teh TUFTS exhibit went very well judy is a super organizer and loquacious -- big time....- we were in a semi confined area- so we could remove all harness aND COLLARS SO BENTLEY AND SIZZLE COULD REALLY WORK THE CROWD... WHICH THEY DID BEAUTIFULLY-- FROM SLOWLY GOING FROM TABLE TO TABLE- TO BENTLEY FALLING ASLEEP IN THE VERY MIDDLE- THEY WERE A HUGE HIT- AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET SOME FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THEIR PROGRAM-- IF ONE OF THEIR PEOPLE VOLUNTEERS FOR X HOURS, TUFTS WILL DONATE $250-- PLUS IF THEY DONATE MONEY TUFTS WILL ADD TO THAT...
I HAVE TO COMMENT ON THE TERRIFFIC GUY WE MET AS WE PARKED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOOR- ONE OF THE SNOW CREW WORKING ON THE ICE PROBLEM CAME RIGHT OVER AND OFFERED TO HELP US WITH THE WHEELCHAIR/DOGS/ AND EQUIPMENT- IT WAS NOT ONLY THE HELP, BUT THE GUY WAS SOOOO PLEASENT AND CHEERFUL AS WE SLID AROUND TEH CHUNKS OF WHAT WAS ONCE SNOW AND WAS NOW SOLID ICE. I WAS IMPRESSED-- I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS A PHD STUDENT WORKNG OFF HIS TUITION BILL, OR ONE OF THE MIKE ROWE DIRTY JOBBERS DOING A MISERABLE JOB CHEERFULLY. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH HIS UNEXPECTED ATTITUDE. I DON'T KNOW WHO AT TUFTS TO WRITE TO- BUT THAT GUY IS A WINNER.
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THAT MAKES TODAYS JOB A LOT EASIER-- WE ARE DUE AT BELLA'S SCHOOL IN READING AT 11:00. I DO NOT HAve a clue what is the gist of the event- i go with 2 --hopefully perfect-- dogs and see what developes.
probably they expect a lecture on service dgos -- what they do- and there will be some who want to know how to train a service dog. if that is the case----- they will get a surprise-- because there is sooooo maNY DETAILS THAT GO INTO THIS SDP WHICH HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ACTUAL DOGS.
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LIKE A WASCOMATT WASHER REGULATES THE AMT OF WATER INTHE DRUM WITH A TINY SPRING THE SIZE OF THE ONE IN YOUR BALL POINT PEN-- AND WHEN IT BREAKS IT IS $450 TO REPLACE.
MY POINT BEING YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT PART OF YOUR EDUCATION YOU WILL BE CALLED ON TO USE..
BUT WHATEVER YOU DO-- ALGEBRA - WILL BE PART OF IT- LIKE IT OR LUMP IT- MONEY IS IN NUMBERS.
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AN ALGEBRA TEST IN DOG RAISING
IN THAT RANDOM CALL FROM PURINA WHERE THEY SIMPLY SAID " CALL US BACK IN AN HOUR AND TELL US HOW MUCH FOOD WOULD YOU NEED FOR YOUR 50 DANES MONTHLY." SOUNDS INNOCENT ENOUGH.
I HAD AN HOUR.. WE WERE TALKING OVER $50,000 A YEAR IN FOOD. I HAD TO BE CLOSE- BECAUSE PURINA IS A HUGE COMPANY-- THIS GUY ON THE PHONE KNEW EXACTLY HOW MUCH FOOD 50 DANES WOULD EAT A MONTH. I THINK HE WANTED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF OUTFIT HE WAS DEALING WITH. I WAS NOT GOING TO GUESS...
50 DOGS AVG 4 SCOOPS 2+2 A DAY= 200 SCOOPS---30 DAYS 6000 SCOOPS--- BUT HE WAS DEALING IN BAGS OF 37 POUNDS- SO I STOPPED EVERYTHIGN AT THE FARM AND HAD 2 PEOPLE SCOOPING DRY DOG FOOD FROM ONE BAG TO ANOTHER-- COUNTING AND SPILLING THE OFFICE WAS ANKLE DEEP IN DOG FOOD...TEHY GAVE ME THE NUMBER OF SCOOPS PER BAG-- I TOLD HIM HOW MANY BAGS-- AND PURINA HAS SENT 5 PALLETS OF DOG FOOD EVERY MONTH SINCE 5 YEARS AND COUNTING.
MY LECTURE ON RAISING SERVICE DOGS CAN EASILY GO next TO DEALING WITH THE POO. LIKE IN ANY JOB-- INSTEAD OF SKIPPING OVER THE MOST DISAGREEEABLE ASPECT OF THE JOB, STUDY IT AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT MOST EFFICIENTLY- I CAN RELATE TEH STORY ABOUT THE DEBATE WITH TEH BRITISH WOMAN ABOUT CHUNKY VOMIT PICKER SHE HAD INVENTED.
UNFORTUNATELY HIGHSCHOOL IS A COLLECTION OF ALL THOSE BITS OF KNOWLEDGE - 99% OF WHICH WILL BE TOTALLY USELESS- UNFORTUNATELY YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT THE USELESS BITs FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS. BUT HOPEFULLY IT TEAches you to think about it.
then i can get into the training vs educate part..
or some other entirely different lecture.. it all depends .....
