MARCH 31 2019

LETS SEE...I CAN'T TALK ABOUT PERSONELL, OR POLITICS- OR RELIGION- OR  LACK THEREOF, OR APPEARENCES --  HEALTH PROBLEMS ARE BORING-- DOESN'T LEAVE ALOT.. 

EXCEPT-- MAYBE I CAN COMPLAIN ABOUT THE WAY SOME PEOPLE CHOOSE TO MOVE THIER MOUTHS- 

AS MY HEARING DIMINISHES ... OR THE BATTERY IN MY HEARING AID DIES, I AM REDUCED TO LIP READING--AND I AM PRETTY GOOD AT IT- FOR THIS REQSON I AM PASSING A LAW AT CRAZY ACRES  ABOUT.... GUM CHEWING. .. JUST DON'T.... 

DID ANYONE EVER STOP TO THINK WHAT GUM CHEWING  IS TO A PERSON WHO RELIES ON LIP READING??  I THOUGHT ONE WOMAN WAS RECITING THE GETTISBERG ADDRESS WHAN IN FACT SHE WAS CHEWING GUM...   I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO NOTICE AND THINK ABOUT IT,.  IT IS.... I HAVE DECIDED....GUM CHEWING IS A FEMALE THING....  I DON'T KNOW OF A MAN OR BOY GUM CHEWER IN RECIENT MEMORY-- (MEMORY  IS A WHOLE NOTHER PROBLEM.) 

COULD ALL OF YOU TAKE NOTES ON THIS TOPIC?? AND LET ME KNOW....  DO I DARE SAY THE RATIO IS 1 MAN TO 100 WOMEN.?   WHY IS THAT ???? 

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NEXT IS  "DRUG STORES" AND PHARMACISTS-- A COUSIN OF MINE------ NOW RICHARD IV---- CAME UP WITH A PRERSCRIPTION OF MY GRANDMOTHERS--  HERIDITY BEING WHAT IT CAN BE..., I WONDER IF I HAVE THE SAME ITCHY   SKIN PROBLEM- IT SAYS THINGS LIKE 4.0 PHENOL .9 OLIVE OIL AND LIME WATER WITH 20. ZINC OXIDE  ---

  I THINK THERE IS ONE "DRUGGIST"  IN IPSWICH-- HIS WHOLE STORE IS 100% DIFFERENT THAN THE USUAL DRUG STORE-- HE HAS THINGS  LIKE  MORTAR AND PESTLE'S  THAT LOOK USED....  HE DOES HAVE A FOLLOWING-- I KNOW BECAUSE HE SELLS ALOT OF OOUR CALENDARS...  IPSWICH HAS ALOT OF OLD FOLK VERY SET IN OLD FOLK WAYS  - LIKE PLEASANT  STORE PERSONELL WHO  KNOW YOUR NAME...SO  I WANNA GO WHERE EVERYONME KNOWS MY NAME-- EVEN IF IT IS A DRUG STORE AND NOT A DRUG HAVEN OF A LOCAL PUB. 

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IPSWICH DOES HAVE  A "CORNER " LOCAL PUB--  IT IS VERY FAMOUS-- BUT FOR LOBSTER ROLLS. QUICKLY TRIPPING THRU MY MISC INFORMATION DEPT ABOUT LOBSTER..... .. THE GUY WHO DOES THE FOOD AT DOGFEST TOLD ME THAT THE LOBSTER HE USES-- WHICH IS WONDERFUL-- COMES IN A FROZEN LUMP-- AT $54 A LUMP-- I THINK THE LUMP WAS 2 POUNDS... BUT ONE CAN NOT BE SURE OF MY MEMORY.

HUMANS EAT ALOT OF LOBSTER... - THE ADVERTISING WORLD IS  RUNNING ADS ABOUT LOBSTERMEN TOSSING EGG LAYING FEMALES BACK INTO THE SEA.

I USUALLY DERIDE ADVERTISING FOR TRYING TO INFLUENCT INDEPENDENT THOUGHT...., BUT I THINK IN THIS CASE THEY MAY BE CORRECT  BECAUSE---- I CAN NOT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME  I ATE LOBSTER WHICH HAD TEH  RED " ROE"  WHICH ARE THE EGGS... 

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THANKFULLY  SOME CUT AND PASTE

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MULTIPLE ADMISSIONS, INCLUDING AN ALMOST 5 WEEK ADMISSION, MAJOR SURGERY LASTING ALMOST 8 HOURS, RELYING ON A CENTRAL LINE IN MY VEIN TO GIVE ME NUTRITION, A BLOOD CLOT, A FEW MORE EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS AND WHILE WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH HOW TO GIVE ME A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE, I AM EXTREMELY THANKFUL TO MY GI DOCTOR AND SURGEON WHO SAVED ME FROM A LIFE THREATENING DISASTER.

SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED THE PAST FEW MONTHS WITH MY HEALTH (I COULD HONESTLY WRITE A BOOK WITH ALL THATS BEEN GOING ON!), MORE THAN I EVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED BUT I AM THANKFUL FOR THE FAMILY, FRIENDS, DOCTORS AND PROVIDERS WHO HAVE AND CONTINUE TO KEEP ME GOING. I ALSO HAVE ONE INCREDIBLE SERVICE DOG WHO HAS BEEN BY MY SIDE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY 

SOMEHOW I HAVE FOUND THE MOST INCREDIBLE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND I HAVE MET SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE ON THIS JOURNEY. WHILE MY HEALTH IS NOT WHERE I HOPED IT WOULD BE, I HAVE FOUND THAT I AM EXACTLY WHERE I NEED TO BE! 
FIONA AND ELVIS

MAR30 2019

IF THE POWERBALL WINNER  IS 1 PERSON OUT OF 292 MILLION- I WONDER WHAT PERCENTATE I AM-- I SPENT $10 ON 5 "TICKETS"  AND DID NOT GET EVEN ONE NUMBER OF TEH  30 NUMBERS.. THERE ARE LOSERS AND THEN THERE ARE REAL LOSERS. I DON'T THINK I GOT $10 WORTH OF FUN DECIDING WHAT I WOULD DO WITH TEH 750 MILLION WINNINGS-- IT WOULD NOT MAKE CALORIES ANY LESS FATTENING.

NOW FOR TEH VENT OF THE VEEK

JUDY AND I HAVE BEEN "DOING"( I.E. VOLUNTEERING BY GOING TO...)  2 OR 3  ASSISTED LIVING/ ADULT DAY CARE PLACES A WEEK FOR QUITE A WHILE... ACTUALLY INCLUDE SIZZLE AND BENTLEY TOO.  YESTERDAY WAS TEH CUMMINGS CENTER IN BEVERLY-- ADULT DAY CARE-- A BEAUTIFULLY CARED FOR FACILITY-- WONDERFUL PEOPLE- TERRIFFIC TV/INTERNET EQUIPMENT--  NOW FOR THE PUNCH LINE... NOBODY COULD MAKE IT WORK--

THE WAY IT GOES... ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE USUALLY JUST SITTING WITH NOT MUCH TO LOOK AT-- SO JUDY GIVES ONE A FRY PAN AND DROPS A "COOKIE" IN THE PAN-- AND I TELL EITHER BENTLEY OR SIZZLE =TO GO  GET IT.-- BENTLEY IS A SIGHT TO SEE AS HE TROTS THE  FULL LEGNTH OF A ROOM TO SCARF UP A COOKIE NOT 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER.  HIS HEAD IN THE LAP... -- WHERE THE FRY PAN WAS--- MAKES FOR SUPER PHOTO'S WHILE HE CHEWS AND THE PERSON PATS THE DOG.  DON'T KNOCK IT--- IT WORKS AND THESE PEOPLE ARE HARD PRESSED FOR ENTERTAINMENT.

THE WHOLE HOUR WE WERE THERE,  ONE OF THE. STAFF TRIED TO MAKE THE INTERNET WORK SO WE COULD PUT ON  THE EXPLORE CAMERAS --- ALL COMMERCIAL FREE--- AND SHE COULD NOT MAKE IT WORK.   IT WOULD ..... ALMOST ... WORK .. BUT NOT QUITE.

AS WE LEFT-- I ASKED JUDY ( SHE IS MY EXTERNAL MEMORY DEVICE)  OF TEH 50 OR SO PLACES WE HAVE BEEN THIS YEAR- WHICH ONES HAD A BIG SCREEN ( ALL 50 OF THEM)  AND WHICH ONES COULD BE  ACTUALLY TURNED ON?  ONE  IN NEWBURY PORT AND THAT WAS WITH SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTY.. THE EQUIPMENT LOOKS GOOD-- BIG SCREEN-- IMPRESSES THE PEOPLE WHO DROP OFF THESE ADULTS TO BE CARED FOR  ALL DAY...  THEY MUST COST THOUSANDS  OF $$---- JUST BUYING  IT FOR THE DAY CARE CENTER DOES NOT DO A BIT  OF GOOD WHEN NO ONE CAN RUN IT 

IDENTIFY A PROBLEM AND SOLVE IT???? MY ABILITY TO ARGUE WITH COMPUTERS IS HISTORIC--- SO OBVIOUSLY I CAN NOT SOLVE THAT PROBLEM --- BUT   I THINK BILL CUMMINGS COULD.-- WITH HIS HUGE ORGANIZATION HE MUST HAVE  SOMEONE WHO CAN MAKE AT LEAST THE ONE IN HIS CUMMINGS CENTER WORK... AND HAVING DONE THAT ... MAYBE HE WOULD  UNDERSTAND HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BENEFIT FROM BEING ABLE TO WATCH THE EXPLORE CAMERAS. 

THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HIRED TO RUN THESE AY CARE CENTERS HAVE AN EXTREEMELY CHALLANGING JOB DAY AFTER DAY TO TRY AND ENTERTAIN A GROUP OF ADULTS-- SOME OF WHOM ARE VERY ASTUE, OTHERS NOT SO...  BUT ALL ARE BORED-- AND THRILLED TO HAVE OUR DOGS COME EAT COOKIES IN THEIR MIDST.

SO HOW DO I GET BILL CUMMINGS IN CAHOOTS WITH  CHARLIE FROM  EXPLORE.?   WELL THERE IS ANOTEHR PIECE.... 

'I HAVE TRIED TO GET THE  YOUNGER GENERATION- NAMELY  THE SCOUTING MOVEMENT...TO GET THIS EQUIPMENT GOING- BUT IT ALL NEEDS SOM PROFESSIONAL HELP TO GET IT SET UP  - 

 AND THEN I HEARD OF THE LITTLE GIRL SCOUT WHO WROTE A BOOK ABOUT GETTING GIRLS TO RAISE THERI HANDS IN CLASS MORE...-- AND COUPLED THAT WITH A "GIRL SCOUT BADGE" -- IF WE COULD SOMEHOW GET THE KIDS TO MAINTAIN THIS EQUIPMENT WE WOULD BE DOING WONDERS FOR TEH ENTERTAINMENT OF   THESE OLD FOLKS.

DON'T GIVE ME THE BIT ABOTU ALL THE BAD STUFF THEY COULD RUN--  SO FIX IT TO GET ONLY  EXPLORE AND MAYBE TEH SCIENCE CHANNEL --   IT CAN BE DONE. AND THOSE HUGE SCREENS IN TEH MAIN SITTING ROOMS-- THE STAFF COULD HARDLY HIDE SOMETHING NOT APPROVED.

GOT TO FIGURE OUT ALL THAT...

mar 29 2019

 my appeal for volunteer help is working -- 2 people  who's names and faces i don't recognize  were out there filling potholes in the lovely spring aire...and there were enough people to "special" the dog who just had surgery- and still manage to do mailcall etc 

plus teh fact that jody is here..  she is a camera op---  that is the bunch that keep the  explore.org cameras pointed in the most interesting direction--  i don't give cam-ops  enough "press"  it certainly adds to the enjoyment of following animals as they run around,  i don't know much about the process, but it must be like we move the camera for mail call.

amazing-- sit here and move a camera in africa. 

thank heavens for cut and paste today---i am already nodding off at the keyboard..  and i have 20 kids comeint this morning and have to be at some highschool by noon????--- with bentley and zsizzle...

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Hello Carlene,

I can’t believe that I have only had Riz for one week!  She works with me like we have been partnered much longer....as my granddad would say about a good horse, “she drives like a Cadillac!”

Besides the normal, “life in a service dog” stuff, we have also worked this week on peeing on command, trains, and squirrels.  

Because I travel so much to places where it is not the practical to let her off leash to pee and poop, she needs to be able to do so on a leash.  So, this week I worked on teaching her to pee on command, which she now does.  Next week, I will teach her to do that on the leash.  

Learning to ride on the train was pretty uneventful.  We hung out at the train station a couple of days at rush hour to desensitize her to the sounds of the train and crowds and then yesterday, got on the train and rode to D.C....she slept the whole way.

At first, the sight of a squirrel caused her to lose her mind (not surprising, since she grew up in a play yard where keeping vermin out of it is part of the entertainment) Even though I live in town, we have a significant squirrel population, so she lost her mind often.  I am proud to say, that after many miles of walking and exposure to hundreds of squirrels, she now walks past them without looking at them and with only a slight change of speed in her walk.

The fact that she has been able to learn all of these things in just a week is a testament to the solid foundation of training that she received from the SDP trainers - especially in the squirrel department....her training to pay attention to her partner first, allowed me to keep her focus on me while I trained her to not focus on the squirrels.

Thank you for this wonderful partner and I am sure we will continue to grow as a team and have even more accomplishments to report next time I check in.

All the best.

Heidi and Riz

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HI CARLENE, 

HOPE ALL IS GOOD WITH YOU. TUMBLER FINISHED HER THERAPY DOG CLASS. SHE HAD 23 SCENARIOS TO PASS ON SAT TO BECOME REGISTERED.  WE HAD COMMANDS AND ROLE PLAY SITUATIONS  TO COMPLETE.  NEEDLESS TO SAY TUMBLER WAS THE BEST “LEAVE IT” THEY HAD EVER HAD .  WISHED I COULD SAY I WAS RESPONSIBLE BUT IT WAS THE AWESOME TRAINERS BEFORE I BECAME HER MOM THAT GETS CREDIT.  I DID HAVE TO TEACH HER TO “SIT”.  SHE HAS A BALLET LOOKING “SIT”.  QUITE CUTE AND EVALUATORS GOT A KICK OUT OF IT. 

 WE ARE WAITING ON OUR BADGE AND THEN WE WILL START HEADING OUT.  INTERMOUNTAIN THERAPY ANIMALS IS ORGANIZATION I CHOSE BECAUSE HOSPITALS LIKE VANDERBILT RECOGNIZES THIS ORGANIZATION AND REALIZES WHAT WE HAVE TO PASS TO REPRESENT THEM.  I AM VERY PROUD OF HER AND LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING SOMEONE’S DAY A LITTLE BETTER .THE EVALUATORS TOLD ME THE BIGGEST PROBLEM I WILL HAVE WITH TUMBLER IS SHE IS GOING TO BE A PEOPLE MAGNET BECAUSE SHE IS SO DARN CUTE!  HEADING UP THERE MAY 4TH.  LEAVE ME SOME LEAVES TO RAKE !  KARI AND TUMBLER AKA TUMMY,TUM TUM, TUMBLEWEED 

march 28   2019

we now have  20 rakes and dozens of work gloves stashed in teh "smokers shed"  and  teh hill off teh dealgle house now has a label LIZANLAURA HILL  on the gate--  thanks to the open invatation to help spring clean, those 2 ( laura  and liz  ) showed up and raked th hill--- we need to get the raking done efore i get a tractor trailer full of topsoil to spread and hopefully produce green somethings -- where if mowed enough begin to resemble  "lawn" .. it ain't eaqsy--  with the pointy hooves of teh horses and donkeys their area  is totally imp[ossible... but the danes toenails  might be considered aerator devices?? in teh flat field???

i hate to block them off from running til we get grass growing on that flat field---  every time i come up the driveway i smile when i see that "green" area newly mowed-- when we moved in it was forest--- then gravel-- and slowly i pursuaded it to turn green- mostly  dandelions and mostly thanks to donkey poop.  

it used to have a stone wall across teh middle which divided what was my husband's lot (  #37 with the house--- and my lot  #45 with everything else-)  he lived in constant fear of spending any of "his money" on my crazy animals-  thanks to teh want ad  magazine and animal episodes, he didn't-- but-- the stone wall that divided the 2 lots  became the fireplace in the house--

i know about rolling rocks around to build stone walls... because i rolled them around out of the wall, and into the bucket of an ancient "CASE" backhoe then trundled them up to a pile where the deagle house now is so the 2 men of italian origin did such an artful job on building  the fireplace.  the rest of thart story is... for weeks my life was ruled by those men yelling "more rocks"  when  i failed to keep up wioth their progress...  the part that made it exciting- was theat CASE had no brakes.. so i  would load a bucket full of heavy rocks, go up that hill and dump.. slamming the bucket into the ground to slow up my rolling backwards while avioding "that " tree... the tree with all the scars on it from when i missed calculations.

the slope of the hill  near that tree can only be described as our own personal Bermuda Triangle. the subtle tilt of  what is now the walk up to  house has caused more people to fall-- and it looks so innocent--- i finally put up ropes to hang onto -

and in  a snowstorm, when i try and plow that walk with the tracrtor- i can not tell you how many times i have slid slowly but out of control into that tree...

now comes the hard part-- that leaves me pointed  up hill with the tree  behind me- and no chance of moving up away from that tree even with 4wd on the tractor.  it is possible to lift the tractor off it's wheels with teh hydralics-- and i often did that-- there were so many variables --- sometimes that worked-- other times  i had to  use the backhoe to lift the tractor sideways-- i hated to do that... firstly because ... i  don't do "tip" well- as is evidence by my aversion to boats/ships.. and furthermorre to use the back hoe , the seat was not only outside the heated cab- but whoever designed it  must have been very thin- because the distance from control levers and  my puffy tummy and snow suit- made their  manipulation  not always predictable. but i survived.

i tell that story so all the camera people who experience carzy acres from a distance can begin to understand this place has never been a place where you hire some contractor to charge a fortune to accomplish some detail - when he really is only someone with a telephone and a bunch of friends-- sometimes without phones... 

this has been  the first of many problems i have with a building  permit

 first line is 

who is the contractor?   when i write down "i am"    the problem  starts

 see my past reference to " you are out of your league, you are only a woman" 

and that story coudl fill 3 books.  

march 27 2019

SHE ONLY CUT HER TOE"-- BIG DISAPPOINTMENT--SOUNDS STRANGE... BUT AS SIZZLE WALKED AROUHG THE LIGHT GREY FLOOR OF THE KITCHEN  SHE WAS LEAVING BEHIND RED BLOOD SPOTS.. I WAS HOPING IT WAS A DRIP FROM HER PUPPY PRODUCING DEPARTMENT...HOWEVER.. SHE ONLY CUT HER TOE. THERE AE A FEW NEWCOMMERS ON THIS LIST SO -- A QUICK EDUCATION.... I AM HOPING TO BREED SIZZLE AS SOON AS SHE COMES IN HEAT-- WHICH WOULD BE SIGNALED BY --- THE RED DRIP--- THIS RED COLORED DRIP GETS EVERYONE ALL EXCITED-- PEOPLE THAT IS---IT REALLY IS NOT AS EXCITING TO  AN ENTIRE DOG-- LIKE BENTLEY--  YOU MIGHT SAY IT MAKES HIM CURIOUS-- AND IF HE IS POLITELY CURIOUS THERE IS NO PROBLEM...  THIS 5 day drip IS WHERE DOGS ARE SUPERIOR TO MANY OTHER MAMMALS LIKE HUMANS...  WITH TEH RED DRIP SHE IS JUST NOT INTERESTED AND SHOULD BENTELY GET TOO INTERESTED HE WOULD GET BITTEN.   HE HAS FATHERED ALOT OF PUPPIES, SO HE KNOWS TEH RULES- WAIT TIL SHE SAYS YES. OTHERWISE YOU MIGHT LOOSE PART OF YOUR FACE. WHEN THE DRIP TURNS TO A BROWNISH  COLOR SHE WILL CHANGE HER MIND- AT WHICH POINT SHE WILL  STAND STILL, MOVE HER TAIL SIDEWAYS AND NOT BITE HIM.  THAT BROWN DRIP WILL LAST A FEW DAYS, THEN LIKE A SWITCH TURNING OFF, SHE WILL GO BACK TO BITING - 63 DAYS LATER SHE WILL BE A MOTHER. AND FATHER WILL BE BACK PEEING ON TREES.  THERE ARE A couple odd twists- which will be hard to describe and not be deleted with spam filters.  many dog breeders go thru all sorts of  microscopes and drip colledtions-- when i started i thought all that was necessary-- i assumed mommy nature needed  a microscope somewhere i guess.. however   time has taught me- just ask any resident male-- like bentley-- his accuracy is unfailing and an awfully  lot cheaper. As for the biting.... many dog breeders muzzle the female- just as humans often do to humans -- i think mommy nature has it under control- and i never muzzle  --i always allow the female to make the decision "to tooth or not to  tooth" that is her question. THE MOST PEQUILIAR PART IS- IF HE IS SUCCESSFUL IN PLACING HIS LITTLE SWIMMERS WHERE THEY OUGHT TO GO....SHE OR HE  HANGS ON JUST TO GET THE LAST DRIP IF SWIMMERS  OUT OF THE CONTAINER. THIS SITUATION CALLED "TIED"  AND MUST LAST AT LEAST 5 MINUTES  ( OUR RECORD IS 51 MINUTES) -  AS A WOMAN, IT IS COMICAL TO  SEE THE FEMALE IN TOTAL CONTROL -- OFTEN WANDERING AROUND WHILE THE BEST HE CAN DO IS TO RUN BACKWARDS... AT ONE POINT A " HE"  MISCALCULATED AND GOT ON THE WRONG SIDE OF A METAL FENCE POST- AND THE ONLY THING AROUND THE FENCE POST WAS ... HIM... I OFTEN WONDER WHERE THE  COMMON EXPRESSIONS CAME FROM  "I'M ALL TIED UP" -- OR  "I'M FIT TO BE TIED"  OR "HE'S ALL BALLED UP"   COMMON EXPRESSIONS  USED IN POLITE SSOCIETY WHICH YOU WILL NOW NEVER HEAR AGAIN WITHOUT SMILING.

march 26 2019

i KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE A CHALLANGING DAY WHEN  i stopped  the car to argue with Delores-- and  Delores is a mannequin.

We have some "up-catching" to do today-- in the process of entering,backing up ,sorting and retreiving  we have missed a bunch of people who signed up for volunteering- teh big job today is to  contact these people nd let then know how needy we are-- especially since.... i am told... spring is here... and we need to uncover these crazy acres while continuing to train dogs and keep the laundry done.

let it be known..... there is not a person  yet to appear in our driveway that i can not set to work at something. it takes a villiage to run this joint- and we need to contact  the group of volunteers who may have been slighted. if people would just clear a 10 x 10' section  we might get to have beautiful green grass--instead of pine needles and small twigs.

we have alot of rakess-- but maybe i should  get in a few more.... i will put them  in the white G-tent...

where is that???? it is the smaller of the 2 white buildings very easily identified on teh google earth of 37 boxford rd ipswich. 

those many tons of stone dust which  we spread before dogfest to look really goooood, are now all plowed up on what was once almost green grass-- or at least  green dandilions--- and the lack of sufficient stone dust in places has lead to 47  pot holes ( aka bladder busters) 

teh many tons of stone dust i  simply carried in with our new dump trailer has also done amazing things to the brakes on my  toyota...-- it is teh kind of thing car manufacturers don't talk about-- the towing capacity is not nearly as critical as teh stopping capacity. i have grown to appreciate getting some mass in motion that you then can not stop with any degree of accuracy. historically a 6 horse  5th wheel trailer coming home from  the kids vermont trail rides-- i have never been so glad to see a long uphill ahead of me. so now  as i move this dump trailer around- i am painfully aware that  the nice man at toyota service  is probably correct-- i better have the brakes rejuvinated  before they quit entirely.

all those people who brag so quickly all winter about   "i can go, i have 4 wheel drive"-- or " my car can accellerate forom 0 to 60 in 4.2 seconds" are ignoring the other half-- it can go from 60 to 0 in 0 seconds.

  you can not accelerate at the rate with  which you can decelerate... teh tremendous amount of salt used on  the roads  has eliminated a specific learning process.--it really is teh same reasoning that made snowblowers replace the industrious neighborhood kid who would shovell your walk for a buck.-- or even 10 bucks... now they don't know how to use a shovel at all.... unless you find a farm kid...

i still maintain there is nothing  wrong with having young male chldren  roll big heavy rocks around fields  to build stone walls...like they did all over new england---  there is no substitute for hard work-- the kind that produces a some  result...

to lie about in an air conditioned room and lift weights is just not the same... and the legal system in mass knows it-- as the courts send guys who have done somethig requiring legal action-- to SDP  for what they call " community  service"

i set them to pounding posts or rolling rocks...  the national honor society also demands community service-- i am inclined to give them slightly easier jobs.-- slightly.... 

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This is your quarterly AmazonSmile donation notification. Your charity, Service Dog Project Inc, recently received a  donation of $1,695.59  thanks to customers shopping at   smile dot amazon  dot  com  ( it won't let me include an  actual link)

which turned out to be $11k for the year....

This is not an insignificant amount! $11K!!!!! Might be worth it to mention in the DD and tell people how easy it is to set up. Less than a minute. It all adds up and everybody uses Amazon. Also good to let friends and family know….

Anne

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i managed to get myself set up for it-- so it cannot be too hard

MARCH 25 2019

A  PARTRIDGEBERRY  NEIGHBOR CALLED THIS MORNING-- I WAS THRILLED TO HEAR IT WAS NOT ABOUT A DOG BARKING-- BUT SOMEONE'S  INDOOR CAT HAD GOT OUT- AND THEY WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK FOR IT... YOU BET !! MY GUESS IS IT WOULD NOT BE INT HE KENNEL AREA-- BUT THE CHICKENS AND GUINNEA HENS-- SO WE WIL,L LOOK... ******* AND LOOK OUT WORLD HERE I COME----HEY LOOK THIS OVER-- LIKE THE SONG SAYS--   i  HAVE JUST GOT  T ONTO THE BIUNCH OF VOLUNTEER FILES WE HAVE  --  WE DO HAVE AN ORGANIZIONAL PROBLEM WITH tHE VOLUNTEER LISTS   --- I HAVE SPENT THE DAY/NIGHT COMPILING THEM - HOPEFULLY WITH OUT DUPES-- AND WILL NOW MAKE AN EFFORT TO GET A MESSAGE OUT-- YOU MAY HAVE SIGNED UP FOR  VOLUNTEEERING AND NEVER HEARD FROM US AGAIN...  HOPE\FULLY YOU WILL NOW... SOMETIME THIS MORNING I WILL plead for springtime cleanup help-- come rake a 10' x 10' area which should be lawn--  put on a dragging tarp and  dump the leaves etc in the brush pile by teh parking pit. any time  7 am to 7pm  7 days a week... you cdon't need to sign up fo rthis one-- PLAN A FAMILY FRESH AIR OUTING..... we have most of 12 acres to do... do not dispare.. if you can do  a 10 x 10' area you can consider it yours. several companies are sending A GROUP OF  people to help[-- but the guts of this crazy acres are the  individual; volunteers who put in a few hours here and there  - people are inclined to thank me-- but the truth be known, i drink more coffee than putting forth  actual  physical  effort. teh success of  donating a dog to some one is totally dependent on  the laundry folders, snow shovelers, dish washers and  scrap basket emptiers. **** after we get raked... i do need to investigate  brick end farms manure piles... IT DOES GOOGLE...   HAMILTON MASS... appaerntly they have 2 kinds of piles... i don't understand-- if i did, i would be a landscaper-- which i am not.  one kind is the kind to put in a vegtabel garden which blocks little weeds from getting going---   this is not the kind yo want to put on your  lawn-- which 2 yeasrs aGO  A TRUCK ARRIVED IN THE YARD WITH A LOAD OF BLACK "DIRT" FOR FREE--- I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A LANDSCA-ER WITHTHE WRONG STUFF ON HIS TRUCK FOR SOMEONE'S LAWN..  IT WAS BLACK SO I SPREAD IT-- BY THAT PUPPY HILL  AREA-- AND NOTHING GREEN GREW--NOT EVEN DANDELIONS...-GOT TO TRY AGAIN...  I DO LIMKE SOME GREEN TO SHOW---SO AFTER THIS RAKE PROJECT I  W ILL GET A LOAD OF TEH CORRECT BLACK DDIRT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE GREEN BY DOGFEST--- I GO THRU THIS EVERY SPRING....  TEH FLAT FIELD, PUPPY HILL SITTING AREA AND GUEST HOUSE-- I KIND OF GAVE UP ON THE POND. ***** THIS RECIPIENT TELL IT HOW IT IS.... **** Dear Carlene, This week marks my third week since Sunny and I were matched. She could not be more perfect ! She knows what to do without my even asking. Though we are both learning something new each day about each other, she is teaching me far more than I am teaching her. We are working on our pace. Each day we go somewhere new just to walk. We have made several visits to the Portland Mall, Targets, Home Goods, the grocery store etc.  She has the best “down stay” ever. She was perfect when I went for my 3 hour infusion this week and when i went to get my hair done and when I went out to dinner with friends. She has made getting out and about so much easier and has given me so much more confidence.  I know that you have been told one hundred times over that “thank you” just does not even begin to express how all of us who have been gifted a SDP dog feel. And that is so true. I have also learned through my volunteer work  there that  every person’s job at Crazy Acres is equally important as the other’s. It does take a village! I will never forget the first day I was there to volunteer and I said to you “well I can’t do much but I can do laundry and wash dishes” and you said to me “that’s quite a lot because it frees up the hands of those that can do more, to do more” and that meant more to me than you can ever know because it meant that i was going to be worth something to the success of  this organization’s mission. Sunny and I will continue to be there every Wed. There is no downside to volunteering. Everybody wins! ( and while I am there Sunny has fun with her friends) Best regards  Lou A

MARCH 24 2019

I CAN SWIM---NOT AS WELL AS MY SISTER  WHO SLITHERS THRU WATER... BUT I CAN SWIM..  I WAS A RED CROSS  WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTOR WHICH I GOT BY PROVING I COULD TIP A CANOE OVER THEN STANDING ON ONE END AND SHOVE  IT FORWARD TO EMPTY IT OF ABOUT 1/2 THE WATER SO I COULD GET BACK IN AND PADDLE TO SHORE...I CAN COPE WITH THAT--

WHAT I CAN NOT COPE WITH ARE THESE GREAT BIG FLOATING  HOTELS--AS OF THIS MORNING ONE OF THESE CRUISE SHIPS LOST 3 OF IT'S ENGINES IN SOME FJORD UP THERE IN TEH COLD WATERS OF FINLAND. SO WHILE TEH COMMERCIALS RUN  ADS OF PEOPLE SIPPING WINE AND SMILIMG, IN ACVTUAL FACT  WHAT IS SHOING NOW IS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THEIR SPANKING NEW ORANGE LIFE JACKETS TRYING TO HOLD UP THEIR FEET WHILE CONSIDERABLE WATER SLID TO THE LEFT-- THEN HESITATED AND SLID TO THE RIGHT... THEN LEFT... THEN RIGHT...THE HNDREDS OF THEM WERE WAITING  TO BE CLIPPED TO THE HELICOPTER HOOK SO THEY  COULD DANGLE WHILE IT LIFTED THEM 100 FEET UP INTO THE  WHIRLY BIRD.. IF THE STORM  THAT WAS CREATING THE 20 FOOT WAVES WASN'T ENOUGH OF A BREEZE. THE HELICOPTER-S BLADES MAKE A WHALE OF A DOWN DRAFT  IN ORDER FOR IT TO STAY ALOFT.--- TEH COPTER HOLDS 15 PEOPLE AT A TIME-- AND THIS FLOATING HOTEL HOLDS ONE HECK OF ALOT MORE  THAN THAT.

BY LAST ACCOUNT   THEY WERE CHEERFUL--- ONE ENGINE WAQS INDEED WORKING-- ONE OUT OF FOUR IS BETTER THAN NONE OUT OF FOUR-- SO THAT IS PROGRESS-- AND 2 TUGS WERE TRYING TO TURN THIS HOTEL AROUND AND KNUDGE IT TO SHORE-- LAST I KNEW TEH SHORE OF  THINGS LIKE FJORDS DOES NOT HAVE A WELCOME MAT EVERY 100 FEET...

I PUT CRUISE PEOPLE IN THE SAME CATAGORY AS PEOPLE WHO START UP MT EVEREST, GET IN TROUBLE AND OTHER PEOPLE HAV TO RISK LIFE AND LIMB TO RESCUE THEM.

WHEN WAS I LAST "AFLOAT"?    I WAS IN TEH ROWBOAT FOR A  CAMERA SHOT WE DID NOT USE FOR THE CALENDAR-  BEFORE THAT -- IT WAS 1988? WHEN I WENT FROM CONN TO LONG ISLAND TO GET A DANE BRED.  AND I SAT ON THE DECK THEN-- RIGHT BY THE LIFEBOAT...

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WE HAD AN INTERESTING EMAIL FROM A BREEDER IN CHICAGO WANTING TO DONATE A PUP TO US...SHE SEEMS VERY INTERESTED IN SERVICE DOGS... SO I HAVE SUGGESTED SHE TRY AND DO THE TRAINING HERSELF AND SEE WHAT SHE CAN DO. 

 THE WOMAN FROM SASCATACHERON IS COMING IN JUNE TO TALK ABOUT HER PROJECT OF CEREBRAL PALSY AND SWISS MOUNTAIN DOGS. ( IT IS COLD THRE !!)

I AM TRYING TO GET BACK IN A BIT OF TRAINING... MOSTLY-- MY SECOND CUPPA COFFEE IS AT SOME STARBUCKS OR DUNKIN WHILE SOME DOG LEARNS  A DOWN STAY.-- HEY YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN !!

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Dear Carlene, 

Hope all is well. Pixie has been doing fabulous. She’s been working hard we get out and about keeping moving forward. I have to say this winter has been a rough one with many surgeries on my stomach but we didn’t let stop us from seeing the world around us. Pixie has stopped so many of my falls as my legs are weak cause my MS has been acting up with all the crazy weather and my lack to eat and keep down food all the time. I always feel so blessed cause I don’t know how I would do all the things I venture out to without her. She never has her eyes off me. I thank you so much for changing my life and all the hard work that all the staff that SDP does for people like me to help us to keep moving forward and to enjoy life as I do every day. 

MARCH 23 2019

DANMMIT--- WE don't have  A FIDO -- WE USED TO HAVE A FIDO-- I THINK HE WAS MEG'S BUDDY  AND ALONG WITH BEING GOOD LOOKING ... HE WAS BOMB PROOF AND TROUBLE FREE-- I THINK I REMEMBR "USING" HIM TO TRY AND HAVE BELLA WALK WITH A DOG BEFORE GEORGE...- IF NOT BELLA THEN JOCH OR A FEW OTHERS...  HE WAS ONE YOU COULD  PULL  OFF TEH SOFA AND HE WAS GUARENTEED TO BEHAVE AND LOOK GOOD DOING IT.- I WANT TO TRY AND HAVE MRELYN PUT SOME MILES ON SOME OF THESE DOGS- AND I LOOK AROUND... NO FIDO-- BUNCHA CLOWNS-- BENT AND SIZ ARE GOOD WHEN I AM WITIN 10 FEET--   I REALLY NEED A FIDO....

 BUT YESTERDAY SIZ TOOK TO JUMPING AROUND HERE WITH A HUGE PILLOW IN HER MOUTH-- TOTALLY UNLIKE HER-- SO SHE MUST BE COMING INTO HEAT??????

SHE DOESN'T CYCLE REGULARLY-- SO  THIS COULD NEED MANAGEMENT... MY FIRST CHOIDE WOULD BE BENTLEY-- WITH TIGGER AS BACK UP- JUST IN CASE THE EQUIPMENT IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY...    BENTLEY IS NOT TH E  MOST  ENERGETYIC THING IN THE WORLD-- HIS  STAMINA BIT HAS NEVER BEEN THE SAME SINCE THE ELEVATOR  BIG  BANG.

WITHOUT EXACT SUPERVISION, WE COULD GET INTO 2 FATHERS OF ONE LITTER.. OR UNLESS WE CHECK IT WOULD  BE 2 POSSIBLE  FATHERS...

BEEN THERE DONE THAT...,. YEARS AGO.... WE HAD OCASSION TO  WONDEER ABOUT THE PATERNITY OF ONE PUP---ORDINARIOLY IT WOULD NOT BE OF INTEREST, BUT WE WANTED TO SAVE ONE PUT FOR BREEDING- SO I NEEDED TO KNOW WHO THE FATHER WAS....

SO I CAREFUL;Y  COLLECTED TEH DNA SAMPLE WITH THE AKC  KIT... FROM ALL THREE - THE 2 POSSIBLE FATHERS AND TEH PUP... TEH RESULTS I GOT BACK FROMT EJH AKC SHOWED EITHER ONE COULD HAVE BEEN THE FATHER--- WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE ODDS ARE OF THAT BEING POSSIBLE-- SO I CALLED AKC--- AND WAS TOLD  TEH $40 DNA TEST BASICALLY PROVED IT WAS A DOG, IF I WANTED TO TEST PATERNITY IT WAS $120 PER DOG.

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I NEVER KNEW FLORIDA WAS TEH SINK HOLE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD?? LAST NIGHT'S ENGINEERING DISASTERS WAS ON SINK HOLES-- AND THEY GAVE SOME STATISTIC LIKE 6 PER DAY- NOT ALL 50 FEET ACROSS .. BUT SOME !  I AM AMAZED TO SEE PEOPLE ALL STANDING AROUND WATCHING AS THE HOLE GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER... IT WENT FROM DETECTING ONCOMING SINK HOLES TO THE INSURANCE WHICH IS VERY SLOW TO PAY FOR SINK HOLE DAMAGE EVEN WHEN THEY COLLECT FEES FOR THAT CO=VERAGE.

THUS CONFIRMING ANOTHER DISASTER--- INSURANCE.

I PAID FOR LIFE INSURANCE FOR 35 YEARS - AND EVERY QUARTER  I GOT A PAPER TELLING ME WHAT IT WAS WORTH CASH VALUE--  UNTIL I TURNED 79-- THEN I GOT SEVERAL PAPERS SAYING  MY AGI INSURANCE HAD GONE FROM 100,000 TO  ZERO VALUE.. MUST BE SIMPLE MISTAKE?? I CALLED TEH NUMBR ON THE NOTE... A TENNASSEE PHONE NUMBER  PHONE WAS D/C... SO I FETCHED OUT MY OLD  NOTICES   AND CALLED A CHICAGO NUMBE  WHERE I  GOT A PERSON AND THEN WAS PUT ON HOLD FOR OVER AN HOUR.  MEANTIME THERE WERE ADS ON TV ALL THE TIME FOR AGI INSURANCE....I  GOT NO WHERE-- FINALLY CALLED MASS  STATE INSURANCE OFFICE- WHO WERE NOT  ENTHUSAIATIC BUT SAID " AGI?? GOOD LUCK- "  AND SUGGESTED I TRACK DOWN TEH AGENCY WHO ORIGIONALLY SOLD THE  POLICY...  THEY WERE MORE HELPFUL AND I FINALLY GOT A CHECK FOR $107,000 -- SO AGI  SAVED THEMSELVES $100,000 AND HAD MY MONEY INTEREST FREE FOR 35 YEARS.

I LOOK AT THOSE BIG  MEDICAL INSURANCE  BUILDINGS IN  BOSTON AND THINK- ----

I BETTER NOT GO ANY FURTHERE.

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Carlene,

Riz and I made it home last night.  She rode beautifully and took the long drive well (with several long stops of course).  She is such a wonderfully trained dog, which has made our new partnership and easy one.  Words can’t describe how grateful I am you you and all of the wonderful people that made this “just in time” partnership possible!

We will stay in touch.

Heidi and Riz

march 22 2019

I DON'T MEAN TO BE UNKIND--- BUT... ONE THING WE CONSIDER IN DONATING A DOG  TO SOMEONE IS--- ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO CARE FOR THE DOG??  WE GET A RAFT OF ANSWERS TO THAT ONE.

WHAT JUST SET ME OFF WAS A PERSON WHO WANTS A SERVICE DOG TO PUSH THE ELEVATOR BUTTON.-- SHE HAS SEEN PICTURES OF THAT HAPPENING AND WANTS ONE.

WE DO NOT TRAIN ELEVATOR BUTTON PUSHING---  WE COULD... IT CAN BE DONE-- HOWEVER FROM A DOG INDUSTRY A STANDPOINT........IF A PERSON CAN NOT PUSH AN ELEVATOR BUTTON, HOW IS THAT PERSON GOING TO BE ABLE TO CARE FOR THE DOG-- WHICH IS SO ESENTIAL IN PARTNERING WITH A DOG.... 

THOSE ELEVAtor buttons are very small  not 2" round    now the amt of time it would take me to train a dane to be able to get his 4"nose on that little button  and push to get to the correct floor would be astronomical.. during which time the person did not hav a dog to help them walk-- and a second person would  not have a dog started for them  and instead of costing $20,000 to raise a certified dog, it is how the cost gets to be $60,000- which i think is the ball park for a seeing eye dog. a seeing eye dog is a marvelous  accumulatiojn of  skills--- i would love to watch their trainers for a week -- i did ask-- but  was told, they don't allow it.. there are things they must do that "seeing" people don't think of.  like tey must not duck undeer a low hanging awning...-- and teh more delicate... move thier bowels on command so their partner can feel their position and pick it up..  that one  confounds me.. because if i touch bentley in the process he moves a becomes a walkin pooper   which to a blind - person could be an awful problem-- and then there is picking up a dropped credit card... which - i think all guide dogs can do..-- i hate to think how long it would tak me to get a dane to do that...

minus teh specific tasks. i would like to try and train a dane  to get a partially sighted person from A to B..  we have had several/many applicants who are "legally blind"  along with walking/balance issues..we turn those down-- when if i had a little more understanding of the process,  we might be albe to train a dog for them too,.

i have a long history of  elevators..

i remember-- one of the first jobs we did as animal episodes was for watts generators-- with geese...  the photographer - who's studio was on the  third  floor--- wanted a bunch of geese-- i found some on  a farm  and borrowed the geese-- had them in my 6 horse trailer- and pulled up to that  freight elevator we shuffled teh geese and janine  into the freight elevator- shut the door and before she could push the third floor button-- where we had fencing orgainized to contain the geese-- someone pushed teh second floor button -- door opened and geese were all over that business office... with janine -

 i actually never saw it because i was dealing with parking teh big trailer--  but i guess it was a good one.

 we had several mishaps with elevators-- seems there was another similar one with pat paulson and a100 white rabbits...

and then me--- going into the lobby of a hospital and telling the receptionist i wanted to train the service dog  in th e elevator-- she spun in her chair and called security " there is an idiot in th e lobby wants to train her dog in the elevator" 

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finally bently and i getting electracuted by teh kone elevator with teh short  which knocked us both over and out.  that one has a video and a very long stiory

march 21 2019

what? me worry?- i just got an email from the state of mass for meetings that were held yesterday and the day before--- this note that they were  late in sending was to notify me/us  that 

Beginning April 1, 2019, MassDOT will undertake work on the Tobin Bridge/ Chelsea elevated curve  ---Though they are safe to drive on, both are in critical need of repair. This wil  efficiently eliminate 15% the structurally deficient bridge deck  by 2021

i don't know how you feel about driving on  a structurally deficient bridge- when they can't even get out the notice of the structural deficiency on time.

i worry about things like that...

route 95 goes from maine to florida- and crosses  the merrimac river on 2 new bridges which were completed in 2018 after the bridge "lost"  a structural element  --- in 2010 !!!! 

there was some notice  to boat owners about a chunk of iron falling into the river... no one seemed to be concerned about how that chunk was afixed to the rest of the bridge and how may  "afixers" were deficient??

since dr pol is not on as often, i am reduced to engineering disasters- last night  scotland was on the docket...  the massive cables holding the whole thing together were made up of thousands of twisted wires-- which had been twisted in th emerky mist of scottish weather- and were rotting... they used some fancy word for rotting...- happily the japanese folk had teh same problem and somehow covered teh cables and set up hair dryers to keep tehtiny litttle wires which made up those cables from breaking.

now don't you feel better abotu bridges? 

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there are some good stories there---

 the curved  ofice building  in london which focused the curve on one spot- so at one certain  minute of the day it melted all the plastic in some guy's jaguar. 

 teh occupied building at 601 lexington ave in new york was all set to blow over if the wind hit it in a certain direction...

it  did not all start and end with the leaning tower of pisa...

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rizz is all set to go with heidi-- they are a great pair-- and gave glowing reports of what a great  teacher megan has been-  heidi  apparently wil rent a car today  and drive back to dc area.. she works at teh dept of aggri-- so i hope rizz behaves herself !!  she is a good dog.

so many of the people to whom we donate dogs, are first time dog owners-- or ever first  time dane owners.. hiedi  is from quarterhorse and greyhound experience-- and she fit in immediately with rizz- 

i am thiniking--- some of these dogs we have made into pets, might have been ok if we had put them out with someone to whom the entire project  was not a shock-   granted there are geroge's and finn's  the absolutely bombproof-- but maybe they don't all have to be quite so perfect... rizz does not like to have her butt sniffed.. wel heidi can easily cope with that malfunction.

MARCH 20 2019

A POSSIBLE RECIP ARRIVED YESTERDAY AND IS HOLED UP IN THE  GUEST HOUSE WITH RIZZ

WE Hve it organized... when somone flys into boston's logan, they get on the shuttle bus to peabody-- once on the bus-- they call teh office where if someone picks up a cuppa coffee and then goes to the bus stop, it works perfectly- no one has to get a car- because once heere-- tehre isn't much need to go anywhere--- they can always get a ride somewhere with the trainers as they drive aarond training dogs.;

trINERS  are often in supermarkets- so they can buy speciality items .... like the little cups of lemon merangue jello to which i have become addicted.

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i don't know how people live without a horse traqiler- particularly an almunimun one which can be sprayed pretty clean... in my carreer as a horse trailer driver, i have been called to move grand pianos to a doctors total library ( i think that was the heaviest---)  i no longer have that tractor trailer size thing-- but even a normal horse trailer gets put in action-- college kids-- graduting-- getting married... or divorced... whatever.... this week it is linda moving from her "city home" to the wilds of newbury-  there will be extra furnature--- not beiong one to turn down anything,,, we are  planning a saturday morn throwing  sofa's ouT second story windows  etc...

i am told our sofa collection in the laundry building is in tough shape..  spring is here..  time to ride the  suburban roads on  the large trash days- with th horse trailer on behind...

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round things... like wheels  are a particular fascination of mine-- finally  yesterday i realized the part of my childhood that wws  terribly deficient--  there was in newburgh a street, which had a nice downward slope for about 300 feet then sloped upward-   teh town had a yearly soap box derby- of the real kind- i was never in it-- but i was fascinated---i never undeerstoood teh rel;ationship between wheels turning and the soap box thing...it was long befoe things like helmets were invented- kids fell over got scratched up bandaged up and  put back in the "race"- today  you would be arrested for even trying to hold such a thing - actually true-

there was  "the great race" from watertown to marblenhead  26 miles-- started as an arguement in a bar-- was it faster to go by land or sea between those towns.- started-- small group  4am-- probably because the bars just closed... the winner was disqualified because he must have cheated... that remained the basic rule-- and it grew to eventually several thousand semi sober adults wandering around bostons streets and waterways.my family participated- i rode my old  penny farthing bike beating the tv host who had sailed his waterbed....

it may have been th first party bar bike contraption where 10 people all pedlaled while welded to a beer keg- they have them now in new orleans etc...

one i wolod like to re create wqs teh 20? pedal bikes all strung together with a hole  on either end of a 2x4 attaching a bike seat to the handle bar stem of the next bike--  one year there were 20 people on that one "vehicle---- they did finally get to the finish.. but stopping and going  was a terrible problem

maybe i can get someone to try that again... janine??????

THE IRS KILLED THAT GREAT RACE---- SOMEONE MADE SHIRTS AND YOU GOT ONE FOR TEH $15 ENTRY FEE...  SINCE THE SHIRTS COST $7- AND THERE WERE THOUSSANDS OF RIDERS, SOMEBODY MADE A PROFIT-- THE IRS WAS ANNOYED... NOBODY HAD THE MONEY- WHOEVER RANI IT JUST MELTED INTO THE  CROWD OF NITWITS ON THES CRAZY MACHINES...

WONDERFUL!!

MARCH 19 2019---  GIVE A CAKE TO YOUR LOCAL  FIRE DEPT

 FOR THE PASSING ON IF INCIDENTAL INTELLIGENCE   ---  IN THE "WHO GIVES A RIP" DEPARTMENT....CONSTANT CONTACT---  (CC)---  WHICH SENDS OUT THIS DAILY DOGGIE -- BECASUE IT IS TOO BIG FOR AOL.....HAS SOME KIND OF GLITCH--APPARENTLY A BUNCH OF PEOPEL GOT "UNSUBSCRIBED"  FOR UNKNOWN REASONS- AND  FRIEND, #1 STEVE , LUCKILY SENT AN EMAIL "ARE YOU OK?"  ---LOGICAL QUESTION-- I WENT THRU THE PROCESS OF GETTING HIM RE-SUBSCRIBED.... AS I WANDERED AROUND I STARTED THRU THE UNSUBSCRIBED LIST- AND IT IS FULL OF PEOPLE I KNOW READ IT --- FUGEN BEING ONE OF THEM... IN THE PAST I'VE HAD MANY "HOW COME YOU NO LONGER SEND ME THE DD?"  AFTER SITTING ON THE PHONE  YESTERDAY ---WITHTHE CC CUSTOMER SERVICE GUY-- AND NOT TAKING A SIMPLE ANSWER OF THE LEGAL ISSUES OF SPAM- HE SAID IF SOMEONE FORWARDS THE DD TO SOMEONE ELSE -- THE "UNSUBSCRIBE" FUNCTION STILL WORKS--  WHICH UNSUBSCRIBES THE ORIGIONAL PERSON...TO COPY AND PASTE TEH CONTENT WOULD BE SAFE--

HOW SOME EVER......... HOW DO I GET IN TOUCH WITH THE PEOPLE WHO GOT UNSUBSCRIBED IN ERROR? 

THE CONCEPT "TELL ME IF YOU DON'T GET THIS EMAIL"   AIN'T GONNA WORK....

THERE WILL BE A FEW WHO READ IT  BY CLICKING THE COFFEE CUP ON  OUR WEB PAGE- AND IF ANY WANT IT DELIVERED IN YOUR EMAIL SEND ME AN EMAIL SAYING "PLEASE PUT ME ON TEH AUTOMATIC EMAIL LIST"---

WHICH .....I MUST TEHN DUPLICATE AND SEND TO CC AS PROOF THAT  THEY WANT TO BE INCLUDED --  AINT THE LEGAL SYSTEM GREAT????

 WE  HAVE A PRETTY STEADY   954 PEOPLE WHO READ THE EMAIL VERSION  DAILY--- AND ANOTHER 200  WHO READ IT OFF TEH WEB...I CAN'T TELL WHO THE 200 ARE....

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 I DON'T KNOW HOW THE USED CAR DEALERS ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS  SPAMMING BIT... I NEVER MEANT TO BE A PERMANT SUBSCRIBER TO CAR FAX ADS...   THAT IS THEIR AD ONLY  ----THEY CHARGE $39 PER CAR  RESEARCHED.

CARS-

THE HIGHLANDER IS READY TO COME BACK--  TEH  TOYAOTA DEALER-- NOW MY BEST FRIEND SINCE HE THINKS WE MIGHT BUY 3 CARS A MONTH....-  HE WAS GENEROUS IN GLUEING IT BACK TOGETEHR... TO FURTHER TEH WHO CARES DEPARTMENT---- APPARENTLY IT WAS CROSS JUMPED WHICH INVOLVED TEH  ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WHICH DRIVES TEH CAR ( MUCH BIGGER BATTERIES- IT IS A HYBRED THAT I NEVER HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO DRIVE   ) -- SO THEY REPLACED  FRIED WIRES AND  FUSES PLUS A FEW  TIRED THINGS FROM TEH 295 ,000 MILES ALREADY ON IT.- HE DID SAY IT WAS A NICE CAR--- SO HOPEFLLY KEAGAN WILL GET ANOTHER 100,000 MILES ON  IT-- ( OR DONATE IT TO KARS FOR KIDS) 

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IN THE FYI--- JANINE HAS TO HAVE A CAR REG TO HER BECAUSE OF  MY GRANDSON COLBY  BEING A MALE COLLEGE STUDENT. AT THE MOMENT -- WE AREN'T SURE-- BASICALLY THE WHITE FORD'S LICENSE PLATES HAVE NOT BEEN TURNED IN-- SO SHE HAS PLATEES REG TO HER, BUT NO CAR BETWEEN THE  PLATES./

TYPICAL PROBLEM....

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 EVE AND FINN

We had a nice weekend, bubble experiments, Captain Marvel in the theatre, and a play date!! I didn’t get any photos of Eve walking but she did a bunch!! The last 2 weeks have really been amazing for her and hopefully she will stay ‘here’ for a while! It sure has been long wait. Sometimes I feel guilty we have such an amazing Service Dog to help her when she has long stretches of not walking. He does still help her pull her chair and his presence always keeps her safe because people see her and definitely don’t accidentally bump her anymore. But I am so so grateful that he is here to allow her to walk when her body lets her. She would NEVER walk in public without Finn that’s for sure! 

More pics in comments:)

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THEI SUMMER WE MUST DO THE BALLOON IBT WHERE WE BLOW UP BALLOONS AQND LET THE DOGSW RUN AROUND AND BREAK THE M-- WITH A BIG BANG..... A GOOD EXERCISE FOR THEM

SUMMER --- I AM READY.

MARCH 18 2019

IF MY MEMORY HAD NOT ALWAYS BEEN DREADFUL AT BEST, I MIGHT SAY ....

THE MIND OF THE AGING IS AN AMAZING THING- I CHECKED TEH SDP AND MY BANK ACCOUNTS THIS MORNING-- WHICH I DO EVERY SO OFTEN JUST TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY STRANGE CHARGES....AND I PANIC'ED- IT WAS MUCH LOWER THAN I WAS EXPECTING- AS I STARTED THRU THE VISA STUFF...I REMEMBERED..WE  BOUGHT 3 CARS -  THAT'LL DO IT.

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I CAN ALMOST REMEMBER THE DESK I WAS SITTING AT IN HIGH SCHOOL TRYING TO DRUM INTO MY HEAD..."54-40 OR FIGHT" AND WONDERING WHY THAT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER...APPARENTLY I WAS SUCCESSFUL AT  GETTIN G IT PLANTED IN MY HEAD-- BUT I AM MISSING TEH SECOND PART--LIKE WHAT???WHY???

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CURRENT PROBLEMS

THE PERSON TO GET RIZZ HAD AN IMPENDING DEATH IN THER FAMILY  AND HAD TO LEAVE-- IT WAS TOO SOON FOR HER TO TAKE RIZZ SO I HAD TO KEEP HER AND WILL HAVE TO...FIGURE OUT SOMETHING ELSE-- RIZZ IS NOT A SIMPLE GEROGE TYPE DOG THAT COULD GO WITH ANYONE....THE ONLY THING I CAN SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY IS SHE -- AS OF 2 WEEKS AGO-- DID NOT LIKE ANYONE SNIFFING HER BUTT...--  SINCE THEN , SHE AND SIZZLE HAVE BEEN ROUGH HOUSING- AND COULD BE SHE IS LESS SENSATIVE NOW ABOUT TEH CLOSE PROXIMITY OF DOGS.   SHE IS NOT "AGRESSIVE" BUT DOES THE JAW SNAPPING CONVERSATIONAL ROUTINE "GET AWAY FROM MY REAR END" WITHOUT ANY INTENTION  OF MAKING CONTACT... NOW IF SOME MALE DOG DID NOT GET THE MESSAGE AND CONTINUED - MY GUESS IS, SHE WOULD LET HIM HAVE IT.  RIZZ'S PARTNER HAS TO BE ABLE TO  PROTECT HER REAR...

OF COURSE THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY LOOSE DOGS AROUND TO POKE THIER COLD NOSES.... AND MOST MATURE MALE DOGS HAVE BEEN BITTEN IN THERI LIVES, AND KNOW BETTER...

I HAVE OCCASIONALLY SEEN BENTLEY CAREFULLY ASK  " ARE YOU SURE?" AND THEN RUNNING OFF TOTALLY FORGETTING THE PROJECT.

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I HAVE AN AILING MOUSE-- HOW ANNOYING CAN THA BE??? IT HAS A DEFECTIVE CLICKER...CUTTING AND PASTING TAKES MANY TRYS.... THEY MUST HAVE MOUSES SOLD SEPARATELY  -OFF TO EBAY.

I THINK EBAY IS TEH ONLY HOPE TO BATTLE AMAZON TAKING OVER THE WORLD...  EBAY IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD  STORE- SIMPLE OPERATION WITH ONLY A COUPLE THINGS FOR SALE BY AN INDIVIDUAL--SOUNDS LIKE THE AMERICAN WAY-- AND IT COULD BE---

HOWEVER...... I REMEMBER STORIES FROM TOMMY NUGENT ( NOW DOCTOR NUGENT.. BUT ONCE OUR STABLE HAND AT TEH RACE TRACK)  HE WOULD TELL TALES OF A TRACTOR TRAILER SITTING  IN  THE PARKING LOT OF  " TEH BACKSTRETCH"  OF THE RACE TRACK  WHILE TH EDRIVER GOR A CUPPA COFFEE AND IN 5 MINUTES  THE TRAILER WOULD BE EMPTY- WHETHER IT WAS TV'S OR CIGARETTES-- THERE WOULD THN BE ADS IN THE LOCAL WANT ADS FOR AN ABNORMAL NUMBER OF TV'S.

THE OTHER SOURCE OF MULTIPLES  COULD BE ... MY FRIEND ... MR MOON... IN CHINA--- IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEND HIM ANYTHING- AND HE WILL GET  A COPY MADE AND SEND YOU A VERY REASONABLE PRICE BUT HE HAS A MINIMUM OF 300 OR 500  

THIS IS THE ONLY THING TO  GIVE   AMAZON A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY......

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Hi Carlene, yesterday was the anniversary of the day I was officially matched to Charlotte. She is such an amazing partner keeping me from falling over and has enabled me to do much more than I thought I'd be able to do at this point. Yesterday my wife got a call that her mom, Wanda, had gotten into a fender bender near our house. Charlotte and I went to see how things were. Her car was mostly OK but my mother-in-law has had multiple back surgeries and her back was giving her some trouble. Once the cops had written up the report and provided all the insurance info we took her to the ER just to get looked at. Charlotte is familiar with hospitals by being with me and was a perfect angel while we sat in the ER treatment room and Wanda went to get some CT and x-rays. Everything looked pretty good but I didn't have to worry I was going to have problems just going to the ER with Wanda. Charlotte was by my side the whole time (and caught a well-deserved nap on her fluffy). Thank you, thank you again for all the amazing work you all do.

Paul and Charlotte

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 REMEMBER WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR OVERNIGHT HELP--WITHOUT PUPS IT CAN BE A SIMPLE SLEEP ON THE RECLINER OR SOFA-- CAN BE-- OR IT CAN BE WATCHIGN  THE CAMERAS AND COMMENTS FOR BABIES TO BE BORN IN THE BARN...

MARCH 17 2019

we apparently are  short overnight help-- which is a paid job.. 7pm to 7am  ---currentley pretty easy with no young pups... so you can mostly sleep in the recliner-- or sofas if you can move the dogs over...

 if anyone is interested please email me. a student studying is perfect !! of someoen who doesnt sleep all night anyway????

we don't have pups, but we sure hqave visiting dogs.-- the back "condo" has 4-- of lynne's dogs-  THEY ARE VERY QUIET DOGS.... BUT one  is a yellow lab-- whidch looks very strange here...

 he---- a neutered male ---lives very nicely with -- WATSON  the harl male from denmark - HOWEVER  WITH BENTLEY IN THE HOUSE..... THAT MAKES FOR 4 OF THOSE FAmily jewels in the same area of crazy acres-- so OVERNIGHT HELP IS NECESAARY IN CASE WE HAVE AN "EMERGENCY" 

 I CAN NOT USE THE  CORRECT WORD FOR THE MALE APPENDAGE  BECASUE MANY PEOPLE HAVE A SPAM FILTER THAT BLOCKS IT.

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RIZZ   IN THE GUEST HOUSE WITH SABRINA- IS DOING BEAUTIFULLY-- ONLY PROBLEM IS SHE IS VERY ATTACHED TO ME- AND IT IS A PROBLEM TO BREAK THAT BOND....COOKIES--- BOILED CHICKEN ETC...  BUT SHE IS WORKING FINE...- SABRINA CAN'T STAY INTO NEXT WEEK-- SHE HAS --- A JOB !! ---  IT MEANS AN AWFUL LOT TO LEARN IN 2 DAYS...  "  WORTH A SHOT"/

WE DID THE HOSPITAL AND SUPERMARKET YESTERDAY-- BOTH SABRINA AND I WEAR OUT AT ABOT THE SAME RATE...  BUT SHE IS GAME. WE ARE GOING OUT AT 9AM THIS MORNING...

RIZZ IS MATCHING HER PACE REALLY WELL ( AND VERY SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY) - SO ASIDE FROM TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF WHERE I AM, ALL IS WELL.,  SABRINA HAS A DESK JOB WITH MEETINGS-- ..

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I REMEMBER..... WELL... I DON'T REMEMEBER TEH Name of the dog  but--- we gave a dog to someone on a sunday-- thinking they could go thru a break in period- and maybe return the followoing weekend- and when she came back she   casually mentioned she had been on 10 airplanes in the week...  no problem--- but if i had known that i would have been a wreck.

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bless purina-- we took in 9 pallets of dog food yesterday-  teh yard is sooooooo muddy, i did not dare use teh fork lift- but raqther the pemp fors that go on the kabota-- and------- they just barely tip the adult dry food off the truck--- but then we had teh one pallet of puppy food-- it is just enough heavier so the best i could do was to slide it off with a bang.-- the fork lift would have no problem withthe weight-- but it has a huge opinion about the slightest mud....plus it is big time heavy- so stuck in mud is neARLY A FATAL PROBLEM   ---WE USE IT MAY TO NOVEMBER....

EVERY TIME WE HAVE A NEW DRIVER  WE HAVE A FEW KNOWN PROBLEMS-- FIRST-- THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY CAN TURN AROUND A 53 FOOT TRAILER DOWN BY THE BARN--- SOME WON'T EVEN TRY-- MEANING WE HAVE TO UNLOAd it  on the street... the ones who do get the truck in place, have a terrible look on their face when they see the crowd of women all set to unlosd it...-- until we start in -- one minute 28 seconds per pallet...  i defy any crew to do it fawster...

HI CARLENE,

I WANTED TO SHARE THAT RUSSEL, THE PURINA DELIVERY DRIVER YESTERDAY, REMARKED HOW IMPRESSED HE WAS WITH YOU AND HOW QUICKLY THE TEAM GOT THE PALLETS UNLOADED.  IT MADE ME SMILE - HE HAS NO IDEA HOW IMPRESSIVE YOU AND THE EXTENDED SDP FAMILY ARE!  

ON A SIDE NOTE:  HE THOUGHT SNOWBALL WAS ADORABLE AND APPRECIATED THAT YOU TOLD HIM TO GO IN THE BARN TO TAKE A PEEK!

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO,

CATE & BELLOW

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we had  3 dogs at fridays telqthon for children'sw hoswpital--- george-- martina and  tiona's dog - they are all matching--- teh black with white neck-- so lying togethere they were quite a scene.

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advertising--- teh geico  ads are amusing etc--  but there are other catacories-- one slightly distaSTEFUL  ( I PUT THE LIBERTY INS ADS THERE)  AND  THOSE WHICH I DON' T KNOW-- OR UNDERSTAND THE PRODUCT THEY ARE TRYING TO SELL...- NAMELY THE CAR RUNING BACKWARDS IN TRAFFIC- I JUST DON'T GET THE ENTIRE PITCH..

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AS FOR  3 PRODUCT   REPORTS.....-  THE HOME PLOW SNOW PLOW HAS BEEN A SUCCESS-- DOES NOT REALLY  COAST ON AND OFF WITH EASE...IT DOES NEED JIGGLING TO GET IT OUT OF WHAT IS BASICALLY A TRAILER HITCH ON THE FRONT END...

-I FIND THE HEATED PAD FOR UNDER THE BOTTOMN SHEET TO BE A TOTAL FAILURE-- 

 I CAN NOT SAY TEH SONIC TOOTHBRUSH IS VERY EXCITING--

BUT THEN AGAIN MAYBE I EXPECTED TOO MUCH FROM A TOOTHBRUSH...

MARCH 16 2019

i have a letter  "to the parents of carlene--- offerning to ease my way  into college----it is very official looking... so i may just follow thru  --- if i remember---- they give me a choice of 2 days for my appointment and i have an appointment confirmation number...  they have identified several colleges nationwide that will give me financial aid. 100% 

"carlene's   unique educational needs will be addressed during the personal interview."

  please  arrive 20 minutes early for parking and registration. 

 this could be worth a phone call     ----Right C3 las vegas,nv-- i hope they are interviewing locally-- altho it is not the kind of interview i would go to alone...

somewhere here you have to recognize the  creativity of corruption. 

 find a need and fill it...has long been my adage.  HOWEVER.... AS YOU ALL KNOW... I AM NOT A FAN OF COLLEGE IN GENERAL-- WE END UP WITH AN EXCESS OF PEOPLE WHO CAN RE-DISTRIBUTE INTERNATIONAL WEALTH- AND NO ONE CAN FIX THE KITCHEN SINK.

-- OR WASHING MACHINES -- REMEMBER THE REPAIR MAN WHO TOLD ME MY BOSCH WASHER WQS RUN BY COMPUTERS NOW AND YOU COULDN'T FIX THEM WITHOUBUYING A NEW COMPUTER BOARD.. WHICH COST MORE THAN  A NEW MACHINE...- WITHOUT THINKING I BOUGHT A NEW "GE" "THE WORKHORSE OF THE WASHING MACHINE TRADE"-   THANK HEAVENS BUD WAS CURIOUS-- AND WITH HIS LITTLE RED BOX, HE DETERMINED THE SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED- FOR $13.50-- WHICH HE DID.. JUST IN TIME FOR TEH GE "WORKHORSE" TO GO LAME--  WITH DIFFICULTY  -- OUT  WITH THE  GE AND IN WITH THE BOSCH AND IT'S NEW $13.50 SWITCH-- YOU GUESSED IT... IN WITH BUD AND HIS RED BOX- AND TEH SWITCH ON THE GE WAS BAD- ANOTHER $13.50 AND WE HAVE AN EXTRA GE WASHER IN TEH ICU HOUSE.

TAKING THAT MICROCOSM AS AN ILLUSTRATION  OF ALOT OF THINGS-- ABOUT $2000 CHANGED HANDS UN NECESSARILY  WITH - BUYING 2 MACHINES JUST BECAUSE I  NEVER  TOOK THE 5 SECONDS TO LEARN ONE SIMPLE FACT ABOUT THAT RED BOX THING-- HOLD TEH METAL POINTE "A"  AND "B"   AND IF TEH NEEDLE MOVES THERE IS A CURRENT BETWEEN THE PLACES- OR MORE IMPORTANT --- A LACK THEROF MEANS NO CURRENT FROM THE INNIE TO THE OUTIE... I DON'T NEED TO KNOW HOW OR WHY TEH LITTEL NEEDLE SWINGS TO ANYWHERER...-- JUST THAT BASIC "MOVE"  AT ALL WOULD HAVE SAVED ME $2000.

SOMESHERE IN THE PAST 50 YEARS, I DID SEE THE ADVANTAGE OF THAT RED BOX "METER" THING... AND BOUGHT ONE... OR TWO .. OT THREE.. AND PROBABLY USED EACH ONCE- on electric fencing...  - BUT BECASUE I DIDN'T  stop to UNDERSTAND ALL THE AMPERES AND VOLTS AN Watts,   i never used the thing to it's full potential...  thaNKFULLY BUD KNOWS ABOUT THAT STUFF-- AND HIS BATTERED RED METER WHICH PROBABLY COST $20 30 YEARS AGO- HAS SAVED THE ECONOMY MILLIONS OF $$ SPENT ON  REPLAcement WASHING MACHINES WITH BAD SWITCHES...

THERE IS A LESSON THERE SOMEWHERE...  and it does not favor teh tuition expense of todays colleges...

   

MARCH 15 2019

SHORT DOGGIE--THIS WAS TEH BEST I COULD DO TODAY

CUT AND PASTE--- 

PRETTY GOOD...

> This is Lexi, she's an 8 week-old German Shepherd,

> 

> I bought Lexi as a surprise for my wife but it turns out

> 

> she is allergic to dogs so we are now looking to find her

> 

> a new home. She is 68 years old, an attractive and caring

> 

> woman who drives and is a great cook.

MARCH 14 2019

PI DAY-- 3.14 IS THE RATIO OF TEH CIRCUMFERENCE OF A CIRCLE TO THE DIAMETER-- ANY SIZE CIRCLE- SO MUCH FOR THE INTELLECTUAL  BIT OF THE DAY./

I WAS THRILLED TO GET A LETTER COMPLAINING ABOUT LINDA AND HOW RUDE SHE WAS--- SHE IS THE MOST WELL BEHAVED PLEASENT PERSON AROUND HERE... USUALLY-- AS I SAID YESWTERDAY  I AM THE ONE TO BE CALLED RUDE AND OBNOXIOUS.. AND I KNOW FULL WELL-- THAT BOTH MY CHILDEREN ARE THERE IN THE BACKGROUND SAYING "YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE SAID THAT  TO THAT PERSON".. 

WHAT THEY DON'T REALIZE IS-- TEH GENERAL PUBLIC WILL TEST ALL LIMITS- AND EVENTUALLY EVEN SAINTS WILL CRACK.  AND I ANI'T NO SAINT....AS YESTERDAY-- "HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO HAVE SDP SUPPORTED BY  PUBLIC WHEN YOU HIRE SOMEONE A S RUDE AS SHE IS..  I HAVE ALOT OF FRIENDS AND NONE OF US ARE GOING TO BUY ANYMORE CHICKEN BRICKS--- . I CAN'T WAIT TO PASS THE WORD AROUND ABOUT HOW BAD I WAS TREATED" 

IT WENT ON AND ON...  LINDA SHOWED ME TEH EJMAIL THAT STARTED ALL THIS-  LINDA MAY HAVE BEEN MORTIFIED TO  USE THAT LANGUAGE--BUT HER'S WOULD  NEVER MAKE A SAILOR BLUSH...

HER OFFENCE?  SHE TOLD THE WOMAN SHE COULD HAVE A HARNESS BUT NOT THE SERVICE DOG STICKERS THAT WE USE ON OURS UNLESS SHE HAD A CERTIFIED SERVICE DOG..

SOME PEOPLE CAN NOT COPE WITH BEING TOLD  "NO" -- 

AS IN "NO YOUR KID CAN'T GO TO THAT  COLLEGE??? "   THAt is goinG TO BE A GOOD ONE TO UNSCRAMBLE// - A PARENT KNOWS THEIR CHILD WILL DO BETTER IN LIFE WITH A  DEGREE FROM A FANCY COLLEGE-  HOW DIFFERENT IS THAT FROM A MOTHER FROM  COLUMBIA WHO  TRIES TO GET HER KID INTO THE UNITED STATES FOR A BETTER LIFE?????  I   WILL BET  A COOKIE TEH COLLEGE KIDS WILL NOT BE TAKEN FROM THE PARENT S AND SLAPPED IN CAGES... WHICH MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA--  I HEARD..... ONE KID SAY "I ONLY WANTTO GO TO COLLEGE AND PARTY" - NOW THERE IS A KID WHO SHOULD BE IN TECH SCHOOL LEARNING TO MIX CONCRETE--- BY HAND... 

I THINK I PROBABLY GOT INTO COLLEGE ON MY OWN--- WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED IS MY PARENTS MIGHT HAVE PAID ME TO GET OUT-- TO GRADUATE.... COLBY COLLEGE HAD A 500 WORD SPELLING TEST THAT THEY DECIDED EVERY GRADUATE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPELL CORRECTLY.  IF I KNEW THAT AHEAD I NEVER WOULD HAVE GONE TO COLBY---      WHO  B ETTER TO VERIFY THAT CONCEPT THANTHE PEOPLE WHO READ THIS DAILY DOGGIE..?? I AM TOLD MY CREATIVE SPELLING  IS PART OF THE CHARM  SECOND ONLY TO THE NY TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE --

THERE WAS A  DD   STUDY GOING ON... IS THAT A TYPO OR SPELLING?-- WHICH  PROGRESSED TO WHICH KEY ON THE KEYBOARD WAS NEXT TO THE  KEY THAT PUT TH EWRONG LEETER IN TEH RIGHT PLACE .

 BACK TO COLLEGE....IN A DISCUSSION  ON TV- ONE OF TEH NEWS GUYS VERY QUICKLY REFERRED TO  "PULLING TEH PARCHMENT" ON KIDS WHO GRADUATED AFTER AN ILLEGAL ENTRY..

?SOUND LIKE THE IMMIGRANT  PROBLEM? 

march 13 2019

i calls 'em as i sees 'em---  one of the toughest part of sdp is telling someone we can not help them.. most of the time it is a very somber "i am sorry but one of our dogs could not do what is needed." and they go away.. i have been at this since 2003-- and 3 times i have had someone say "i am going to sit here til you agree to give me a dog."-- that is when my language can go south, as i keep my finger on the  911 button... i start out feeling sorry for these people, but as they get offensive it becomes even more obvious why they are not going to get one of our danes as they tell me that they will be suing me for  not having a handicap rest room.  it gets very close to  calling 911 for help- which i have not done yet.

  i must admit.... my language can become.... specific....  so out there in the world of the internet there are now 3 people who are very unhappy about the words i used to tell them that we could not help them.   3 in 15 years isn't too bad...

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i cannot say i was ever prepared for  the world's inherent negativity-   i can say  "lets  paint that doghouse green" and i guarentee you someone will not only object to green, but tell anyone who will listen how i had no right to make such a decision.   this is the kind of person that would never understand that i made that decision because i  was standing amid 4 gallons of green paint.

 you laugh?  i can not tell you the number of emails i get about the baby donkey-- coat on   coat off   gate move-- hay move-  heat lamp up  down  -- halter on -off   most are pleasent suggestons which i don't mind -- but there are a couple who basically want to be unhappy and criticize something... and having access to that camera  gives them a running start.  i try and answer as many emails as i can.... but i can be overwhelmed....

th temp dropped in the kennel 10 the other night...  from 70 to 50  and it stayed at 50--luckily  one cp said "if it was 50 degrees outside it would be fine..."  but another wanted me to get out of bed and go fix the furnace.  when i explained 50 wasn't bad... then it started ---- how lazy i was, and had no business to cage those pups in such an uncomfortable place..  it can be awful to have to listen to that... except ... it can also be funny.  

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along with  "the things i must not talk about...."  this could be dangerous--- but janine rushes around taking as best care she can of as many as she can---  and she knows what shortcuts are acceptable and which are not. .. and which should be referrd to vetrernatrians- in that last load withteh ponies... there was one  that was not only sick with some relatively normal runny nose-- but had a bad "mechanical BONE problem" -- so like the white donkey, it was decided it was in paIN AND SHOJLD BE PUT TO SLEEP-- WHICH TEH VET DID.   THERE IS A FEELING AROUND HERE HALF DEAD AND NEEDING  CARE IS AN EMERGTENCY  DEMANDING ATTENTION... ABSOLUTELY DEAD IS 

NOT A PROBLEM-- IT CAN NOT GET ANY DEADDER..( IN  HEAT   OF SUMMER  THAT MIGHT NOT BE TRUE...)  BUT IT WAS COLD... THE DEBATE TEHN BECAME ---- HIRE A HUGE TRACTOR TO BREAK THRU THE FROST--- TRY AND SNEAK ANOTHER DEAD ANIMAL BENEATH THE MANURE PILE ( NO FROST) -- HIRE  TEH DEAD ANIMAL GUY( $500)--  OR PUT IT IN THE BACK OF THE PICKUP AND  GO TO  A WINDING ROAd in MAINE and take a corner too quickly and make some cayotes very happy.. -- she opted for teh $500 -- she has donors who support her  rescue activities.

personally ... i would have gone to maine. 

march 12 2019

"IF GOD HAD INTENDED US TO FLY, HE WOULD NEVER HAVE GIVEN US THE RAILWAYS"  ( DONALD SWANN-- "AT THE DROP OF A HAT")

i think i would opt not to fly today---personaLLY...  THEY  -- YOU KNOW--- "THEY." .. SAID THE BLACK BOX WOULD TAKE 24 TO 36 HOURS TO READ-- MAYBE I COULD JUST WAIT-- NOT EVERY PILOT COULD SET DOWN A PLANE IN THE HUDSON RIVER-- AND SO MANY PLACES JUST  DON'T HAVE A HANDY RIVER...

I HEARD ----- IT TAKES ONLY 83 DAYS START TO FINISH TO BUILD ONE OF THOSE PLANES... AND BOEING FINISHES 57 A MONTH.

THE EMENSE-OSITY- OF THAT  CONCEPT OVERWHELMS ME.  THE MATHEMATICS .. IF THEY FINISH 2 A DAY-- AND IT TAKES 83 DAYS START TO FINISH AT ANY ONE DAY HOW MANY ARE IN PROGRESS-- I CAN'T FIGURE THAT ONE  OUT.  ON DAY ONE IF I STARTED 2.. THEN DAY 2 I STARTED ANOTHER 2-- DAY 3 ANOTEHR 2 THAT MAkES 6 ON DAY 3--- AM I HEADED FOR 166 PLANES IN PROCESS ON DAY 83 ???  ON DAY 84 YOU ARE  PLUS 2 AND MINUS 2--- IT IS ALL ABOUT PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS-

THE THINGS I STUDIED IN BRITAIN WERE SUPPOSED TO BE MATH- BUT EVERY TIME I HEAR THAT WORD "COMBINATIONS" , I REMEMBER A FEW THOUSAND OF THE JOKES MADE ABOUT  "KEEP ON CHANGING YOUR COMBINATIONS"- WHICH MEANT UNDERWEAR.- SO MUCH FOR EDUCATION....  THERE ARE MANY BRITISH WORDS THA JUST DO NOT TRANSLATE.

I SWEAR THEIR GENERAL CONVERSATION CONTAINS MORE HUMOR THAN  THE AMERICAN VERSION OF CONVERSATION... AND IF YOU DON'T PAY ATTENTION , YOU MISS IT...

THE UNITED STATES AT ONE POINT DECIDED ENGLISH WOULD  BE EH NATIONAL LANGUAGE.. PEOPLE IN BRITAIN WONDER WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THAT DECISION.

I WONDER.....THERE ARE SUBTLE DIFFERENCES IN POPULATIONS-- AT LEAST SCOTTISH  TO NEW YORKERS..  IF THERE IS A LINE.. WAITING FOR ANYTHING..... IN NY... "BETTER CLOSE THE GAP OR SOMEONE WILL GET AHEAD OF YOU"  SO NEW YORKERS STAND ALL BUNCHED UP... - IN SCOTLAND NO ONE "JUMPS THE QUEUE" SO THE LINE IS  a VERY RELAXED SOCIAL EVENT.... BEING MINUS TEH FEAR THAT SOMEONE WILL  VIOLATE YOUR PERSONAL SPACE IN THE QUEUE...

NEW YORKERS (? AMERICANS? )  HAVE COMPETITION BUILT-IN.  "HEAR THE STATUS CYMBALS CLASH" ---- FOR DATA-- COULD SOME ONE RESEARCH to see  IF TEH INCIDENCE OF ROAD RAGE IS As COMMON IN BRITAIN AS IT IS HERE.. if i had to guess.....

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now about ... the sniffing of teh butts.... rizz seemed to have an aversion to any one ( dog) sniffing her butt-   and not fond of ear sniffing either...  maybe any orifice?  for this she was put on  training hold...for further training or whatever... she is  here in the house.. sizzle took her on and tho rizz was origionally pretty annoyed and snapping at sizzle.  with some generic rough housing  she is less fussy now...  and much more relazed

 so today i need to find a dog wiling to try  and sniff her rear.

 it is always nice to have a goal .

mar 11 2019

 OUR WONDER DOG   "GEORGE"   IS HAVING  HIS LIP FIXED TODAY--SOME SORT OF "BLEMISH"  REMOVED... BUT IT INVOLVES ANESTHESIA  AND THAT WORRIES ME--- BECAUSE OF MY  DOG "BROWNIE"  WHO HAD SURGERY AND WAS PUT IN A METAL "CRATE" TO WAKE UP-- AND GOT SO SCARED AT TEH METAL NOISE OF HEAD BANGING THAT FOREVER HE WOULD "COME APART" IF HE HEARD ANYTHING SIMILAR-- LIKE A GARBAGE CAN LID...  RUINED HIM FOR SERVICE WORK... SO NATURALLY-- I AM WORRIED. NORMAL PEOPLE OFTEN JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND-- SPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE THE  "IT'S JUST A DOG"  MENTALITY... IT IS A BUSINESS.. THROW HIM IN A CRATE...THOUSANDS OF COCKERSPANIELS HAVE SURVIVED WITH NO PROBLEM WHY SHOUlD A service dog get special treatment??? that is because it makes no difference if a cocker spaniel panics at teh sound of pots and pans. 

to watch george concentrate on bella and where she puts her feet- is an astounding  sight.  he has the problem down pat... to take the slightest chance with  him makes no sense. VETS... VET TECHS AND GENERAL KENNEL HELP DO THINGS WITH SMALL DOGS THAT I JUST DO NOT APPROVE OF WITH DANES...-- LIKE LIFTING THE HEAD VERTICALLY- TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY FOR SHOTS ETC..-- SIDEWAYS IS FINE--  NOT VERTICALLY WITH MY DOGS-- I HAVE  SEEN 2 DOGS  WHO BECAME  GROSSLY UNSOUND  AFTER THAT WAS DONE-- COULD BE CO INCIDENCE?? MAYBE-- BUT..... EXPERIENCE  OFTEN COMES FROM BAD EXPERIENCE....SO WHY CHANCE IT... HUMOR THE OLD LADY.... JUST DON'T DO THAT. 

SO I AM WAITING TO HEAR WHERE HIS SURGERY IS...-- TEHY LIVE RIGHT NESXT TO A VET OFFICE SO MAYBE--- BUT THAT VET HAS NOT BEEN  WARNED ABOUT GREAT DANE PECULIAR NATURE.

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TRIPPLE A  AS IN  AAA  I HAE BLEONGED FOR YEARS- BUT Hve never called them--  i would push... jump staRT.. ROLL WHATEVER INSTEAD OF CALLING---until this month-- now 3 times...  THE HIGHLANDER-- TOYOTA-  trucked to  THE LOCAL MECHAnic-- couldn't deal withthe big battery system of the electric hybrid..  so aaa again to the toyota dealer- wher ei t was lost --  for  many hours-- finaLLY LOCATED MINUS KEYS- SO I WENT DOWN WHT THE EXTRA SET--- AND MET TEH MANAGER-- WHO I KNOW WELL BY NOW---NEW ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS OVER $3000-- THIS IS ON A CAR  WITH 300,000 MILS ON IT.--- WHERE I WONDERED IF I SHOULD BUY NEW WINDSHIELD WIPERS.------ WHEN IT WAS LOST -- I FIGURED GOLDIE MADE THE DECISION FOR ME- GET RID OF IT.  BUT THEN HE FOUND IT-- AND SAID " THAT IS A NICE CAR---"   AND I TOLD HIM IT BELONgED TO SDP and if he fixed it i coudl thell the irs how nice he had been... and i wanted to donate it to one of our volunteers--- blah blah blah-- so he has it  and knows  it will go to kars for kids befor i will spend $3000 on it...  his parting comment "let me see what i can do" 

we could give him great publicity is he can make it go 400,000 miles

 stay tuned...

MARCH 10 2019

TRAINERS---  WHO IS AND WHO AINT-- I HAVE THE PERFECT TEST  -- GIVE SOMEONE A PUPPY AND SEE WHAT THAT PUP IS LIKE A YEAR LATER...-- SINCE YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT...  TAKE OUR CALENDARS FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS AND SEE WHO'S DOGS ARE IN THE DIFFICULT SHOTS... I PASS BECAUSE I GOT BAILEY TO BALENCE ON THE  LIMB OF A TREE ( MY CURRENT DOGS ARE NOT NEARLY AS WELL TRAINED...SHAME ON ME)- MEGAN QUALIFIES BECAUSE OF THE NONSENSE SHE CAN GET WALTER TO DO-- LIKE StAND At the refrigerator...-- on you go with colleen's  oscar FLOATING ON THE POND--.... devin's dog at teh hAirdresser---  and by now tehre are others--- lynn... judy and a few i am sure i forgot...  but that is reality--- do i dare say .... i never saw anyone with a finely trained dog  that read teh directions   in a book or on  a cell phone...  you find trainers-- you don't train them.

CAMERA MARK DID POINT OUT THAT YEARS AGO WE  "USED" MORE GENERIC DOG WALKERS TO JUST PUT MORE MILES ON SOME DOGS TO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO GROW MORE AND "ACHIEVE BOREDOM"  SO WE ARE DEVELOPING A BUNCH OFVOLUNTEERS TO PUT ON TH MILES- THERE AE SOME DOGS THAT HIT A BRICK WALL ON ONE TOPIC-- JUST TALKING TO HEYDAWG'S OWNER-- HE WAS ALMOST  WASHED OUT BECAUSE OF HIS AVERSION TO SLIPPERY FLOORS.- SOMETIMESW WE CAN FIND THE PERFECT OWNER WHO CAN DEAL WITH ONE WIERD QUIRK--  WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE BACK LOG OF APPLICANTS, I AM ALSO GOING TO TRY AND IDENTIFY ANY OF THE QUIRKS- THEN CAREFULLY MATCH --  WE DID IT WITH GAYLE AND HEYDAWG--- 4 YEARS LATER,  HE HAS BROADENED HER HORRISONS AND BEEN A WONDERFUL SERVICE DOG FOR HER-  YET SHE STILL HAS TO WALK VERY SLWOLY ON SLIPPERY FLOORS...  THAT IS NOT MUCH IN EXCHANGE FOR TEH SERVICE HE GIVES HER TO GET TO THAT FLOOR IN THE FIRST PLACE.

I CAN REMEMBER...... WORKING WITH A YOUNG PUP--- GETTING STUCK IN SHAWS SUPERMARKET BECAUSE OF THE ANGLED MIRRORS OVER THE MEAT COUNTER- ONE LOOK AT THAT AND HE COLLAPSED- EVERY TIME HE MOVED- THAT FOG  IN THE MIRROR MOVED AND HE COLLAPSED EVEN WORSE...-- WELL YOU CAN NOT HAVE A SERVICE DOG BEHAVING LIKE THAT..... UNLESS... YOU CAN FIND A RECIPIENT WHO IS A VEGITARIAN AND CAN STAY AWAY FROM THOSE MEAT COUNTER MIRRORS..

REMEMBER ALSO.....A DIFFERENT SHAWS... WITH BALLOONS OVER THE CHECK OUTS-- AND SOME PUP BACKING INTOT HE MAYONAAYSE DISPLAY BECAUSE OF  THE BALLOONS- AND TAKEING 45 MINUTES TO EVEN GET OUT OF THEPLACE.. IT DOES HAPPEN

YOU NEED A SENSE OF HUMOR WITH A DANE...

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RUSHING--- I FORGOT IT WAS SRING AHEAD DAY...

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Hi Carlene! Happy holiday season.( OLD EMAIL)  Wanted to share a story for you and not for the dd but just to share after seeing the dd today wanted to tell our tale. Harry’s vet in ma kind of retired and his practice was being run by a lot of different people. We went in on day and it was a vet who we never met. She was terrified of him and it was very obvious. He was doing as he does and just standing by the door and he was nervous but like a big baby just kinda shaking a bit. I was talking to him and she wanted to muzzle him. I said no he is fine and she insisted the tech pin him against the wall and hold his head. He was so confused and scared and we left. Never to return. Ever. She should never have been in that room with him and when you spend 100% of your time with your dog you know everything about them and I knew she was just wrong to do what she did.  He never flinched the whole time. We immediate got a new vet. She walked in the room and looked at him and got on his level and he walked over to her and she loved on him and it was perfect. She aspirated a lump he had right there in the room and he was perfect and she was not nervous and they left on perfect terms. I think it is so important that people are aware that the letters after the name mean they got a degree not that they are good at what they do or a good fit for you and your dog. I am glad you made mention of the vet in your dd .