apr 4 2021

 reese is settling down...it was a rough run for a bit.. 

021 4 14

 

I wish we had some photos for  cp "New Hampshire teach" to put those bubble expressions on because the look on reese's face was priceless starting with where on earth did these things come from let me get up on the couch and get away from them too ------if I turn my head to the wall maybe they'll go away ---you want me to do what with them ?     Even so far as to raising one's lip and snarling at them and that's what started me sitting on the sofa with her to try and work through this problem of reluctant motherhood ..

I do think it was because she was really still coming out of anesthesia when she got here Lynn had to hold up a rear end for the towel 'cause the back legs weren't quite working well .. she can walk now fine that was just a temporary thing but I think the word that describes her attitude best would be distain??

Even though I can't quite remember what that means she seemed to be far above the chores of motherhood . eventually she did start cleaning up after them although we went through several cycles of whizzing them ourselves .

 

For any of you that are beginners it is licking the puppies backsides that makes them pee and poop---- a very tidy arrangement ----it keeps the nest very clean so if you have to tend a bunch of puppies and one of them seems to cry a lot it's time to grab for the toilet paper  and just stroke the area and the pup will accommodate you by peeing and then feeling much better..  My other concern last night was that these baby wipes which people have sent.  so kindly I terrific for puppies over about three weeks old but I'm not sure that the taste of them might be what was setting off Reese to begin with ...so I switched to the old standby regulares plain old toilet paper afterwhich she was more agreeable about cleaning them could be she was just coming out of anesthesia and that was a natural  occurrence but it could have been the funny tasting baby wipes that we think smells so sweetly the dog bite things the odor  offensive .

By the time I left at about 12:30 she had at least stopped snarling at the puppies and would allow you 2 place them in the vicinity of a milk producing faucet.How odd this computer will not let me use the usual term for this milk producing gland .

at any rate she seemed to be squared away at the moment and aside from making sure all the black puppies get something to drink we  were in pretty good shape  as of midnight so I left ...with Reese sound asleep and five puppies nursing

I suppose I should include the pee and poop report I'm happy to report that those functions are working quite well although the poop division is working with a little more enthusiasm that is necessary but that might go away there are things we did not have ready one big toilet paper because we assumed that the baby wipes would do the job properly ...but I think we should include toilet paper and save the baby wipes for later Lord knows we'll need them the other thing we do not have at the moment is cottage cheese that's always been a favorite and the one thing you want to do is keep the calcium going in so that she is able to produce food for these five puppies which she at the moment considers appendages it could be worse

 

I do think at the moment we need to restrict the number of dogs allowed in the house it is slightly out of control with Reese and the pups two males being recently neutered , chaos with her constant opinions about everything and fizzle in heat so although I want lucky and CC to come in the house more I think I've got to get some of these others shifted to the condo or elsewhere on a temporary basis it certainly is a case of one simple change creating huge problems .

 

however I did get the little treat buckets that are 1 quart size stainless steel with a flat back on one side if there is a side to a circle and thanks to the camera people in general I had plenty of double ended snaps ...so I sent Judy to the barn with all of that to get one attached to every kennel so that we can dish out a 9:00 o'clock that's 9:00 PM snack I've never been happy about feeding at 4:30 in the afternoon and 8:30 in the morning it's a very long stretch of time we've often had to give out cookies at 6:00 AM because Danes with an empty tummy or inclined to vomit bile so if we give a snack out 9:00 PM maybe they would be more comfortable waiting for 8:30 in the morning breakfast ..

The only FY I that I have there is that most of the stainless comes through with a very thin layer of some kind of oil sell that all of that stuff needs to be washed before it's used in our case all   24 little buckets went through the dishwasher just a little thing but it could be devastating if those were water buckets and a dog decided they couldn't drink out of it because it smelled funny so you had to be careful with these smells around dogs horses aren't nearly as fussy

 

Ben Ben is here today as generic helper and groundskeeper of the day and he's already got some things done and is running out of things to do so I'd better get down there to help him so I'll get this off well I could do it say stay tuned for the next

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big find of the day.. legacy box..... which according t o gwen does a good job turning all the vhs  tapes into thumb drives...

april 13 2021

alk about sticking my neck out.......we don't use our muscles to control our dogs..99.4% of the time. but that other. .6%  you have to do something--and fast....as in applying my foot to lachy lst night... now if i had actually kicked him, he would have yelped  and been lifted off the floor... non of that happened..  i needed to scare him.. and it had to be that instant...  so let me analyze the details... 

to play the sequence of last night...  we have an  ongoing problem  in that lachy and ceecee are not getting enough people time ... in the house at mail call...walking around. talking to people in a polite fashion.. and because they are not doing that, it was getting easier and easier to stick them in the condo .. a self perpetuating problem..  they are only going. to get worse and ultimately be uncontrolable.   a downward spiral.

i had said i wanted them in the room for mail call... so they let in lachey  who baRRELLED OVER TO ARGUE WITH  gismo behind the barrier  recovering from neeutering surgery..   from the other room i heard several people all yelling lachy's name over and overr..  he was obviously not paying attention to anything except an arguement with gizmo.

i went running out and realized i had to establish control very quickly. he heard me say his name and  turned and lay down.  i was "lecturing him" witout touching  him.... while he was laying  there... just to have him  quiet down and realize he was not the biggest thing in the room.  i stopped to take a breath and he bolted  for the door.  you have seen hundreds of dogs pull that same thing- and it can be deadly"take off and run and i'll figure it out later.". he had to know that was totally unacceptable.... and i needed to return him to lying down . at  "A"----  aproximately where we started....instantly !!

granted a spray bottle, or pennines in a water bottle or heaven forbid . a whiffle bat --are things one could use in this situation.... but the instant behavior was  far more critical than  to even pick up a bottle or bat.

you may not have noticed... but lachey is one huge dog. and because  wearing a collar while out rough housing with other dogs can be a lethal problem we don't leave collars on dogs

. being faced with needing to move him back to  position "A". i graBBED  THE ONLY THING AVAILABLE ..   SKIN AND EARS.   -- AND IF THAT HURT HIM HE WOU LD HAVE MOVED...   BUT NECK SKIN AND EARS ARE BUILT TO TAKE  ROUGH HANDLING IN EITHER PLAY OR ACTUAL DOG FIGHTS.. ----THE FACT THAT I TRIED TO  MOVE HIM did not make the slightest difference. ..he backed up and sat down-- classic "drag me" position...   i needed to get his rear end  up and  move him...  with 2 hands al.ready busy.. i had only a foot to use... so i did.

 now if i had  actually kicked him..  he would have yelped and been lifted off the floor...  neither happened... he barely moved at all... but i did get a coulpd feet when i realized i was never going to get back to "A"   - here's where the part about " tell a confused dog to do something they already  know how to do "  like "get in that bed and lie down"

which he did and i totally released all contact with him..  and said "good doggie" .. i left him there to think before anything else...  he could have chosen to bolt again... but he decided not to... if he had-- the camera people wou ld have been horrified  because i would have fallen on him and pinned him .. even at my  age... which i hav done more than once with a "stay there"  and back off without touching  him...  the whole process needs instant reaction...  to scare and not hurt them.. they do far worse to each other playing  

finally giving him a cookie.. and allowing him to decide to get a drink when i quietly reminded him to go  back and lie down.... which he did.... i thin k he got the message because the rest of the night  he kept coming to me  to be patted and talked to.  

we will re enact th e situation tonight  on camera....and see  what happens... talk about sticking my neck out....

having the cameras constantly on us has had the  effect of not allways  discip;ing a dog when they need it... for fear of the camera people comments.   that is very real-- but lachy was out of control last night... he was asking for it ... so he got it.     he needs to think more carefully...  so before  you come down too heavily on my head .. i think one or maybe 2 of these episodes is what allows us to politely say "please" for the rest of thier lives.  it is timing... and carrying spray bottle just does not  stop 2 dogs from fighting.

i think the last time  you all had a great deal to say was the day i  was joyfully bitten by jiminey and quickly grabbed him by the upper jaw and slapping him... he haD to know teeth on humans is not acceptable.... you can say "please" forever.. but one "just don't do that"   done  instantly .. with good timing...  works

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 we have 2 potential mothers  to deal with today

please... stop telling. us to give shots to hurry up the [process....  mommy nature is in command.. and messing with mommies is  not a good idea

we just talked with  george as her progress is not quite typical.. so. lynn and reese are going to woburn... 

april 12 2021

 the   PPP's ..are moving along ---both of them ------the  ppp  application for business help  is sent. thanks to linda--  absolutely critical but not   fascinating..... like the "puppy picnic project". which is growing in front of the t tent... the puppy hill camera should be able to watch the progress---

 which is growing outward from the t tent to th e point of .. can we still turn a 53 foot trailer with the purina food shipment??? while having an official tipi  to shade the pups and anyone who wants to sit in a tipi and play with pups....

pups which are thinking of making an appearence  momentarily... yesterdays r temp dropped to 97.9 which usually indicates puppy start withinn 24 hours.---- also usually born 1 every 2 hours...  could be a long daay/night  ahead of us.

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moving on...

i had  several very carefully thoughtful emails  regarding the meeting with the "town board"  and this concept really hit me  very hard during the meeting....and for days afterwards to get a handle on the topic.

I was really distrubed when SDP was compared to a doggie daycare, it made me question their ability to make an informed decision....  Pam. ...silent CP 2012 calif.

it is my fault -- and i knew it was a problem when i started this  18 years ago. local people have no idea what really goes on here...  i should have been looking for more local interest. long ago.   even tho we accept kids for community service----  both from the honor society and the district attorny's office-- schools bring special ed  kids here for all kinds of learning  experiences not available elsewhere...  we went to 133 adult care centers.. we did not do enough locally....   to have anyone even mention SDP in the same breath as the other kennels in town is unthinkable... even tho i personally know of one kennel that is far nicer and well thought out than ours, ( holly's) the entire concept of a servoce dog is unique to our facility...

how to get the word across?    i could not figure how to run a video during the meeting... so i will do my best to try and have you  understand the video which shows bella ( then age 13?) going down the stairs at teh science museum  in boston.

2021 4 12

 

the fact that Bella is there in the first place is remarkable .. she is on her feet walking instead of being a sack of potatoes in a wheelchair .she is at the top of the stairs with her sister and George .she's very involved with talking to her sister and reaching for the handrail well the other hand is on George's harness the leash and collar or hanging I make these leashes 24 inches so they don't touch the floor because I know these kids drop him they don't need them .she as she talks to her sister she all of a sudden moves 1 foot and George's head whips around and he sees it and he's ready she starts down the stairs and he very carefully matches it one step at a time ... they do about 3 steps and he makes a mistake of getting one step ahead of her and his head whips around almost apologeticly and thanks on my word I must pay better attention which he then does and he waits to get that next step going and he matches her every movement including when she hesitates with one foot in the air so does he then they get to the bottom and she relaxes and walks off with George supporting her .

 

if there is anyone in Ipswich who can train a dog to that degree I certainly would love to have them as a volunteer or employee ..  but as far as I know there's no one running a doggy daycare that has any idea of where to start ..

and I can tell you where to start or exactly where we start with a photograph of me spoonfeeding some puppies who are all about seven weeks old all sitting perfectly in a circle around me waiting for their next spoonful there is no excitement----- there is concentration ----  they're saying OK I'm ready what's happening ....I'm paying attention and this is what's necessary to start a service dog at least in my book -----the picture of me spoon feeding them is on the cover of the book which I can't even remember the name of but I wrote if it's under it's under Amazon with my name at least ------I think the picture shows the dog's paying attention with the exception of 1 white dog sitting off to the left the reason that dog is not paying attention is that dog is deaf--- being a white Great Dane many of the whites  are deaf but she too is well under control .. I should not use that word control she's very relaxed and joined the group ..  you might note that the dog I'm actually spoon feeding is George the dog at the top of the stairs with Bella .

that's how we start them and that started at three weeks old ..  so the question then is is there anybody in town with a bunch of puppies who can get this kind of concentration well before 7 weeks .. and that photo does not lie .. because we have hundreds of photos with many of the different handlers and trainers who work here and volunteer here with all kinds of litters of puppies------ it is expected progress .

and as we proceed with----- never using our muscles to control a dog----- there are all sorts of little ***** things we do just to make things easier as life goes on as a service dog ... simple things like we do not use cookies for 99% of our training because once they start thinking of cookies they are not thinking of how to go down a flight of stairs we don't even carry cookies except for one place ...and this too illustrates just one of the details that we go through ------when a dog jumps in a car either the back seat or most usually the hatchback in our case---- they had those long tails .. so instead of pushing and shoving the dog around to get the tail out of the way ---what we simply do is get them used to having a cookie so they jump in and turn around to get a cookie this is a habit they get into which is wonderful because the cookie is at the other end of the tail problem and it gets the tail out of the way .. that is just one tiny thing but it's critical to a any  dog . plan ahead...

 

now to hopefully have more people come here and understand what's going on and maybe learn a little bit about the way we train ---  I am here 365 days a year .. and I will try and be sitting in the yard at 10:00 o'clock every morning ready to drink coffee and discuss training or discuss anything else anybody wants to discuss---- if I'm not going to be here at 10:00 o'clock I will try and publish that in this daily doggy------ if any of you want to come here preferably at least without your dog to start with ----I'm happy so sit around for half an hour at least and drink coffee and if I can solve anybody's training problems I'm happy to do it ..the only reason I call myself a trainer is because I have well trained dogs .. I also have several that are  NOT quite well trained yet which is why I don't think you should bring your own dog at least to start with or until I get some of my half grown puppies under some order..... my older dogs are fine but I do have 3 teenagers who really are a bit much still although to compare those three to  the two dogs that we have here at the moment which were given to us and  not raised by us with our methods the difference is astronomical ----- we have a system that works and if it works don't fix it until you prove that you have some other idea that makes a better service dog ..

I am thrilled to talk about the different concepts ----I love a good argument and I'm I'm certainly open to learning any any new concepts that work but don't compare me to a doggy daycare where they shove him in a kennel ..  our dogs are given as much choice as possible so they can choose to be with us and work for us and don't need to get dragged around buy a collar and a 6 foot leash .

 if any of our  training dogs that are on leash pull on that leash  in any way you will hear me try and correct it we must not use our muscles because very often the people getting our dogs don't have all the muscles they're supposed to

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so check with the daily doggy be sure I'm here and then come up and see what's going on --10' cov rule applies here.   there is room....  you may walk into situations here that are functioning beautifully but you may also walk into situations that are in horrendous disarray

 it does happen you takes us as you finds us but it does all  work in the long run

 

I am an expert in only one other thing -- and that is making monkey fists which I make from zipper poles at about an inch diameter to an absolutely useless monkey fist probably 15 inches in diameter involving hundreds of feet of rope and all sizes in between I'm happy to show anybody how to do it -----it's fascinating and the one inch ones are very handy and they do have 1/2 inch marble in the middle .use that as a zipper pole so when you think you've lost your marbles you have one left ..

apr 11 2021

 CHOICE--BIG WORD OF THE DAY....  anxious to please you without the subservient factor 

 OUR "METHOD" OF TRAINING IS BASED ON CHOICE... OUR DOGS CHOOSE TO BE WITH THIER RECIPIENTS.. BECAUSE OUR DOGS ARE KEPT IN TH E LEAST RESTRICTIVE MANNER POSSIBLE AN D PRACTICAL....MY CONTENTION IS ... YOU CAN NOT TRAIN A DOG TO TTHE LEVEL THAT WE NEED IF YOU ARE DEALING WITH A FRUSTRATED DOG WH OO LIVED TOO MUCH TIME OF HIS EARLY YEARS WISHING HE WAS SOMEWERE ELSE. AND HE WOUDL BE ,   IF ONLY THIS FENCE/CRATE WERE NOT HOLDING HIM BACK.

THISI S THE TYPE DOG THAT IS RUSHING... PULLING ON THE LEASH... AFRAID HE IS GOING TO MISS SOMETHING... NOSE ON THE GROUND  MIND JUST "ELSEWHERE" 

NOW THINK... LIKE A DOG..... LEASH LAW.. SAVES MANY DOGS LIVES.. BUT ALSO CONDEMS THEM TO NEVEER BEING ABLE TO STRETCH OUT IN A RUN AND SEARCH THE SMELLS MORE THAN 6 FEET FROM TEH PERSON AT TEH OTEHR END OF THE LEASH.;

2021 4 11

 

WE start with very new puppies the try and handle them as little as possible maybe giving them a shove from the rear to get their nose on a ****** on the first day but after that we have a rule around here you don't pick up a puppy---- if they want to climb in your lap that's fine but you must not pick them up and put them there except under extreme situations---- which I can't think of any at the moment ---well one when we finally picked them up and put them individually at a dish of food when they first are learning to drink out of a bowl ---yes that's picking them up--- but you don't pick him up just because you want to pick up a puppy

********* because if you have to use your muscles to control the dog then technically the dog wants to do something besides what you want it to do*******

 this may be very complicated but what you really want to do in the Super dog training world is to convince the dog that they really want to do whatever it was you wanted to do in the first place ..

 

let's have a go at the typical obedience trained dog--- heel sit stay down come--- certainly knowing those commands makes for a much better dog then one that doesn't know any of them -----but as I've said many times if I tell a service dog to lie down and he stands and looks at me he's basically saying "do you really want me to lay down which I will do but I would prefer to stand up I won't go anywhere I'll stay in right here but the floor is cold or wet or smelly and I would prefer to stand "-----all that conversation goes on with the dog ---but  WITH the obedience trained dog it's a question of “shut up and lie down” .I think you'd call it dominance ..how many people when they hear that we have a service dog and the service dogs are well trained stick their finger in front of the dog and say sit .   an obedience trained dog would sit-----  my dogs look at the person like they're out of their mind "why would I want to sit there there doesn't seem to be  a  particular reason to" and Furthermore if they sit at all the person holding on to their harness may fall down....    so generic sitting is not encouraged ----   when they don't sit the person with the finger sticking out will often say "I thought you said he was trained".  which I find extremely insulting .  however. I have a fairly sane and sober friend who after 50 years of dog ownership was thrilled to show me  she could stand with a cookie and say "sit" and the dog would. .. Having them come with their called is certainly a critical thing but there are times when you will still get the same comment from the dog “do you want me to come now “ IN WHICH  case you say "yes get over HERE..”

it is very impressive to see a German Shepherd dogs snap to attention and trot very obediently along at your side but you can't live with that kind of stuff for 24 hours a day so that to be a service dog and be on duty when you need to be you have to be able to relax and be anxious to please you without the subservient factor .  I have seen so many obedience trainers -----I use that word loosely----too closely resemble a drill Sergeant ..  as opposed to a dog who's basically on duty 24 hours a day then responding just a little bit slower more comfortably so they last a little longer

 

then there's the topic of calling people a trainer ...you can buy a sign--- put it up that says trainer but the only way I would judge a trainer is if they have a well behaved dog and a happy dog .---- .in this town I see an awful lot of unhappy dogs getting dragged around on a 6 foot leash--- I don't think Ipswich has a dog park ---they have great forests which is wonderful if you can turn your dog loose and they're well behaved enough to come back and not chase the deer ---but there is no fenced in  dog park that I know of .. I know the town of Beverly has one that everybody loves it's set up for small dogs and big dogs to relax and run the fact that they put it in a very obscur place sort of behind some used car broken down car parts lot right by the airport is upsetting because dog owners pay taxes too ----  and now that the country is finally deciding the dogs do an awful lot for an awful lot of people,   it seems to me any town that has a leash law ought to have a fenced in dog park with nice chairs little bit of Flowers or something dress it up so thatt  you're not throwing these dogs in the back of some junkyard ---- these are part of the families and they deserve much more respect and they deserve to be able to make a few choices of their own and not being totally dependent on the collar around his neck

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So what I'm now trying to do at 10:00 o'clock this morning every day since it got warm enough is to be in the yard at 10:00 o'clock anybody wants to come and learn about service dog trading or my other capability in life which is making monkey fists I'm happy to sit out there at 10:00 o'clock drink coffee and talk about either one but I do think there's an awful lot of people in Ipswich which first of all don't know what a train dog is or how to get him there and I'm happy to share whatever I know or don't know and Lord knows that a lot of THE DON’T KNOW PART.

that picture of bentley trotting down the road..... illustrates an educated dog-- i am totally comfortable with  his being on the road-- no leash or collar ---- it was taken  without my being there.. by 2 people i gave him to for the week of breeding reese....  who volunteer here regularly but i never took them aside and taught them bentley's commands.... he doesn't have any.. but i knew if they just talked to him, he woudl figure out what they wanted.... and... by the picture.. he was doin' fine.

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got to give a plud to   DOYLE PLUMBING.  SUPER NICE --BEAUTIFUL JOB-  complicated job ---well done.. no confusion..

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Kringle and I are doing some fundraising for SDP in form of a virtual triathlon.  Yesterday we did the 1.5 mile walk/run in 25.57 seconds.  In the next two weeks we will complete the swim and biking while trying to raise money for SDP.  My goal was to raise 1000 dollars but on the first leg, Kringle and I raised 805 dollars.  Not too shabby.  Attached are the flyer and photo.  I am wearing my brain aneurysm warrior shirt.  Because Kringle and I are unbreakable.  Thank you SDP.

APRIL 10 2021

 DIRT... JUST PLAIN DIRT-- AKA SOIL...GRAVEL AND A BUNCH OF OTHERS

2021 4 10

 

Way back when we bought this place I say we because there were two lots adjacent my husband bought 1 and I bought the other because I didn't want to be hampered by what he thought I should be building or whatever and that's how we ended up with the house being on #37 boxford Rd and the barn technically is on #45 .. but the story goes on from there if we had done what I originally planned our main driveway would have been #45 which was sort of at ground level and wound in through the flatfield to the house and we would not have had a driveway at #37 way back when I considered the way things were really going to work to come in at #45 I would have had to cut down a big tree to get in with the 53 foot horse trailer Ed in general to have trucks have access hey drugs and you know big things and at that time neighbor Robin pleaded meet with me not to cut that tree down because it was right beside a Bush that somebody had given them for their wedding and it was her favorite Bush and that was going to have to go to and I could see it was a problem so we decided or it was decided that we would bulldoze our way in number 37 which involved to the delight of the contractor being able to remove part of a Hill ..

because I am reminded of the old farmer story about the developer who offers a farmer $10,000 for field and the farmer says you come round with the wheel barrel and I'll give you $10,000 worth .. dirt is critical and there's not enough of the right dirt in the right place .. so therefore a truckload of dirt is expensive buying it or selling it...... I do know that the guy who bulldoze my driveway offered to put up our house for nothing if we let him make the whole place flat ...

 

.. now my other story here is I once KNEW  a big Hill WHICH BElong S.  to a horsey family .. who then quite logically wanted to put in a flat RIDING  field for dress saj or whatever ..  and they then hired someone to make it flat .. and the next thing I know the Hill was gone what they sold that dirt for I do not know.  BUT.  MASSIVE COMES TO MIND.  THEY THEN CLEVERLY OFFERED THE FLAT AREA TO LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO WERE having trouble storing manure because towns were getting antsy  about manure piles so we all would truck are manure over there and dump it in this field where it's at for about two years and the next thing we need all the field got rented out to the guy who raises corn now all nicely fertilized and full of topsoil .. it was really a less than plan ahead .. actually that's the field where if you look back on my daily doggy they called me to say they were about to plow that field under and there was an awful lot of corn still left on us under stocks and we were welcomed to it so a bunch of service dog people went there and I literally drove through the stalks of corn

DAUGHTER GWEN HAS IN MIND REMOVING  CLUTTER FROM GUEST HOUSE 

 SHORT DOGGIE.

april 4 9

gwen just planted my computer on. discovery plus.  

2021 4 9

 

An amazing collection of stuff for $7.00 a month with no it no commercials ----the whole thing includes the old mythbusters shows that I love to watch and at the moment it beats watching anything on the news ---I've had it

the other thing I've got to pass along this morning is the mother bear crossing the road in Winchester CT there are a lot of bears crossing the road but this is a mother bear with four Cubs and a line of traffic and she she goes across with one and they goes to get another and they follow her back and it really is very comical apparently there is one of these versions of it has some Scottish woman offering a dialogue with the movie which I haven't found yet but it's pretty funny even without the dialogue as the puppies stop puppy's the Cubs follow her back and forth across the road while she tries to get him all in one spot which they eventually do .

 

other than that

the temperature on Reese did not drop it was a malfunctioning thermometer so we haven't had the temperature drop yet so we're not looking for puppies in the next 24 hours but I do think we're not too far away she is beginning to bulk out

 

I do have a note that camera person Jan gerhald is in the hospital so we will be minus her words of wisdom for the day she sends out her poop pickers

 

Also discovered that the wireless mouse that I have which hooks up to the computer with a funny little half inch cubic thing in the back also was responsible for the keyboard which was on the shelf so that may explain why so many times things didn't make any sense because every time anybody moves things on the shelf that hit the keyboard it was controlling etc I don't like wireless you don't know who it's talking to .

 

That ad for being a good adoptive parents was just on the television and right after it was that one second ad for new genics probably--- the two black jars next to each other ---- gwen is sitting watching that she said she doesn't see that in North Carolina she doesn't see the ad for the adoptive parents and I see that Add all the time both on CNN and Fox News and it just seems like it's on every 10 minutes or so I cannot imagine what they're doing and it's never for this not always for the same thing I did see one the other day that said timeshares I don't know what else it said 'cause I don't read that fast but it's a very peculiar thing  also there is another add besides the adopt A kid lead in  one...  just happened again. "flawless skin". 

..there is another  one of these  leading to a flashing by commercials I haven't seen that enough to remember the whole thing but if everybody would watch it and see whether we get a line on why they're doing it

 which ads lead in that way be interesting to know ----least I'd be interested to know

 

Lynn will be picking up today a rototiller at Home Depot using the gift card someone gave me to pay for most of it because we have to get the puppy pen ready and seed will take a while. even the fast growing.

 I have some camera people working on the design of the whole project which hopefully is going to include a small teepee as a shade place with shade for the puppies and this will be right outside the tent so it will be on camera ..

 the next exciting camera thing is I think someone is coming today to put in a new  camera for the camera that died so you will be able to see in the yolk house in driveway and a few other things .

 

and that's all I know-- 

short doggie

 

apr 8 2021

 from the mass farm bureau....

 goats to go????? georgetown. ma???  alan??? i know them !! "draft horse people...."  really nice folk.. that helped me with the project of rebuiolding the barn that burned down in saugus 100 years ago....now there is a new story...

100 years ago. i was up at 4am.. as i am today.. and on the news came a story of a barn in saugus that was burning.   horses running all over saugus..--  wellll.....

as a 4h leader with a bunch of kids who constantly had loose horses...... i am a pretty good expert at loose horses... so i grabbed a metal bucket of grain.  and a handful of halters and leads  and went to saugus to help 

2021 04 7

 

It was a terrible fire.. the lucky horses were loose... but a few did not get out. .. I helped  catch and tie them to trees..  when things quieted down... I realized these people now had some horses and no hay/grain/ buckets etc  - so I went home and loaded the truck with bales of a\hay and a bag of grain to get them covered for the moment.

When I made the u-turn to get to their street, I looped thru home depot...  parking lot....  Wait a minute---- I it was not my normal Home Depot but I do know  them as relatively friendly ----so I went in an asked for the manager--- a guy named Rick Flynn and I told him abut a barn up the street had just burned down and wasn't there anything Home Depot could do to help the situation out  like maybe give them a truckload of two by fours and then I left because I had to get the hay up to the barn---- I told him I'd be back---- so I dropped the hay off and they were beginning to cope with  horses tide to trees ------by the way this was the barn where the carriage horses from Boston were kept at night and several did survive ...

so I went back to see Mr Flynn and he had gotten the idea that Home Depot has some community helping whatever and maybe if I could get organized he could get 100 people to help rebuild the barn .. so I started thinking .. there was a guy that lived next to Gwen my daughter in Ipswich who owned a hot dog and sausage company---- I wish I could remember the name it gave his company a plug ---hot dogs at any rate I called him and asked if he could provide cases of hot dogs so  I could feed  all these Home Depot people wanna spend a Saturday helping to start this barn ------he got into the swing of things and said he had a truck that he could send that had a grill and all that stuff including rollson paper towels and stuff and he thought that would be a good opportunity for his people to help and his truck was refrigerated which was nice so it began to go together ------now the barn was up at the end of a very narrow road and long driveway and I thought if we have people coming to help they're gonna have to park about 3 miles away and then walk up the road.       how dull  ..  so I called the Yankee draft horse Association guy by the name of Alan to see if we couldn't get a bunch of draft horses to pull hay wagons to get people up the road to help build the barn .and Alan was very helpful and these people never thought anything  of putting 2 draft horses at about a ton  each. and aand driving to some fair and riding around in circles ..  so I invited them to the barbecue at thebarn  building .. well from there that friend dida.. of mine was very friendly with Rex trailer who was Boston's cowboy it had a morning show which all the kids watched a Boomtown .. he was basically retired but dide had an old horse of mine that he occasionally rode in parades so we got ahold of Rex who was very nice---a  nice man and he was thrilled to lead the wagon train up to the barn with all these people from Home Depot  ---    I have pictures of Janine dragging lumber around.. my husband and friends provided the medical.  And the fire dept sent an ambulance .. it was a huge deal...so went together very nicely and Home Depot delivered a lot of lumber some of it  odd shaped or whatever that was sort of extra we got couple truckloads of things two by  threes another and perfectly usable stuff so in the course of that one day we got an awful lot of that barn up the walls particularly with the help of the carpenters union in guy who thankfully was the only one who knew  what on earth we were doing .. It was that Carpenter guy who taught me about leveling a building with a siphon hose because this was a really big big building it was 150 feet long---- I was in on the design of the construction which was done at a picnic table in the backyard as we tried to figure out how to hold up the hayloft with all these odd bits of lumber we had ..it's still there today..  

 

the fire had been started by the space heater in an adjacent garage it took the best part of another month to finally get the roof on .. and after that first day with the party I really didn't have much to do with it although they gave me a great thank thank you party for having gotten the whole thing going I think maybe I'm good at getting things going and then bugging out of the details .

the parties were great but I got to know Alan then then maybe it's time for me to go introduce myself to Alan again and see if he can come down with his goats to go project what is they are interesting people they used to run a hay ride through their farm on Halloween night with people jumping out of trees and screaming and yelling and things so they are creative

we  need more of those

 

I do have somewhere a vhs tape of the barn building. Nicely done by rex trailer’s video company..  i should find it......

How nice it was to have a bunch of people having a "blast" helping people. with one goal—barn building !!

ben and our dog.. from  "bens bones" dog bisket comapny