Just as a quick update... None of my trained dogs will be going anywhere. I've come to the conclusion that it is the summer weather, and not my job that is keeping me from working my dogs! Yes, it's true that most nights I'm off to work at 5:30 when I could maybe work a dog or 2 at 8pm, but that's a seasonal thing. Deal is in "heat" and pretty weird. She is not a bitch that cycles right. She will come in and go right out, only to come in a few months later. She should have been in in May with all the other females, but she started and went right out- only to come in now 3 months later. She's also not a bitch I can work very well when she's in- she's very affected by her cycles. She will be spayed the next time the PETA (yes, I know PETA...) van comes to Surry. She's had 2 nice litters with Toss, and that's plenty. I need to tone down my hours at work and not feel so obligated to stay late when there is so much to do. I worked 12 hours on Friday night, 11 hours on Saturday night, and went in on Sunday which was my day off and worked a full shift... Ben was beginning to question my reasons for being at work. When hours at work begin to affect your homelife you need to step back and look at what you're doing...
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Things are improving between Ben and I. He is making some real efforts.
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Flies.... we are over-run with black flies! It's just crazy! I bombed the house today and although it's better, there are still some left. Not sure what's up with that. We've been here since 2001 and never had this problem. I'm also going to have to buy expensive flea poison for the dogs, as Cruz, Maddie, and Edge have fleas. I gave all 13 dogs a flea/tick bath today and the 3 of them had fleas. The outside only dogs seemed okay, but Maddie had a few and Edge and Cruz had them heavily. The bath will kill the adult fleas, but I will have to buy some Advantage for the whole lot. Frontline does not work in our area anymore. I hate summer. One more reason I want to head back to the mid-west! I've honestly had just about enough of the south-east heat and humidity and un-usable weather! I'm ready to go back to 10 below and 4' of snow! You can always put on more layers for winter- but not much you can do with the summer 100 degrees and 100% humidity!! There's something to be said for a winter freeze!! The 60 acre lot in Wisconsin, 1 mile from my "sister" (cousin) Lisa is still for sale....
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Things are improving between Ben and I. He is making some real efforts.
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Flies.... we are over-run with black flies! It's just crazy! I bombed the house today and although it's better, there are still some left. Not sure what's up with that. We've been here since 2001 and never had this problem. I'm also going to have to buy expensive flea poison for the dogs, as Cruz, Maddie, and Edge have fleas. I gave all 13 dogs a flea/tick bath today and the 3 of them had fleas. The outside only dogs seemed okay, but Maddie had a few and Edge and Cruz had them heavily. The bath will kill the adult fleas, but I will have to buy some Advantage for the whole lot. Frontline does not work in our area anymore. I hate summer. One more reason I want to head back to the mid-west! I've honestly had just about enough of the south-east heat and humidity and un-usable weather! I'm ready to go back to 10 below and 4' of snow! You can always put on more layers for winter- but not much you can do with the summer 100 degrees and 100% humidity!! There's something to be said for a winter freeze!! The 60 acre lot in Wisconsin, 1 mile from my "sister" (cousin) Lisa is still for sale....
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