I have decided, no, I am convinced that I am crazy, totally nuts, after 50 + years to STILL be involved, at MY age, with DOGS, ANY DOGS, ALL DOGS!! After a very hectic week of unrelenting problems with live shipments to places I never knew existed, I finally relaxed ALONE and UNDISTURBED at 9PM last night in front of the TV. Was happily watching a history of jazz music on Public Broadcast and sipping a lovely glass of wine (love Jazz) when I was suddenly pounced upon by two very happy, energetic GS dogs. Of course one with muddy paws. They exuded love, excitement and affection so I reciprocated with like and let them stay in for a while wondering how they got in in the first place. This morning I went down to the lower level and without turning on the lights proceeded to my office. The screen door to the outside was open and of course the screen was GONE BABY, GONE. TOTALLY punched in, Then I noticed all the waste baskets overturned and the contents strewn about the entire lower level. Included were wrappers from power bars, which I chew on as I deal with the airlines. Entire box GONE, EMPTY!! Without notice, I step in, ----------- you guessed it. I proceeded to track the results of consuming all the power bars throughout the ENTIRE lower level!!! Of course the floor covering is none other than carpet! Next, I found all the TP in the bathroom unrolled, towels pulled down and the throw rug dragged through water and the you know what. Now these are NOT puppies. Danny Boy, is 6 years old and knows better, he is in obedience training in pursuit of the dual title.!! RIDICULOUS!!! He DOES NOT rate a qualifying score here! Do dogs get dementia? His Ch Daughter is 4 and she knows better also!! While I was downstairs cleaning up all this mess, the rescue cat Ron brought home , had jumped up on the counter and gotten to the home cooked dog food, turning over a full pan of greasy juice which ran down the counters and onto the floor. Danny's Mother, the PRECIOUS (?) house dog proceeded to lick up all this delicious, unexpected mania while walking through it and tracking everywhere . Goodies included chicken, turkey, sweet potatoes, brown rice etc. prepared for the delinquents outside that I cannot face this morning or I might do bodily harm. I sent Ron out to feed and water and I threw the rescue cat OUT as I know he will be throwing up all he consumed. He won't be doing it in THIS house. Tonight, in hopes of regaining my sanity, we are going OUT to dinner and the movies. There will be LOCKDOWN here like never before. We plan on going to Beaumont, I hope I can get away without incident, if you don't see me there conclude I have been committed. I thought after raising 5 children single handed ,and none are in jail, I was home free. Leave it to the dogs. My Mother never did understand my attraction to the animals and now I don't either. Now if Judy and I can just get Rau flying right with the invoices for the Futurity at least some things will be looking up. Nancy ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================