A lot of people...

A lot of people seem to be getting engaged this month.  Must be February.  😂

I like it because it has wonky days.  That is all.  😃

Pomona on bass. 😃

Pomona on bass.  😃

Pardon my desperate need to vacuum up dog hair.  I'll do it when I feel like it.  😛

I was waiting around here...

I was waiting around here to see if brown hound would come back, but I guess she's not.  I will be heading to work shortly.

Hopefully I don't get another call today from the school nurse.  On both Monday and Tuesday Shadow broke out in hives after P.E.  We've changed nothing here and the school nurse says that the P.E. teacher hasn't used anything new in the gym.  Mom took Shadow to the doctor for me yesterday afternoon and now he's on Zyrtec.  Doc says he hopes this works itself out by the weekend.  He's seen 4 cases like this recently.  I find it bizarre.  Allergies can develop at any time, but they don't usually just go away, do they?  Anyone else heard of anything like this?

It is officially "help Blu make a big decision" time!

It is officially "help Blu make a big decision" time!

I think it's pretty common knowledge to anyone who pays attention that my house floods sometimes when it rains a whole hell of a lot.  Not the whole house, just a room.  But the water gets so high and heavy that it also pushes my fence down, which is bad with 6 + dogs needing to be contained at any given time.  They are usually in the house, but that's wayyy too many dogs to walk.  Much easier to just open the door and let the herd out.

SO... earlier this week, I learned that for $2700, I could probably fix my yard with some landscaping.  It would at least direct water away from my house, which would be awesome.

However, I kind of had other plans for that money.  Such as surgery on Nappy's other hip, paying back Shaun for emergency vet bills, taking care of that cancerous looking thing on my dad's face, trimming my trees so they stop smashing my fence and my car...  You know.  The usual.  Either way I go, the things I would do would bring me some peace of mind and relief.

I would have NO PROBLEM doing the work on my yard instead of paying someone to do it, if I had that kind of equipment and know-how.  But I don't, and I don't want to do a bad job and make the flooding worse for me, or cause it to damage my neighbor's place.

So the question is, put the house and flooding on hold for a year, or go for it?  If I go for it, I'm putting on hold paying back money I didn't want to have to borrow, my dog's ailing hip, my dad's very likely cancerous face, and giving my tree limbs a free license to damage more of my stuff.  Catch 22, folks.

For the record, below is my yard.  That shit is stressful.  By the time that much water goes behind my house, it's rushing like a small river, and also flooding into my garage.  🙁

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Update on Maya:

Update on Maya, now known by her new foster person as "Mai Tai" because she's "Very sweet and completely capable of knocking you on your ass."  LOL

Sounds like this girl might have a bright future doing some work.  😃  I will keep you all updated.  I'd love to hear that she's doing search and rescue.  ❤

You know the whole, OVER, UNDER AROUND AND THROUGH  idea? Mai Tai lives it. She will literally try all sides, top and bottom of the edges sides roof or floor of something to get to something inside. Pawing, nosing shoving, jumping, climbing, even belly crawling and not one attempt at each but three to dozens. Never less than three attempts at almost anything though. 

And if she does do what I want on the first command, she will bark her objection to good behavior twice afterward. 

Dog is a screaming hoot. In a handler's hands a gem. In an average pet home....not so much... 

Anyone want to demo their training cred? This is a narc or bomb or SAR dog waiting to happen.  Anyone looking for a serious agility candidate to challenge you? 

This is your go all day, creative, light footed, determined wonder dog.  Me... I'm just tired and in awe. Lol.

I just witnessed...

I just witnessed the MOST EPIC ass-kicking of a dog done by a cat.  There was nothing I could do to stop it - it happened so fast.

Since I'm cleaning and re-arranging the living room I guess I got the dogs interested.  So Faith decided to jump the gate and come in.  So... I put her back.  Then she did it again.  And I put her back.  Third time she tried to jump Snaga was waiting for her on top of Teyla's cage (at the doorway where the gate is), growling.  She was warning her, but Faith didn't listen and jumped anyway.  While she's clamoring at the top of the gate trying to get over Snaga is just there - steadily growling and slapping the shit out of my poor, bewildered, misbehaving dog.

Faith finally gave up and fell back into the dog room.  She's got a nice bloody nose to show for her effort.

HOLY SHIT.  I only wish I could have caught it on video.  My cat is a dog bouncer.  😳