another behavioral case. they had him for 2 years, he was abused before. never really an agressive dog... but he'd get moody at times. then he'd pick on some dogs and get them angry... not a good plan when you've got 7 males looking for a reason to fight... they'd finally had enough of the 80-lb boy when he jumped on their 11 year old daughter... she doesn't have a scratch on her, but they didn't want to take that chance again... he's just too big and too active...next case... there are puppies coming and going from that place... all whites, yellows, and reds. we've been waiting for blacks and chocolates... a chocolate female was finally pregnant.
then she got sick 
. We didn't know if it was allergies or morning sickness (do doggies get morning sickness??) She was usually a pretty active girl. Then she slowly started lying around more, real lethargic... but she'd come over to nuzzle your chest, and receive all the head pats she could. the kennel she was in was with 3 other highly active dogs, so we moved her up to the main house where she could get more peace and quiet. that's when it happened... she miscarried . you could tell her poor heart was broken, she actually cried real tears...many doggies have been sold as well. they are just realizing that there are so many dogs there... and to have a proper kennel, they need to have their own "look". so they are weeding out the dogs that don't have that look... one poor girl has been homebound 3 times. she was brought back twice, then the 3rd family cancelled when they were on their way to come get her. She is such a sweet girl. 6 month old red named Freddie. 1st 2 people brought her back for medical reasons... both thought she had a tumor (
). First one was a swollen ear turned out to be an ear infection cuz her ears were all dirty. Second was a swollen shoulder turned out to be a bruise... over time both healed up and she's just as good as ever. another family came to buy a chocolate male. they had a choice between Bosco... who lives to swim... and Sancho who lives to swim and play ball (sometimes both at the same time). They opted for Sancho... my favorite boy there... oh, how I'll miss him... 2 families have brought their white female lab puppies back. one realized that they just don't have the time or patience for a puppy. the other... didn't know how to handle a puppy. they brought her back for being to aggressive and ferocious... she is now terrified of feet, and anything bigger than her... which is pretty much the whole entire world...there is another litter of 8 yellows, a litter of 6 whites (1 of which I helped deliver
), a litter of whites due any day, a litter of chocolates due in 2 weeks (she was a surprise pregnancy... we thought it didn't take), and two litters due end of July... expected to be a mix of blacks and chocolates...Now job #1 (notice how I go in order of how I like 'em, not how I got 'em)... my supervisor transferred out beginning of June. My new supervisor is okay... no problems there... I don't bother her, she doesn't bother me... They have made several more changes in the department as far as tasks required, quotas to be met... It affects what pay you get... everyone was meeting & exceeding the standards so they had to make some changes... now it seems no one will every meet... We used to get raises once year...then 2006 that changed to once quarter... that is also dependent om those standards. I think I'll do okay... there are some areas that are high enough to help me out... the "high" far outweigh the "low" so I'm not worried. Think that's all the news there. I have been around reading, just not much on writing... until now 
Oh, and C.S. still rocks my world... nothing new there 
and I got my belly-button pierced last weekend. We both love it, but I'm still adjusting to wearing "lo-rider" pants until I heal and my pain tolerance is back to normal...
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
| ...reality check...Well things with C.S. are a bit different... he told me, although things haven't changed, we came to an understanding... things with us are the same, but we are "just friends". it doesn't change how much i love him, but he still doesn't love me... things are the same they've always been all these years... |
Thursday, June 29, 2006
| ...and as a further update... C.S. and I are not fighting. I'm still happy as ever, it was just more of a reality to me. I saw him Tuesday night and he's called me twice today... so I know there isn't anything wrong. I know how busy he is, and how focused he is on work. He's told me millions of times that he can't focus on a relationship for about 2 years because it wouldn't be fair. He's on-call 24/7 at work and doesn't want to jeopardize anything (business or social) so he's kinda keeping things at arms-length. we are still very happy (I know, I already said that) so I'm not worried at all. I've been on vacation from work for a week now. Friday morning I worked one job, then I left Friday afternoon and spent the weekend at my parents' house. Monday morning (4am) I drove home. The family doesn't know I'm on vacation so I have to keep up this facade that I'm still a busy bee working 2 jobs all week long. All the while, I've been sleeping and swimming the week away. Tomorrow afternoon I go back to work. And although my week has been very hot, and very boring. I'm dreading going back to work... But reality must sink in eventually. I had let my natural brown hair grow back but with all the sun and swimming my hair is getting blond again. It actually looks good so I don't mind. My hair has been so many colors that people don't believe the brown was my real color. My original goal was to keep the brown and add blond streaks... but that plan didn't work. The whole top just turned blond... so much for doing it myself. Guess you gotta pay an arm and a leg with the professionals to get what you really want, right? and I've seen 4 movies this week. X-men-- loved it!! Cars-- definitely loved it!! Garfield-- very cute. Nacho Libre-- very, very cute. I definitely recommend 'em all. |
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
| Happy 4th of July!!
The family that got Sancho... okay, here's their story. They bought 2 labradors from SusanaLabs. The dogs grew up and they discovered that one of them had hip displasia (like having a dislocated hip). It requires a very expensive surgery. The pupps are always guaranteed. Any problems like that come up, she'll either return the money or replace the dog. They family opted for a replacement, so they took Sancho. I came back from vacation, and Sancho is back... along with the other dog that the family had. Now I'm not quite sure why, but there is a puppy there for boarding and he is separated from the other dogs. Sancho and "red dog" are not... so, I think they are back to stay... I'll have to wait until the "holidays" are over to see who stays and who goes. Okay, the other puppy (boarder). He is just adorable!! His name is Sampson. He's got the cutest face, cutest expression. But he's a submissive urinator... so he's always getting into trouble... otherwise he'd be such a pampered pooch!! Then, Sonny... he was the 'beaten-up' dog. He's much better now. All healed up, no more drugs. Another family had returned a dog (like Sonny, but different mommy & daddy) like an identical twin though. He was a major disaster case... but unlike Sonny, HE'S the problem dog. He is/was very aggressive and tried to attack 3 people there. The "guy" owner of the place was the only one he trusted. Well, in the end, the "guy" owner was the one he attacked and bit. The people who returned him, they returned him because he bit the dad and drew blood. Only after the fact did the family admit they worried he might have rabies. Well, they tested and he didn't, but it is too risky to rehabilitate and rehome him. You can't get close enough to train him... how can you rehabilitate??? Well, that's it. My 4th of July was okay. My sis, my niece, and I went to another house up the street... so happens to be our other sister's in-law's. We went there for food and fireworks. Fun Times!! Oh, and I'm doing book keeping at the dog place. Wonderful stuff. There were some problems with the program so I had to start over from scratch... two weeks of work down the drain... but I got back on track in 2 days... Go Me!!! Okay, good nite! See ya!! |
Friday, July 07, 2006
| Puppies!! Puppies!! & more Puppies!!
okay, so pregnant chocolate mommy, the one we thought didn't take... oh, it took!! she had 14 puppies!! she was in labor for over 10 hours yesterday. one girl, Gaby, was there the whole time, helping deliver puppies. the 1st one came out not breathing... she was revived 3x's. but they finally just told us to let her go in peace. she was "deformed"... cleft palate... so if she had survived, she would have struggled. the other 13 are totally healthy. there are so many that we keep having to switch them out. 6 w/ mommy, 7 under the heat lamp.... then an hour and a half later, 7 w/ mommy and 6 under the lamp.  today... mommy#2 gave birth... same girl delivering again... her water broke at 9:30 last night. her first puppy was born this morning at 9:20. I left at 11:45, her 4th had been born at 11:00 ( a chocolate) so she had 3 black & 1 chocolate. This is her 3rd litter. Litter 1 was 4pupps and litter 2 was 3pupps. They were expecting her to have about 5 this time. #4 is chocolate boy with a white spot on his chest. He was born breach so Gaby had to take him out herself and rip the sac open. I'm hoping she'll have another chocolate. She had 2 boy/2 girl. I'll find out tomorrow what the final count is.  They are doing major construction there so the last 2 days have been majorly chaotic. Well, okay, Mon & Tues the construction guys weren't there. Wed, there was a problem with the septic system... so there was no noise... just smells... But yesterday & today, they were cutting the concrete and tearing down walls... I was right there, within 8 feet, trying to concentrate on book keeping. I kept checking in on Gaby every once in a while to get away from the construction, and get to something a little more exciting. Today, since Gaby was in delivery, I was put to cleaning. I cleaned a poopie puppy cage, a poopie puppy, then 3 poopie puppy kennels. Then back to book-keeping, for an hour and a half... then back to the nursery to check on Gaby and the mommies, before heading to job# 2 of the day... which was so incredibly dead and boring. I wished I could stay on at my morning job for more book keeping and puppy delivery. Guess that's all my news... i'm totally exhausted from this week. I need my weekend sleep!! Tomorrow is "baby sitting"... then work for 2 hours... then more "baby sitting"... |
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Zooey had 7 pups total. 5 black, 2 chocolate. All are doing great.  That night Dolly went into labor. She was still outside with the other dogs when Teresa discovered it. They right away brought her into the nursery with her "then" 2 pups to finish delivering. She had 6 total. 3 black, and 3 yellow.  Hemmie and her pups are all doing well. We keep having to switch them out every few hours. She broke out of her pen each night. We assume it is to be with her other pups. There are just too many to have them all with her at this point in time. She can't nurse all 13 and she can't keep all 13 warm. So that's why we switch 'em. She doesn't like it. If you take 1 from her, she'll follow you for it. So we have to do a quick switch. We also have to take the mommies out to eat & go potty. They don't like leaving their pups so that's another chore, but it must be done. Yesterday was a busy day at work... there are 3 boarders. then there are 3 dogs in heat. We bred one of 'em (that's an on-going chore... doesn't work the 1st time). Of the 3 boarders, 1 is isolated because she is also one of the ones in heat. Another one is a boy, so he's isolated from the GIRLS in heat. And the 3rd is Sancho, who used to live there. The new owners should be getting him tomorrow... but that's what we thought LAST Monday. They just said "Monday" not specifying which day. And I spoke with Teresa about changing my schedule. She said that the new guy Logan was unexpected. And she's hiring on a new girlas well. The idea of me changing my hours sounds excellent to her. I'll discuss it with Julie tomorrow. Once school starts, Logan & Gaby will be changing their hours anyway. And Michelle might not be leaving. Her plan was that she and her family were moving end of August to New Jersey. A few weeks ago, her father took a turn for the worst, so they don't know if he'd survive a move to New Jersey, of if he'll last until the end of August. Those plans are "up in the the air" so we are all just waiting. Michelle may end up coming back to work so the schedule will have to be adjusted anyway. All I'd be doing is dropping Saturdays. That gives me a 5-day week and 2-day weekend again. (I like those...) |
