[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: "Late Winter, Early Spring"....great John Denver song...
- From: Robert Neiman <bnbgsds2000@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: windwych@xxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 12:04:11 -0800 (PST)
Dawn,
Please forgive but your email had me ROTFLMAO
Bob Neiman / Walled Lake, Mich.
Breeder/owner of UKC GR Ch.B'N'B-Barkalot's Cherish RN
Co-owner of UKC ChSandyCreek-B'N'B-WC's Christmas Star AKA Echo
Co-owner of Ketlyn's Black Widow
--- On Tue, 3/2/10, Dawn Restuccia <windwych@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Dawn Restuccia <windwych@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] "Late Winter, Early Spring"....great John Denver song...
To: "gsd" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 2:58 PM
Spring cannot come too quickly here....
Fences are falling down, there are twigs, branches everywhere...trees need
pruning...the tarp that I had put over the kennel to keep the out the
water/snow/sleet is now flapping in the breeze...I had to cut a big V in it.
The water/snow/sleet kept filling it up and turning it into a skating pond.
Interesting picture...me in a nightgown, in a snowstorm with a squeegee leaning
out the back door and trying to push water/snow/sleet/ice off the top of a
tarp. Where is "America's Funniest Home Video's" when ya need them? I could use
the prize money.
The kennels are not being used. I wanted to attach a 6x12x6 to the exit door of
the "dog room" instead of the 12x12 square that I now have, thinking it would
be easier to roof. I have however, been told by my husband that it would take
on the appearance of a chicken coop. I told my daughter I would be happy to
give her the 12x12 for my two Granddogs (her house being one of my favorite
"dumping" spots for things I MIGHT want someday)...I don't need all these
kennels. The place is taking on the ambiance of the Plymouth House of
Correction...all we need is the barb wire at the top.
NO MORE DOGS!!! None...nada...I love them to death but I am SO done with
animals. I want my yard to look like something other than a test field for
artillery. They dug such a deep hole under the dog house that it is
sinking...and its a GREAT DANE size dogloo! Now they are eating the sand again.
Can ANYONE tell me why they find this to be such a delicacy?? They have run the
last little bit of green into the ground. The only thing that grows back there
is mushrooms and despair.
Arwen dismantled a 3,500$ stone wall...evidently we need a cement truck full to
mortar the stones together. Otherwise, she rolls these 30 pound boulders up to
the deck, smiling and barking all the time like she just found some new
treasure. Grace chases the squirrels and goes SMACK into the stockade fence.
The coyotes are now in a contest with the dogs as to whose territory this
is...sounds like the coyotes are winning. The whole pack sat outside of my
stockade fence last night and howled themselves silly...of course VINNIE had to
respond (tho for a different reason) Add to that some misguided great horned
owl took up residence right outside my bedroom window. WHOOOOOOOOWHOOOOOO...GOD
they are LOUD!
Due to Arwens recent dalliance with a certain skunk, we are now forced to put
the entire crew into the "house kennel" for last toilets. Needless to say, they
look at me like I have the only key to the bathroom and they "GOTTA GO MA!!!"
After the fight with the aforementioned tarp, I am not able to put down the
prerequisite shavings that SUDDENLY turn this outdoor square of cement into a
bathroom. Until the skunk takes up residence somewhere else (I have heard that
playing loud base music should make them leave...does this mean that they are
not Metallica fans? I wonder if my neighbors...the ones we affectionately call
"Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" would appreciate music played under our
deck all night) they leave me no alternatives.
Every room you go into has a dog or a crate in it. I have discovered that the
tops of crates make excellent desks and keep all those pesky "necessaries" at
waist level, which means I do not have to bend. My chair has wheels...which
enable me to wheel myself across the room to drop in another cookie into the
crate of Grace/Arwen/Kizzy...(Vinnie is relegated to the DOG
ROOM...SHUDDER...since BOTH of the girls decided to come into season at the
same time, driving him more than insane.) While I initially felt like a traitor
locking him in "his" room, it appears that he could care less. I doubt he even
notices WHERE he is; he just wants the girl! I have had to press the back seat
of the car into service, operating as a satellite crate for him when the
slobber/whining/howling/barking gets too much.
The weather here cannot appear to make up its mind. As soon as I consider
putting someone in the kennel, drops suddenly appear. Since my kennels have no
roof (we all know about the cobblers children?? My husband is a
carpenter...nuff said)locking them outdoors is not an option. I am therefore
trapped inside with 4 semi wet, cranky and frustrated German Shepherds longing
for a beach in Barbados...and a really hunky cabana boy...my luck, he'd have a
dog he had to get home to.
Dawn
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