Wednesday, July 31, 2019

JULY 31 2019

9 + 4 = 13 is what we 've got  all lively and chowing down. i swear with  their first nursing within minutes of birth, they "round out" - sizzles  3  weighing 1 pound 6 ounces last night-- with the harl pup weighing 1 pound 10 ounces...--gabby is a pro.. "here take these babies-- i am going out for a walk-- when i get back i expect clean linnens , fresh water  witha few pieces of cheese would be nice"  where sizzle " i don't know where these things are coming from- but they seem to squeak and  need constant attention-- my squeakey toy was much less trouble" 

hopefully that gives ua a start on service dogs for people starting   christmas of   2020.. already it starts  pANIC  13 PUPS- WELL WE ARE WAY BEHIND MY "OFFICIAL " PLANS THANKS TO MOMMY NATURE.. 
MY PLAN IS TO HAVE A LITTER AND BREED THE NEXT FEMALE AT THE SAME TIME  - THAT WOULD GIVE US  5 LITTERS A YEAR  SHOULD E ABOUT 30 PUPS  -- OR 25 FOR TRAINING  WHICH  SHOUDL GRADUATE MAYBE 20 --  WITH THE 3 TRAINERS AND SYSTEM WE NOW HAVE..

ALL IS GOOD-- THE  GRADUATE DOGS ARE FANTASTIC -ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM THERE.. - AND THEN THE "BUSINESS " TYPE  START ASKING QUESTONS AND LIFE GETS HECTIC.  THESE ARE NOT SHOES THAT WE ARE MANUFACTURING AND PUT ON SOME SHELF AWAITING DISTRIBUTION...
 LET ME REPEAT-- WHATEVER WE ARE DOING... THE DOGS ARE  DOING A WONDERFUL JOB....  BUT THE "BUSINESS "NUMBERS JUST DO NOT COMPUTE... THAT JUST MAY BE A FACT OF LIFE--- AND TO HECK WITH IT-- BUT IT DOES BEAR THINKING ABOUT IT,.

DAUGHTER GWEN-- IN THE REAL WORKING WORLD LIKE HOSPITALS- SAID MY OBSERVATION SOUNDS PERFECTLY NORMAL TO HER....  REALLY???

TO THIS WHOLE OPERATION I HAVE TO APPLY A COEFFICIENT OF INEFFICIENCY- THE BIGGEST BEING "TIME OFF" -- BE IT SICK, VACATION, OR JUST PERSONAL-  IN 30 DAYS OF  JULY THERE WERE 7 DAYS WHEN ALL TEH EXPECTED/SCHEDULED  PAID PERSONELL WERE ACTUALLY HERE... 

FEEL FREE TO CORRECT MY LOGIC OR MATH

WITH  ATTENDENCE  7 OUT OF 30 DAYS THAT IS 23%-- SO HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE TO HIRE TO HAVE ONE PERSON ACTUALLY HERE... WORKING...

AT THAT RATE   DO WE NEED TO HIRE  4.3 PEOPLE  TO BE SURE ONE SHOWS UP..... ? 
FRIGHTENING    ISN'T  IT??? 
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  NOW FOR PUPPY APPRECIATION TIME

Tuesday, July 30, 2019

JULY 30 2019
 HIPPO BIRDIES 2 EWES- (TO DAUGHTER GWEN..)  IT IS NOT THAT I WOULD FORGET HER BIRTHDAY,  BUT I MIGHT NOT REALIZE EXACTLY WHAT DAY IT IS IN TEH FIRST PLACE---  I HAVE 2 CLOCKS  OF TEH MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY KIND WHICH WITH A PILL CASE LABELED LIKEWISE IS TEH ONLY REASON  I AM NOT HOSPITALIZED WITH ALL THE AILMENTS THESE PILLS ARE SUPPOSED TO PREVENT..- LIKE EH LACTOSE INTOLORANT ONE THAT LETS ME EAT ICE CREAM...

MOVING ON TO NEXT PREGO.. SIZZLE-- WHO IS GETTING MORE AND MORE ANNOYED--- DIGGING THE MATTRESSES TO THE POINT OF NO RETURN.... AND BEING EXCEEDINGL ANNOYED THAT GABBY WALKED BY HER COUCH... ( WE WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN)  I WAS ASLEEP WHEN GABBY WENT FROM THE DOOR DIRECTLY TOWARD  HER PUPS - WHIDCH WS TOO CLOSE FOR SIZZLE- I HEARD IT AND FLEW OUT OF BED STILL ATTACHED TO THE CPAP MACHINE-- THEY STOPPED WHEN I SCREAMED AT TEHM- AND "RETURNED TO THEIR CORNERS"  
TOOK ME 1/2 HOUR TO FIND THE PIECES OF MY CPAP

YAST NIGHT MAIL CALL SOMEONE ASKED ABOUT GIMI ( ANON)  IF ANYONE HAD HEARD FROM HEER REACEINTLY-- WELL I DID LAST NIGHT- SENT ME A GOOD VIDEO- SINCE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ATTACH THE VIDEO I WILL SUMMARIZE -- ----MAN APPLYING FOR A JOB WAS ASKED... IF---
YOU ARE RIDING BY A BUS STOP AND THERE ARE 3 PEOPLE WAITING IN TEH RAIN FOR THE BUS-- YOU HAVE ONE SEAt in your car...
#1 IS A BEAUTIFUL GIRL OF YOUR DREAMS]
#2 IS A GUY WHO ONCE SAVED YOUR LIFE\
#3 IS AN OLD WOMAN OBVIOUSLY VERY ILL
 HE GOT THE JOB BY SAYING,, HE WOULD GIVE HIS CAR KEYS TO THE GUY SO HE COULD DRIVE THE OLD LADY..
 GOOD ONE.
MOVING ON... I HOPE A FEW VOLUNTEERS SHOW SOON TO HELP PUT THE NIEGHBOR.S FENCE BACK TOGETHER-- A TREE BENT  THE TOP RAIL-- BEING CHAIN LINK IT WILL ONLY TAKE A FEW PAIR OF PLIERS AND SRTRONG WRISTS - WHILE STANDING IN REMINANTS OF THE FALLEN TREE TO INSTALL THE NEW PIPES WHICH ARE NOW BY MY DECK.

WE NEED TO GET THAT DONE BEFORE SOMEONE TAKES  ONE OF TEH PIPES TO USE SOMEWHERE ELSE...
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Good morning Carlene. Zeke just got sprayed in the face by a skunk. Do you have any suggestions?
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I SUGGESTED  GIVE HIM A BATH AND STUFF SOME VICKS IN YOU OWN NOSE... WHICH BRINGS ME TO TEH DISCOVERY OF PENNACILLIN..\
IT WAS RUMORED TO BE AN ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY- GIVING RISE TO THE ACKNOWLEGMENT OF ACCIDENTAL  DISCOVERIES-   THAT BEING THE CASE...... 

 HOW WHEN WHY  COULD IT EVER HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED TO  TRY AND USE MASSENGILLE DOUCHE AS A CURE FOR BEING SPRAYED BY A SKUNK???

Monday, July 29, 2019

JULY 29 2019
t was logical that i was wandering around the yard with  visitors yesterday in pj and slippers....  i had already  taken 3 showers- and proven i can not bend and twist to deliver puppies in tighter blue jeans-- so a combination of pj's and  nurse's scrubs it was... i am sure the church group were politely shocked.. 
gabby started  contracxtions at 4am and the last was born about noon--  thaT WAS ABOUT 12 POUNDS OF PUPS AND 24 POUNDS OF RELATED GOOP.... HENCE THE SHOWERS...

it was different...  gabby had the first int he prepared nursery and carefully cleaned it up....--- and teh rest... somewherre else-- teh kitche, teh front yard-- where she just left them for someone else to clean up and get back in the nursery.. like "ok, i will deal with one--- the rest are up to you.."   then #9 got stuck for ?an hour?  befoe i  donned a glove- with george's advice-- i didn't pull-- but i sure held on and did not allow it to go back in after a contraction/-- it was doa---  but the one behind it was fine...

let me tell you, it is crowded in there--   there are mommy's various bones to get round... that 9th pup was  presenting head first( usually a couple of feet) so i called george who assured me it wold probably come along with some encouragement-- and it did- getting out of the way for the last pup-- which was fine and healthy
so we have 8 girls and one boy.  also-- we have 6 pretty identical black with white necks-- and 3 "others" 

and now we wait on sizzle----
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i got this note from mr moon...  who thinks tina and i are in the pet products business---  but interesting... and all his informaton if any of you want to order in bulk from china-- it certainl is cheaper than buying here-- because it just means someone else got it from mr moon ( or someone else in china) 

Dear Carlene and Tina,

Have a nice day!

It seems almost 1 year no new requirements from you side. Are you still on business of pet products?

Or is there any problem so that you change supplier?

We sincerely to working with you and would like to hear any feedback whatever it's positive or negative.

Looking forward to hearing your news soon!

Best Regards,

Moon Zhang
Marketing Director

Company:Guangzhou Energy Pet Co. Ltd.

Address: Nanun, Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Postcoade: 511442

WhatsApp:+86 13129390728
Website: www.energy-pet.net

Email:info@energy-pet.net/moon@energy-pet.net
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i will write---  i think we may have to re-order those "feedbag/tote bags",,,  so we really are getting away from plastic bags in the stores around here-- they are handy-- and i took a piece of foil insulation and made a  "sleeve" to keep  teh box of frozen peas   cold- along with my water bottle-- it is a handy satchel .

i must tell mr moon not to call it pet product----- ?you ready?--- last time it got held up because..... the department of agri has to open and ok the shipment if it is a pet producrt- but does not if it is a tote bag. 
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gotta love govt regulations-- like making sure every nut has a  rapid fire rifle to protect us from garlic lovers./ 


Sunday, July 28, 2019

july 27 2019

9 pups of gabby's- nursing..

 i think 8 females and one male

sizzle sleeps on -- another 3 days???


FROM JAGGER'S DAD:

SO I’M NOT AN AUTHOR SO PLEASE EXCUSE 
ANYWAY. A WOMAN CONTACTED ME. HER SISTER IS RECOVERING FROM A BRAIN ANEURISM WHICH PUT HER IN A COMA FOR 70 DAY. JAGGER AND I VISITED HER IN REHAB
SHE HAS A LONG WAY TO GO BUT SHE GOT THIS
JAGGER MADE HER DAY. WATCHING HER LAUGH AND SMILE . THANKS SDP YOU DEFINITELY CREATED A ROCK STAR. SHE IS AN ARTIST

Saturday, July 27, 2019

july 27 2019

I HAD TO SHARE......
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Good morning Carlene,
I was wondering and hoping since it is getting closer to having puppies, could you have your overnighters not zero in to get just the bottoms or the heads of the dogs.  It's like they don't want us to see them,
Like all night they had it on the floor in the puppy room and zizzle is on the futon.  Just hoping you can make these changes.

 we've put up with not hearing the donkeys or the dogs...… because they turn them off in the morning and most of the time don't turn them on at night.  Which makes me wonder if they yell bad at the dogs that they don't want us to hear?  You have never had it like that before this new kennel manger.

I realize that it's a personal place, but you are asking for donations from us , but it keeps dwindling on what we can see and enjoy.


I just wanted to say my piece and hopefully be able to enjoy the new puppies and SDP at it's fullest.
Thank you so much,
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you have put up with WHAT???? a SDP  volunteer is not meeting up with your expectations..? 

the guy who turns on the sound at night is a volunteer-- a retired guy who comes here every day to chase the chickens in and turn on the sound.. and he has done that  very religiously-- BLESS HIM !!

i don't have a new kennel manager
AND NO ONE IS YELLING AT THE DOGS-- THAT WOULD WAKE ME UP AND BELIEVE  ME--- WAKING ME UNNECESSARILY IS DANGEROUS..

MOST TEH OVERNIGHTERS DO NOT MANAGE THE CAMERAS-- IT IS NOT A SIMPLE "MOVE IT"   THEY ARE SCREWED TO THE WALL  AND TO MOVE IT REQUIRES A COMPUTER CONNECTED TO SOME PLACE IN GEORGIA.

last night - i set the camera on gabby where i thought she would be lying down.....  and i went to bed.
\there is no way i can put in any more time trying to keep everyone happy--

IF YOU CAN ONLY SEE THIER HEADS, TEH N YOU MAY ASSUME NOTHING IS HAPPENING -- OR THE  INTERNET IS DOWN... IF THEY ARE IN LABOR-- I WILL BE UP. IN THE MEANTIME I NEED MY BEAUTY SLEEP..- WELL ---MAKE THAT MY SANITY SLEEP.. 

AAAAAUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHH

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GRETCHEN AND I HAVE HAD A BUSY SUMMER SO FAR, WE STARTED THE SUMMER BEING INPATIENT AT BOSTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AND AT SPAULDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL FOR TWO WEEKS TRYING TO REGAIN STRENGTH. I WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL IN MY WHEELCHAIR FULL TIME AND CAME OUT WALKING WITH JUST GRETCHEN AGAIN! AFTER THAT WE TOOK A 5 WEEK SUMMER COURSE AND HAVE BEEN WORKING AND GOING TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS IN BOSTON AND HAVE PHYSICAL THERAPY WEEKLY. THE PAST FEW WEEKS HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT, LOTS OF FALLING, TRIPPING AND LOSING MY BALANCE, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY IS PART OF SMA. THANKFULLY I HAVE GRETCHEN TO LEAN ON WHEN WALKING, “BRACING” FOR STAIRS AND GETTING OFF THE GROUND, HELPING ON ROUGH TERRAIN AND GIVING ME THE CONFIDENCE TO WALK AND SO MUCH MORE. RECENTLY WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PLACES TO DO OUR INTERNSHIP THIS FALL, WE ARE BOTH VERY EXCITED TO BE ALMOST DONE WITH OUR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE AND ALREADY CAN’T WAIT FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL! IF IT WASN’T FOR GRETCHEN I WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO DO THING ON MY OWN, I WOULD BE STUCK IN MY WHEELCHAIR AND WORRYING ABOUT GETTING FALLING. SHE’S TRULY A MIRACLE AND I’M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE SERVICE DOG PROJECT
CORTNEY & GRETCHEN 

NICHOLAS
SO TODAY MARKS 4 YEARS SINCE I HEARD THE WORDS “YOU HAVE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS”. I’M NOT CELEBRATING THAT I HAVE THIS DISEASE, BUT I AM CELEBRATING THE DAY TO DAY FIGHT THAT MS IS AND HOW I’M STILL IN THE FIGHT AND WILL NOT QUIT.
IN FEBRUARY 2018 I WAS GIVEN A FRIEND NICHOLAS TO HELP ME WITH THE DAY TO DAY LIFE DEALING WITH THIS DISEASE. HE IS ALWAYS THERE FOR ME HE DOESN’T QUESTION IT, HE DOESN’T LEAVE MY SIDE. WHEN HE CAN TELL I’M GETTING FATIGUED HE NUDGES ME TO TELL ME HEY YOU NEED TO SIT. 
SO HERE’S TO 4 YEARS DOWN AND MANY MORE TO GO.

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P.S GAbby 99 and sizzle  99     looking for teh drop[ to  98 degrees  for teh 24 hour warning... 

Friday, July 26, 2019

july 26 2019
USTABE, WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, I THOUGHT HAVING "THE UNUSUAL" ... "DIFFERENT THAN THE REST OF TEH WORLD"   WAS TEH WAY TO GO---  THEN I FOUND OUT IF I HAD A ROLLS ROYCE AND A blown out  TAIL LIGHT I WOULD NOT BE ABLe TO DRIVE FOR MONTHS WHILE I SENT TO ENGLAND FOR A LIGHTBULB as opposed to getting a bulb from the  corner auto store....  for my generic vw bug...

---- soooooo  one of the volunteers took their car in to be inspected-- and she had a tiny dent but totally working tail light- so teh "guy" there said he would  have to give her  a rejection sticker because of that dented light......   -- and being a normal sort of person  she  was not familiar with rejection stickers so  she asked him to fix it--- which he did ..$1200 later... ..
it is bothereing me--- mostly because of my past, i know all about rejection stickers -- they give you a week to get stuff fixed.  the car i now have is about the first one i ever had to pass inspection the first time round.....   now i don't want to  have anyone think my car is a battered piece of junk-- but it has lead an active life.
and i think i have a dent near a tail light where a post hit me.  i don't need a sticker, but maybe i should play teh 80 year old- afraid of a dented tail light because my friend told me  i could be in trouble with teh police and get a rejuction sticker.   when you are expected to be confused.... be confused... you might learn amazing things.

could be-- with computerization of inspection and now photographing all problems  that dented lights can be rejected--- but that seems stretching it.  i wanna try....

hopefully she went to a place over 10 miles away-- because of my history with cars, i am well known with teh local mechanics who have duct taped me thru more than one inspecton.

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 chain link gate project is going well   between substituting the  rusted out corners with 1.25  pvc pipe and fittings  and bolstering  up teh not quite rusted out by covering with  with alot of screws and 1.50 pipe.. bud, skip and i got it down to a science..  having all kinds of  room to work inthe nice shaded g'tent made it an interesting job... not painful..
 also teh camera person's suggestion of turning them upside down was a brilliant idea...
*****
erica
HERE'S A FIRST: I'M OUTSIDE WITH ASHER SO HE CAN DO HIS NIGHTLY ROUTINE AND I TAKE HIM DOWN OUR USUAL BACK ROAD ON THE SIDE OF OUR BUILDING. MY BACK IS TO THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEAR THIS LOUD, BOOMING VOICE LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM THE SKY: "WE LOVE YOUR DOG." I TURNED AROUND TO SEE A POLICE CAR TWO LANES OVER AND THE TWO OFFICERS WAVED, ONE WITH THE LITTLE MICROPHONE TO THE EXTERNAL SPEAKERS IN HIS HAND. ASHER'S GETTING PRETTY WELL KNOWN AROUND THE NYPD! 
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Dear Carlene, 
I had to have an emergency surgery yesterday to remove one of my ports. Pixie was once again amazing and took the hearts of all the staff at the ER. My dr said it was going to be awhile till they got me in --then he said let me call them back and tell them you have the best SD I’ve ever met to get things rolling and the right sedation cause I did have some breakfast. He just loved Pixie. Then we had all the staff keeping me occupied cause they where all talking about how they have never seen a dog love someone the way Pixie loves me and they had to see it for themselves. I finally went down for surgery at like 4:30 and Pixie wasn’t to pleased with having to be separated. She was practically pulling Jimmy so she come with me poor girl. She waited in the room with him impatiently watching out the glass door for me. Once I finally came back and the door opened she wasn’t letting them in she needed to check me over give me kisses and make sure I was ok. The staff was once again besides themselves. We finally got to go home at 7:30. I was waiting for a wheelchair and said let’s go. I walked with Pixie she kept me up and stayed tight all the staff stopped what they where doing each and every staff member this is and said “ I knew she was a special girl but this is amazing” so the girl with the wheelchair finally comes around cause it’s a long hallway down to the car and she says “ get in. I’m very winded cause of being put to sleep so I take it. Pixie is like hey I’m supposed to help you mom. So here’s my girl pulling me and the wheelchair walking Right along side. She is my sweet Pixie I’m so blessed.

Stacy &Pixie

Thursday, July 25, 2019

JULY 25 2019

TEH GAZINTA IS DONE  AND WILL BE INSTALLED INTHE ICETEA TENT TODAY --SMALL- MEDIUM-LARGE-NAILS-BOLTS-SCREWS- NUTS AND LAG  - TO GET THOSE SORTED WILL HELP ALOT-- WE HAVE GALLONS OF "MIXED NUTS"  TO SORT.
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WE HAVE HAD A FEW SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THOSE PURINA DISHIES - OF WHIVCH WE HAVE THOUSANDS...
THEREFORE----LETS SEE IF WE CAN GET A BUNCH OF IDEAS FOR A CONTEST AT DOG FEST-- JUST HOW MANY WIERD IDEAS CAN WE COME UP WITH FOR THOSE  PLASTIC DOG FOOD CONTAINERS- ONCE THRU THE DISHWASHER THE ARE A NATURAL FOR LEFTOVERS AND LUNCHES..  BUT -- COME ON.. WHAT CAN YOU ALL DESIGN? AND THE DESIGN IS NOT LIMITED TO THE DISH PART--- DON'T FORGET THE ORANGE LID--- THAT MUST BE GOOD FOR SOMETHING. EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO RE- DETERMINE THE NEED-- LIKKE OUR PURINA  FOOD BAGS BECAME HOSPITAL JOHNNIES...  COME ON  NOW !! 
THOSE LIDS.... I KEEP THINKING ?WINDMILL?  -- SOMEONE ELSE---PLEASE ....

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I  WAS 100% OUT OF THE LOOP OF BELLAS CUT FINGER--BUT I AM HAVING A LOGIC PROBLEM WITH THE ACTIVITY... APPARENTLY  LAURA TOOK HER TO ONE OF THOSE DOC IN A BOX DEALS- AND SOMEONE WHO IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOME MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE  BASICALLY WRAPPED IT UP.-- BUT IT DID NOT STOP BLEEDING AS SUSPECTED  -- SO SOMEONE ELSE  (?) TOOK HER TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM WHEREE IT WAS STITCHED...  MY QUESTION IS.. IF IT DID NOT STOP BLEEDING AS EXPECTED BY SOME PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT TYPE, MIGHT THERE BE A QUESTION about clotting time? so i think she shouudl check with a real doctor-- like her primary care?  somewhere and have a blood test... remember we ARE IN TICK BITE TERRITORY  LYME IS ONE THING  ERLICHEA IS ANOTHER.  
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 TODAY---- IS PURINA DAY--- 8 PALLETS OF FOOD-- SOMETIME AFTER 10 AM -- WE HAVE  FEWER DOGS AS WE HAVE HAD  GRADUATIONS---- SO WE ARE NOT TOTALLY OUT--- HOWEVER---WITH 2 LITTERS DUE I DON'T WANT TO DISRUPT TH E ORDER...  WE OCASIONALLY HAVE HAD TO BUY SOME FOOD TO 
MAKE IT TO THE NEXT DELIVERY  - AND PAINFUL THAT IS !!   THEIR DONATED FOOD IS  ESTIMATED AT $68,000 PER YEAR....
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FOR THOSE OF YOU ABOUT TO BUY YOUR OWN  CHAIN LINK........WE HAVE A RUSTY GATE PROBLEM--  ALONG WIOTH ALL TEH DIFFERENCES WITH CHAIN LINK LIKE GUAGE OF THE CHAIN...  AND KNUCKLE KNUCKLE ENDS. SOME ARE WELDED AND SOME HAVE A RIGHT ANGLE   OR "T" SHAPE   FITTING - THE WELDS ARE IN VERY TOUGH SHAPE-- TO THE POINT THAT SOME JUNCTIONS ARE TOTALLY GONE.--  I DID NOT SEE THIS COMING-- BUT...
 THERE IS TEH METAL "FITTING"  IF TEHRE IS ENOUGH METAL TO FIT.. BUT IN SOME CASES TEH METAL IS SO FAR GONE THE PIPE IS REALLY NOT THERE ANY MORE.

SOME ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT CAMERA PERSON SUGGESTED INVERTING THE GATES WHICH WILL WORK IN MANY--- BUT THE TOTALLY GONE ONES  WILL BE A CHALLANGE.
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NO TEMP CHANGE INTHE EXPECTANT MOTHERS .. YET...

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

july 24 2019

WE ARE ON TEMP TAKING PATROL--- TEH RUMOR HAS IT THE  FUTURE MOMMYS' TEMP WILL DROP TO 98 DEGREES 24 HOURS BEFORE DELIVERY SO FAR WE ARE 100.4 AND 97.7  FOR  GABBY AND SIZ
IT HAS WORKED IN THE PAST-- BUT SOMETIMES WE FORGET TO CHECK ABOUT EVERY 12 HOURS-- BECAUSE IT GOES BACK UP AND YOU CAN MISS IT.
I HAVE FELT KICKING IN BOTH GALS SO WE ARE ON COURSE...

?help???----IS TEHRE ANY OFFICIAL WAY OF REPAIRING THE BOTTOMS OF CHAIN LINK FENCE?   WE HAVE MANY THOUSAND $$$ OF CHAIN LINK AND  BETWEEN THE SNOW, RAIN AND URINE, THE BOTTOM WELDS ARE IN TOUGH SHAPE-- I.E  SOMETIMES -- GONE ENTIRELY- I DID NOT SEE THIS COMING, AS TEH BARN MANAGERS ARE DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB, I RARELY GO CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE OUTDOOR KENNELS.. HOWEVER--- PUTTIN G UP THAT SHADE MATERIAL GAVE ME A FIRAST HAND LOOK.
SEEING AS I CAN'T STUDY IT FROM MY HEATED A/C CAR OR TRACTOR, STUDYING IT WILL NOT BE A FAVORITE THING TODO,- BUT I Am thinking.

if it means someone has to learn to weld, so be it?????- that galvanized pipe is pretty universal- this must bee a common problem....-- maybe teh nice man i  talked to  in amish ccounrty could help-- we have alot-- and some of it goes back to the USDA  demanding i have the chain link  kennel fence as opposed to the 6' twisted wire  high horse that i had- and is still working very nicely in places where they did not insist i replace it with this stuff that rots.

fyi- what can happen-- does---- last night at mail call we had a package- clearly labeled 37 boxford road-- ipswich with teh name tiffany-- i assumed  tiffany was a cp who had put her name thre to let me know-- as many  like sam and laura do... it was a bunc h of material-- and just looked strange-- in CA that says alot becasue we do alot of strange things... tehre was a slip of paper with  person's name tiffany-- at 16 chestniut st danvers  ma-- if we had a CP  tiffany in danvers- i think i would haev known.. so i called her ( thanks to facebook phone number----) she was thrilled to hear about her missing pacikage-- she had called teh comany a week ago... etc

teh frightening part---- a computer somewhere decideedd 16 chestnut st daNVERS WAS REALLY 37 BOXFORD RD IPSIWCH--   WHAT I WANT TO KNOW ... IS WHERE IS THE PACKAGE OF  OURS WHICH  CAUSED TEH  37 BOXFORD ROAD LABEL TO BE PRINTED???

WHEN IT COMES TO  ERRORS AND CONFUSION.. A COMPUTER CAN DO THAT FAR BETTER THAN ANY PAPERWORK SYSTEMN  EVER COULD

somMWHERE THERE MAy be a person opening a package wondering why anyone would cut  their breakfast cereal cardboards into 3 x 6" rectanglesand pput them togethr with a plastic bag.

i wonder how teh media would treat that news. they could have a field day on a slow news day-- which this is not;.

while i am at it......  more and more stores are not using plastic bags which means we should have a market for our donkey feedbags-- of which we have a few--- they make perfect  shopping bags--- given a bit of duct tape and that foil insulation , i even have teh means of keeping  frozen pretty close to frozen-- so anyone ordering one now from ourr web-- will get an insulated envelope  - WHICH WILL HOLD   JUST A FEW ITEMS- THOSE BAGS ARE COMING INTO THEIR OWN... HOPEFULLY--- WE DID HAve ?500???  from  mr moon in china   and may have 100 left???

cheers

Tuesday, July 23, 2019


SIZZLE AND GABBY ARE BEYOND BIG....SO WE SIT AND WAIT-- ANALYZING EVERY PHART/ ALONG WITH ONE QUESTIONABLY PREGNANT GOAT  THERE IS ALOT OF SITTING AND STARING/

I AM BASICALLY OPPOSED TO SITTING-- AS YOU HAVE HEArd me vent about before..  venrting about something and doing nothing about it is another  of teh 7 deadlty sins.
and i realized  -- we have
interesting environment THAT 'S HEATED AND A/C  OR PLAIN FRESH AIRE...  
some people who want to volunteer and are physically "challanged" 
an incredible supply of  plastic purina food tubs
excess plywood and polyxxxxx sheating
a  work shed that is no longer a shed in which one can work  because it is so full of  STUFF WITH WHICH YOU W OULD NEED  TO WORK ,IF YOU COULD FIND THE SPACE TO  ACTUALLY WORK
many situaTIONS OF   NEEDING 8 XXXXX's  at   29 cents each  or  100 for $3.00 - that's 92 XXXXX'S FOR  68 CENTS- SO YOU DO THAT...  WHICH HAS CREATED A MONSTER ./
SOMEONE--- I DO NOT KNWO WHO-- HAS SEEN TO SOLVE THEIR SIMILAR PROBLEM BY LEAVING 3  MILK GALLON CONTAINERS OF MIXED NUTS( BOLTS SCREWS AND NAILS ON WHAT WAS OIUR WORK TABLE)
ALL I NEEDED WAS TO STOP AND THINK... PUT A LL THAT TOGETHER AND DESIGN A SORTING TABLE...
SMALL. MED.. LARGE  ---THREADED POINTY( SCREWS) THREADED NOT POINTY ( BOLTS) AND SMOOTH POINTY ( NAILS) THEN MIXED NUTS  AND AN  "OTHER" BUCKET WHICH WOULD BECOME  A "WHAT IS THIS? GAME FOR  EXPERTS...  ADD A FLAT TRAY AND  A PUTTY KNIFE FOR PICKING UP GROUPS OF "SORTED "  STUFF... AND IT COUDL IMPROVE LIFE IN GENERAL....

TIME IS THE ONLY TRUE CURRENCY-- AND SOME P[EOPLE HAVE MORE THAN OTHERS---
WORK IS NOT THE CURSE OF THE DRINKING CLASS- PEOPLE ARE BETTER OFF GAINFULLY EMPLOYED... OTHERWISE THEY SPEND TOO MUCH TIME TRYING TO EXPLAIN THEIR ILLS AND MEDICATIONS  TO PEOPLE WHO DO NOT  HAVE TEH EDUCATION TO UNDERSTAND EITHER.

A WONDERFUL WOMAN WAS HERE SUNDAY-- SHE HAS ONE  USEFUL ARM- IS NEARLY DEAF- AND I SAAID I WOULD FIND SOMETHING FOR HER TO DO-- AND I THINK I HAVE..   NOW I NEED TO FIND MY JIG SAW TO CUT HOLES IN THE PLYWOOD TO HOLD TEH PURINA DISHES AT A LITTLE ANGLE.
SHE AND TEH PK GUY WHO  HOLDS TEH PLAYING CARDS FOR THE BRIDGE PLAYER SHOULD MANAGE THIS SORTING REALLY WELL.  AS WE WAIT FOR PUPPIES...

PROBLEM???? IF I CAN NOT FIND MY JIG SAW IN THAT MESSY SHED  I WILL GET IMPATIOENT AND GO BUY ANOTEHR THUS DEMONSTRATING TEH PROBLEM FIRST HAND.
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SPEAKING OF FIRST HAND.....  IF YOU THINK  TRYING TO LEARN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IS A CHALLANGE, TRY UNSERSTANDING ONE HANDED ASL  !!

GOLDIE-- IF YOU ARE LISTENING... FIND ME  SOMEONE TO MAKE THE SORTING BOXES...
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Hi Carlene,

I haven't written you in a while and I wanted to make sure Charlotte and I keep in touch. Charlotte is doing an outstanding job as always keeping me from going splat. We and the family went to California to see family a few weeks ago. One thing I can count on CA is to do is best to be the most sensitive. Charlotte and I ran into a fee not so service service dogs and in all cases Charlotte was her calm way with just a look at me for guidance. Crazy stuff. 

We are in Illinois this week and going to the zoo was awesome. Not one woof, not pulling to check out the apes, just making sure I remained upright  😁. Attached is an suggestion for addition to CA. Thank you, thanks again for all you and your team does. 
paul

Monday, July 22, 2019

JULY 22 2019

ONE of the first perfect pets i gave away was "donald"-- because he paced---  beautiful harlequin dog-- paced for 14 years--- in his later years his legs sometimes had other  pequiliar organizational problems.... ... not a clean cut "trot" - vets are soooo quick to say anything wrong with a danes gait  is "wobblers"  - i don't know qbout wobblers, but he certainy paced....as did a dane i gave to george myers "becky" - not haveing studied  danes orthopedic problems, all i know is  if they walk/trot wierd... they make perfect pets.  we have not had many in our 400ish pups we have produced - BUT WE HAE HAD A FEW... 
i have been blessed with many blind sides causing me to have many  opinions  often unrelated to  facts. pacing may be one of htose--  
pacing is where the friont  and back legs on the same side move forwRD TOGETHER... YOU CAN TRY IT YOURSELF--   WHAN YOU WALK NORMALLY LEFT FOOT AND RIGHT ARM SWING   FORWARDAT THE SAME TIME... TRY THE OPPOSITE  LEFT FOOT WITH  LEFT ARM-- DOESN'T "FEEL RIGHT"- AND IT CAUSES A DOG 'S SPINE TO UNDULATE  IN WHAT -- TO ME--- DOES NOT LOOK NORMAL.. 

 IN MY HALF FAST RESEARCH- I HAVE GONE TO LOOKING AT DOG SHOWS- WHEN PEOPLE TROT THERI DOGS IN FRONT OF A JUDGE--   I HAVE NEVER SEEN A "PACER" IN A DOG SHOW RING.... SO SOMEONE OTHER THAN ME MUST  NOT LIKE IT EITHER...  ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT IS...   IF YOU PAUSE TEH ACTION.....THE LEGS ON THE SAME SIDE FORM A "V"  IN A TROT--- A PACER THEY MOVE PARALELL. 

THE ONLY ANIMAL I KNOW THAT PACES NORMALLY IS A CAMEL--- THOSE PACING HORSES WEAR HOBBLES THAT MAKE THEM PACE- I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY ARE FORCED TO  DO THAT  BUT IT IS  DONE IN RACING

SO IF I DO TEH RECOMENDED PROCEDEDURER OF HAVIGN  PUPS "VETTED" . THE VET WILL GO OVER TEETH, HEART  XRAYS  ,AND THINGS LIKE THAT--- BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY VET ASK A PUP TO RUN AROUND A PARKING LOT TO SEE HOW THE PUP MOVES. 

WIHT OUR PUPS... WE TURN THEM OUT TO PLAY ON PUPPY HILL-- AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING  ODD ABOUT THE WAY THEY MOVE-- THEY BECOME PERFECT PETS...  THEY CERTAINLY CAN GET HURT ROLLING DOWN THAT HILL AND BEING KNOCKED TO SMITHERINES-  CALL IT SURVIVAL VETTING...???   AND.... I WOULD NEVER BREED A DOG THAT PACED---- TO THIS DAY.. WATCH BENTLEY TROT WITH EXTREME PRECISION...

AS I WATCH OTHER CAMERAS ABOTU PUPS FOR SALE --- OR IN TRAINING-  THERE AE ALOT OF PACERS OUT THERE.
I DON'T APPROVE... BUT WHO ASKED ME??? 
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TARP RAISING TIME  BEFOR IT GETS TOO HOOT
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Dear Carlene,
This week, I suffered a setback and ended up needing emergency surgery.  Scott and Bumble have been visiting me in the hospital several times daily.  The awe and wonder of people is astounding.  Long after the guys leave, people are roaming the halls praising Bumble’s incredible training.  He’s become a real hit here!  I’m likely having more surgery, so I’ll have another several days here.  The housekeeper brings fresh blankets for Bumble to rest on and he’s treated like a king.  We’ve handed out lots of business cards directing people to SDP’s website.  Bumble bridges gaps and elicits joy everywhere he goes.  He is a shining example of how a great SD is bred and trained.
-Lyn
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Greetings from Texas - think you are as hot as we are right now!  Looks like relief is on the way for MA though..........  just home after my 3 week road trip which included 3 full days at SDP in the barn/house after being a silent CP for a few years.  You've got something pretty special going there and I was thrilled to get to experience Crazy Acres hands on.   Any luck getting the fire hydrant completed with black Bentley spots for the vet?  Wish I could have finished the project.  

Thank you for the opportunity to stay at SDP and meet all the "celebrities"  (2 and 4 footed) we see on camera every day.  You've got an incredible group of people supporting your vision and cause.  Good luck with the upcoming puppy litters - I'll be keeping an eye on the cameras.  

If you ever have a retired SD that is looking for warmer climates......  or a perfect pet that likes the idea that "everything is bigger in Texas" ..........  I'm your gal:). Hope to visit again in March 2020.   Thanks for the experience Carlene.........  I've been sending out poker chips to my friends and assisted living facilities I visit.........  fingers crossed they find the website!

Take Care,

Katherine Finch 

Sunday, July 21, 2019

july 21 2019
goldie is at it again...    goldies way of saying "come on now... there is a need-- will you just stop and think... i gave you 6 pieces of pipe  now use your head"  ----  the  6  pieces of  pipe were left here ( by chip thank you)  i never say no to gifts like that - because enough stuff around here i can accomplish things  i would never do if i had to PLAN--- so many times goldie does it for me/.
sun---heat--- kennels--- dark barn--- .....  we.. grace... have tried before to put up shade material- last year--  not totally successful-- so this year  --  between the 6 pieces of 8'long heavy pvc pipe and some tarps 16 x 20 -   now  8 x 20 bought cheaply by the boxfull ( tarpsplus.com??)-- by preparing teh 40 pieces of hay string in the air conditioned comfort of this room-- i think i may get them up very early today-- if i have enough  volunteer help early...----- i will get extra pipe across teh kennels to support the tarp til we get it tied in place...
i know i saw bud wandering around - wondering where to put  a very long piece of pvc that inadvertantly got glued together to be 16 feelt long-- that is the key to  putting this up-- thank you goldie

i am constantly  asked ----" what could you possibly want to keep this for"-- well,,, if nothing else, all this #$%^ could be the equivilant of a brainstorming session with people--  genius is so often accidental--   and we are really good at teh accidental part!!
i am very close to a hoarder-- especially hardware- and large pieces of dead trees...  all of this stuff  has been stored with the word "eventually" ..  
 of course there is teh 4 pieces of 10 foot long pipe in my toyota which i got  to repair the neigbors fence--- i will probably use that temp support in this shade project, then forget where it is, and have to go get more 10'long fence pipe--  that is life at crazy acres...  
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i know weird things-- which i am happy to share-- like how to  put in grommets 
having cut the 16 x 20 to be 8 x 20  meant we have  2 10 ' sections without  some kind of holding device --  well the quickest is about a 1" pebble-- wiht hay string tightened around it will give you a good pulling place-- but  one of the thingsw i love to purchase is grommet kits--- i have more than a normal person would have...  so i showed joyce how to  grommet-- not difficult-- reinforced with duct tape.
anotehr thing is pipe cutting... you don't need blow torches and saws for  teh shortening of pipes... a funny little gismo  that fits inteh pal m of your  hand, will evetually cut alot of pipes-- it comes in huge sizes too for heavy iron etc...  -- but for up to 1.25 "  of the light galv pipe, it is perfect/  i wish i knew abot that when i was a kid -- i could have put all sorts of pipe things together .
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goldie is hurrying me-- it is getting warm.

Saturday, July 20, 2019

july 20 2019
RANDOM ACT OF CAKE DELIVERY.. REPORT.... GOT MINNESOTA and  oklahoma Off the UN-DELIVERED  list  and thanks to the CAKE ANGEL FOR SENDING EHT $40.19 TO ME,..... WE HAD ANOTEHR CAKE DELIVERED ...   6 STATES TO GO 
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NO GOAT BABY ... AT LEAST YET--- SEEING AS THEY ARE OUT OF THE SLAUGHTER PENS - AND WERE BASICALLY WILD, I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THIER REPRODUCTIVE STATUS.. ONE LOOKS FATTER THAN THE OTHER... IS TEH EXTENT of my knowledge--- - THAT Nnd anything i have learned about goats from dr pol ..... which isn't much-
personality wise  i bet the white one is friendler than the one with horns... because those horns get used like "handles"  without her permission... like donkey ears---  most  wild donks who have gone thru this  shipping process are fussy about getting anywhere near thier ears... i bet it is the same with the goats and their horns .
probaBLY THE EQUIVALENT WOULD BE GRAB AQ KID( PERSON ) BY THE EAR... 50 YEARS AGO IT WAS ACCEPTABLE AND KIDS BEHAVED BETTER-- NOW IT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND KIDS CAN BE IMPOSSIBLE.
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 OFF AND RUNNING.... THERE WAS A  RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER HERE YESTERDAY -0 WHO SAID SHE WAS RETIRED BECASUE TEH KIDS ARE WINNING.  SHE COULD NO LONGER STAND TO BE  IN FRONT OF A CLASS.
CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY A GUY  ( GRANDFATHER ) IN ANOTEHR GROUP  WHO TOLD OF A DAUGHTER COMING TO VISIT WITH HER 4 YEAR OLD-- WHO GOT UP ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER- SO HE PICKED HIM UP AND PUT HJIM ON THE FLOOR IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS- AND THE MOM SAID "OH HE IS ALLOWED TO DO THAT AT HOME" AT WHICH POINT  GRANDPA  SAID "WELL NOT HERE"  

 - TALK ABOUT GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES...  I USED TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CATS GETTING ON THE COUNTER-- NOW IT IS KIDS???
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FYI-----  IN SEARCH OF STONES FOR A RETAINING WALL BY THE NEW DRIVEWAY... I WENT TO  A FAVORITE PLLACE TO SHOP--- THE GRAVEL PIT/ STONE CRUSHER UP THE  HIGHWAY --- BENTLEY WARREN--
they know me well there---  it is where i drove my car  nose down into a sink hole and they pulled it out for me with one of those really huge machines...

A HUGE PLACE WITH  CONVEYERS  30 FEET IN THE AIR--   they weiogh you in and out-- you buy by the ton...
SORTING SIZES OF STONES AND ROCKS.  THEY SORT OUT 1/2  3/4 1" AND THEN MISC >1" PEBBLES-- brownish---   AND TEHN THE CRUSHED VARIETY --   grey-- STONE DUST  1" 4"  OR LESS THAN 2 FEET.-- WE HAVE ALOT OF 4 INCH HERE-- NOT SURE  BUT IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO JUST DUMP THE 4" VARITEY RATHER THAN TRY AND PLACE THE 2 FOOT ONES.
I DID BUILd A WALL ONCe WITHTHE 4" VARIETY-- THERe BY THE GUEST HOUSE... IT DID WELL TIL A 53 FOOT TRAILER DID NOT MAKE THE CURVE--- 
FYI--- IT IS HARDER TO REPAIR A WALL THAN TO BUILD IT IN THE FIRST PLACE

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  Linda and Carlene,

Kringle and I will be walking another 5K in order to raise money for SDP.  I did my first posting today in hopes of raising $500.  I like to post 3 times prior to the walk, which is September 15th.  So 2 more posts prior to the walk.  I am really excited to let you know that I raised $805 from my two Facebook accounts for my July post.  We are off to a good start.  I was so excited I had to share!!!  

Shauna and Kringle 
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PROJECRT OF THE DAY--- 
THERE IS A   HORSE STALL  DE- SMELLER- DIFFERENT THANT HE LIME WE USED TO USE --  PDF-- OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT-- TRACTOR SUPPLY HAD SOME 6 MONTHS AGO-- WE NEED IT SPREAd in teh arena again   because THAT 60 X 80  ARENA  is actually a huge great dane litter box----
my only word of wisodonm there is it does not spread wwell with a "fling" tyope spreader   it works with teh  drop kind....
#2 project is to hang those wierd fly catchers-- and will put one  where you can keep track in teh donkey camera...
 a fly  will have to be attracted by the chicken liver dog poo and egg -- and then fly  up and into the catcher--- i dunno... bt many say it works...  have a look... some name like  a  ranch green  fly catcher.

Friday, July 19, 2019

july 19 2019

ok......our list of states that have not responded with "cakes to the fire departments"  are  ARKANSAS KANSAS  MINNESOTA  MISSIPPI  NORTH DAKOTA OKLAHOMA  SOUTH DAKOTA AND WHYOMING.-- we must have cp's there---  altho some of teh cp's bake cakes for the first responders...  you don't have to bake one -- just go buy one and  drop it  off...and let linda know...
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I read in today’s DD that Carlene plans to update her count of the states where a fire department receives a cake. This may not be the correct email to communicate with SDP about that, but so far it’s the only one I’ve found that doesn’t go appear to be a public one.  I have been taking a monthly cake to one fire station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for almost a year.  

The guys are so pleased each time, and told me that no one has done this for them. They were not aware of any other fire stations in Alberta receiving a cake like this. I’ve offered to rotate “my” cake around to other local sites to recognize the service of their compatriots but they hasten to assure me that no one would appreciate the gift as much as they do!
They were very impressed when I shared that the origins and purpose of SDP and Cake Day (even more so when I told them that I didn’t know if any other CPs in Alberta or even across Canada were doing this).

Keep up the good work, everyone! You make such a difference in the quality of life of so many people and are a bright light for me each day.
Lorna 
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here is what is on a flyer-- if you want to include a note

              Happy 19th of the month
                         Random Acts Of Kindness day

The local person  who delivered your cake is part of a small worldwide army
 who follow the daily progress of Service Dog Project 's Great Danes-- thanks
 to the six Explore,org cameras on a farm in Ipswich Massachusetts .

This  SDP / Explore.org community is extremely loyal and generous-and supportive
 in so many ways- including random acts of kindness-- like delivering a cake to
 First Responders on the 19th of the month.

                     In appreciation.... Happy 19th
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NOTE--- BETSY--- WITH SCARLOTT AND MISCHA AMD SKY---- YOU AR*E IN IPSWICH EVERY DAY WITH YOUR STORE-- could you  .
COVER IPSWICH--- I ALWAYS DO THE CLOSEST- WHICH IS GEORGETOWN....
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WE EVEN HAVE A "CAKE ANGEL"  WHO CAN NOT  GET OUT TO TAKE A CAKE- AND SENT ME A  $40.19  CHECK TO  PICK A TOWN AND FIND A BAKERY...
IT JUST SO HAPPENS --- I HAVE A FRIEND --- WHO'S RELATIVE RUNS A BAKERY-- NOW TO FIND OUT WHO AND  WHERE...  IN NEW YORK SOMEWHERE...  I THNK THE NAME IS SUE'S BAKERY??  IN ALL OF  NEW YORK WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
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 Our tree climber/cutter downer was here yesterday and made a wondrful mess of cutting off all teh dead limbs from these trees
 it makes the vision of  lovely cared for trees without all that deadwood- big mess on the ground--- but i think we have a corporate group coming  in a week -- and they can drag and haul all those branches to the deadwood pile.-- ( closely related to the firewood pile if it is hardwood)  they might even get to use teh log splitter..   which city folk think is fun... usually.
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here is the comment from the rock rolling group from boston... even rolling boulders is better than commuting.    


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was it tom sawyer??? who got someone else  to paint  the fence?   it is all in the marketing....



Thursday, July 18, 2019

JULY 18 2019

GOT  TO LOOK UP LATEST LIST-------- WHICH STATES DO NOT COVER AT LEAST ONE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH A CAKE ON THE 19TH...
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TEH TUFT'S VOLUNTEERS WERE SUPER ROCK ROLLERS YESTERDAY-- I FIGURE WE MOVED AVOUT 3 TONS OF SLIGHTLY BIG STONES-- ABOUT 1 TO 2 FEET IN DIAMETER...  THERE WAS A COLLECTION UP ON DONKEY HILL THAT WAS NOT HOLDING DONKEY HILL IN PLACE SO TUFTS ROLLED TEHM DOWN SO I COULD CARRY THEM IN THE TRACTOR TI THE =NEW DRIVEWAY  WHERE THERE IS A BANK IN NEED...THEY WERE GOOD SPORTS AS I SMILED AND CHEERED THEM ON FROM THE A/C COMFORT OF THE TRACTOR CAB...

THERE WAS A SECOND GROUP WHO WENT AROUND AND MEASURED EVERY GATE ON TEH PROPERTY-- BECAUSE VERY FEW OF THEM ARE SUITABLE FOR THE OPENING  THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO "GATE" ---- THEY GAVE ME THE LIST AND LOCATION OF 29 GATES- SOME ARE JUST INTENTIONAL GATES AND ARE LEANERS JUST WAITING FOR A CALL TO SERVICE.  SO MANY OF THESE ARE PUT IN PLACE-- TOO LARGE --- JUST AWKWARD-- BUT THERE ARE A FEW  TO WHICH WE HAVE ADDED A PIECE OF PLYWOOD AS A DOG DEFLECTOR. .. PLUS A FEW WITH THE ODD BEND- THAT NEED TO BE JUMPED ON... 
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WE HAVE A GROUP  OF 25   BLACKROCK EMPLOYEES  ASKING TO COME VOLUNTEER ON JULY 31-- ALWAYS A CHALLANGE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT A LARGE GROUP CAN DO-- I WOULD LOVE TO  GIVE THEM THIS  GATE  LIST- BUT I THINK I MIGHT BE BEYOND ANYONE WHO IS NOT INVOLVED WITH  WHO GOES WHERE AND WHY,

.... LIKE GOATS-- WHICH WE NOW HAVE 2 OF.... ONE SKINNEY, ONE EXCEEDINGLY FAT AND/ OR PREGNANT...
CAN BE SEEN ON THE DONKEY CAMERA-- SO FAR WE HAVE DETERMINED THEY WILL SCOOT THRU ANY AVAILABLE OPENING  BUT THEN JUST STAND- OR FOLLOW SOMEONE AROUND  WITHOUT THE INSTINCT TO  HIT THE ROAD-- LIKE MO...
TO THAT COLLECTION OF DONKEYS WAS ADDED A NICE LOOKING   RIDING SIZE MULE WHICH APPARENTLY WAS SOMEONE'S PET- AND DOES NOT LIKE BEING BEHIND A FENCE.
THE SWAPPING AROUND OF ALL THAT LIVESTOCK LEFT ME- WITH ONE TOO MANY TRAILERS IN THE YARD. WHICH MEANT   WITH  RECIPIENTS IN BOTH THE GUEST HOUSE AND TRAINING ROOM  THERE  WAS ONE OTHER DRIVER  PERSON SLEPT SOMEWHERE AS YET UNKNOWN TO ME;-- OUR LAUNDRY BUILDING HAS 2 BIG COUCHES-- HOPEFULLY THAT IS WHERE... BECAUSE BY THE TIME I GOT ROUND TO FIGURING  OUT, WHO  DROVE THAT TRAILER,  THE TRAILER.. WITH TEXAS PLATES WAS GOING DOWN THE DRIVEWAAY.  THE TEXAS TRAILER IS ONE JANINE USES TO BRING EQUINES HERE FROM THE SLAUGHTER PENS AND THE DRIVER KNOWS SHE CAN CRASH HERE.. SOMEWHERE...  MORE SHIPS PASSING IN THE NIGHT.... 
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SOUNDS LIKE  A LOOSE ARRAINGEMENT- WHICH -IT ALMOST IS.... I AM HAPPY TO LET THEM CRASH-- THEY ARE WELL BEHAVED  WORKING  PEOPLE..
 WHICH BRINGS TO MIND...... WORKING---- THIS IS NOT A PETTING ZOO WHERE YOU COME AND ENJOY THE ANIMALS AND SIT AROUND PETTING THEM -- WITHOUT SO MUCH AS PICKING UP  HAY STRING,  SWEEPING OR RAKING.
AS I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES THERE ARE DARN FEW PEOPLE WHO CAN NOT HELP SOMEHOW. IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE  THEN  ENJOY !  HOWEVER WHEN I COME TO AN ABLE BODIED VISITOR JUST SITTING PATTING TEH DONKEYS OR DOGS FOR AN HOUR- TALKING TO AN EMPLYOEE  WHO IS TRYING TO BE POLITE  WHILE WORKING -  I GET FRUSTRATED IF THEY ARE TOTALLY UNAWARE- THE FLOOR WOULD LOOK BETTER IF THEY SWEPT IT- IR EVEN PICK UP THE HAY STRING THAT MISSED TEH BARREL.   SCOOTER KAREN IS A GOOD  HELPFUL EXAMPLE-- WHEN SHE IS HERE , I KNOW THERE WILL NOT BE ANY BITS OF PAPER LEFT OVER NUMBERS FROM SHATTING ...  OR PLASTIC TYE WRAPS TOSSED IN TEH DRIVEWAY-- SHE PICKS THEM UP AS SHE WANDERS...YESTERDAY I CAME TO  SOMEONE  DOING NOTHING...  SO I MADE A FEW SUGGESTIONS. 

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

JULY 17 2019
26 -17 IS NOT VERY MANY DAYS TIL GABBY SHOUDL BE "COOKIN" -- WITH SIZZLE 3 DAYS BEHIND HER..-  IAM SURE SIZ IS PREGNANT-- BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM LYNN ABOUT GABBY-- I ASSUME ALL IS NORMAL OR LYNN WOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING-- THIS IS NOT LYNN'S FIRST RODEO..
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LIVESTOCK REPORT....
 GOATS-- OR NO GOATS- THAT IS THE QUESTION- I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY YET-  BUT I HAVE SEEN  A FEW OF THOSE DARK BROWN PILLS THEY PRODUCE---HOPEFULLY THEY ARE AROUND SOMEWHERE-
2 LARGE DONKEYS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN MOVED INTO HTE STALL WITH CAMERA-SOUNDS LIKE A JANINE PROJECT..
I KNOW SHE HAS THOSE BIG MULES ( MO AND FRANK) SOMEWHERE BECASUE SHE WAS LOADING SOME HAY  IN TEH TRAILER YESTERDAY------LIKE SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT....
I AM TOLD WE ARE DOWN TO 6 GUINNEA HENS-- BUT ONE IS SITTING ON EGGS
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WE HAVE A WIDER DRIVEWAY NOW--- IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO KEEP THE TRAILERS IN " THE PARKING PIT"- NOT EASILY REMOVED, BUT POSSIBLE... 
THE GUY WHO OPERATES THAT EXCAVATOR IS DARN GOOD AT IT... HE OPERATED THA Machine on a hillside i would never attempt with our back hoe--and put  our  second manure pile  up on the hill---meaning in a year  it will cover teh hill with green stuff which if mowed regularly will resemble grass????
 I WATCHED AS HE SORTED ROCKS AND STRIPPED  THOSE AWFUL VINES OFF TREES-- HE HAS LEFT AN AREA WE CAN NOW "DRESS UP" WITH OUR TRACTOR.. IT ALSO MEANS I SHOULD GO GET--- AND PAY FOR-- SOME OF THE HORSE MANURE I DROPPED OFF AT BRICKENDS  COMPOSTING PLACE.. crazy acres is just big enough to need a huge excavator about once a year for  "improvements". and misc chores   not sure how-- but we ended up with 2 big rocks  near teh ice house that i could not  pick up- and only shoved around to get out of the way  as teh way keeps expanding..
dog fest approacheth... and once i get all the tractors and traqilers  out of the way- we should have room for tab,les abnd chairs???
 that is the next job...
but not for a few days-- 
i am  told it will be hot.
keeping all teh dogs hydrrated and  comfortable will be a full time job.
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question...  how come i have not seen any news about that personal flying device that france  introduced a few days ago--  thaT IS SOME KIND OF  SIGNIFICANT INVENTION ... IN MY OPINION...

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

july 16 2019

ONE UPS MAN SHIP-  GOTTA HAND IT TO THE FRENCH WITH THE AIRBORNE SEGWAY aT THEIR BASTIELE DAY PARADE----DID ANYONE EVEN KNOW THAT WAS COMING???  I HAVE SEEN MANY COMICAL ATTEMPTS ON THE SCIENCE CHANNEL- BUT NOTHING THAT APROACHES A SERIOUS ATTEMPT to personal flight...AND TEH GUY DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE ANY  TREMENDOUS QUANTITY OF PARAPHNALIA STRApped to him-- kind of stood on a box... 
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now for my other science episode-- new york had a power outage-- and  casually said there will be more...- well.... minus a physical interuption of wires down... teh biggest problem is air conditioning- i don't have a clue how thie national grid goes together.. what i am worried about is all those big cities in teh northeast being around 90 degrees- and those huge buildings 100% air conditioned.-- i am going to have to put  riding in elevators in teh same catagory as california's earthquakes and new orleans mississippi level being many feet higher than the streets.... things i would just rather not do. ( these floating hotels are an absolute no-- even rowboats are questionable)

so when the power fails...... a spray bottle's fine mist does amazingly well for humans and dogs.......especially if ther eis a breeze...
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next venting.
volunteering and regardless of what your disability is-- there is always someone worse off  you might be able to help....
case in point---- guy came here for a visit---he had several strokes- affecting one sidee pretty severely--  and he can not volunteer here on n tuesdays because  it is bridge day-
-" oh you play bridge?"---
 "no  i hold the cards  in my one good hand--- for someone who can not hold them at all."

i ask alot of people if tehy voluntteer -- and i am happy to say-- most people do something... but that guy takes the cake.... and gives me a great  answer  when someone says "i can't volunteer, i am disabled" ..  i am not supposed to put peop le in groups- but 
there is a "can't"  group and a  "can do but" -- you know atttacking doctors is well within my capabilities and experiences--  far too often---teh doctor  gives you a diagnosis in latin -- to make it sound like they went to doctor school--- and then tells you what you can not do. i think next time i hear  teh i can't.... , i may get on the  band wagon.. "lets make a list of what you can do" 

ok... commonly said... 
**" i don't want you to work for 3 weeks"---doctors  will say that to a librarian with a sore toe ... rreason???  if i don't say that and your toe  gets worse you might sue me.
*** workmans comp will pay you for 17.5 days as long as they don't catch you doing what you said you can not do.." 
**  similarly ---teh VA--  really obscene rule "i need to be paid under teh table  because  if the VA finds out i am working-- i loose my benefits which i am supposed to get for teh permanent  damage to me... " 
so the VA is not reimbursing you for the damage  it has caused -- that damage remains constant altho i might argue  it  is less dominant if  someone works... 

.... the guy holding the cards is gainfully employed regardless of how the cards are played by someone else.. ?????  

i could cure 43% of teh unemployment in this country by outlawing teh expression " your call is important to us" meanwhile rescuing the rest of us from the hours spent on hold listening to dreadful sounds which could hardly be called music.

this huge problem rests somewhere between the insurance and medical professions
? how did insurance get to be a profession??? 

i am a non attorney spokeperson..

Monday, July 15, 2019

JULY 15 2019

BULLDOZERS ARE HERE-- SHORT DOGGIE..    WIDEN THE DRIVEWAY AND MOVE AROUND SOME "VERY FERTILE SOIL"  PRODUCED BY OUR VERY PROLIFIC FERTILE SOIL PRODUCEERS.. 
COUPLE BRIEF NOTES-- NOW THAT I CAN SEE AND HEAR  THE CAMERAS ALL NIGHT IF I HAPPEN TO BE AWAKE--  I GOT ALL EXCEITD TO NOTICE ALL THE DONKEYS WER LYING ON THIER  RIGHT SIDES   AND I WONDERED???  THEN ABOT 3AM THE BIRDS MADE SO MUCH NOISE I HAD TO SHUT OFF THE SOUND AT MY END -- AND ALSO  ALL THE DONKEY GOT UP AND WENT OUT AND CAME BACK IN IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES....

I AM THINKING THEY ALL WENT OUT TO  MOVE THIER BOWELS- AND BOY WOULD THAT BE AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY !!!   COULD IT BE  THE HORSES  THAT ARE NOT HOUSE BROKEN  ?????  I KNOW  MARY ( THAT PERFECT DONKEY OF YEARS GONE BY..)  WQS EXTREMELY TIDY-- HAD 3 PLACES ON THE PROPERTY WHERE SHE WOUDL MAKE A DEPOSIT...

AS OF 5AM TODAY THERE WAS  ONLY CLEAR4 SHAVINGS SHOWING IN THE  STALL....   WOW !!!!

  EMAIL PANIC OF THE DAY..... GABBEY IS NOT THE PREGNANT GABBEY DANE WHO IS DUE HERE SOON TO HAVE PUPS IN 2 WEEKS  BUT A PERSON GABBEY WITH SERVICE DOG  THOR.   


SO THIS JUST HAPPENED. I CAN’T BELIEVE I DID IT. GABBEY AND #THOR ARE ON A JET. EVERYTHING WENT AMAZINGLY SMOOTH AND SHE CALLED SAID THEY LANDED AND IT WENT GREAT. KEEP PRAYING Y’ALL! WITHOUT THOR GABBEY WOULDN’T HAVE OR EVEN BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU #SERVICEDOGPTOJECT FOR THIS AMAZING BLESSING IN GABBEY’S LIFE. SHE TOLD ME LAST NIGHT WHEN GOING TO BED THAT SHE IS SO HAPPY AND MUCH MORE CONFIDENT IN LIFE BECAUSE SHE HAS THOR BY HER SIDE, EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY.

Sunday, July 14, 2019

JULY 14 2019

pair of clydesdales got hitched yesterday--- i would have loved to have them 20 years ago, but they really are beyond my capabilities now.. start with picking up the harness off the floor, let along getting it up and over their backs.   I DID HEAR RUMORS OF JANINE HAD SOMEONE INTERESTED IN HAVING THE PAIR OF TEHM   ---- mo is still aROUND--  I THINK AT MERIDITH FARM WHERE THERE ARE HUGE FIELDS OF GRASS.. THERE IS A DETAIL OF  GETTING WATER TO THEM  TOTING WATER INVOLVES A SLOSH EFFECT--- THINGS LIKE SUNAMI WAVES- APPARENTLY IT IS POSSIBLE TO BACK UP TO THE FIELD-- AND MY EXP[ERTIOSE OF SIPHONING  MAY COME IN  HANDY-- I CERTAINLY DON'T MIND BACKING UP TO OUR HOSE AND SIPHONEING INTO THEIR WATER TROUGH... IT IS THE 2 MILES TRAVEL BETWEEN THAT CAN BE EXCITING.

I REMEMBER..... DID YOU DOUBT I HAVE A STORY CONNETTED TO WATER TRANSPORT???? WHEN THE HOUSE BURNED THAT NEW YEARS EVE LONG AGO--- I HAD ?14 HOURSES IN TEH BARN AND THE HOUSE WAS MY SOURCE OF WATER- THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM I HAD MAYBE 3 HOURS TO GET THAT SOLVED..-- WHICH WAS A BRAND NEW 55 GALLON DRUM IN THE BACK OF A SHORT PICKUP - INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER---  WHICH I FILLED AT THE NEIGHBORS AND SIPHONED INTO WATER BUCKETS FOR TEH HORSES.. WITH THE HELP OF MY SMALL CHILDREN...-- LIKE4-5 YEAR OLD GWEN AND JANINE...
ALL WAS WELL AND GOOD UNTIL THE DAY I DID NOT USE ALL THE WATER QUICKLY ENOUGH AND ENDED UP WITH A 55 GALLON BLOCK OF ICE-- WEIGHING QUITE A BIT- SLIDING AROUND DURING QUICK STOPS, AND UPHILL ACCELLERATIONS-- I THINK IT WAS A BLOW TORCH THAT GOT IT LOOSE ENOUGH TO TIP IT OUT SO I COULD USE IT..
 FOR OUR ACCREDITATION -- WE HAVE TO HAVE EMERGENCY PREPARATIONS... I WONDER WHAT THEY THINK ARE EMERGENCIES.    SOME OF THE  ONES I HAVE HAD ARE THINGS FOR WHICH THERE IS REALLY NO PREPARATION.  FULL TANK OF GAS IN MY CAR- AND ALOT OF CAFFENATED COFFEE  IS ABOUT AS FAR AS I CAN BE PREPARED.

I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT A HAND PUMP- OLD FASHION TYPE- ON A WELL WOULD BE AN INTERESTING AND USEFUL THING TO HAVE BUT THERE IS NOT A PLACE ON THIS 12 ACRES THAT IS FAR ENOUGH FROM MANURE PILES, WASHING MACHINE DRY WELLS AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS-- THIS PLACE IS USED... BIG TIME;

ONE OTHER STORY I ALWAYS THOUGHT WAS FUNNY...  THE USUAL WAY OF WATERING THE HORASES IN LYNNFIELD WAS TO RUN THE HOSE FROM THE TACK ROOM  TO THE INDIVIDUAL STALLS... THIS WAS A TWICE DAILY THING... STARTED WITH ME ON THE OUTFLOW END-- AND GWEN ON THE  ON -OFF LEVER/HANDLE-AND THEN JANINE GOT TO BE ? 3 OR 4---  THERE IS A PICTURE AND SHE IS NOT MUCH OLDER THAN 4- AND SHE GOT TO BE TEH ON /OFF PERSON AND GWEN  TEH HOSE CARRIER SCREAMING ON  AND OFF AT TEH APPROPRATE MOMENTS  AND ONCE IN A WHILE IT WAS LOUDLY--" JANINE  OFF OFF  OFF OFF...MOMMY HELP..." 
 IN HER BOOK, SHE TALKS ABOUT GRADUATING  FROM THE ON /OFF POSITION TO  THE FAR MORE PRESTIGIOUS HOSE END AS A VERY SIGNIFICANT  MOMENT IN HER LIFE.

ANIMAL CARE DOES DEMAND A ROUTINE FROM WHICH THERE IS NO ESCAPING-- WHICH IS WHY WHEN I WAS IN THE POSITION OF HIRING HELP FOR THE "WANT AD"-  I  SPECIFICALLY HIRED PEOPLE WITH ANIMALS- IT IS ALSO WHY-- FACED WITH A   WHOLE SUMMER WITH MY 2 KIDS AND 6 OR 8 MORE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS- I  INITIATED 7AM  AS A FLAG RAISING CEREMONY- IN PREP FOR CIRCUS PRACTICE.  GET UP AND GET GOING. -- ACTUALLY  IT GOT  THE BUNCH OF KIDS TO FEED AND WATER THESE 14 OR SO  HORSES WE STILL HAD IN THE BARN.
I HAVE OFTEN SAID  COLLEGE DID REINFORCE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT 4AM ON A  SPECIFIC TUESDAY  HAPPENS ONLY ONCE  .  THAT WAS A LOT OF MONEY  TO SPEND ON WHAT CAN ALSO  BE TAUGHT BY  4-H....OR MIKE ROWE.

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Three volunteers from our local Pets In Need organization  paid a visit this afternoon to the long-term care facility where I am a patient due to crippling arthritis.  They brought with them three little dogs that we got to hold!!!  

I told them about SDP and that you take SDP Service Dogs to visit nursing homes, and how important that is.  That's one of the greatest things you do!!!  You have no idea what a difference it makes in the lives of we who are "incarcerated" in care institutions!!!  :)

Longtime SDP CP

Saturday, July 13, 2019

july 13 2019

PAPERWORK WILL BE MY  PROVERBIAL STRAW.... APPARENTLY IN SCOTS BOOK --- knot  today-- A good read-- ---WE/?I GOT RECORDS TWISTED...
-- THERE ARE VERY FEW TIMES WE HAVE TAKEN A DOG BACK BECAUSE IT JUST IS NOT BONDING TO THE NEW OWNER - FOR WHATEVER REASON... 
 IN HIS BOOK.... THERE WAS A  "RETURNED" DOG KEPT IN A CAGE AT NIGHT-- WE ( PAUL)  DID GO PICK IT UP- - CROSS COUNTRY YET-- THE STORY IS TRUE...  HOWEVER...--  IT WAS NOT THE SAME DOG THAT SCOT HAS... I  AM SORRY OUR RECORDS APPARENTLY GOT TWISTED.  MY APOLOGIES FOR TEH ERROR-- IT WAS PROBABLY MINE. 
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TODAY'S PANIC-- WORDS LIKE " PLEASE HUNKER DOWN IN PLACE"-- DO NOT BELONG IN THE SAME NEWS CAST AS "FEET(plural)  OF RAIN"  "new orleans is a city in a bowl" -- "questionable levey"   i could never do "hunker" in that situation... there is entirely too much upstream from new orleans fior me to be comfortable there-- even without "and there might be tornados" so casually tossed out by some sugar coated,  high and dry weather reporter. the concept of a foot of water all over---- rushing to pile up somewhere else terrifies me.  ..... army corp of engineers  proudly gave a packaged speech about  how the pumps were capable of handling  1 inch in teh first hour and 1/2 inch per hour after that- he apparently had not heard teh "dumping 4 inches an hour"  speech given by teh weatehr bunch...
    made me remmember --- a piece of advice i often had from my father "BE SURE TO DRINK UPSTREAM FROM THE HERD" " 
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yesterdays  pequiliar observation involved.. home depot--  i took a pup (100 pound pup)  with me for training-- sizzle is giving me teh "maybe not today" look--  dogs in training  often need just siting around with minimal excitement--i got my 4 ubolts and made for teh contractors desk. --- teh cashier knows me well-- so do the men behind the desk- with whom i have had a few run-in's-   "this reg is for contractors, not women with lists" " oh? sorry, let me get the store manager to see if they can help me get some 2 x 6's " - he is not there anymore---however today  i needed 4 2x6x8' and 4 2x6x10'  to try and get the harness hung straight in "buds world" --  i actually didn't mind sitting because that is what the dog needed that i had with me.- they gave ma a chair-  sitting with my eyes at counter top level... i was immediately struck by teh number of arms covered with tattoos-- so i counted--- of teh eleven men going thru, ther e was one older man with normal arms-- the other 10 had hardly any normal skin showing. 
next--- There was a  customer with a little dog- dragging a leash-- running around.. my pup  with service dog vest---
 was lying still and stayed that way.---  --  the guy said "my dog's friendly " -- 

 i said --- quickly and INCORRECTLY ----" do you know there is an $11,000 fine for upsetting a service dog?" .....that  guy needed training....he then picked up the leash and kept the dog with him. ---

i am bad...... but  desperate times deserve desperate measures.....
"may  i pat your dog?"
"please don't"
"why-- does he bite?"
"no he spits" .

why would a person ask "why?"  i could have said a whole bunch of a lot more spectacular things... 

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The weather finally let up with the extreme heat today so we where outside. I forgot Pixie’s home harness inside I take it off when she plays outside cause when she plays with RugerDuke sometimes he will bite at it. Well I was beginning to stumble on the grass and Pixie  was having no part in this. No harness no vest. She stopped her play time which she was enjoying as soon as I said “tight” she came flying over to me got up tight my left side my week side and braces so I could hang on. She was glued to me all the way back to the house to where we where back in the house. 
As soon as we got in I told her how proud of her I was of her and she looked at me with her beautiful eyes like mom I’m just doing my job and I love you. Then I got a great big Pixie kiss. 
Every day I’m always so thankful for what Service Dog Project has done for me to enjoy my freedom walking and enjoying life to the fullest. Staying upright walking one foot in front of the other. 
Stacy & Pixie 
Carlene White
WWW.ServiceDogProject.org

Friday, July 12, 2019

july 12 2019

let's consider the planting of an idea.......  say i had a dream about glass blowing- a topic i normally know less than nothing about- but i am sure in my subconscious there is stored  a video from the "how do they make it" channel...so i type a few tidbits --- like----"i saw an video about 2 glass blowers-- both wore green hats"  -- 237 people read it - then 236 of them add a slant and  the "i read on the internet- glass blowers must wear  a special green hat" goes "out there" where a large portion of the internetting public is already overflowing with information and does not stop to think-- 4 people of the 100,000 now  reading the warped idea- now have a child who wants to get into glass blowing--- so the first thing they do is go buy a green hat-- never realizing  that the whole thing was actually an advertising gimic  put on by the green hat manufacturers.
 mind manipulation for --commercial, advertising , and political purposes-- 

so why my concern?   the testing of puppys for service dogs---  100 years ago when i had puppies- 2 people came  to test my pups.   With absolute authority- they told me they had  a way of testing pups for service dog training...  you rolled themn on their backs to see if /when and how they struggled-- you pinched between their toes to see how hard you had to pinch to make them yelp-- and several other disagreable things to see if they complained....- i am positive those tests are still around.
so why not add my test to the bunch?  i do not approve of teh  "normal testing" 

1. we never roll our dogs around ---- we  try never to use our muscles to control the pup-- and that starts with their very early lives--- if we have to,... of course we do------ but no one -- within sight of me  picks up a pup just for fun- you sit on the floor and if the pup wants to climb all over you -- that is fine...
  then i wrote this 
Puppy testing

Starting with I do not believe one should take any testing idea  100% seriously--  I have often noted- there is sometimes a “difference” in pups that we need to address at a  early age… before 3 months.

 The test is simple

Give the pup their dinner—and let them get part way thru…  then ask them to move their rear end over a few steps without stopping them from eating.  They will either

1.   move their rear.
2.   stop eating and move
3.   stiffen and not move- sometimes vocal
4.   stiffen and gobble food down
5.   snap at your leg
6.   or do nothing perceptible

#1 is desireable—
#6 is acceptable
#2  is very submissive- watch for timid…

#3,4,5 need special attention and correction.

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Dear Carlene, I agree with your DD. I am the retired CP who worked at the VA and at hospitals and nursing homes. Trying to convince the idiots that run those places to get full Cable TV or internet is like pulling teeth. One reason is the companies like Verizon charge them a business rate instead of a residential rate. and you know how expensive your bill is. At the VA I was able to put internet services in my budget and buy computers. The IT people were sure we were playing poker and watching porn!! I was trying to expose them to the world. At one hospital I piggybacked on the alcohol treatments plan and they ran a wire to my unit. Most of the "activity " people at these places do not know what they are doing.  So keep it up!! 

sincerely, Kathy ---cp Ohio
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DEAR CARLENE,

AS YOU THINK OF SHARING BENTLEY’s SUCCESS AS A STUD DOG, YOU MAY WANT TO SHOW HIS VET(S) THIS VIDEO OF SEAGRAM HELPING ME UP THE STEPS AT THE APPLE STORE IN NYC. ALL OF YOU, INCLUDING BENTLEY, SHOULD BE PROUD OF THE AMAZING GIRL THAT SEAGRAM IS NOW! I AM CERTAINLY SO GRATEFUL FOR HER, AND THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE BECOME OVER A FEW YEARS. 

WALKING STAIRS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING ASPECTS OF GOING OUT FOR ME — BUT WITH SEAGRAM, WE DO STAIRS TOGETHER AUTOMATICALLY. SHE TIMES HERSELF PERFECTLY WITH MY STEPS, AND THIS IS SO SEAMLESS THAT WE DON’T EVEN NEED TALK ABOUT IT — THOUGH I DO TALK TO HER OFTEN AS WE ARE OUT & ABOUT...and I FIND THAT SHE LISTENS BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLE ;)

A FEW MINUTES PRIOR TO WHEN THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN, AFTER SEAGRAM AND I WALKED *DOWN* THE STEPS, A WELL-MEANING APPLE EMPLOYEE TOLD US THAT THERE WAS AN ELEVATOR WE COULD USE TO GO BACK UP...OF COURSE I KNEW THAT,  BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE WERE THERE, ANOTHER WELL-INTENTIONED EMPLOYEE HAD SUGGESTED THAT WE USE THE ELEVATOR. I REPLIED TO BOTH OF THEM ALMOST THE SAME WAY — “THANK YOU, BUT I LIKE THE CHALLENGE OF TAKING THE STAIRS, AND I HAVE THE PERFECT PARTNER TO HELP ME.”

BY THE WAY, THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN SEEN >20,000 TIMES, BETWEEN TWITTER & INSTAGRAM. (THANKS TO THE PEOPLE WHO MANAGE SDP’S TWITTER & INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS.)=== amy