December 13, 2012

HAVING ADDRESSED THE PERRY PROBLEM YESTERDAY, I WILL NOW GET INTO A REALLY DANGEROUS DISCUSSION.

 

IT IS ABOUT POO.- AND THE COLLECTION THEREOF.

IN YESTERDAYS WALKAROUND  I ZEROED IN ON  A TIDY PUPPY PILE OF POO  AND NOT ONE OF YOU QUESTIONED ABOUT THE SEQUEL TO THE PRODUCTION...

 THIS S A VERY SERIOUS DISCUSSION.....ON A TOPIC ON WHICH I CONSIDER MYSELF AN EXPERT.

 

YOU SAW ONE LITTLE 1/3 CUP PILE- SOUROUNDED BY 16 PUPS WHO PRODUCE AT LEAST 5 OF THOSE PILES DAILY- BOTH AT CONVENIENT AND INCONVENIENT TIMES

 

AT THE CONVENIENT TIMES,  WE REMOVE THE PILE BY THE SCRAPE, LIFT, AND DEPOSIT  METHOD- WITH 2 PIECES OF CARDBOARD.-- OR THERE ARE A VERY FEW.... ON THE GRASS----WHERE WE  GRAB AND INVERT THE  GROCERY BAG... 

 

NOW BECAUSE OF THE GENEROUSITY OF ALL THE CAMERA PEOPLE COMBINED WITH THE RELAIBLITY OF THE UPS TRUDK WE HAVE A LARGE SUPPLY OF CAREFULLY CUT  BROWN BOX TYPE CARDBOARD.

 

PERSONALLY, I KNOW THAT THICK CARDBOARD WORKS ADEQUATELY  -- AND A SIDEWAYS SWIPE OF THE CARDBOARD OFTEN SAVES  THE ADDITION OF A PAPERTOWEL ON THE INDOOR PILES. BUT THE CADILAC OF POO PICKING IS THE CEREAL BOX CARDBOARD.... CAREFULLY CUT INTO RECTANGLES 3" X 6" ( AND INDEX CARDS ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE-- TOO FLABBY)

 

I HAVE STUDIED THE SIZE--- IT IS VERY SPECIFIC   3" WILL FIT IN MOST BLUE JEANS BACK POCKET, AND 6" WILL ACCOMODATE  BOTH PUPS AND THE ADULT DOGS... WE HAVE 30 ISH ADULTS COMING AND GOING.

 

FOR THOSE ADULTS- INCLUDING THOSE IN TRAINING-   WE MUST BE PREPARED FOR AN INCONVENIENT PRODUCTION - DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN-- BUT ONCE WILL BE ENOUGH.

 

THE 3" WIDE CARDBOARD ALLOW US TO USE THE CARDBOARD TO  STUFF 2 PLASTIC BAGS INTO OUR BACK POCKETS- SO THAT IF AN EMERGENCY ARRISES WE CAN YANK THE PLASTIC BAG AND THE CARDBOARD IS DELIVERED FOR IMMEDIATE USE.

 

THIS TECHNIQUE WAS BEST DEMO' THE DAY PAUL AND I  EXITED AN ELEVATOR IN THE  LAHEY HOSPITAL   AND THE PUP WE HAD WITH US VOMITED
- WE BOTH YANKED AND SCOOPED AND  THE TIME START TO FINISH  WAS  6  SECONDS- PEOPLE NEVER KNEW-

OTHER PROFESSIONAL TECHNIQUES INCLUDE SLOWLY MOVING A SHOPPING CART OVER THE PILE SO  YOU HAVE TIME TO BE CASUAL.

 

 AS FOR MALES AND  FLUID PRODUCTION-- BOTH MEGAN AND I HAVE TRIED GRABBING THAT FIREHOSE TO SHUT IT OFF-  THAT DOES NOT WORK.  IT IS VERY AMUSING TO THE SURROUNDING PUBLIC  BUT THAT YELLOW FLUID KEEPS COMING.

 

SO BACK TO  THE PROBLEM CARDBOARDS...

 

WE CAN EAT JUST SO MUCH CEREAL-  BUT... THERE IS THE CAMERA CROWD !!!

I CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT TO DISRUPT THE GENEROUSITY WITH THE MONEY DONATIONS   ... BUT LETS LOOK AT THE NUMBERS  OF CARDBOARD NNEEDED... 

 

16 PUPS 5 PILES A DAY + 2 PIECES OF CEREAL CARDBOARD = 160   FOR JUST THE PUPS  DAILY

 ANOTHER 30 ADULTS WITH MAYBE 2 PILES EACH X 2 CARDBOARDS = 120

A FEW LOOSE STOOLS AND WE ARE LOOKING AT 300 PIECES OF CEREAL CARDBOARDS A DAY

 

DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY

 

 THE OTHER DETAIL IS  ONE SIDE OF THE CEREAL CARDBOARD SHOULD  BE STRAIGHT- TO BE A BETTER SCRAPING DEVICE.

 

  THEY FIT IN A #10 ENVELOPE -- I REALISE WHAT I AM SAYING-- BUT WE HAVE A NEED FOR MANY.. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO SEE IF I HAVE TO STOP  THE MAILING.. ... LETS SEE HOW THIS WORKS

 

SH#T HAPPENS-- WE DEAL.... 

 

SERVICE DOG PROJECT

37 BOXFORD RD.

IPSWICH, MA  01938

December 12, 2012

JUST WHEN YOU THINK EVERYTHING POSSIBLE HAS HAPPENED....

 

WILLOW GOT HER LOWER JAW STUCK IN THE SOFT CHEW TOY ONCE MORE PROVING YOU CAN NOT ANTRICIPATE AND PREPARE FOR EVERYTHING  THAT WILL BE THROWN AT YOU.

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MAJOR DISCUSSION OF THE DAY IS PERRY

 

AND I WILL PREFACE IT WITH   IMO    IN MY OPINION-- WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE WHAT THE CURRENT VETERNARY PRACTICE SUGGESTS-- I AM SURE I WILL HEAR FROM GEORGE ON THIS...

(MAYBE HE WILL AGREE--- BUT DON'T COUNT ON IT)

 

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SEVERAL WEEKS AGO-ABOUT NOV 26 TH  WILLOW WAS DREADFUL AND I WAS THINKING MAYBE SHE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT...( SHE IS NEARLY FINE NOW  FOR THE MOMENT...) I WENT DOWN AND LOOKED OVER THE REST OF THE LITTER  LOOKING SPECIFICALLY FOR SIGNS OF HOD-- WHICH IS WHAT WILLOW HAS...

 

AND I NOTICED PERRY WAS WALKING LIKE HE HAD A LOAD IN HIS DIAPER.-- A STRANGE SWAGGER WHERE THE TAIL ALMOST WAGS THE DOG... I HAVE SEEN THAT BEFORE--- SO I WATCHED  - NEXT PROGRESSION IS HE STARTED TO PACE-- THIS IS NOT PACE BACK AND FORTH-- IT IS 2 LEGS ON THE SAME SIDE MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER GIVING THE DOG A SWINGING/SKIPPING LOOK/- HE WAS NOT DOING IT ALL THE TIME-- BUT OCASSIONALLY- THE REST OF THE TIME HE TROTED WITH DIAGIONAL FEET-- AS HE SHOULD.\ 

 TO ME-- PACING MEANS THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE..

A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF LAB SERVICE DOGS PACE-- AND "THEY" DON'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT...   BUT  I DON'T LIKE IT.

 

SOMETIMES WHATEVER THE CAUSE- GOES AWAY AND THEY ARE EBETTER...- SOMETIMES IT GETS WORSE AND THEY WILL OCASIONALLY FALL SIDEWAYS-- AND TTHEN GET UP ON THEIR OWN WITH NO APPARENT PROBLEM.- THIS IS WHERE PERRY IS AT THE MOMENT...

 

COULD GEORGE DIAGNOSE WHATEVER... CERTAINLY-- BUT WHAT WOULD IT COST AND WHAT WOULD HE THEN DO?   THE ROAD IS A BUNCH OF MRI'S AND XRAYS AND THEN SURGERY-- WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE 85% EFFECTIVE- 

 

ANOTHER THING VETS WILL DO-- AND GEORGE AND HIS ASSOCIATES WOULD NOT DARE TO DO WITH ME IN THE ROOM.... TO TEST THE DOG ... VETS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO LIFT THIER CHIN WAY UP AND PRESS THIER NECK FORWARD TIL THE DOG YELPS- AT WHICH POINT-- IF THEY DID NOT HAVE A NECK PROBLEM ALREADY..., THEY NOW DO. 

 

THAT "TEST" GETS YOU NO WHERE  AND POSSIBLY DOES DAMAGE.

 

 I HAVE SEEN ALOT OF DOGS HAVE SURGERY AND IT MADE THEM WORSE AND IN PAIN FOR THE NEXT 6 MONTHS WHEN THEY ARE FINALLY PUT TO SLEEP.  IN ALL HONESTY  I KNOW OF ONE DANE-- A WHITE /DEAF DANE WHO  WAS NATIONAL CHAMPION AGILITY DANE... NICO-- GOT BETTER. ALL THE OTHER SURGICAL CASES HAVE GONE FROM  A COMFORTABLE WOBBLE TO  A MISERABLE INFIRMATY.  -  I HAVE SEEN A FEW GO DOWN HILL FAST TIL THEY FINALLY CAN NOT USE THIER FRONT LEGS EITHER... SOME JUST WOBBLE--ONE WAS ABBY- WHO JUST RECIENTLY DIED AT 13 YEARS OLD-- ANOTHER WAS GIGI- A HOUSE DOG OF OURS THAT GOT KICKED BY A DONKEY( NOT MARY) -- SHE DIED AT 9 YEARS HAVING SPENT HER LIFE ON   RUBBER BACKED BATH MATS AT EVERY CORNER  OF THE HOUSE  AND MANY TIMES WHEREVER SHE FELL SHE WOULD STAY TIL SOMEONE CAME ALONG AND PUT HER BACK ON HER FEET... -- SHE COULD ALWAYS JUMP A 3' FENCE... IT WAS JUST  TURNING CORNERS THAT GAVE HER TROUBLE. SHE ENJOYED LIFE-- EVEN HAD AN UNPLANNED PREGANACY WITH SOME SUPER PUPS-- LIKE "BROWNIE"-

 

FOR THE DOG'S ENTIRE LIFE-- EVERY PERSON WHO HAS EVER READ ANY BOOK ( OR THE INTERNET) WILL EXPLAIN TO YOU   IN GREAT DETAIL HOW"YOUR DOG HAS HIP DYSPLASIA"  SOME PEOPLE WILL GT ANNOYED AT YU IF YOU DON'T AGREE WIHT THEM...  THE DOG  CERTAINLY COULD HAVE HIP DYSPLASIA   -- BUT THEY ALSO COULD HAVE PERFECT HIP JOINTS...AS GIGI DID. 

 

WHEN YOU HAVE AN ANIMAL OR A CHILD-- YOU TAKE WHAT YOU GET.AND IN THE CASE OF GIGI  WE DID NOT GO FOR THE $5000 SURGERY AND PROBABLY SPENT THAT IN RUBBER BACKED BATH MATS-- SHE WAS A LOVELY DOG- WHO WOBBLED.  SO WAS ABBY...  I HAVE NOT HAD MANY WOBBLERS--  BUT IT CERTAINY DOES HAPPEN.

 

SO WE/ YOU  WILL NOW ALL STOP THE MOANING AND GROANING EVERY TIME PERRY FALLS  OVER...

 AND YES  HE IS IN WITH THE GIRLS- THEY DON'T CALL FEMALE DOGS B#TCHES FOR NOTHING.  WE WILL WATCH  AND SEPARATE IF AND WHEN THE BENEFITS DON'T  OUTWEIGH THE CHANCE OF INJURY  IN OUR OPINION.

AND YES HE WILL GO ON TO SOME KIND OF PRODUCTIVE LIFE AS A COMPANION TO SOMEONE WHO CAN COPE WITH HIS NEEDS

AND NO- THE 17,000 OF YOU WHO WANT HIM, HE WILL PROBABLY BE PLACED WITH SOMEONE AROUND HERE SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO MONITOR HIM FOR EDUCAIONAL PURPOSES...

 

20 20 HINDSIGHT WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED..   WE WILL NOT KEEP HIM SAFELY IN A CRATE.---  HE CAN GO 13 YEARS OR 2 

 

HE IS HAVING A GOOD TIME... GET OFF HIS NECK !!

 

NEXT---

WE HAVE PUMPKIN BACK... MAJOR DISASTER HAS HAD MORE MAJOR PROBLEMS NEEDING SPECIFIC HOSPITALIZATION.. I HAVE TOALKE WITH MAJOR'S NEIGHBORS AND DAUGHTERS- AND WE ALL FELT SHE WAS HAVING TROUBLE CARING FOR PUMPKIN-  THAT BEING THE CASE,  SHE COMES BACK HERE.

 

AND THERE IS A BIG  RECLINER CHAIR IN NEWTON - SOMEHOW I NEED TO FIND THE HORSE TRAILER ( WHO  COULD LOOSE THAT ?? WE COULD)  AND GO GET IT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 

THE DURANGO IS BACK FROM THE FIXERS... AS IS THE COA VAN.... AS IS THE SMALL VAN..  NOW IF I CAN JUST FIND THE  HORSE TRAILER.. 

 

MEGAN'S FATHER IS LOCATING HIS RELATIVE WHO IS A PLUMBER...

AND THE DRYER WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY AFTERNOON..

 

LINN FOUNDATION HAS DONATED MONEY FOR CHAIN LINK IN THE LAUNDRY  SO I WILL MEASURE AND  ORDER THAT TODAY  ALONG WITH THE CHAIN LINK FOR THE NUTT HOUSE... SINCE  PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO KIND LATELY...

 

NOW FOR TH E  PROBLEM-- IN A NUTSHELL

 

WE BRED NOEL AND  BENTLEY  12/3

 WE WIL NOT HAVEE ANY IDEA OF PREGNANCY

 FOR 25 DAYS-?   DEC 26-30?

 

SHE DID NOT CONCIEVE LAST TIME WE BRED HER.

OLIVE IS HERE--IN HEAT

SATRUDAY WILL BE HER 8TH DAY ( PROBABLY FERTILE TIME)

SATURDAY IS TOO SOON TO TELL IF NOEL IS CARRYING PUPS...

 

THESE PUPS WOULD BE FOR  RECIPIENTS 2014

 

IF WE DO NOT BREED THEM WE WILL HAVE NO PUPS IN TRAINING IN 2014

 

SO WE BREED THEM- AND PRAY THAT THE CAMERA CROWD CONTINUES TO SUP[ORT US WITH CHICKNE S#HIT  NUMBERS AND PUPPY BREATH DONATIONS OFF OUR WEB..

 

I HAVE A HUGE FEAR OF MORE DOGS THAN I CAN SUPPORT.

SO I AM HAVING FAITH YOU ALL WILL CONTIMUE...

 

IF YOU DON'T I WILL HAVE A LEMONADE STAND ON THE CORNER WITH DANE PUPS.

 

December 11, 2012

 THE EXPLORE.ORG DISCUSSION GROUP IS NOT ACCEPTING COMMENTS  SO HERE IS ALL THAT--- CUT AND PASTED...

 

GOOD MORNING CAMERA WORLD..FROM THE LOOK OF PERRY'S SLEEPING POSITION IT IS NO WONDRE HE COULD HAVE NECK TROUBLE,,,, IT IS HANGING AT A RIGHT ANGLE TO HIS BODY--OVER THE EDGE..***

 

 HOW BAD WAS WILLOW?"  BAD-- AS CLOSE AS THEY GET TO ASKING TO GO TO SLEEP PERMANTLY-  SHE WAS IN BAD PAIN- LYING VERY STILL-- AND WINCING WHEN WE TRIED TO mAKE HER STAND OR MOVE-- CARRYING HER OUTSIDE ON A BEACH TOWEL.. -THERE IS SOME RESIDUAL-- IN MY OPINION.... SHE SLEPT FOR ABOUT A WEEK/10 DAYS IN ONE POSITION.. WITH HER LEFT HID LEG BENT-- AND SHE WOULD NOT LET US STRAIGHTEN IT... SO THAT NOW  SHE DOES HAVE A VERY WIERD BEND AT THE HOCK--IT IS SO BENT IN A "c" SHAPE  THAT I WORRIED ABOUT IT BREAKING... BUT SHE IS NOW BOUNCING AROUND--- AND IT SEEMS TO FUNCTION -- THO I WILL NOT ASK HER TO GO BADCK TO PUPPY HILL UNTIL I LIKE TH ELOOKS OF THAT BACK LEG BETTER..IT IS FINE CROOKED-- THEY CARRY 70% OF THIER WEIGHT ON THEIR FEGS-- AND SHE IS ALMOST THIN.. ON PURPOSE...LET ME REDEFING THIN... BEFORE SOMEONE  ACCUSES ME OF STARVING THE DOGS..... THIN IS WHEN THE 2 BONES ABOVE HER HIPS STICK UP--  RIBS SHOWING IS FINE... BUT THOSE 2 HIP BONES SHOULD NOT SHOW.

 

her other residual is that she is becoming a spoiled brat---  she goes outside to pee--and doesn't,--- then comes in and pee's in the hall

 

which brings up another point  "HE IS TRAINED TO GO ON THE NEWSPAPER" ---- IN MY OPINION... IF YOU PLAN IT RIGHT YOU CAN LEARN TO PUT THE NEWSPAPER UNDER WHERE HE IS GOING TO PEE ANYWAY-  I THINK-- THEY ARE PREPROGRAMMED TO GO AWAY FROM WHERE THEY SLEEP TO PEE ETC...  SO FIGURE THAT OUT AND PPUT THE PAPERS THERE.. CASE IN POINT--- IF YOU PUT THIER FLUFFIES  IN A CORNER AND THE NEWSPAPERS NEXT TO THE FENCE WHERE YOU CAN REACH THEM EASILY,  THEY WILL RUN TO THE FENCE TO GREET YOU WITH  POO ON THIER PAWS..... 

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THE INTERNET IS A VEHICLE FOR MISINFORMATION... MAY AS WELL HAVE SOME OF MY VARIETY.

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SOMEONE DID SAY THAT THE PUPS ATE POOP BECAUSE THEY WERE STARVING...OURS ARE THE FATTEST STARVING DOGS I HAVE EVER SEEN..

 

WHICH BRINGS UP A PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THE  "CAMERA"  DISCUSSION GROUP..MIND YOU-- I LOVE 99.4% OF THEM DEARLY-- THEY ARE KEEPING US AFLOAT...

I WISH SOME OF THEM WOULD SAY   "IN MY OPINION"   AND NOT PUT OUT ANSWERS AS IF THEY ARE SPEAKING FOR SDP.  I LOVE A GOOD ARGUEMENT  AS MOST OF YOU KNOW.... BUT I AM VERY PROTECTIVE OF .. OUR HARD WORK.......FOR INSTANCE....    SOMEONE WANTED  TO MAKE MUGS WITH OUR LOGO / NAME AND STORY   --AND ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS CASH THE CHECK....   ABSOLUTELY NOT.-

 

 AND WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER GROUP THAT FUNCTIONS BEAUTIFULLY-- WITHOUT MICROMANAGING--------AND I AM VERY DEPENDENT ON EVERY ONE OF THEM. ---------- IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO WALTZ ONTO THIS FARM AND LEAP INTO THE MIDDLE OF ANY DECISSION MAKING  WHEN YOU JUST DO NOT HAVE THE  EXPERIENCE .  THAT  EXPERIENCE COMES AFTER ABOUT 2 OR 3 YEARS OF VOLUNTEERING.... HANGING LAUNDRY... PICKING UP ROCKS.. AND POO...AND OBSERVING .

 

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KEEPING OUR EYE ON THE PRIZE...  I WINCED AT THIS EMAIL TIL I GOT TO THE END... TALK ABOUT DISASTERS WAITING TO HAPPEN....

lest you forget.....

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Carlene,

I want to tell you about our weekend experience. We went to Skaneateles, NY...

"At the Charles Dickens Christmas, you can enjoy carriage rides and sample roasted chestnuts. You can experience the realism of proffessional actors playing Charles Dickens characters who wander the streets, mingling with visitors. The cast also perform scenes from classic Charles Dickens stories complete with Christmas caroling, 'Father Christmas',hot chocolate or apple cider and snacking on donuts...!

Anyway, they have many shops chock full of glass decorations of every type, lots of shoppers, and all in very tight spaces in these shops- very much like walking in very small china shops. So walking through these many shops with DiDi had me a bit nervous, as one tail wag or hip shift and we would be buying a plethora of broken glass decorations. However, she walked like a pro; confidant, calm, and listening for my direction at every step. She ignored the oohs and has of fellow shoppers and occasional rudness of those who could not accept "please don't pet her, she is a working service dog". I don't know if any other large dog could have impressed people more. She is an amazing 2 1/2 year old young lady; as beautiful as she is level headed.

You have all truly blessed my life. God bless you all, and have a wonderful Christmas season.

Love,

Karen and DiDi

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it is tough to go from the well educated graduate dogs  to the foolish teenagers who are terrified of  a dog in a mirror...

 

yESTTERDAY megan spent 1/2 hour in shaws at north shore shopping center---  it is there that i got stuck with a pup once-- there is a mirror angled over the meat counter and he would not put a foot under himself..  that is called spaghetti legs-- and there is not much you can do about it with a 130 pound pup who is on his back and will not roll over..

thank heavens for cell phones-- i called megan  who was in the car in the parking lot--- and--- to the amusement of the employees of shaws... we dragged him into the spagetti aisle and stood him up. he is now a well loved very proficient working service dog--- but as a youngster.... whoa !

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what do the simple folk do???

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SCHEDULE?  I AM SURE THERE OUGHT TO BE ONE SOMEWHERE...

 

WE HAVE TO THINK OF GETING THESE PUPS OUT SOMEWHERE-- SOME HOW--

IT IS TO THAT END I WANT TO FIND A NEW  METAL RED GAS CAN-- BECAUSE FILLED WITH HOT WATER IT COULD BE A HOT WATER BOTTLE FOR A BUNCH OF PUPS WHO ARE JUST LEARNING TO GO OUT ON THE DECK.. FOR THE FIRST WEEK WE NEEED TO HAVE THERRI BED RIGHT AT THE DOOR-- SO THEY CAN NOT PEE RIGHT THERE-- THE MINUTE THEY STEP OFF THEIR FLUFFY- THEY ARE OUT THE DOOR ONTO TH EDECK...  THIS IS A CRITICAL STEP IN THEIR UP-BRINGING.  AS THEY PROGRESS WE CAN MOVE TH EBED BACK FROM THE DOOR... BUT AT TH E MOMENT THEY NEED A HOT WATER BOTTLE.. AND ONE OF THOSE GAS CANS WOULD BE GOOD.. SHORT ROUND-   I CAN NOT THINK OF A BETTER ONE AT THE MOMENT...

 

HAS TO BE NEW...  FUMES ARE STILL FUMES...

 

December 10, 2012

there are some universal truths in the world.

.trying to type with jam on your fingers is a bad idea...

and a bunch of great dane pups are not golden retriever pups

 

colleen had a very active night...-- and i may have to cut this short and help explain the facts of life to these pups.

golden pups are lovely sweet and stay that way... dane pups are high powered  much more inquisitive and  creative- with a bit of a sense of humor thrown in... so colleen found herself at 3am in all seroiusness  saying  " what is with all of you tonight --casper you are fine... chaos why aren't you helping with them"  and the look she got from chaos was  "i like watching.... i heard you say this bit is easy..  "

 

this is why our dogs do not have a list of "commands" as many dogs do...

ours respond to 

knock it off

don't eat that chair

wait your turn

don't put your feet on me

get off my lap

get out of the icebox

and the most important  ....whoa !

please & thank you

 

you talk to a dane--  for instance...take    bailey-- i can say "down" 

 and she will look at me  with "really? why? ?"

and then  i  say "yes damnit' and she will understand exactly, and bend 1/2 way down and look at me "that floor is cold- you better have a good reason ... and (in case of a photo shoot  )  roast beef" 

 

you talk--- and people who have these  dane dogs have to get used to having a running conversation with them-- and carefully watch their dogs for their 1/2 the conversation.

 

prime example is a lovely merle" peggity"- in penna-- "i am not going in that smelly ladies room- i will just lie here outside  the door and wait"  and tiffany just leaves her there-- it works..--  tiffany-- is deaf with balance.. and when peggity jumped on her bed one night  tiff told her to get lost-- peggity got down-- then jumped up again clearly saying "i am serious.. wake up"  so tif did  and smelled the smoke--- picked  up the cat and left to watch the apt burn down.

 

sometimes they have to disobey

i said sometimes

 

w/r/t   these cute little puppies -- even the smallest will weigh over 120 pounds - and under no circumstances may they think of putting their feet on someone's shoulders..  especially mine.

this happened in the puppy hill crowd last week and a camera person was shocked  to see one of our experienced kids swing her arms and hit the pups

 

welllllll...  i have found saying  "please don't do that " does not work at the teenage puppy years...  my instructions are to swing your arms hands in a horizontal plane and if th e puppy jumps up and hits your arms and hands-- so be it...-- it is a delicate balance-- you never pursue them and hit them.. you stand and swing and when they run into your arms it becomes their fault.

 

i have also been known to swing the end of the leash in a verticle circle in front of me as i walk-  it doesnt touch them unless they try and get  their nose ahead of me...  it is their fault-- and they think of it  that way..

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i remember (here we go )  back in lynnfield i was taking a bunch of 12 year old boy scouts around our back field in the raibn one day  (wet ground... good contact)-- and i casually said to the group "don't touch the wire" knowing full well some smart *** would grab the wire-- it being an  electric fence- he yelled--  i said that is how you learn-- now don't drive too fast when you get your license. 

 

experience often comes from bad experience..

 

i really should go help with the little darlings

 

today schedule

 

first figure out which day it is... i think Monday

polly/bob here..

polly stays in the office and i can go ou

tracy also holding sdown the fort.

 

i have a dr apt at 2;00

other than that...

 

December 9, 2012

+HELP HAS ARRIVED--- WITH SWEET ROLLS/ DONUTS/COFFEE-- I HAVE BEEN SAVED...

 

I WAS DOING REALLY WELL MOST OF THE NIGHT UNTIL THERE WAS A TV COMMERCIAL ON WITH A BARKING DOG-- AND I JUST COULD NOT HIT THE MUTE BUTTON FAST ENOUGH.  BOTH LITTERS WERE TERRIFIED.. THAT WAS ABOTU 2:00 ---- I STARTED SPRINKLING THE FOOD--- AND LAYERING THE POO--- THE NEWSPAPER IS ABOUT 17 LAYERS  DEEP  ALL CAREFULLY GLUED TOGETHER WITH POO.---- AND WE MADE IT.

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WE NEED TO BE MORE ASTUTE IN DEVELOPING THE OVERNIGHT LIST  

BOTH 7AM PEOPLE SAID THEY COULD HAVE DONE TH EOVERNIGHT...

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I PUT OUT MARROW BONES SO TH EOLDER BUNCH WOULD DISCOVER THERE WERE THINGS TO CHEW ON BESIDES EACH OTHER

 MARROW BONES  HAVE A LAXATIVE EFFECT-- BUT I AM NOW OFF DUTY ....

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OVERNIGHT QUESTIONS...WHEN DID I LAST HAVE A SLEEPOVER?

 

  NOW THERE IS A QUESTION AND A HALF....

I THINK I WILL REFUSE TO ANSWER THAT ON THE GROUNDS IT MIGHT TEND TO INCRIMINATE ME.

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MOVING ONWARD--WITH THE OVERNIGHT QUESTIONS....

 

DID I EVER SAIL??? ( THE MONKEY FIST ROPES)----  JANINE AND I GOT IN A 10'SAILING DINGY ONCE IN BLOCK ISLAND  HARBOR   -AND THEY CAME OUT AND TOWED US IN BEFORE WE HAD TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO MUCH OF ANYTHING.... SPOILSPORTS.

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 JACK HAS COME AND GONE WITH MOXIE--- HER PUPS ARE WELL ALONG-- AND  SHE DID HAVE THE SMALL BARE SPOTS CAUSED BY STRESS--- SO SHE COULD HAVE  THE RETIREMENT.

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IT WILL BE A LONG TIME BEFORE WE CAN MIX GTHE PUPS-- CHAOS BUNCH ARE TOO MUCH BIGGER AT THE MOMENT-- SO THEY WOULD NEED UNDIVIDED ATTENTION -- AND ALOT OF LONG HANDLED TOILET PLUNGERS TO MANAGE THE MIX...

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WE AREE GETTING ALOT  OF POTENTIAL APPLICANTS  FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY---  THERE IS A HUGE NEED...AND WE CERTAINLY CAN HELP-- BUT TO MAKE THAT GREAT LEAP FORWARD WE NEED TO BE SURE WE ARE FINANCIALLY SECURE

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WE HAVE BRED NOEL--  AND I HOPE WE CAN GET OUR FINANCES IN ORDER BEFORE  OLIVE COMES IN... SHE IS PROBABLY OUR PRIMARY PRODUCER AT THE MOMENT.  OLIVE X BUMPY MADE 9 SUCCESSFUL OUT OF 9 PUPS..  NEED TO DO THAT AGAIN

 

THESE WOULD BE SERV DOGS OF  2014.  GOT TO PLAN AHEAD...

 

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IT GETS CONFUSING... HOW CONFUSING????   TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.  AND TO HAVE BUMPY  BE BLACK MAKING ALL THOSE BLACK PUPS THAT WE CAN OT TELL APART ( EASILY)  BLESS THE HARLES AND WHITE MARKED PUPS.

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WE/THEY  ARE NEARLY CLEANED UP--  NOW IT IS MY TURN TO GET OUT OF YESTERDAY'S CLOTHES-- ESPECIALLY THE SLEEVE THAT HAS JELLY ON ONE ELBOW

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USUAL STEW  I GUESS... I HAVE LOST TRACK

 

ACTUALLY I HAVE LOST ALOT OF THINGS

 

IT IS SUNDAY ... ISN'T IT?????

 

 

 

December 8, 2012

I HAVE FINALLY JOINED THE GROWN UP WORLD... maybe

I GOT A MESSAGE ON MY CELL AND I FORWARDED IT TO THIS COMPUTER SO I COULD PUT IT IN THE DD

 

THIS IS A HUGE STEP FORWARD ALL BY MYSELF I DID IT !

 

HI CARLENE

 

IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE I SHARED MY HAPPY LIFE WITH MY MOBILITY DOG.

 

 VAYLU IS SO MUCH MORE. HE IS MY BEST FRIEND. WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERED TOGETHER FOR 5.6 YRS NOW. WHAT DID I DO WITHOUT HIM. NOT MUCH. I AM CONFIDENT WHEN I AM OUT AND ABOUT. WE ENJOY EVERYTHING AND IF IT'S A ROUGHER DAY THAN I PLANNED FOR WE HANG OUT TOGETHER ON THE COUCH.

 

 I WOULD SAY HE IS PAMPERED. CARLENE, I AM WATCHING HIS WEIGHT AND HE IS A HEALTHY 148LBS. MY VET CALLS HIM A ONE OF A KIND. I AGREE. HE DOES HAVE SOME ARTHRITIS IN HIS KNEES. UGH.

 

I AM AWARE WHEN HE NEEDS TO LAY DOWN WHILE HE PATIENTLY WAITS AT THE DELI OR ANY LONG STANDING TIMES. I AM THANKFUL FOR IAADP~ INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ASSISTANCE DOG PARTNERS. THEY PAY FOR VAYLU'S COSEQUIN DS. DOES HELP.

 

 I JUST WANT EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH SDP TO KNOW THAT YOUR HARD WORK TO PROVIDE SERVICE DOGS IS PRICELESS. I AM FOREVER THANKFUL.

 DAWN & VAYLU.

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THAT IS TO REMIND EVERYONE WHY WE GO THRU ALL THIS--- IT IS NOT ONLY TO PLAY WITH PUPPIES AND ENTERTAIN PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND ON EXPLORE.ORG

 

IT IS ALSO TO BE EDUCATIONAL

 

IN THAT FRAME OF REFERENCE-- THERE WAS A DISCUSSION WHEN EXPLORE PUT THE CAMERAS IN THAT WE LEAVE OUT THE SOUND--- I WISH IN PLACE OF THE SOUND WE COULD SEND THE SMELL  OVER THE AIRWAVES...

 

I TOLD YOU LONG AGO THAT LITTLE PUPPIES MAINTAINED BY THEIR MOM'S DON'T SMELL- AND THEY DON'T..

HOWEVER........AS THEY GET OLDER AND GET ON REGULAR DOG FOOD.......EVEN THO WE KEEP THEM EXTREMELY CLEAN--- THERE IS AN "AIRE " ABOUT THIS PLACE NOW  ..

 

MUST BE THE WET NEWSPAPERS,,

 

IT CHALLANGES THAT  NI712 STUFF ( AT $100 A GALLON... IT IS GOOD... BUT...)

 

I DO NOT KNOW WHY OR HOW... BUT WE DO OWN AN ORECK AIR CLEANER--  I FOUND IT YESTERDAY IN THE BACK OF SOME CLOSET----- LOOK OUT DAVE-- WE ARE ABOUT TO TEST YOUR PRODUCT   FOR REAL... THE DAVE ORECK CHALLANGE IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE CARLENE'S PUPPY CHALLANGE...

TO BE CONTINUED....

 

I REMEMBER.....I HAD TO BORROW A BULLDOG PUPPY FOR A COMERCIAL ONE DAY AND WENT TO PICK IT UP-- EVEN OUTSIDE HER HOUSE   I COULD SMELL THAT TELTALE ODOR OF LESS THAN TIDY PUPPY-- AND HER HUSBAND HAD HIS OFFICE IN THE HOUSE-- AND HE WAS A DENTIST...

 

I HAVE ALWAYS FOUGHT THAT  IMAGE...

 

SO ON WITH THE AIR CLEANER-- IT IS WELL BEYOND FABREESE.

 

ANOTHER I REMEMBER... THERE WAS ONE OF THOSE  FALSE  RUMORS THAT FLY AROUND THE INTERNET THAT FABRESE KILLS DOGS--- EVER SINCE... EVERY FABRESE COMMERCIAL  I HAVE SEEN HAS A DOG IN IT.  THAT IS WHY.

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COLLEEN WAS HERE OVERNIGHT--DID A GREAT JOB--   SHE LIVES 3 MILES AWAY ( HAVING SPENT OVER A YEAR TRYING TO BUY THAT HOUSE  FROM SOME BANK -- EVEN AFTER THE PREVIOUS OWNER TOOK THE BARN DOWN AND AWAY)  SHE HAS A  DOG GROOMING BUSINESS IN LYNN--  SHE HAD DONALD-- MY FIRST PRACTICE SERVICE DOG  WHO DIED AT 14  AND LATELY ABBY FINALLY GOT VERY TIRED AND IS NOW SLEEPING--- WOBBLED HAPPILY FOR 13 YEARS... AND NOW HAS  BOBBY SINCE  WE RETIRED HIM...

SHE KNOWS DOGS.

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 MEGAN IS OUT DEALING WITH  THE 7 MONTH OLD PUPS- TRAINING-- THEY ALL NEED ABOUT 40 MILES  ..AND SOME STARBUCK SITTINGS--

 

ONE OF OUR SIGNIFICANT TRAINING MANEUVERS IS TO "ACHIEVE BOREDOM"  IN  MALLS AND CROWDS-- ONLY THEN CAN YOU TEACH THEM ANYTHING...  SO WE SIT AROUND AT STARBUCKS ETC....

 WITH THIS BUNCH WE ARE BACK TO  MANNEQUIN TRAINING "WHY IS THAT PERSON STANDING SO STILL STARING AT ME?"-- OR THE ARCADE HORSE--- OR THE MIRROR OVER THE MEAT COUNTER IN SHAWS MARKET... THE LIST IS ENDLESS..

IT IS HARD TO GO FROM A TRAINED SERVICE DOG  BACK TO THE BEGINNING WHERE A BALLOON OVER THE CASH REGISTER CAN SEND YOU CAREENING BACKWARDS INTO THE MAYONASE DISPLAY.

 

GO FOR IT MEGAN....

 

I REMEMBER (HERE WE GO AGAIN....) THE DAY I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND RAN INTO  A NEW RECEPTIONIST-- TOLD HER WHY I WAS THERE-- AND HEARD HER CALL SECURITY " THERE IS SOME IDIOT IN THE LOBBY WHO WANTS TO TRAIN HER DOG IN THE ELEVATOR."  

 

 

TIME TO MAKE THE COFFEEE???

 NO...

 TIME TO START THE AIR CLEANER/

 

 

 

 

 

December 7, 2012

GETTIN STRAIGHT  'WAY ONTO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER 16 PUPS TO FIGURE OUT..

 

WE HAVE THE ROOM-- WITH THE NEW DOG HOUSE ETC... BUT WE NEED DISHES ETC-- I WENT TO EBAY AND FOUND 15 STAINLESS STEEL BUCKETS  MADE BY VOLRATH (I THINK ARE HEAVY DUTY FOOD PREP MFG)  AND BOUGHT THEM--- I STILL DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DISHES 9.5" ACROSS THE TOP SO THEY FIT IN TH E   WHITE BUCKETS  AND OTHER DISH HOLDERS...

 

AND THE 15 IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE  TIME IS COMING WHEN WE TRY AND FIGURE OUT IF THERE IS A PUP OUT OF THE 16  WE SHOULD KEEP"ENTIRE" IN CASE WE NEED TH E BLOODLINES-- PATICULARLY OF CHAOS-- SO I WILL BE LOOKING TO "PARK" ONE OF THE DOGS WITH A VOLUNTEER  IN CASE WE NEED  HIM/HER 2 YEARS FROM NOW.

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WE HAD A VERY TIDY VISITOR YESTERDAY-- A BUSINESS MAN FROM CALIFORNIA-- CLEAN AND PRESSED-- HE CLIMBED INTO THE PEN WITH CHAOS LITTER AND SPOON FED THEM...   I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HD TH EVIDEO RIGHTS TO WHEN HE SAT DOWN INTHE  PLANE AND WHITE DOG HAIR FILLED THE VENTILATION SYSTEM...

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CHAOS PUPS GOT THEIR FIRST SHOTS YESTERDAY  NEXT WEEK WE NEED TO REMEMBER MOXIE'S

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WILLOW - WE HAVE CUT DOWN HER MED ( PER GEORGE) 3 DAYS AGO  AND SHE IS STILL BOUNCING AROUND PLAYING WITH A BONE..  DOGS IN ANY KIND OF PAIN  DO NOT PLAY AND RUN AROUND LIKE A HAPPY FOOL.

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IT HAS BEEN REPIORTED THAT IVY IS STILL NOT GETTING UP ON THE SOFA... I DON'T KNOW-- COULD BE---  IF IT IS A STRAIN MUSCLE... I KNOW IN A HORSE IT IS 8 WEEKS TO THE DAY BEFORE THEY GO SOUND AGAIN...  COULD BE LONGER IF MEMORY IS INVOLVED... HORSES ARE A LITTLE SHORT ON MENTAL THINGS..

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THE COFFEE IS SUPER TODAY  1/2 STARBUCKS AND 1/2 DUNKIN

 

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 IT IS GETTING TIME FOR MOXIE TO GO HOME AND JOIN HER PUP FROM LAST TIME...  THESE GUYS HAVE HAD A GOOD START AND ARE READY TO  TACKLE THE WORLD WITHOUT HER... I DON'T THINK WE DCAN MIX THEM UNATTENDED YET--  CHAOS BUNCH IS JUST THAT MUCH BIGGER WE COULD HAVE PROBLEMS UNLESS WE ARE RIGHT THERE....

 

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THERE ARE NO EXCITING TRAINING REPORTS  BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY THAT FAR ALONG YET...  WILLOW'S SIBLINGS WILL BE THE NEXT TO MATCH

 

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PUMPKIN IS ON HER WAY BACK HERE-- MAJOR DISASTER HAS FALLEN AGAIN- AND IS DUE TO BE HOSPITALIZED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME... JAMIE IS TRYING TO GET HER MOM TO AGREE TO LET HER TAKE PUMPKIN HOME WITH HER.

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Hi Carlene;

I want to give you an update on Hester and Abiah. Hester is due to be released today from rehab. Since Abiah has been with her, the physical therapy has gone very well. They have utilized the dog by her side in their occupational and physical therapy. She said they have fitted her with a walker that is a smaller size that she used on one side while having Abiah on the other and it is working very well. In fact, she told me last night that the doctor is having her give a little presentation to his staff and interns about the value of having service dogs with patients to speed up their rehab!

This success is thanks to the fabulous work you and your whole team do to prepare your dogs to really be of SERVICE to their owners!

Debbie

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Fiona barks when someone comes in, but then quiets down if they ignore her. I think that is good. She comes over to me when she is done and does not bark any more and lets them approach her. Good balance.

I have my card group coming on Saturday, so it is the first time she has had several people in the house. I will have food on TV trays and hope that she does not get into it. "Leave it" works well when I am eating on her level in the rec room.

Today grocery store and tomorrow to Vet for booster shots, then gas. She behaves like a dream in the car, usually laying down, even when I get out to get gas.

I just love her and am grateful everyday that you have given her to me to care for each other. Thank you. MARYLOU

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ON WE GO