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...