Monday, January 31, 2011
For the Eddie fans
Gruesome twosome update
Walter, oh Walter. Again, legs growing faster then the rest of him can keep up. A silly boy with buckets of harsh coat. Waiting to see what his head ends up like, a little narrow right now and his ears sit off center-yes you heard that. His left ear tilts more to the side then the right. Can't figure that one out, but hope as his head widens it fixes itself. Oh and the right ear, yes you see it too-white hair on the inside.
I'm the first one to point out what I don't like in my dogs, unlike others, I prefer to have it out in the open. But I'm also one to say what I love about them-both boys have the lovely round feet, substance and bone that I wanted. Outgoing personalities and nice fronts and shoulders. Didn't get all I wanted in one package, that's typical but we'll just have to see how these two boys mature out.
Later gators...
C
Friday, January 28, 2011
Procrastination at its best
Damn good thing I do that or I might be out a fist full of money! Surprised earlier with the prospect of a mini vacation with the hubby. It’s of course a working vacation, can’t have it simply a leisure weekend, can we? So instead of going to an obedience trial in a couple of weeks, we are headed to WI to wine, dine and look at a couple Clydesdale farms for perspective studs for the clyde girls.
I had the entries all made out and the envelope addressed for the trial and it’s been shredded now. Can’t wait for our trip! Thoughts of a no dog, no kid weekend and the possibility of clyde foals in 2012 is going to make the next couple of weeks drag. Granted the dogs were ready for the trial but there’s always another show around the corner. Hey, that means I have more time to screw up the dogs before we enter the ring!
Later gators...
C
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
water=fire
Hat--military surplus green puke colored khaki thing. Used to have Russian military insignia buttons on it. Used to, dogs got ahold of it a couple weeks ago and took off the buttons, ate the ear flap snaps and peed on it. That's pretty much what all of us think of the ridiculus thing. But it keep his head warm. It's also got the Elmer Fudd ear flaps on it. I just forbid him from wearing it in public.
Anyway, head pops in door to grab a different flash light. "fire in the water trough"
Huh??? I must have looked at him with a "whatyoutalkin' bout" face.
"Fire"
"Water Trough"
"Gotta Go"
"NOW"
Huh?
So I go get my shoes on, find my coat--totally in no hurry as I just can't get the thought process moving with those three words. Go to the kitchen sink, get the fire extinguisher though still not sure why I need it for a fire in a water trough, and walk out to the barn.
No fire.
SOOOOO......I guess one of the dogs had unplugged the water heater in the water trough earlier in the day. The horses drank down the water, but the heater(a floating one) was caught in some ice and was hanging slightly above the now lower water level. Large horse that drags hay to into the water trough, had left it's usual mouthful, which is now resting on the heating elements of the heater-not plugged in yet.
David noticed the ice, saw the cord unplugged, plugged in and went about his business. Short time later, 4' flames spewing out of the water trough from the hay sitting on the now hot heating element in the water tank. IE---Fire in the Water Trough.
I'm still giggling. New water heater purchased today. New, larger fire extinguisher for barn, also purchased. Reminder to self to make sure he checks the water level before plugging it in next time.
Later gators...
C
Monday, January 24, 2011
Re-gifting
Skipped the show this weekend. No majors, there's another grumble. Love it when people complain about the lack of communication, and when it's so close, no one peeps up. And that would be why I really don't care anymore to say what our plans are. If you see me, oh joy, not then oh well, catch next time around. It's the cold, sorry folks. But it was okay, the weather was too damn cold to do anything other then errands this weekend, oh and have visitors to meet the dogs. Someone fell in love with Eddie. Sherilyn is shaking her head over in DM wondering if that person is a little off, just like me :) heehee, gotta be a little off kilter to love Edweirdo.
Sunday, Meredith, Moose, Luna and I roadtripped it to Il to deliver Luna to her new home with Ron and Marsha. Cold. Cold. Did I mention it was cold? Got to meet Frankie, their blue cardigan who is just a bundle of energy and happy. Luna didn't mind him at all and he's sooo happy to have someone to play with. I've been promised loads of photos, so will post those as soon as I get them.
Rio got his first taste of freedom since he's been at our place. David was sooooo impressed. He figured with all the squirellness that Rio has, trimming his hoof with the quarter cracks would be a bear-nope. Perfect angel, stood there like a statue, not a flinch, nothing. David said it was a joy to work with him. So he went out in the pasture, played tag with Torey and looked at the barn as though it held an evil demon. Moo's now in his stall and well, not that happy, though it's bigger then where he was.
Was going to try to watch Eukanuba, but the Packers and Bears won out, sort of. I knew how the "movie" ended with Euk anyway. At the start of the 2nd quarter, I went in and took a nap with Moose. Damn cold. I got nothing else done except dinner.
Did I mention that I'm going to figure out how to regift my regifted cold?
Later gators...
C
Monday, January 17, 2011
Hum...
So the long drive, not that long but fun to take the 3 amigos, aka Charlie, Luna and Walt, oh and Dill to a fun match. And fun it was. Dill had a melt down and little momitis, so new strategy with him. Alec turned about as red as his beard when they were in the ring. Charlie had Kerri giggling ring side because he's soooo happy in the ring that he wags his tail so hard that his bum bounces as he moves. Luna-I swear the look she gave me was one of sheer evil. The Ms had her out in the ring, I was watching. I know she was telling me that I needed to watch my slippers when I got home as she was planning on shredding them. And Walt, shadows of his grandpa. He said the only way you will get to look at my teeth is if I am upside down on the table and that you scratch my tummy afterwards. This time Alec was redder then his beard. Charlie ended up with a puppy group 2--not to shabby for the baby. What was even more fun was Kerri and her boy Michael who had a bad experience at a recent show. Moose was ever the gentleman and played nice and encouraging with him. Maybe that helped, cause they went on to BIM!!! Way to go Kerri!!!! Ms is working with Peterman right now as her new back up juniors dog. With Merlot possibly heading to the whelping box later this spring, she opted for Pete. Not too bad first time out, though they need to work out their signals and stuff, but Pete could have cared less, all she wanted was cheese!
Add to the weekend that David is still sick. When he gets sick, he's sick. No ifs, ands or buts about it. So we spent a nice quiet afternoon watching movies with what looked like mass murder on the floor--dogs sleeping on ever lap, every dog bed, blanket and in ever uncomfortable position you can imagine.
One more update! Ms Luna is headed to her new home in a week or two. She will be joining Frankie the blue cardigan in IL and spend lots of time camping during the summer with her new family.
Snowing, freezing rain and blowing snow, at least it was a scheduled inservice day for the Ms. Can't wait for the drive home!
Later gators....
C
Friday, January 14, 2011
Fired
She has now decided to leave the position vacant until further notice. Once she has settled down some, I forsee the job opening reposted. Clairee, in the meantime, has resumed her position of one-and-only-bedroom-dog.
Unfortunately for Frank, his large condo has been sublet to Charlie and he has no intention of vacating any time soon. That means Frank is sleeping in an economy apartment for now.
Later gators....
C
Senior moment-another birthday to celebrate!
C
God Help Us All!
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C