Latest set of Dog Pics

Ilona is off to visit family for a week and wanted some pictures of the dogs. Now I gave her the link to this site. She should be looking at it with the Grandkids.
Meanwhile I will be getting more wire from the petstore and hooking up the dogs for the shock of their lives.
We had fixed all the holes in the fence and the dogs were still getting out. I finally found out what they were doing. I really hope I can get a picture of it. But somehow I doubt it. Blondie waits until I'm inside the house before she gets bad.

Latest set of Pictures

I moved the puppy pictures to http://myfreepuppies.blogspot.com/

The pictures below are the first step in the new pool cover.

The picture below is the property and the dog fence line in red.

Right in the middle of a Post

I had almost finished my post on the desktop when everything locked up. Of course I have two computers on. 3 Screens. On the notebook I had 2 forex programs running and online mail. Not to mention my news page

On the desktop I had 1 forex program where I actually make the trades. Also had Blogspot open and was doing my posting. Not to mention another mail program. I guess it became time for the computer to do maintenance and it was all too much. The poor old thing locked up.

Anyway I was saying that when I got home yesterday morning 3 of the dogs were gone. They were still gone when I went to bed at 1300hrs. Ilona says they came home about 1500hrs. Which is basically why I have such a hard time getting to sleep on my work days.

So when I got home yesterday I started running the wire for the "Petsafe" In-Ground Radio Fence" I ran 1000' of wire. Looks like I need another spool of wire. It will have to wait until Thursday when I take Ilona to the airport.

Running the wire through the BAMBOO was a real blast, I hope I left enough slack for wind movement. The rest was really easy. The truly wonderful thing? The only place I really have to bury the wire is under the driveway. Since it is GRAVEL I will enclose the wire inside an old hose. It turns out you can attach it to existing fence.

Well the desktop seems to have finished it's business So now I can go back and see what my forex accounts are doing. I'm about ready to give up on marketing online. It would seem no one has the money to spend on solar lights right now.

I find it kind of strange that I don't like playing games on any of my computers - games bore me to tears. They waste time - The way gambling on a slot machine does. And you have nothing to show for it.

However I love trading Forex. For some reason I seem to be pretty good at it too. I only lost money once and that was because I forgot to read the screen and reset a button from the default sell to a buy. So I did a sell.

The only thing that ticks me off is using Metatrader 4 I cannot figure out how to change the default line colors. My buy and sell are the same color. I want to change them. If anyone out there knows of a way let me in on the secret.

What else: Projects for this week!
1. Containment fence
2. Continue working on pool cover
3. Start this years batch of papercrete blocks
4. Install new electrical to back porch.

What to do now?

I have over 1000' of fence line. Most of it soft sand. Blondie is teaching the boys the very bad habit of digging out. Now the boys will not go out on their own.

So I guess that means I will have to either keep blondie in the house with me while I'm sleeping or she is going to be a chained up dog.

I tried the chain once and she slipped the collar. The new collar is tighter. I'll try it. If that fails then I will have to try the harness.

I guess that means I'll also have to keep her on a lease at my side. That likes totally sucks. Because that means taking her for a walk to do her business.

Plus the boys will be jealous. They stay at my side automatically when I'm home. Even if mom runs off they stay with me on my day off.

New Motor

Yippie, the new motor arrived! Well yes, it arrived a week ago. However tonight I started working on the Master Cool Swamp Cooler.
Take out the old motor, take out the switch assembly. Unwire the switch, take the cage off the shaft and reverse the procedure to put it all back together. Now for the most vital part. BALANCE. That is why there are shims on the mounting bolts.




Ok I tested it out in the shed and everything worked. The Pump for the water and the blower motor. Now I've got it back in the house and the blower still works but now the pump won't. Guess I'll double check the wiring again.

By the way, that is red paint on the work bench.

The Boys that are not!

Well, the boys are not longer boys. They have been unmaled hmmmm unmanned... NEUTERED. Cost $115.00 per dog. Given some pain killers for today.

Getting them into the truck was a struggle but once in they are good riders. Sitting or laying down in the backseat and staying in place.

Getting them out of the truck once in town was much more difficult. The vet clinic is in town. So their was a lot of road noise. And the city bus stops right in front of the clinic. In at 0800

I waited around at the local park all day. Except for a potty stop at the local gas station and a quick trip to the chicken shack for some lunch.

I read a couple of books - watched my Income Cloner! DVDs' and then did some writing on my notebook until the battery died.


At 1600hrs I picked up the boys. They were very groggy but walked on lease ok. Charlie walked like a drunk. Lifted them up into the truck and they went right to sleep.

Once we got home they both took a walk and took care of business. All the girls were checking them out to make sure they were ok. They both went up to the porch and checked themselves into the kennel.

This morning as I wright this they have both RUN to the fence to bark at the neighbors. So I guess they are feeling ok. I'll give them the painkillers with breakfast.

Healthy Dog Products of the Day

Animal Shelter List

On this page you will find links to recipes for dogs and cats.

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Instructions for making a cat scratch post. Mines better. If I can find it out in the shed I'll post a picture here. Also a picture of the spot I made for kittie near the kitchen window. If I'm lucky then the cat will be in the picture too. He "tiger" likes to hide.

Mom & Princess

Princess was my mom's dog. Now you would think that after raising 3 girls who had a very wide assortment of pets: think dogs, cats, guinea pig, rats, mice, snakes, turtles, lizards and rabbits that mom would be happy for a little piece and quite. But no, as soon as we are all gone she goes and gets herself a little cockapoo. I came home on leave and that little dog almost tore my leg off.

After getting stichs and mom holding on to princess we got introduced and became friends. So if you leave home and then come back for a visit make sure a PERSON is home before you walk in.

So I asked mom how she had house trained Princess. Well at the time mom was not working. So she had a little routine. Dad would get up at 3AM to go to work and he would take the puppy out "to piddle" when she did her thing dad would bring her in put her back in her kennel and he would go to work.

Later when mom got up, she would take princess out of the kennel and they would again go outside "to piddle". Then mom would sit down and play with the pup for a few minutes.

After that mom would put Princess in her basket and mom would have breakfast. Then she would feed Princess. After feeding mom would read at the kitchen table and watch the pup. As soon as she started sniffing mom would open the back door and tell princess to "go outside" and follow her out.

Wonderful. Who among us has the time to sit and watch a puppy all day long looking for the signs that it needs to go? Their are other methods.

When my dogs were pups I fed them in the house. 5 minutes after feeding we would go out until they "piddled". They got the idea pretty fast.

Only now that they are grown do I leave water for them all the time. Only 1 dog is in the house during the day while I'm sleeping and she has only awakened me once with the need to go outside.

So check out the dog training books and video's available below if you will be getting or have a dog that needs training.

tomatoes anyone

American's Feel Quilty?

There is a national battery company that conducts a suvey. According to the survey we feel quilty because we are not "green" enough.
You can see the article here Click Here!
I actually clicked on the Reprints and Permissions they want $800 to post the article on my website. ARE THEY KIDDING..

Anyway back to the story. Guilty. I'm sorry but not here. I have been recycling since I was a kid. Maybe not in the usual ways.

After all I collect every bit and piece of metal I find. I go out of my way to pick up scrap lumber (sheds or firewood). I go to flooring stores and get old carpet out of the dumpster so that I can carpet my yard (2.5acres of pure sand).

My friends save newspaper and magazines for me to turn in "papercrete". I collect alum cans at every bar I walk into - true only 1 or two per bar. I go into about 12 different bars a night. Then once a year or whenever I have a truck load I take them to the recycler.

Why should I feel quilty when the Government and local utility companies make it so difficult for me to go completely off the Grid. Why can't the utility company "size" my house - install a solar system hooked into the grid and charge me a monthly fee that WILL NOT GO UP. For oh say the next 20 years.

That would be much better than what is happening now. $89 in the winter that jumps to over $300 last summer. I promise that if I can ever afford it. I will put in my own wind/solar system and the power company can go take a hike.

OH and I now they have messed up in a major way. My Electric bill last month was $1.35 the month before that it was over $200.00 I wonder what kind of damage they are going to do to me this month.

Oh, and yes I use energy efficient light bulbs. My outdoor lighting is solar lights ( I sell them too) and I do not use the dryer. Crips I live in the desert. I can hang my clothes on the line.