WHATA MAIL CALL--  CINDY ( ALWAYS LIVELY). -- BETSY'S HIP FLASK( BETSY -- OF SCARLOTT FAME....FOR "THE HUNT" TODAY)-- AND WILSON....

***** NO TIME TO PROOF READ--- GOOD LUCK****

MAIL CALL   STARTED. OFF WELL ENOUGH.. CINDY AND MATT WITH NORMAL QUESTIONS ETC... THEN THE DOOR WAS FLUNG OPEN  AND 

IN BOUNCED WANDA, WILSON , AND JANINE...  ON A DESPARATE MISSION TO FIND BETSY'S HIP FLASK--IT IS A VERY SMALL. 4" X  5"

STERLING SILVER-- LEATHER COVERED... CURVED TO FIT IN YOUR BACK POCKET WHEN YOU. RIDE IN FORMAL OCASSIONS... THANKSGIVING DAY IS ONE OF THOSE OCQSSIONS..... APPARENTLY THAT  FLASK WAS CRITICAL.. LAST I KNEW THERE WERNT ENOUGH HORSES TO GO AROUND AND JANINE WQS GOING TO RIDE TAXI...  BUT BETSY NEEDED THAT FLASK....  WHY IT GOT LEFT HERE WAS CONFUSING... AS I AM THE  ONLY ONE.... EXCEPT MAYBE FAMILY ....ALLOWED TO DRINK ON THE PROPERTY.  THE FLASK WS FOUND..IN MY "LIQUOR CLOSET". -- AN OLD REFRIGERATOR USED TO STORE LIGHT BULBS...

A BEAUTIFLU FLASK---BETTER THAN  ANY STAINLESS STEEL ONE I EVER OWNED-- SO JANINE SHOVED IT IN HER BACK POCKET---- IT FIT PERFECTLY---AND SHE TURNED TO THE NEXT PROBLEM... WILSON....

I REALLY NEED TO HAVE   DD   PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO THIS PART WHICH COULD ALSO BE LABELED "NONE SO BLIND AS THOSE WHO WILL NOT SEE..."

I GAVE MY WORD T O THE WOMAN IN FLORIDA WHO SOLD US TEH PAIR OF LOVELY YOUNG LADIES--- THAT WE WOULD TAKE THE BEST OF CARE FOR HER TWO PUPS......WHICH WERE CAREFULLY RAISED-- AS WE DO ALL OUR DOGS.... USUALLY......  AND WE STARTED THEM IN THE KITCHEN-- LIFE WAS GOOD....

WE ALREADY HAD WILSON.. A FEW WEEKS OLDER-- A. MALE---  ONLY SLIGHTLY BIGGER THEN THE "2 GIRLS" - SO AT ONE POINT IT WAS DECIDED WE SHOULD PUT THEM IN TOGETHER... SOMEWHAT THE SAME AS WE USUALLY DID WITH OTHER PUPS.... MIX THEM IN THE KITCHEN THEN GRADUATE THEM TO THE #10 KENNEL IN THE BARN... WORKED WELL.....

FIRST THING WILSON DID WAS TO CHARGE TEH DARKER OF THE 2 PUPS- KNOCKING HER OVER AND  STANDING OVER HER LIKE TH CONQUERING   HERO.... ..A RELATIVELY NORMAL PUPPY BEHAVIOR-- NOT TO WORRY...- I CAUSED HIM TO BE LEFT IN THAT CONFIGURATION. 2 GIRLS.  AND HIMSELF..   FOR A WEEK... FINALLY REALIZING... THIS WAS NOT WORKING...  INSTEAD OF TURNING HIM INTO A PLEASENT WELL BEHAVED DOG LIKE TEH GIRLS, HE WAS MAKING THEM NEUROTIC BY CONSTANTLY SITTING ON THEIR HEADS  AND BITING THEM... I BROKE UP ONE OFF THE BITING EPISODES.  BY HAND... WHICH GOT BITTEN -- AND FILMED INTO AN UPROAR--WILSON LEFT THE KITCHEN AND WENT INTO THE "SUNROOM" TO FOLLOW TEH OTHER PUP.. AND PROCEEDED TO BITE. HER...  I GAVE HM A 4 FINGER SLAP ON HIS REAR-- THE ONLY THING I COULD QUICKLY REACH.... AND BROKE THAT UP--- REALIZING ... FOR THE PROTETION OR THE 2 FEMALES, HE NEEDED TO GO TO THE BARN. FOR OTHER COMPANY.-- AND TEH CONVERSATION TURNED TO  ??WHO??   BUT BIGGER  AND MORE SECURE.

THAT DIDN'T WORK TO WELL EITHER..  SO WANDA ( OUR RESIDENT JACK RUSSELL... TOUGH GAL...). WAS  CALLED  TO DUTY--  SMALLER, YES,  BUT ONE TOUGH GAL WHO WOULD PUT HIM IN HIS PLACE...  WHICH SHE DID, TIL SHE GOT TIRED AND JANINE TOOK HER/THEM  HOME... FOR ONE  VERY ACTIVE NIGHT ENDING UP WITH WILSON IN   A CRATE TOO SMALL FOR HIM BUT SHE NEEDED TO GET SOME SLEEP... SHE DOES HAVE A N ORMAL JOB...

NEXT NIGHT MATT DECIDE T LET HIS DOG "ACE"  HAVE A GO AT TRAINING WILSON... AND HE DID WELL----FOR A FEW OURS WHEN JANINE TOOK HIM BAC K

KEEPING HIM FOR THE DAY AND APPEARING AT MAIL CALL TO ANNOUNCE "HE'S A PERFECTLY SMART DOG". 

I NEVER QUESTIONED HIS "IQ"-- HE IS A VERY  BRIGHT DOG.... HE ALSO CAUSED A BLEEDING HOLE IN MY HAND AND A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT SEEING THE EFFECT HE WAS HAVING ON  2 SUPER PUPS.

JANINE TOOK OFF HIS JACKET.. AND HE MADE A BEELINE FOR THE GATE TO THE KITCHEN...  RAN IN... CHASED TEH 2 GIRLS OUT OF THEIR BED AND LLAY DOWN ALL COMFY LIKE...  EVERY ONE IN THE ROOM SWOONED OVER WHAT A SMART DOG --  HE OPENED THE GATE QAND GOT WHAT HE WANTED.. HOW COULD I POSSIBLY QUESTION HIS ABILITY-- HE OPENED THE GATE !!

NOT ONE PERSON IN THE ROOM... AND PROBALBY ALL THOSE ON CAMERA....  EVER NOTICED-- THE 2 GIRLS  HAD GONE AS FAR FROM HIM AS THEY COULD AND WERE "HIDING" OVER BY THE SINK-   AFRAID TO TRY AND GET THEIR BED BACK...

I SAW THAT AS A THREAT TO 2 DOGS I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTING. SO I RAISED MY VOICE. .... AS I AM PRONE TO DO..... SOMETH ING ABOUT "GET THAT  DOG OUT OF THERE." SO JANINE PICKED HIM UP GOING BACK THRU THE GATE WHILE QUIETLY SAYING "STOP BITING ME"--- ***** WHICH I DID HEAR****

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SOLUTION TO ALL THIS????

I FEEL I DO. HAVE SOME RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND A GOOD HOME FOR WILSON. - AND WE - ALONG WITH JANINE AND MATT-- WHO HAVE DOGS WHO CAN WORK WITH  WILSON. - WILL GET HI MTRAINED TO AN ACEPTABLE DEGREE AND FIND HIM A MATCHING HOME... AS A PET.

AS BEST I CAN, I HAVE FORBID  HAVING HIM IN A SMALL SPACE ( LIKE KENNEL) WITH ANY OF OUR USUAL DOGS DESTINED TO BECOME SERVICE DOGS. HE IS FAR TOO DISRUPTIVE... AND ALTHO WE WILL  WORK WITH  HIM. TIL HE FINDS A HOME.... MAYBE EVEN JANINE OR MATT--- WHO KNOWS....HE IS SO BRIGHT, HE WILL BE GOOD FOR SOMETHING....  BUT THAT QUICK JUMPY SNAP AND BITE, IS GREAT FOR CHASING FREESBEES.... BUT IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN USE IN A SERVICE DOG.  

I.  MUST NOW GO AND GET WILSON FROM JANINE.. WHO I THINK IS RIDING IN THE HUNT TODAY--- NOT ON TAXI BUT SOME OTHER HORSE YET TO BE DISCOVERED....  AND HEAVEN FORBID...SHE HAS NO FLASK.  AT LEAST THAT I KNOW OF.