vs  a cup full caught in the net funnel,, i now have aa better fan in teh deagle and nut houses to blow air out the door... which keeps air circulating in all the doggie doors-- otherwise the mosquitos are brutal...  i geave that mosquito magnet away twice and both people returned it as useless. my other fact is that  i took the cup of live mosquitos an dmoths-- loosely twised the net so they could not escape and put it on the roof of the dog house and soaked them in raid...  they were all very alive an hour later so i put it on the ground and stamped on them....  this is now my mosquito control  method minus all chemicals...  big footing. the battle of teh bugs wil soon staart-- thank heavens we don't live near the ocean in ipswich...  there are "green heads"   large flys which  b ite and hang on  and are a huge problem with equines who  live near teh ocean in ipswich...   we may get 3 or 4 here over the summer  and they hurt...  there is one worse... a grey black huge    fly about 1.5 inches...we get about oone or two of these over the summer...  they bite a horse/donkey on the  back---  causing great bucking and kicking as it hangs on  hurting...... mary found out that i would swat the thing for her  which made her dangerous becaus e if one landed she would come running to me regardless of wh was standin g next to me.. or if i was in the t t ent.. all i could do was yell "here she comes" and try and get away from a crowd so i could swat the theing. mary also knew that if she stood  in the t tent we would swish flyos off her legs for her and didn't mind getting swatted wit a fly swatter withthe enthusiasm that would panic a horse. we also try "butterfly catchers"... from ebay. ****** i do not know why operating the tractor is seen as a man's thing--- sitting up high  wiggling levers in air conditiond comfort is  far less taxing than  poking these letters on this fool computer..  i rarely swear at the tractor...  unlike this machine.. so yesterday... as the pond was rising and covering a bit of the island,,,,, it was obvious  the exit pipes were not exiting the water... and rain is due today...-- so i went out with the tractor, got up int he back hoe seat-- and with 3 scoops  i undid the plug- and the pond began to drain with a great whoosh   as the  water swirled around the missing drain mid pond-- i know from past experiwnce that suction in that drain is so powerful it could easily drown someone..  at one point a basketball got sucked onto the top of the drain and i tried to get it off... i don't do that any more...  experience comes from bad experience.. **** it has been reported to me that the musicians  are up and moving-- time to put up the white fence-- which is actually white wire shelving which is easily  jumped by mommy who's milk department would be in danger with any other puppy fencing.... not to mention boy puppies.. ********* now teh topic of buck passing...  a plumber was asked to give me an estimate on hooking up the dryer and  a few other things...  he called and asked if i would go see what the btu's of the dryer were... i was doing paperwork...s o i asked a bunch of people in the puppy room if they would find out hthe btu's on the back label of the dryer in the barn... they called shannon and asked her ( apparently ?leaving a message on her cell?) thus endeth that project... no one checked and  i forgot.... and now thei plumber can not sestimate  until he can figure the stuff needed... adn we again have no plumber  because  i don't know wht btu deal...  sara has now gone to try and figure it out. *******  While Hunter was at Disney enjoying The Lion King: Hunter made it all the way around the stage dancing (without falling!) which would not be possible if Wendy was not a part of his life for over 3 years. Wendy was not a fan of the smoke that was used earlier in the show, so she sat this one out. https://www.facebook.com/teamhunterandwendy/videos/1474569105897972/ ********** the   bizzarre number of details that go into making one successful service dog defy all defyable numberiings.

APRIL 24 2017

JUDY GETS A 100% ON REMEMBERING THE KEYS ON THE  KEYBOARD ON PAPER...... ALTHO SHE SAID IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.  IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE JUST DON'T THINK ABOUT..

WE HAVE ALOT OF THOSE AROUND HERE..  WE GET SO USED TO DOING SOMETHING ONE WAY WE DON'T QUESTION..

AND THAT IS  DEADLY !!!  ALSO OCAISONALLY STUPID...AND IF IT IS A PROCEEDURE  INITIATED BY TEH ADVERTISING INDUSTRY IT IS MADDENING -  THEY COUNT ON THE PUBLIC STUPIDITY SO WHEN I FALL FOR IT... I AM FURIOUS.

BEWARE OF REPETITIVE ACTIONS.. "I'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THAT WAY" IS A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD..  THIS WAY CREATED NO PROBEMS-- VS --  I HAVE  STUPIDLY NOT QUESTIONED THIS FOR YEARS WHY START NOW.?

TODAY'S VENTING IS AT THE VISCOSITY  OF THE VARIOUS SOAPS WE BUY AND USE.

IF THT IS THE MOST BRILLIANT THING I CAN COME UP WITH, IT IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH DAY...

THIS MORNING I BEGAN TO RUN OUT OF LAUNDRY SOAP- DOESN'T SOUND LIKE AN EARTH SHATTERING PROBLEM... BUT.... THAT LIQUID SOAP... EITHER LAUNDRY/ DISH/ SHAMPOOO ETC  IS SOLD SO THICK THAT  I THINK IT IS D4ESIGNED TO MAKE YOU USE FAR MORE THAN NECESSARY-- THIS IS WHY I SAVE THE POOLAND SPRINGS SQUIRT TOP BOTTLES- SO I CAN DILUTE THE DAWN  DISH SOAP--(DOG SHAMPOO AND SEVERAL OTHER THINGS)   A TERRIFFIC SPLIT SECOND SAVER-- TIP SQUIRT AND YOU ARE DONE-- WIHTOUT THE TIP AND HOLD FOR THE SLOW MOVING GOOP TO CLUMP OUT WITH FAR MORE THAN YOU NEEDED...

NOW MY LAUNDRY PROBLEM.... THE POLAND SPRINGS BOTTLES ARE FAR TOO SMALL  , SO WHAT I HAVE DONE FOR YEARS NOW, IS SAVE A NEWLY EMPTYIED GALLON ONE  ONE... FILL IT 1/4 WITH A NEWLY PURCHASED FLUID AND ADDED ANOTEHR 1/4 QUANTITY OF WTER ( SO IT ISN'T TOO HEAVY TO BREAK MY FLIMSY SHELF)... WHEN I NEED IT I COUNT TO 5 ( 6 FOR BLUE JEAN LOAD)   AND  I FEEL VERY PLEASED WITH MMYSELF.   EMPTY THAT ,AND REPEAT THE  ADD ANOTHER 1/4 FROM THE NON DILUTED JUG -- NOW WE ARE DOWN TO 1/2  IN TEH NON DILUTED..  ONE MORE CYCLE AND WE ARE DOWN TO 1/4 IN EACH JUG-  IT IS THE NEXT CYCLE WHERE I REEALIZED THE UTTER STUPIDITY OF NOT QUESTIONING REPEDITIVE CHORES.... AS I STARTED TO EMPTY THE LAST 1/4 JUG INTO THE DUPLICATE EMPTY JUG- FORTUNATELY THIS TIME I STOPPED AND JUST ADDED WATER TO THE NON DILUTED JUG...   I WAS SOOOOO PLEASED WITH MYSELF....

BUT NOT ONLY SPLIT SECONDS ARE SAVED,,, BUT GALONS OF WATER....THE VISCOSITY OF  THESE FLUIDS - WHICH ARE INTENDED TO   BE USED WITH WATER- IS  WHAT I  QUESTION... TAKE DOG SHAMPOO-- WHICH I THINK IS WHERE THIS STARTED-- YOU WET THE DOG THEN POUR ON GOOP WHCH STAYS IN A LUMP ON THE DOGS' B ACK  TIL YOU SMEAR IT-- AND THEN YOU CAN NOT RINSE IT ENOUGH TO GET RID OF IT. RUNNING AN ESTRA 5 MINUTES OF WARM WATER AND  THE DOG'S BACK WILL STILL PRODUCE  MINOR  BUBBLES... 

EVEN DILUTED DAWN IN THE PUPPY BABY NURSING BOTTLES -- I RINSE FOR NOTHER 24 MINUTES IN AN EFFORT TO  GET RID OF THE SOAP...  WE DILUTE THE DAWN AT ABOUT 10 TO 1 RATIO...

TO FURTHER STUDY THE REPETITIVE ACTION..... THISE POLAND SPRINGS WTER BOTTLES HAVE  ONE OF THE BEST DESIGNED FLIP TOP SEALING LIDS KNOWN  TO MANKIND.-- THEY WORK-- IN THEIR DRINKING WATER PHASE... FLIP --DRINK..-- SEAL..-- CARRY UPSIDE DOWN- THEY DO NOT LEAK. CRITICAL IN THE WATER PHASE...  BUT THE ACTION OF  FLIP USE .SEAL GETS SO INGRAINED  IN THE USER'S HEAD, THAT IN THEIR AFTERLIFE AS A CONTAINER FOR DILUTED  DAWN DISHWASHING, SEALING THE  FLIP TOP IS A TERIIBLE WASTE OF THAT SPLIT SECOND WE FIND SO NECESSARY TO GET AHEAD OF  ANOTHER CAR ON THE HIGHWAY..    I FIND I HAD  TO CUT OFF THE BLUE FLIP TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM SEALING IT BETWEEN USE SITTING THERE ON THE COUNTER...

HOW BAD IS IT?  SOMEONE -- WHO HAS BEEN TRAINED IN TH E FLIP USE SEAL METHOD--- KEEPS COMING ALONG AND REPLACING   THE  BOTTLES WITH THE TOP REMOVED AS BROKEN IN NEED OF REPLACING...

I TRY... IT IS A STRUGGLE....

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NEXT PROBLEM... BEWARE OF GOLF BALLS

Hash browns are being recalled in several states because they may have bits of chopped up golf balls in them.The FDA confirmed McCain Foods USA is voluntarily recalling 2-pound-bags of Harris Teeter Brand Frozen Southern Style Hash Browns. The company says golf balls were quote "inadvertently harvested" along with the potatoes. North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Florida, Georgia and Maryland were affected by the recall. 

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GET ON WITH IT.... IT IS MONDAY ... AGAIN...

april 23 2017

now here is a new one to me...someone said they enjoyed the  DD writing.. and th echallange of trying figure out what i meant to type even considering  which letter is next to which on the keyboard... that started me wondering ... starting with a blank piece of paper-- can anyone--  accurately--fill in the letters of this keyboard?.. i really would like to know this.. i almost asked my daughter gwen to do it when she was here, but we spent alot of time lining up the proper running lights for the rubber ducky, currently  in the pond... now about that rubber ducky....i mention this only  for scientific reasons  even if jerry seinfelld did an entire 1/2 hour on the effect of cold water on "shrinkage"  -- ducky was inflated on a nice sunny day  and enjoyed several days floating joyfully as king of the pond...and then the cold rains came- now i don't know how to check this...., but his entire ego has suffered a chilling   "shrinkage"  problem.  his embarrassment is evident as his head hangs sideways, and his wings are minus thier  capacity to flap ----  little does he know-- these things do happen...  better days are coming- and if we inflate him and   his ego artificially- as some people might be inclined to do, when his life returns to happy days of  normal "sunny day"   pressure, any artificial  inflation might prove to be more than  he would be comfortable with-- and if that lasted more than 4 hours we might have to intervene somehow to take the pressure off and return him to his usual cheerful buoyant self.  so he is  where he is- and we  will wait for nature to solve the problem... -***** this  scientific  shrinkage/ expansion problem can be life threatening to the pups.... bottle feeding  has started... not much.. just a bit... actualy about 3 oz between the 11 of them ( one absolutely refused to nurse from the bottle... the rest objected until they stopped to think, then grabbed and hung on nicely.) so we fill the 8 oz bottle-- AND THIS IS THE CRITICAL PART-- the warm milk in the cool bottle with nipple attached, when you invert it and shake it up at all,  the warm milk expands teh  air in the bottle just enough to cause the milk to squirt out faster than a pup can cope with it..  so ---A MUST--  always squirt some onto your wrist to check the temp-- a couple times  0- then unscrew the cap to return the internal pressure to normal  and then check again if you have any doubt...before offering it to a pup..  that is the big deal...there are a couple otheres-- not life threatening-- but.. we whip the  powdered goats milk.. just a little in the blender and then put it in the bottle thru a very fine strainer-- otherise  one  un-disolved lump might clog the  tiny hole in the nipple.... to start with, i let them nurse while i count to 10-- that is all.. but during that time i usually can hear a bubble or two going into the bottle.. if i don't then i must when i take it out of the pups's mouth.  the other ting -- with dane pups, is you must use  your little finger and the musscle at the base of your thumb to gently press teh pup's lips to the nipple-- otherwise they ac get frustrate with the  slurp of the  air management  which doesn't produce much milk... '1 other thing.... mix up an 8 oz amt per the directons on the bottle..... feed teh pups whatever ( 3 oz to start with) and give mommy the remainder....... so that is the lesson of the day... ******* now.... this discussion is premature- because i have not seen chaos today... yet... .. but as of yesterday......re.. chaos' foot/shoulder?  she ran around yesterday and "came up lame'... carrying one foot.. now if i took her to teh vet , they would want to xray  all parts of her-- and arrive at a definite diagnosis.. which is certaily the right thing to do... however... whatever the xray showed  at least at the moment,  would not change our treatment of her.. her foot does not hurt if she does not walk on it. mommy nature provicdes pain to stop her from waking on it.  she seems comfortable standing on 3 legs -- or lying around... which is what she would do if we put a cast on her leg ( if anything is broken)-- so we will re assess her problem later today... if she doesn't come bounding on 3 legs for breakfast, we might pay more attention.... but i don't want to give her pain meds and cause her to walk on it...  rest up... maybe mommy nature has more to say.. ****** wendy/ hunter We had a great time Walt Disney World! Thank you to everyone who made it magical! From cast members and staff, security, and new friends (you know who you are), thank you for the memories and making it easier for us! From knowing service dog etiquette, to offering water for Wendy, or just admiring from afar, thank you!

APRIL 22 2017

THE LIFE CYCLE IF THE HAY STRING...STRONG STUFF-- STARTS OUT-- MANY TIMES IN CANADA... HOLDING 40 TO 50 POUND BALES OF HAY IN TIGHT WADS...IT LANDS IN THE BARN OF SOME HORSE OWNER-- WHERE IT IS DESTINED TO RELEASE THE FLAKES OF HAY  TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO EQUINE RESIDENTS. BY THE  "HORSE FEEDERS".-... THERE ARE USUALLY  TWO STRINGS  (3 STRING BALES WEIGH 75 POUNDS AND ARE TOO HEAVY FOR THE NORTH EASTAVG HORSE FEEDER- AND SOMETIME THOSE  ARE WIRE...) ONCE IN THE STABLE, -AT THIS POINT BECOMES A CRITIQUE OF THE FEEDERS AND BARN IN GENERAL -----IT GETS EITHER CUT, OR WEDGED OFF ONE CORNER BY HOLDING THE BALE STILL WITH ONE KNEE  BY THE BARN FEEDED WHO HAS MORE ENERGY THAN ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS-- THIS PRODUCES ABOUT A 3 FOOT STRING  LOOP.  WHICH CAN BE DEADLY, IF AROUND SOME HORSE OR PERSON'S ANKLE...  THE REASON IT DOES NOT GET CUT IS NO ONE HAS EVER USED A PIECE OF THE HAY STRING TO NAIL A PAIR OF SCISSORS TO THE WALL IN THE HAY STRING  CUTTIN G PLACE.   USUALLY A TEEN AGER TYPE PERSON... HOWEVER IF A PAIR OF SCISSORS CAN BE FOUND.. IT IS EASILY SEVERED. THIS IS WHERE THE SOPHISTICATION OF TEH FEEDER IS MOST OBVIOUS.... A TRUE PROFESSIONAL  HORSE FEEDER, WILL CUT THAT STRING NEXT TO THE KNOT AND END UP WITH A 7 OR 8 FOOR PIECE  OF VERY STRONG STUFF WHICH RIVALS DUCT TAPE FOR USEFULLNESS...  IF YOU DON'T CUT IT NEXT TO THE KNOT YOU END UP WITH2 PIECES OF 3.5 HEAVY STRING TIED TOGETHER BY A KNOT  WHICH HOWEVER YOU TRY AND USE IT WILL LAND THE KNOT IN EXACTLY THE WRONG PLACE. MANY A SOPHISTICATED STABLE IS HELD  TOGETHER WITH HAY STRING.... OURS IS CURRENTLY LIGHT BLUE.... ALL OF IT  SHOULD LAND IN THE HAY STRING COLLECTION  PLACE-- A CAN,   PILED IN A CORNER  OR TIED TO A RAFTER FOR FUTURE USE... WHERE IT SHOULD NOT LAND IS IN THE MANURE PILE---BEGINNIERS OFTEN REFER TO THE MANURE PILE AS "THE TRASH"   PROPERLY MAINTAINED, NOTHING IS FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH- TOSSING HAY STRING IN WITH THE "USED HAY"  AN CAUSE A TALENTED MECHANIC 3 OR 4 HOURS OF  BACK BREAKING EFFORT AS THE MANURE PILE AGES INTO LOVELY TOP SOIL, THAT HAY STRING SURVIVES  THE 3 YEAR AGING TO LAND IN THE LAWN OR ANOTHER HAY FIELD WHERE IT WILL ATTACK A MOWER AND USE IT'S INCREDIBLE STREGNTH TO ADHERE ITSELF TO THE  CENTER OF TEH MOWER...  WHERE THE MOWER MOTOR WILL GIVE OUT BEFORE THE HAY STRING BURNS OR BREAKS.  COFFEE CUPS AND SODA CANS IN THE MANURE  PILE  DEMONSTRATE PURE IGNORANCE- BUT THE HAY STRING CAN BE AN EXEEDINGLY EXPENSIVE ERROR... IN THE STUFF I SPREAD YESTERDAY I SAW 2 PIECES OF STRING-- I ALSO NOTED WE SHOULD HAVE MORE PEOPLE LEARN TO USE THE TRACTOR BY  MIXING LIME IN THE PILES MORE OFTEN..  IT IS AN EXCELLENT BACK HOE LEARNING PLACE **** **** KRINGLE AND I DID SOME SHOPPING TODAY AT SAM'S CLUB. WE ALSO WENT OUT TO DINNER WITH SOME GOOD FRIENDS FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE SAXONBURG HOTEL. KRINGLE HAD PERFECT MANNERS.- SHAUNNA. ***** Dear Carlene,  I hope all is well. I'm happy to see that you received the donations from Logans MS Awareness day. He was so proud to have raised funds and to have to give back to the SDP.  I wanted to tell you a little about Pixie first vacation. She is a fabulous traveler and did wonderful on the plane. I was so proud of her.  Our vacation was fabulous and full of adventures and my sweet girl made it so much better for me so I could keep up with my boys and family with all the walking. She was my ⭐️ shinning star ⭐️ once again.  Then I was sitting outside waiting for the boys to get the luggage and a lady from the military came up to me and said " I have to you your dog was the talk of the plane. She was so well behaved and we have never seen a dog with such wonderful manners." We got to talking and I told her how I received Pixie and how she got me walking again and just pretty much all of of it. She walked away in tears. I said " don't walk away in tears Pixie is the best thing that ever happened to me and she forever changed my life and gave me so much back".  ✨🌟⭐️My SHINNING PIXIE 🌟✨ Stacy & Pixie  *************** Hi Carlene!  We are heading home from our trip to Disney. Let's just say that we have some tired kiddos, Wendy included. We had a great time and Wendy did fantastic! We took her back to the hotel for a break most days and her cooling vest worked well in the parks. We heard many compliments on how well behaved she was. She had some firsts on the trip, first boat rides, amusement park rides (including a safari), and meeting Disney characters, even Chip and Dale, her nemesis the chipmunks.  We encountered some other service dogs, some barking at Wendy and needing to be restrained, others acknowledged her, but kept walking. Wendy kept her eye on them, but was well behaved.  We had lots of people asking about Wendy and handed out our cards with SDP on it. Many people, especially law enforcement/security, commented on Wendy and were impressed with her. We heard more "beautiful dog" than horse comments, especially about how nice she looked and her coat. Lots of Great Dane people chatted with us. We talked about SDP a lot and the 24he cameras and new puppies.  CP Ingrid was a huge help before and during our trip, making sure things ran smoothly and if we had any issues. Because of her, Hunter was given once in a lifetime experiences, that were made Wendy friendly, so she didn't get stepped on in large crowds.  The Disney cast members were great with Wendy. Ingrid also helped with the meet and greet in a cool spot with snacks. We had a great 2 and a half hour visit, who included Nancy, Etta & Zena, Dennis & Savvy and some of our family. Ingrid made it easier to navigate around Disney, and we are very grateful. That's it for now! Andy & Kelly (Team Hunter & Wendy's parents) **************** FROM TH "BRAIN CONVENTION"  RADIO SHOW... THIS IS FROM YOUR VISIT WITH BOSTON HERALD FOLKS THIS AFTERNOON https://soundcloud.com/bostonherald/carlene-white-service-dog-project-joins-herald-drive-on-bhr Sent from my iPad

APRIL 21 2017

WE ARE DUE AT THE BRAIN CONVENTION IN BOSTON  AT 10:00 TO 2:00   WITH 5 DOGS..  BUD DRIVING AT 8:00..IT IS A NEUROLOGIST CONVENTION...

I USED TO DO THEWSE GIGS ALL THE TIME.. CONVENTIONS LOVE A REALLY ATTRACTING BUNCH OF ANIMALS..  IN THIS CASE SERVICE DOGS..  BENTLY GOES AS MY SD... SIZZLE AS IN TRAINING ..WATSON AND MINDY FOR EVERYONE TO PAT.. AND ARIOT AS GRACE'S DOG-- WHICH SHE REALY IS-- AND SHE IS GOOD AT THIS PUBLIC PERSONA BIT...

BUT THE STUFF WE HAVE TO TAKE .. IS NEARLY OVERWHEMING..  MATS, FLUFFIES.. OF COURSE..678 POUNDS OF POKER CHIPS.- BUT THINGS LINE PAPER TOWELS, SIGN MAKING MATERIALS , OUR BLOODLINES TREE, THE LAPTOP AND MONITOR TO RUN THE EXPLORE WEB.. WATER BUCKETS , TREATS  DUCT TAPE WHITE BOARD.... AND TEH BIG STRING OF MONKEY FOSTS "FOR A DONATION" AS THEY ARE GOOD FOR PK PATIENTS AS ZIPPER PULLERRS... THEY ARE GIVING US A TABLE AND ELECTRICITY...

WE ARE PACKED ANND READY TO LOAD...

PLAN IS TO PILE/HANG IT  ALL ON MY WHEELCHAIR WHICH I CAN PUSH-- AND SIT IN IF I GET TIRED... THIS PLACE IS HUGE...

THE FARM WILL BE RUN BY THE 6 CAMERA PEOPLE WHO  ARRIVED YESTERDAY PLUS MEG, SHANNON  AND   LINDA ( PAM IS OFF... STEVE IS OFF)-- IT IS RAINING-- SO OUR FERTALIZER AND LIME ARE BLENDING  IN AS PLANNED....

KATIE ( NOW EX- PREGO WITH A CUTE BABY BOY... ) AND MARGARET -- ABOUT THE SAME.. ARE BOTH GOING TO VOLUNTEER TRAINING DOGS ON SATURDAYS-- LEAVIG THEIR KIDS WITH TEH DADS... ... SHOULD WORK FINE... THEY CAN SHOPA DN TRAIN AT THE SAME TIME...  BOTH HAVE EXPERIENCE...

SO THIS IS A SHORT DOGGIE...

SHOULD BE FUN !!

APRIL 20 2017

GREEN GRASS--- OR EVEN GREEN WEEDS... IT HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE TO BEAT BACK TEH FOREST EVER SINCE I MOVED IN HERE..-- BUT THERE WAS A SHORT SPELL MAYBE 6 YEARS AGO  WHEN THE FLAT FIELD WAS RELATIVELY GREEN -- ESPECIALLY AFTER THE DANDELIONS BLOOMED AND WE HAD JUST THE GREEN LEFT...NOW  DON'T YOU ALL WRITE ME ABOUT MAKING WINE OUT OF THE DANDELIONS  BECAUSE YOU MUST FACTOR IN THE AMMOUNT OF URINE PRODUCED BY THE 10 TO 20 GRET DANES WHO USE THAT FIELD NOT ONLY FOR EXERCISE.... SO TEH DEBATE OF TEH DAY.. IS.. SHOULD I  SPREAD A HEALTHY LAYER OF LIME OVER THE WHOLE THING, ALONG WIT  THE FERTALIZER WE SPREAD YESTERDAY???   I AM SURE YOU  ALL ARE AWARE OF HOW MOST PEOPLE SPREAD STUFF ON THEIR LAWNS.... HOWEVER, LET ME TELL  YOU HOW WE DO IT AT SDP...

THE PLACE IS TOO BIG FOR A WALK BEHINDER... AND TOO SMALL FOR A PROPER SPREADER... THAT LEAVES A GIZMO  IN TEH HITCH OF MYT CAR...HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES IT TAKE TO SPREAD FERTALIZER????  IT MAY TAKE ONLY ONE FOR THE PROPER  SPREADERS, BUT OUR RIG TOOK 4 OF US.....  THE GIZMO GOES IN TEH TRAILER HITCH PLACE..  AS LONG AS THE BACK DOOR/HATCH IS OPEN WIDE...THEN HAS  2 "STRINGS"   ONE IS AN ELECTRICAL  CORD WHICH PLUGS INTO THE CIGRETTE LIGHTER  AND HAS AN ON/ OFF SWITCH 1/2  WAY ALONG THAT CORD...  THE OTHER IS JUST A ROPE TO ALLOW THE FERTALIZER TO DROP ONTO A SPINNING WHEEL AND GET FLUNG.. USUALLY ABOUT 30 FEET- BUT SINCE OUR FLINGER WAS FAULTY  IT WAS FLINGING ONLY ABOUT 15 FEET TOTHE LEFT.  WE CAN DEAL... 

I DROVE ... VERY CAREFULLY THRU GATES WITH AN INCH ON EITHER SIDE....  GRACE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE ON /OFF SWITCH... WHICH BECUSE MY TOYOTA IS LONGER THAN THE DURANGO ---WHICH WAS THE LAST SPREADER VEHICLE.---. SHE HAD TO SIT IN THE BACK SEAT..--- WHILE  JACKY - IN THE FRONT SEAT   HAD THE  MOST CHALLANGING JOB OF KEEPING THE ELECTRIC CORD PLUGGED INTOTHE  CIGARETT LIGHTER .  HER JOB WAS COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT  ARIOT HAD TO BE IN THE CAR WITH GRACE-  BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE ARIOT IS MOST COMFORTABLE.. BUT SINCE ARIOT IS ALSO DEAF AND NEEDS TO KEEP HER FAULTY EYESIGHT ON GRACE, SHE CONSTANTLY TURNED CIRCLES  TANGLING THISES 2 WIRES/STRINGS--- ALSO BEING DEAF IT WAS POINTLESS TO TELL HER TO HOLD STILL  SO SHE CONSTANTLY UNPLUGGED TEH ELECTRICAL CONTAC FROM THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER STOPPING THE FLINGING SO WE WOULD HAVE TO BACK UP AND RE CALCULATE THE  LEFT HAND FLINGING... I WAS NOT ONLY THE DRIVER, BUT ALSO THE PERSON TO  RECALCULATE THE FLINGING TO THE ALREADY FLUNG BY STICKING MY HEAD OUT THE WINDOW AND YELLING "PULL" AT JACKY WITH TEH ROPE....

DAVID HUNG AROUND AND WAITED TO HELP REFIL THE GIZMO--  IT HELD ONLY 160 PONDS... 2 BAGS... AT A TIME..

THUSLY TEH "PASTURE FERTALIZER" GOT SPREAD...

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THE BAG ALSO SAYS" OK TO LET ANIMALS OUT RO GRAZE AFTER IT GETS RAINED ON...  WHICH IT DID LAST  NIGHT... AS PLANNED... 

NEXT PROBLEM.... IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I  HAD SUCH A GOO D LOOK AT THE ACTUAL FIELD, AND HTERE ARE PLACES WHERE THE "TOP  SOIL" IS JUST GONE... SO I REALLY OUGHT TO ADD SOME OF MY 3 YEAR OLD HORSE MANURE IN PLACES..  THIS MAY GIVE THE FIELD A "HARLEQUIN " LLOK, AND NOT THE VELVET GREEN MEGAN IS THINKING ABOUT...

SO I AM BACK TO  "TO LIME OR NOT TO LIME... THAT IS THE QUESTION"  THE OTHER QUETION IS  IF  I  DUMP AND BACK DRAG MORE TOP SOIL , WILL THAT  HINDER OUR  LIMING EXERCISE-- OR SHOULD I LIME FIRST THEN DUMPO AND DRAG...

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I BET YOU NEVER KNEW HTE DETAILS OF TRYING TO RAISE DANES  WOULD GET SO COMPLICATED... LIKE HEALTH CARE? 

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ALSO BEFORE  ANYONE HAMMERS AT ME FOR DRIBVING A BIG SUV,, JUST ADD UP THE WEIGHT  OF LIVE BODIES  ALONG WITH 600 POUNDS OF BAGGED FERTALIZER IN THE POOR TOYOTA

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I HAVE TO ADD ONE OTHER FACT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.... ANY GOOD FARMER CAN  "CAST" SEED AT  "SIX SEEDS TO THE INCH" --THERE ARE CONTESTS AT FAIRS-- OR THERE USED TO BE.-- SO AFTER ALL THIS OTHER STUFF GETS DONE, I HAVE 50 POUNDS OF SEED TO TRY AND FILL THE HOLES WITH GREEN MATERIAL IN THE FLAT FIELD AND THE POND.....

 IF NONE OF IT WORKS I WILL HAVE NO USE FOR THE JOHN DEERE MOWER SITTING IN THE G TENT,  GROWING GREEN STUFF IS MORE GRACE'S STREGNTH.... NOT MINE.

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SHE TELLS ME SHE HAS PLANTED TEH PEAS ALONG THE FENCE..

THERE IS NOTING LIKE  A HANDFUL OF RAW PEAS RIGHT OUT OF THE GARDEN... AND THEY MUST BE PLANTED AS SOON AS THE FROST IS GONE... LIKE NOW.

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Eve got a new wheelchair yesterday!! It's a little big but some adjustments are being made hopefully that will do the trick. It even has Spinergy wheels with pink carbon fiber spokes cool huh?

While Finn has helped her to walk better further than before in a short period of time, the idea of her never needing a wheelchair is not realistic. The last 4 weeks have been a good example. She fell after her arm surgery and likely suffered a minor femur fracture. The rods in the bone kept it stable and pain under control but still she was unable to weight bear for about 2 weeks (without the rods she'd be nonweight bearing for 6-8 weeks with even a minor femur fracture) So we are giving the current pain time to also possibly subside before jumping in with X-rays otherwise my girl would be glowing green if we always X-rayed immediately. After 9 years and over 75 fractures I have gotten pretty good at making "clinical diagnosis" and deciding when an X-ray is needed 'now' or 'wait and see'. 

I'm giving the ankle another week or so but very consistently she walks about the distance of 1 room and then asks for her chair - even that distance we can see the strain. So we'll see but I'm not feeling to good about.

The great thing is she has this "Wild Thing" and she and Finn played outside together tonight for quite some time! Finn chased and chased her and ran after sticks she threw! 

Goodnight all! Thanks for checking in ❤ Eve & Finn

APRIL 19 2017

CAKE DELIVERY DAY...-(-NOT TO MENTION CAKE EATING DAY)   THIS DID START SO WE COULD GET EVERYONE'S BIRTHDAY/ANIVERSARY  OUT OF THE WAY ON ONE DAY-- AND ONLY ADDED THE CAKE TO FIRE DEPARTMENTS AS JUST A GOOD IDEA... WHICH NOW COVERS 40 STATES...( AND A COUPLE FOREIGN COUNTRIES??) MY CLOSEST FIRE DEPT IS GEORGETOWN AND LAST MONTH SOME VISITING CP'S TOOK THE CAKE... AND ONE OF THE MEN WELCOMED HER WITH OPEN ARMS SAYING  "I HOPED YOU PEOPLE WOULD NOT FORGET !"

SO I BETTER NOT  FORGET TODAY !

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MAKING NOTES---- PAM HAS SUGGEWTED I GET A SPECIAL RECORDER TO CLIP ON -- JUST A SIMPLE ONE WITH NO SPECISL FEATURES .. SHE HEARD ABOUT THIS WITHTHE AUTISTIC SOCIETY..  I HAVE 2 RECORDERS ALREADY  BUT THEY HAVE ALL SORTS OS SPECIAL FEATURES I DON;T NEED -- AND MORE IMPROTANT CAN NOT KEEP STRAIGHT.

ALL I  NEED IS ONE MORE THING CLIPPED TO ME..  LET ME TELL YOU  HAVING 4 PATCHES STUCK ON FOR THE HEART MONITOR  GETS ITCHY... BIG TIME.. BEING ATTACHED TO A 3' CORD FOR THE MONITOR IS ANOTHER JOY IN ITSELF..

SO ...I DEAL WITH THAT TO GO TO BED.... I TAKE  MY WALLET OUT OF RIGHT FRONT POCKET,---MEASUREING TAPE OUT OF LEFT FRONT,--- BIG SWISS ARMY KNIFE - RIGHT REAR, -- CELL PHONE LEFT REAR,  GLASSES OFF , ONE HEARING AID FROM RIGHT EAR...

AND I AM SINGING THE  SONG "AND WHAT IS LEFT GOES TO  BEDDY BYE , AFTER THE BALL" 

SOME VERY PRIGHT PERSON  DIDN'T INVENT THE SCOTTY VEST WITH INNUMERABLE POCKETS,  THEY COPIED A FISHERMAN VEST.. WHICH I DO HAVE ALSO...  AND IF I HAVE TO CLIP MUCH MORE ON ME, I WILL NEED....

NOW THAT SUMMER IS ( HOPEFULLY ) HERE-- MY GOLF CART HAS TO BE  PRELOADED ALSO

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I USUALLY CARRY A  SUPPLY OF EMERGENCY TOOLS  BUT NOW,   I AM WORKING WITH MO AND POCKETS  SO I NEED CARROTS-- IN SOME CONTAINER WHICH THEY CAN NOT GET INTO..MAYBE A 500 POUND  IRON SAFE..THEY CERTAINY ARE AN ADDITION TO THE YARD.... IF THEY CONTINUE TO BEHAVE...

IT IS INTRESTING TO  HAVE TWO HUGE ANIMALS WANDERING VERY PEACEFULLY WHILE WE PRAY THE ELECTRIC GATE FUNCTIONS CORRECTLY......  MARY WAS SO GOOD... BUT CONSTANTLY INVOLVED IN WHATEVER WE DID...  MO SEEMS LIKE SHE MIGHT BE LIKE THAT...  SHE HELPED GRACE RAKE THE LAWN YESTERDAY AND STAYED WITHIN  20 FEET OF HER WHEREEVER SHE WENT...  POCKETS WAS A LITTLE MORE ATTACHED TO THE GROUP OF MINI'S  OVER BY THE BARN... WHICH I DID NOT LET OUT...  I HAD INTENDED TO HAVE JUST POCKETS, BUT MO PUT UP A FUSS SO I LET HER LOOSE TOO.. AND SHE CERTTAINLY ADDS  SOMETHING...

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I WILL CALL FOR  BRYAN (EQUINE DVM) TODAY --- MO NEEDS TO BE GIVEN THE ONCE OVER...  MOSTLY  WORMING-- BUT SUNDAY WHEN PETER RODE HER SHE GOT VERY SWEATY... WITH NO APPARENT REASON... LIKE IT WAS NOT  HARD WORK..- SHE ALSO HAS ONE BACK FOOT WHICH IS LONGER THN THE OTHER-- AND SHE KICKS... BRYAN CAN GIVE HER  A SHOT OF "HAPPY JUICE" AND TRIM THAT FOOT.. PLUS ESTIMATE HER AGE-- AND GIVE  ANOTHER OPINION ABOUT PREGO DONK.

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OTHER PLANNED ACTIVITY FOR THE DAY  GRASS SEED--+ SUN FLOWERS ALONG THE FENCE LINES  I SPENR HOURS YESTERDAY HAULING  LOADS OF BEAUTIFUL "TOP SOIL"  FROM THE 3 YEAR OLD ---COMPOST PILE-- I TAKE OUT "GOOD' MANURE  ADD LIME  AND LET PEOPLE TURN IT  ROTATING IT EASTWARD... IT IS A MARK TWAIN THING  "I ALWAYS WANTED TO DRIVE A TRACTOR"  GOOD-- HERE'S THE KEYS-- GO DIG   TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT IN THE COMPOST PILE... AND ADD THIS LIME WILE YOU ARE AT IT... PEOPL E LOVE IT.. ESPECIALLY THE BACK HOE-- WHICH IS  WONDERFUL TOY...

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I AM TOLD WE HAVE A BUNCH OF CP'S DUE TODAY

WORK WILL GET DONE -- THEY KNOW THIS IS NOT A SPA WITH A TANNING BOOTH...

APRIL 18,2017

OUR RUBBER DUCKY HAS RUNNING LIGHTS  ! -----I WAS THRILLED TO FIND MY RELATIVE--- DOUG - THE NAVY MAN- HAD THE  EXTRA MENTAL ENERGY TO  DEAL WITH THE FACT THAT ANY PROPER SEA WORTHY FLOTATION DEVICE NEEDED TO HAVE THE  RED AND GREEN RUNNING LIGHTS... HENCE THE RED AND GREEN LIGHTS ON DUCKY'S EARS...  DUCKY   IS AN ADDEDD ATTRACTION  SIMILAR TO DELORES... I REMINDED GRACE IT WS TIME TO GET OUT DELORES... AND HER  1/2 TWIN...  THE 1/2 BEING THE LOWER HALF... WAIST DOWN , TORSO/LEGS ONLY   WHICH CAN BE FOUND AROUND TEH FARM STICKING OUT FROM UNDER TH4 E TIPI OR...  I REMEMBER HAVING TO CALL THE AMBULANCE FOR AN ACCIDENT AND TEH MBULANCE PEOPLE COMING INTO THE  AREA BY THE T TENT -- AND WHEN THEY SAW THE LEGS STICKING OUT FROM UNDER THE TRACTOR TIRE, THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD A HUGE ACCIDENT TO DEAL WITH/- THE EXTRA UMPH--  THAT CREATES AN UNEXPECTED CHUCKLE IS WHAT KEEPS CRAZY ACRES GOING... 2 CHICKENS  IN REHAB,  IN THE REST ROOM... PETER ON MO--- THE MULE--- MINUS SHIRT .. LOOKING LIKE PUTIN , MINUS SHIRT ON THE HORSE..  THERE ARE THIGNS AROUND HERE WHICH ARE NORMAL FOR  US WHICH IS WHAT MAKES IT SO AMUSING  FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD.... I GUESS.... *** THERE ARE SOOOOO MANY PEOPLE BOGGED DOWN WITH DAILY GOING'S ON'S -- LIKE  CAR PAYMENTS----THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE EXTRA UMPH UNLESS IT IS PROVIDED  EXTERNALLY-- LIKE TV  POLITICS-- THERE --TOO---IS MATERIAL YOU COULD NOT WRITE... ****** I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT BREEDING 2  DANES....HERE IS MY RESPONSE... BEFORE YOU BREED ANY DANE YOU SHOULD ADDRESS THE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH DANES .. HIPS AND HEARTS. ALL THAT TESTING WILL RUN YOU NEAR $2000 YOU WILL PROBBLY NOT MAKE  DIME SELLING PUPS... IT SOUNDS GREAT BUT JUST ONE CESAREAN SECTION CAN RUN YOU $3000 AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE 24 HOUR WATCH FOR THE FIRST 2 WEEKS  I CAN PRACTICALLY GUARENTEE MOM WILL ROLL OVER ON THE PERFECT HARLEQUIN AND YOU WILL BE LEFT WITH WHAT THE AKC CALLS MISMARKS.. FEWER BUYERS  I HAVE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD TO DEVISE A PROGRAM WHICH IS NOT FINANCIALLY DEPENDENT ON THE COLOR PATTERN  ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DANES.( THE LEFT SIDE IS THE ONE WHICH SHOWS IN THE SHOW RING AS THEY TROT AROUND TEH JUDGE.)  AND I HAVE  DECIDED   THE ONLY HAPPY DANE IS WITH THIER PERSON 24 HOURS  DAY- SO UNLESS YOU WORK AT HOME  OR HAVE  JOB WHERE THE DOG GOES WITH YOU- AND YOU HAVE THE TRAINING ABILITY TO KEEP THE DOG UNDER 100% CONTROL,  I CAN NOT GIVE YOU ONE OF OURS... WHY? YOU MAY ASK......  LOVELY BEAUTIFUL SCARLOTT   -- MISCHA'S MOM   IS VERY USED TO BETSY WORKING AT HOME- OR GOING TO THE SHOP WITH HER...  BETSY MADE A QUICK TRIP TO THE STORE- DURING THAT FEW MINUTES, SCARLOTT WAS PANIC'D THAT SHE GOT LEFT ALONE SO SHE DUG/ TORE UP THE MATRESS ON   BETSY'S BED BEYOND REPAIR.. ANOTHER PERSON ... STUCK THE DOG IN THE  LAUNDRY JUST FOR  FEW MINUTES WHILE SHE RAN AN ERRAND AND THE DOG ATE THRU THE WALL TO THE NEXT ROOM... THEY ARE DEVOTED... AND THAT DEVOTION HAS IT'S RESPONSIBILITIES... ***** WHEN YOU WATCH ANY OF OUR DOGS OUT WORKING,  THEY ARE THRILLED TO BE WITH THIER PERSON AND GIVE THEM UNDIVIDED ATTENTION... THETE IS A VIDEO OF GEORGE GOING DOWN THE STAIRS WITH BELLA. WHERE HE IS PAYING  SUCH CLOSE ATTENTION TO HER THAT IT IS BY 1/8 INCH AT A TIME , HE STAYS IN STEP WITH HER...  MY CONCLUSION  IS  DANES WERE BRED FOR JUST THIS JOB... AND WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MEGAN ANAD STEVE, THEY ARE PERFECT.. ***** WHICH BRINGS UP -- THERE EXISTS NO BOOK ON OUR TRAINING METHIODS--AND I CAN NOT SEE ME WRITNG ONE... BUT BETSY HAS  SOME RELATIVE INTO VIDOE WORK... AND MAYBE  WE COULD DO THE ENTIRE PROCESS  FROM SPOON FEEDING TO  BECOMING A PERFECT SERVICE DOG... ***  WHICH BRINGS UP ANOTHER TOPIC.... IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT OUR "PURPLE SHIRTS" ARE GIVING DOG TRAINING OPINIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS...AAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHH TRAINING QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED ONLY AT MEGAN -- STEVE-- AND ME..... PEOPLE WITH PURPLE SHIRTS CAN GIVE YOU ALL SORTS OF INFORMATION ON THE RUNNING OF THE FARM... BUT PLEASE... REFER TRAINING QUESTIONS TO  THE MAJOR  TRAINERS.....  WE ARE TURNING OUT GREAT DOGS... I WAS THRILLED TO WATCH OUR16 WEEK OLD PUPS , RUN OUT TO THE "TABLE" AND WAIT  TIL MEGAN TOLD THEM TO JUMP UP AND EAT BREAKFAST..  THEN CHEERFULLY RUN BACK TO THEIR KENNEL AND GET THE COOKIE THEY KNEW WOULD BE THERE IN SHANNON'S HAND... IT WAS PERFECT... AND IS CRITICAL TRAINING... ****** WE SHOULD DOCUMENT IT SOMEHOW...

APRIL 17 2017

DON'T EXPECT TO MUCH BRILLIANCE TODAY-- I HAD BEEN UP FOR 20 MINUTES DRINKINC COFFEE AND WONDERING HOW TO START  AND TEHN GWEN CAME IN-- SHE TOO IS AN EARLY MORNING RISER.. SO SHE  NEPHEW NAVY MAN ..DOUG HAD TO  DISCUSS THE WAYS OF THE WORLD AND NOW I HAVVE NO DAILY DOGGIE.

THE Y DID REPORT THEY HAD TO GO SHUT OFF THE RUNNING LINGHTS ON THE DUCK  WHEN THEY GOT HOME LATE LAST NIGHT...

OTHER THAN THAT........

I HAVE A FEELING SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPEMENT NEXT DOOR  READ THIS THING-- AND BECAUSE OF THAT , I WILL ADD THIS TO THE DD FOR A BIT.

IT IS ONLY A REQUEST THE TOWN MAKES, BUT I PUT  A SIGN ON DONKEY HILL WARNING PEOPLE ABOUT OUR NORMAL ACTIVITIES...

In order to allow prospective purchasers to make informed decisions prior to a real estate transaction and to promote harmony between farmers and their new neighbors after a transaction, the Town of Ipswich requests that selling landholders and/or their agents and assigns provide written notice to prospective purchasers substantially as follows:

"It is the policy of Ipswich to conserve, protect and encourage the maintenance and improvement of agricultural land for the production of food, or other agricultural products, and also for its natural and ecological value. This disclosure notification is to inform buyers or occupants that the property they are about to acquire or occupy lies within a town where farming activities occur. Such farming activities may include, but are not limited to, activities that may cause noise, dust or odors. Purchasing, and henceforth occupying land within Ipswich means that one should expect and accept such conditions as a norm and necessary aspect of living in Ipswich."

APRIL 16 2017

NO MORNING IS COMPLETE UNTIL I SIT DOWN TO TYPE, AND BENTLEY JUMPS OFF TH E COUCH AND WELCOMES ME BY SNEEZING IN THE BACK LEFT CORNER OF MY HEAD. (I WASH MY HAIR OFTEN...)

AND NOW MY DAUGHTER AND NEPHEW ARE HERE TO DRINK DOFFEE...  HE IS A NAVY MAN SO IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT HE SET THE SS.RUBBER DUCKY TO SAIL ON THE POND THIS MORNING..AS HIS "FAMILY PROJECT"  

THERE WILL THEN BE DONKEY WALKING ABOTU NOONISH AND GUESTS ALL AFTERNOOON.. 

BIG DAY AHEAD..

SOMETHING I FOUND... AND I AM A FARM...

Notification to real estate buyers.

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In order to allow prospective purchasers to make informed decisions prior to a real estate transaction and to promote harmony between farmers and their new neighbors after a transaction, the Town of Ipswich requests that selling landholders and/or their agents and assigns provide written notice to prospective purchasers substantially as follows:

"It is the policy of Ipswich to conserve, protect and encourage the maintenance and improvement of agricultural land for the production of food, or other agricultural products, and also for its natural and ecological value. This disclosure notification is to inform buyers or occupants that the property they are about to acquire or occupy lies within a town where farming activities occur. Such farming activities may include, but are not limited to, activities that may cause noise, dust or odors. Purchasing, and henceforth occupying land within Ipswich means that one should expect and accept such conditions as a norm and necessary aspect of living in Ipswich."

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A millions Thank You's to my wonderful CP family. Thank you for sharing my joy, as well as my pain when I throw out my monkey fist for support. Thank you for never complaining when I go off-topic. You are truly special to me, and I appreciate your support through positive vibes, prayers, and "just" listening to me when I feel alone, and forgotten by the people who say they care in my real life. You, my "virtual" friends are always here for me and brighten my days. May you all have a blessed and joyful Easter!