july 1,2014
new years resolution... why are they for january alone...i was going to keep a clean desk to celebrate june--- and we all see how that went.... not even the pixalating can hide thie mess...

however.... one of the cp's "wondered" about any fluctuating of the current in the house causing the problem...  so today i checked  our magic numbers are 32 and 12  as opposed to yesterday  1.1 and 2.3  and the picture is lovely.. just for educational purposes i will test the mic with puppy noises  ..  

molly reports noises  so it must be a "go".

i was all set to try plugging the camera into the generator and see if that cleared the problem... but right now.. it ain't broke.

i remember the guy who wired this house drank heavily-- consequently the switch for the porch is in the upstairs bathroom ....that was a minor problem----   the exciting part was----we burned up a dishwasher and a garbage disposal because he had 220  into 110 kind of circuit..

being new in town i was unaware of the politics of "inspectors"  and reported the  problem to the building inspector... who said he could not do anything about it....

this is the man who 25 years later refused to give me a building permit for the arena  because "you are out of your league, you are only a woman" causing me to spend $27,000 having soil compression tests before putting up a building which would be more  inclined to lift UP in a stiff wind. 

 so not expect me to forget that one...  i have been busy, but i wonder how many building permits involved  soil compression testing in the last 25 years.

and i think the entire building arrived in 3 tractor trailers.... and the roadway did not buckle..1

one of my neighbors bailed me out of that one by buying an easement over about an acre of my property.

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the new stalls are coming along... david seems to be doing whatever .. and  we went to the the rental guy at home depot so he would not think we stole his floor cleaner.-- and we have one more floor to do.  the nutt house.

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it is nice to have a goal of the day... today i will try and clip buddy's face and trim up the rest of him----i did buy some powder just in case--- but i have seen no  evidence of lice.

other  than that... try and figure out a very strange entry in the quicken accounting program....  ( a deposit.. entered as split-- then added the total amt   balance  also to the income figure-- well to be technically correct... it added almost the total of the split items  -- which makes it even harder to figure out.... raises he// with reconciling with the bank tho)  colleen is due here tonight to  work on numbers and i thought it would be nice to present her with a starting point.

 by the looks of things....that ain't gonna happen- 

june 30 2014
30 days hath.... gone awfully quickly

in my mind's eye i had visions of all these renovations etc done by august--  and that just might happen

especially if david keeps going on the floor in the new kennel area..  he got the floor done in steve meat shack--- it still needs a perfect name--- and a coat of paint. 

name the shack???

i will solve the freezer question today-- we are ready--

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i got no where with yesterday's projects..  so we try again today

there were alot of young kids here for stew-- and no one adhered to my rule of 5 feet from a 5 year old and 3 feet from a 3 year old    ---- there were no accidents-- but i was nervous- and there were so amny kids here i did not know who belonged to who... happily they all seemed to take  the correct ones home with them.. 

i kept thinking about one of my relatives who used to say "that is why you have your kids when you are young"   at appropriate moments...  maybe i should have a rule that families that bring kids to stew wear color coded shirts so i  can figure out who is who.

we did get a "look" at several of the applicants we needed to see.

and a good thing that was... i was sure one on the list was an older man with parkinsons and he was a 

young guy with war injury.

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tess was here with sandy-- doing very well-- could be a perfect solution--- she as very little muscle tone in her back legs-- but i think she will get a litle more exercise at sandy's where the grassy area is 5 feet from her door.

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and we have acquired another deaf family-- both parents   deaf   with 2 hearing high school kids needing community serv.

it is almost one of those "why now?  who sent them here?"   because with the problem of having to develop 2 hearing dogs-- i will need to be able o sign  with the  new  owners-- so i will get practice..

interestingly---- used to be you needed good grades for college-- then you needed good grades and money--- now y ou have to add community service in order to stand out from the crowd...  i kind of knew that when gwen applied to kenyon-- she could add the "project hope  circus" to her application.  she later found out  they noticed that....  

good college kenyon... i am told harvard is the kenyon of the east  .

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lu came and got the old tractor--  i thought bud was going to cry when it left--- it has been such a relic around here... my logic?....  at any moment it could need $1000 repair which we would not do because we have  the "new" tractor.  that would leave us with a lump of iron   rusting  in the back---- it would cost us to get rid of it.  i have been there-- with both an old backhoe  and a cabbose.

it is working fine-- and  if it does develop a $1000 problem-- it will be well worth it for them to fix it.

also i owe lu a few--- she sponsored me in adi-- even tho she is a golden retriever type.

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colleen 2 is back from florida---reporting sheila is just sitting around beaches and pools-- i hope her mind did not stagnate.. 

colleen will be helping with the finances.  she offered to fight with quicken  --- as long as we do not download from the bank-- that intruduces some very creative bookkeeping errors--- like duplicating a bunch of w/d checks that were paid electronically by the bank -- raises he// with the balance-- verizon and american express are only 2 who do that. quicken download also adds $285 to a deposit now and again, 

colleen is one of those "to the penny" types...  if allowed to do it's own thing with downloads, quicken  can be $20000 off--   it will be an interesting battle...  set for tuesday night.

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and then there are problems ---like the board of directors-- we need to trim that up...  historically it has been any group sanding around here  looking for a free meal  when  i get the notice from the country club that i need to eat $800 worth of food in the next week or they will charge me anyway.

time to take that stuff seriously...  i hope theresa will stay on.

june 29 2014

WAY TO GO  GUYS !!

Bricks sold:	1225
Available Bricks:   0

AS WE GET READY TO DO AN ULTRASOUND ON OUR NEXT MOMMY TO BE----  THANKS TO  THE  FATHER TO BE ---WALTER....  WHO WE ARE STILL WAITING ON FOR ABSOLUTE PROOF HE HAS "SWIMMERS"-- 

AND WHILE YOU ARE AT IT .. PROVING HE HAS "SWIMMERS" WITH ONLY ONE HEAD AND ONE TAIL... WOULD BE NICE...

WE DID  NOT GO THE MICROSCOPE ROUTE WITH  HIM-- AND WE SHOULD...

NOW THAT WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE RETIRING--- LIKE MEATCUTTER STEVE'S WIFE WHO WAS A BIOLOGY TEACHER.... MAYBE WE CAN GET HER TO SET UP THE MICROSCOPE PROPERLY.. TO INSPECT WALTER'S EFFORTS AT FATHERHOOD.

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SOME WORDS I HAVE TO  AVOID BECAUSE SOME COMPUTERS ARE SET UP TO  REJECT EMAIL CONTAINING CERTAIN WORDS PERTAINING TO  THE REPRODUCTION OF MAMMALS.

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ANYWAY  WALTER..... REMEMBER WE WERE NOT 100% SURE ON THE LAST BUNCH BECAUSE WE BACKED HIM UP WITH BENTLEY.

NO BACK UP THIS TIME...

AT LEAST THAT I KNOW OF...

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SUNDAY SCHEDULE--- WHY NOT...

WHEN EARLENE GETS HERE AND GETS HESELF ORGANIZED.... I THINK SHE SHOUL D HAVE A "WHO'S WHO" SESSION WITH all these pups......  i can tell them apart but i don t know which name goes with who...  so we will let the expert

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and the other thing i should do is explain a leash to the 4 stedman  pups.. it is a delicate thing.... because, altho you don't want them to become tooooo frightened,  a little bit is not bad so they learn " the lesson of the rope"--- is what horse people call it.  i.e.  do not question the authority of a rope  whether a person or a tree is at the other end...... just stand around.

some tendencies of horses and dogs is similar---  both fight the rope's authority-- not a big deal with a dog-  they learn   usually quickly....-- but 1000 pounds of upset horse is not a good thing...-- and with horses  if, in the learning process they break a rope and get loose-- they will then-- forever-- be capable of "flying back".  i had a horse like that once.... you could not tie him to anything.... you could drop the rope on the ground and he would stand motionless for hours,  but the minute he felt any pressure on the top of his head by the halter... he would fling himself backwards  doing all kinds of damage to himself and the surroundings.

the other similar tendency is ... fear flight...if either one is tied  to something which will drag behind  it like a cart/wagon/ or plastic bag, the first instinct is to run  uncontrollably-- dogs are smart enough to overcome this quickly- as long as you are prepared to deal with the instinct the first time round..  but  horses... never... which is why horses in harness wear blinders- so they can not see the wagon   following so closely behind them...

i have a dog cart-- i am ashamed to say i never got bobby to pull it... his fear/flight  was too strong for me to deal with alone- and i never had enough extra help..

there really is no reason bentley -- either by himself= or with opal, could not pull that cart...  it is a  nice cart--- adnd i have both shafts and pole ( 1 or 2  dogs) 

those things are on my list  ...plus hang a few bird houses--- and then sit... in the mister  as it gets hot..

this mister works very well so far... for the last 5 years we have struggled with  hoses and sprayers that  sprayed too much and made the t tent like a rain forest..-- so this year-- thanks to the cp's fun fund-- i spent  money and got a mister with a 2 gallon tank... and yesterday it was perfect.. lowers the temp --- the sign says 30 degrees-- i see no reason to doubt it.  i fell asleep in a chair and snored for 2 hours       

( according to bud)

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should be an active sunday

i am ready !!

june 28 2014
TESS HAS ARRIVED  HOME -- AND IN BED WITH SUNDAY SANDY VERY WELL...   TESS REALLY LIKES HER--- WHEN SHE WAS IN TRAINING SHE SPENT OVERNIGHTS WITH SANDY- SO SHE MUST REMEMBER... SHE LIKES HER BETTER THAN MEGAN... AND THAT IS SAYING SOMETING.

A GOOD SITUATION... SANDY WORKS THEN COMES HOME AND WALKS ETC... HAS GRASS YARD..

WE SENT HOME SOME THINGS TO TRY

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I CAN NOT TELL YOU HOW MANY  CAMERA PEOPLE HA A BAD WEEK AND THANKED ME FOR HAVING PUPPIES ONLINE..

WELL-- I COULD TELL YOU BUT I WOULD HAVE TO COUNT--

ALOT.. INCLUDING ME/WE /US

I HAVE BEEN DRAGGING BY MAIL CALL-- 

SO TODAY I  TOOK A LONG HOT BATH AND I QUIT FOR THE DAY

SO THERE 

I WILL PUT TOGETHER THE "MISTER" FAN--- MAYBE--  IF I CAN NOT FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT.  AND SIT AROUND AND EAT ICECREAM ALL DAY---- BUT THAT IS IT..

HOW IS THAT FOR AN ATTITUDE !!~!~

JUNE 27 2014

THIS  IS THERESA'S LAST DAY--- AFTER 10 YEARS--  BUT SHE SAID SHE WILL STAY AVAILABLE AS CONSULTANT.-----WE ARE DIVIDING UP HER JOB... HOPEFULLY

  BASICALLY 

EARLENE-- APPLICATIONS + CALENDAR ( LIKE WHO IS COMING HERE NEXT) 

COLLEEN--QUICKEN /BANK FINANCES- ( NOTE-- SHE TOOK OFF FOR FLORIDA TOO)

MARIA ---A BUNCH OF DETAILS LIKE AMAZON AND PAYPAL.

MEGAN  - DOGS 

CARLENE  --  WORRYING

I WILL TELL YOU HOW BAD IT IS--- MARIA AND I  DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I AM TO WORRY ABOUT.

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THE NO WORM BIT

 GEORGE SAID MAYBE IF MOM WAS ON A HEARTWORM PREVENTATIVE SHE DID NOT PASS ON ANY ROUND WORM EGGS TO HER CHILDREN-- OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT-- AT ANY RATE WE WILL WORM AGAIN... 

YESTERDAY THEY GOT THEIR FIRST SHOT -- C5-- WHICH MEANS 5 THINGS LIKE DISTEMPER AND PARVO -- 

HOW OFTEN TO GIVE VACCINES CONTINUES TO BE DISCUSSED..   I AM NOT SURE-- SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOME CAMERA PERSON CHECK THI S OUT FOR US....THE LOGIC, I THINK IS.......

 PUPS HAVE SOME IMMUNITY FROM MOM- ESPECIALLY IF SHE HAD HER "SHOTS" UP T PDATE- THE PROBLEM IS  THAT IMMUNITY PREVENTS THE PUP FROM FULLY DEVELOPING THEIR OWN ( OH BOY I CAN JUST HJEAR GEORGE NOW)  BUT THAT IMMUNITY RUNS OUT-- SO YOU WANT TO GIVE A SHOT AT THAT POINT-- MFG SAY 6,10, 12 AND 16 WEEKS---  THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE 16 WEEKS-- YOU NEED A SHOT AFTER THAT POINT... AND THEN YEARLY.

SO I HEAD FOR THE 6 AND 16 WEEKS...

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AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CAININE COUGH THE SURFACED IN IPSWICH DQAY CARE--- IT WAS A BIG DEAL--- SCAREY DEAL--- BUT OLD NEWS BY NOW-- AND I AM SURE IF I NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING GEORGE WOULD TELL ME..

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BUDDY-- THE DONKEY-- 

BRIAN  THE VET WAS HERE YESTERDAY TO CHECK HIM OUT-  OTHER THAN  PERHAPS LICE, HE FOUND NOTHING SIGNIFICANT...EXCEPT LACK OF FOOD..SLIGHTLY CONFUSING WAS THAT HIS TEETH WERE SMOOTH-- LIKE SOMEONE HAD "BEEN IN THERE WITH A FILE" IS WHAT BRIAN SAID.  WHY THEY WOULD FILE HIS TEETH AND NOT FEED HIM IS A MYSTERY...  AT ANY RATE-- HE IS EATING NOW... 

ALSO WE CLIPPED  ALOT OF HAIR OFF-- IT HAS THAT MOTH EATEN EFFECT BECAUSE WE HAD A SMALLER SET OF CLIPPERS THA IS USUAL FOR HORSE CLIPPING...  THEY WORKED...  BUT AFGTER ANOTHER BATH WE MIGHT GO OVER HIM AGAIN AND  TRY AND SMOOTH OUT THE ODD TUFTS...

HE IS LESS OPINIONATED THAN MARY-- MIGHT WORK OUT FOR VOLUNTEERS TO CALL HIM AND TAKE HIM OUT ON A LEAD TO LET HIM GRAZE AND WANDER WITH HIM FOR 15 MINUTES MANY TIMES A DAY...  WOULD BE A GOOD BREAK IN PROCEEDURE.

EARLENE SENT OUT BUNCHES OF POKERCHIPS--GUYANN MILLER   DID NOT GIVE US ENOUGH ADDRESS --- SO IF YOU ARE READING THIS... OR PASS IT ON THE CONVERSATION BOARD- OR WHEREVER..

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AND I HAVE BEEN INVITED TO THE MASS VETERNARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION  DINNER IN THE FALL-- I AM GETTING AN AWARD--I DIDN'T ASK IF I WAS TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING..

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AHHHHHH  I FOR GOT  I AM TO GO TO THE GE FOR A  SOMETHING BETWEEN 11 AND 1 TODAY-- MEGAN AND I WILL GO-- ALONG WITH A FEW DOGS-- LIKE MAYBE BENTLEY AND SOME PUPS...

MAYBE COLLEEN CAN MEET US??

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SUSAN'S GRANDCHILDREN PUT IN A DAY YESTERDAY AND WERE HEARD TO SAY " THIS PLACE TAKES WORK"

SURE DOES

Adventures with ELSIE:
   Today I was shopping with Elsie at the "Goodwill Outlet". This place is 
gigantic! They have racks & racks of "gently used" clothing and tons of what I 
sweetly call "crap-olla".
 When it was my turn to checkout, I told Elsie, "down, stay" and down she went. 
The saleswoman was new, nervous and slooooow! Two of my items had no price tags 
and the manager, who was the guy to fix the problem, was apparently missing in 
action.
   So, all in all, I was at the register about 8-10 minutes. The next customer 
was waiting patiently about 5 feet behind me. Just as I was finishing up, that 
lady SCREAMED....."That dog's alive!!"   Well, I already knew that.  But 
apparently, while I was juggling my checkout, she had thought Elsie was a....big 
ceramic dog!
   By now, the lady is laughing and explaining quite loudly to anyone who would 
listen, "I've been standing here a long time and that dog never moved! I didn't 
know that dog was real until she opened one eye.
   Elsie's response to all the hubbub?
   She opened two eyes.
   Wow, my girl gets better and better every day!

JUNE 26,2014

I DO NOT BELIEVE IT.... NEVER HAPPENS...  FOR THE SECOND TIME WE WORM THIS LITTER THERE WERE NO WORMS--- AND I AM TALKING VERMICELLI TYPE WORMS-- 

YOU CAN NOT MISS THEM-- ALL PUPS GET THEM-- AS IN  ALL    THEREFORE MY OTHR ASSUMPTION IS THAT THE WORMER IS DEFECTIVE...   BRAND NEW BOTTLE  NOT OUTDATED...  

NEVER... I CAN NOT COUNT THE LITTERS I HAVE HAD........ NEVER

AND IT IS SOMETHING ROUTINELY DONE AND FORGOTTEN  THE WORMER IS EFFECTIVE AND CHEAP  SO I HAVE ALWAYS JUST POURED IT IN THEIR FOOD AND CONSIDERED IT DONE...  EXCEPT I JUST CHECKED WITH GRACE---  FOR THE SECOND TIME ...NO WORMS.

THIS WOULD EXPLAIN THE VOMIT AND LOOSE STOOL BIT GOIN G ON WITH THIS BUNCH...-- PLUS WAY BACK  AT 3 WEEKS I NOTICED THE "BIG HEAD" MEANING THEY WERE NOT GETTING ENOUGH FOOD--  WHICH IS WHY I STARTED THE BOTTLES OF BABY FOOD EARLIER THAN I USUALY DO 

IF DEFECTIVE WORMER IS TRUE, AND I GIVE THEM MORE TODAY, THE RESULTS SHOULD BE SPECTACULAR...

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MAYA  ARRIVED--  DRIVER--  NICE GUY--  CUTE DOG--- LOOKS PART CORGI TO ME...  I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT RENEE'S SON BE THE ONE TO TAKE SPECIAL CARE OF HER-- BECAUSE SIR THOMAS DID NOT LOOK THRILLED AT HAVING COMPETITION FOR RENEE'S ATTENTION.

 I COULD NOT LET THEM BRING HER IN HERE TO BE ON CAMERA BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE WITH THE FACT THESE PUPS HAVE NOT HAD THEIR FIRST SHOT YET...  WHICH NOW MUST HAPPEN TODAY.

NO SAGACIOUS  REMARKS TODAY---

MANY THOUGHTS-- NO COMMENTS-- FENCE NEEDS ATTENTION...

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WHO SENT ME JIM HANSON'S KERMIT SINGING THE RAINBOW CONNECTION...  I HAVE IT STUCK IN MY HEAD AND NEED TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE THING AGAIN SO IT STOPS GOING ROUND.

june 25,2014

chain link will dominate my day... well maybe.... 

all that chain link that paul and bud picked up in gloucester-- that stood around for about a year-- looking old and tired and rusty..  now has a new job  -- and the part that i tested with new paint does not look too bad-- it is defining the 2 horse turnouts  -

i love  chain link--- it is so adaptable--- currently it is all tied together with hay string... but i do have proper clamps somewhere...

and the next bunch of heavy duty lifters  that show up can go ahead and put up the outside kennels...

and maybe get the dog pen out of the chicken coop

we need to wait  on the inside kennel fence for the fancy floor that david is putting down..

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we need to be a bit more conscious of the "after feeding/mail call time......  i have tried to have coverage from 7 to 7-  but without much thought, after mail call people drift down to the t tent-- leaving me at my desk minding pups---i can in an emergency, but i am not on the schedule as puppy watcher... and contrary to  popular belief sometimes in the late afternoon i do have to think--

i am not exactly sure what my job description is--- i guess  filler inner   and idea getter.

the pokerchips have passed inspection--- i did get a email from courtney-- i did not hear from jon hice...

 the casual mention of needing a bird house .. has...typically got -- delightfully---well out of hand-  it has turned mail call into an oooooo ahhhhhhhh christmas morn concept every day.. we are amassing the most amazing collection of bird houses..-- now i need to do alot  of research--- or someone needs to.... like  the ones with a 1.5 in hole are for xxxx birds and should be hung  x feet off the ground in the sun/shade...???? please go to it... 

all i have is the trees... and an awful lot of poles 10 feet apart--- but i don't have  the knowledge to deal correctly-- so have at it ---you cp'ers...  and some are sooooo fancy  that i am not sure they might have to be put in the arena-- or barn-- inside..????

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the other wildlife which is back in full force -- are the chipmunks-- there is one who gets the corn from the chickens pen-- fills both cheeks-- then runs across the parking lot to the corner of the laundry building..-- this is maybe the 4th year-- don't know if it is the same one... but it travels the exact path.

there is another that  also starts in the chicken pen--gets up on the split rail and goes up over the hill to the guest house somewhere.

i am sure we are feeding a contingent of healthy rats and mice-- when you have chickens--- you have rats---and without poison control only snap traps,, you have fat healthy rats that are  excellent food for  rehab'ing  hawks/snakes and the like at the veternarian hospital.. ..  hence our frozen rodent delivery company

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and speaking of birds..... it is time to get the chicken  teenagers  out into t he area behind the t tent...  first we need to check the impenetrability of that fence. - another susan's granddaughters project....

so far so good with buddy-- the new donkey-- he has  those 2 purple frying pans handing outside his stall-- these are for feeding him carrots and grain...  do not feed by hand... and i don't care if you know how to... i do not want him to instinctively reach for hands-- i want him to think treats come from those fry pans--- it is alot safer that way..

 there is a proper  way to feed  by hand--- i get them trained  by touching a carrot between their eyes and sliding it down to their mouth.. 

that is one of those statements/rules i make where someone will decide they know something better- when in fact they do not have a clue  why...,...  so just do it...

you may see me ocasionally do something else-- when i do i am testing to see  the reactions etc..

am i nuts???? well donkeys and horses go craqzy  over peppermints-- now think of all the donkey jobs i have done around christmas where every kid from 2 years old to 78  has  been eating peppermint candy canes and has that smell on their tiny little fingers.

 we never feed peppermints without touching the donkey between the eyes first...

and.... here is another---- never feed a carrot by letting  him- or any horses here...bite it off himself--- i can just hear someone "oh i do that all the time"-- well not here-- because just think if he is - quite rightly expecting to bite off a carott and gets a finger instead- he would be biting to hang on and break off the carrott--  which would be hard on the finger you used to have....

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i don't think i pasted this already...

 hope this finds Tess adjusting to Her retirement. I hope She finds and focuses on what She needs to settle in and enjoy her after work life. Just as I am trying to focus on each day after Tess.

 

I doubt I have the word craft to do justice to the service dog team. Bonding is often used and it is a good word! But somehow it comes up short. We a team become so much more that. And it is so hard to explain to others.........We meld or bond but it is deeper even than this We are two different bodies but almost like one body and mind. We come to anticipate? No, We know the others action and reactions before they happen. Often it is said of people and pets they grow on Us. Our service dogs seem to grow in Us become part of Us on so many levels We end up not being able to explain it or come close to explaining it. So when separation takes place be it a death, retirement or forced retirement it is somewhat like taking a paper doll and ripping it down the middle, that might just come close to just how intertwined a Service Dog Team becomes. Then the two halves or which half is left depending upon the circumstances of the separation  have to try to right the ship and go on alone as best they can until a time when opportunity presents another solution to help them along. Carrying on isn't easy We grieve, shed tears and long for each other when the day quiets We find ourselves thinking (I'm sure our Dog does too at times)

but We limp on awaiting the chance not to replace the other but awaiting the time another deep, loving soul shows up to stand beside Us silently speaking to our hearts and minds telling Us "lean on Me! I'm here to help You now, I'll brace or stand here and all will be alright! I'm here" As We hope and pray our dog's will find and be told the same.

 

This is quite long so I'll end it up quickly, I came to The Service Dog Project a few years ago out of the blue for a service dog to replace my old one who died. You helped...now I come as a distant family member of SDP although far from the farm, Tess and I were your unknown Ambassadors  out here standing in testament to the kind caring selfless organization and People you are. We told our story and about SDP to everyone who asked and with Tess beside me there were many. So now I find myself asking again. Please keep your eyes and ears open for the Dog who will look up into your face and whisper into Your heart Al need's Me! I'm ready to go help Him. Thanks for all You've done and all You continues to do For all of Us Service Dog Teams! Sincerely Al.