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January 12 was our 6 month anniversary. Hudson and I had lived through half a year of being partners.
I'll tell you straight up it's not what I expected. That's partly my fault, and partly because of expectations. And the 'not what I expected' is not all bad, far from! A lot of this is just that…life with a service dog is different from what you think it will be.
For one thing, Hudson's personality is entirely unlike any of the dogs I had growing up. He's a gentleman, and the most curious dog I've ever seen. He's also, as these things go, a doggy genius. And anyone who works with animals will tell you, that creates as many problems as it fixes.
Hudson doesn't mind working, but he does mind getting dressed in his harness, prong collar, and haltie. Well, on an average day, anyhow. Like any thinking being, he has his days where he doesn't want to do anything that resembles work.
He's got stronger moods than I expected of a service dog. When he's really enthused (and out of harness), he's like a puppy, running around just because he can. When he's bored, I get these great gusting sighs and occasional grumbles. He gets mopey and lonely, too, to the point where he'll come over and nudge my laptop a little to try to get his head in so I'll pay attention and pet him.
It's more work than I expected. He has to be groomed daily, have his nails clipped and his ears cleaned weekly, be bathed every few weeks and clipped about every two months (except between his toes, which as to be clipped about once a month). I have to give him a nose to tail inspection for signs of health problems daily. There's also the work of training – I have to be on top of his training at all times. I can't chance him developing bad habits, so I have to notice when he picks up a dropped dog treat off the floor (in which case I have to pounce on him and take the treat out of his mouth, even if he's started to chew and swallow. NOT FUN), when he reacts too strongly to the boyfriend coming home, so on. I also have to sit there and correct his bad habits by making him do things correctly, which is more work than you'd think. We also have to work on his skills all the time, so that he doesn't forget the ones I don't use very often (like turning on lightswitches). When he decides he isn't in the mood to do something, or do it right, it can mean a great deal of fighting with the dog, which is frustrating. I find myself sometimes thinking, for a dog that's supposed to be helping me and making my life easier, you sure make a lot of work!
I also didn't expect…hmm. How to explain. I guess what I didn't expect is how much a part of me Hudson has become. He's more a part of me than any of my other mobility aids ever were. My self image includes him. We are so close that it's hard to imagine myself without him, and if I do it makes me start tearing up because I know that eventually, I will have to be me without Hudson. 6-8 years – the average working life of a service dog – seems pitifully short.
He's also an emotionally needy dog. I have to spend a lot of time just…petting him and reassuring him that I care about him. It gets a little frustrating now and again, because who wants that kind of emotional demand? But I know that I am more than repaid by his dedication to me, so I remind myself that this is part of being a partner. And, well, if you aren't too busy or too much in pain to do it, petting a dog really is a nice way to spend your time. It's only when he starts butting into me working or trying to hug the boyfriend that I get annoyed.
Which leads me to the final unexpected point about the dog – how much he's bonded with my boyfriend. It's very clear that Hudson thinks of the boyfriend and I (and possibly my care assistant) as his 'pack'. When the boyfriend comes home, Hudson wags his tail enthusiastically, beating the ground with it. It took us weeks to convince him that it wasn't acceptable for him to pop up and greet the boyfriend! He watches the door when the boyfriend leaves, waiting for him to come back. All that when the boyfriend hardly has any direct interaction at all with him!
So there you go. Life with a service dog isn't exactly what you expected, or what you thought you bargained for, but that's not a bad thing – just different.


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Sioux City Public Museum to Expand
I learned today that the Sioux City Public Museum has obtained a grant of $2 million for expansion. This is great news. I gave the originals of many of our letters and documents from our archive to that museum, and it's good to know they'll have increased capacity to care for them and make them available in a new research center.
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Monday, March 28, 2011
Be careful what you wish for...
Since it was once again too cold to garden, Ted took the hint and attacked the ceiling in the upstairs hallway. LMAO
This ceiling has been a royal pain in the ass. Paint was peeling everywhere because of the really crappy patch job the previous owners of the house did on it. He's sanded, spackled, sanded some more and couldn't get the ceiling even. So, he has an idea. When he worked on his sister's house, she had that popcorn ceiling that for some ungodly reason was popular back in the 80s. All he had to do was wet down the ceiling and scrape the popcorn off to get a nice even ceiling. His plan was to do that in this case. Ummm, did the can explode? The eldest spawn said, "Maybe she won't notice." Won't notice? LOL. Even Rufus Dragon knows better than that.
Every now and then, FedEx delivers a package to my house that is really for a neighbor who lives on a street with a similar name. Instead of calling FedEx, I just deliver the package myself to the neighbor. One day, I was leaving to pick up the youngest spawn from preschool and there was a package on my doorstep. Since I was running late, I just pulled the box inside and left it under the table in the front hall until later. When I got home and opened the front door, Rufus took off out the front door like a rocket. What the hell? He's usually jumping all over you for attention when you get home. Even if you're gone for 5 minutes. He's shameless that way. I walked in and immediately see a trail all the way through the house to the Kitchen in the back of the house of shredded box, packing peanuts, ripped open plastic wrap and...parmesan cheese? That dog had torn into the better part of a 5 lb. block of parmesan cheese. Block? Too be honest, it could've started out as a wheel but now looked like a whittled down Rock of Gibralter. Rufus vs. the Parmesan Cheese. I should've gotten a picture. Who mails parmesan cheese? Who needs a delivery of 5 pounds of it?
Next...It looks like they took the words "wintry mix" out of the forecast, so maybe we'll actually have some planting going on tomorrow. Ted can leave the hall mess until later this week when we're supposed to have 3 days of never ending rain. (hint, hint)
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Rufus....Rufus....Rufus. So this weekend, the neighborhood kids are having a sleepover here with the youngest spawn (As usual) and they wanted pizza. So they're playing video games and shit and the next thing ya know... They're outside playing; So here comes Rufus.... I come walking down the stairs to close the storm door and got bum rushed by a wiener dog with a piece of pizza hanging outta his mouth. (Upside downwards.) This fuckin' dog shot past me... and was out the door so fucking fast, the only thing that I saw was a vapor trail. Rufus Dragon.... They say that the dog is a Man's best friend and I'm gonna have to agree with that one. That guy keeps me entertained all day long. When a wiener dog runs... It sorta runs and hops at the same time. Chele dressed him up in a Zorro costume one year for Halloween, I'll see if she can't dig up the pic.ReplyDelete
So.... Here's how the ceiling fiasco went down. I laid out the painter's tarp on the floor, got the can of "Fix a ceiling" stuff, read the directions, pulled the plug on that shit and let it fly! (This is when the whole thing turned into the proverbial "BUCKET OF FUCK!") This can of bullshit went EVERYWHERE! All in my beard... all over my face... All over the ceiling (Which was cool)and it also went all over the newly painted... RED WALL. Excuse me.. Walls. All of this shit happened within a 3 or 4 second period.
You remember how Donald Duck would get whenever he was shittin'? Yeah. That was me. I figured that I could get a rag with some hot water and wipe it off? Bad move. Now the shit's all smeared (and dried.) Man... What a mess. Oh well. That's the way that it goes, I suppose. I WILL say this.... That fuckin' ceiling is gonna be pristine whenever I'm done with it. Bank on THAT shit.
I'm throwing some peas in the ground tomorrow come Hell or high water. The weather is so damn crazy here. One day... I'm out in the yard getting the beds ready for planting... The next day... I'm making fuckin' snow angels. Tomorrow's the big day. GROWDAMMIT!
I don't know what made me laugh more this morning. First, there was the visual of Rufus Dragon not only with his wheel of parm, but also with the pizza hanging out of his mouth. Then, I got to the part where Farmer Ted was covered head to toe with ceiling crap. OMG, this is better than Animal Planet and HGTV all rolled into one!ReplyDelete


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Brooks and Levi's team up for limited-edition denim Cambium
Brooks introduced its unique Cambium saddle a year ago, with its rubber base and cotton top, and now the British brand is teaming up with an American counterpart to produce a limited edition version with a recycled denim top.
The public is invited to bring used but clean denim to one of three Levi's Commuter Workspaces (Brooklyn, Los Angeles and London) and donate it to be used as saddles. In return, they will receive 20 percent off Commuter line of products from Levi's or 20 percent off Brooks products and a chance to win one of the denim saddles.
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Members of the band
Pasi Newkid (vocals),
Niku Oksala (bass),
Sami Jämsen (guitar),
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crit29937 wrote:Ok this one comes from a real life event. This is a classic Dr.Who style idea.
" Council bosses have been left mystified after reports that a portal to another dimension has opened in a residential street in Brighton.
A member of the public reported to Brighton and Hove City Council that the "wormhole or vortex" had opened up in Montreal Road, Hanover, on May 2.
They made the report via the website Fix My Street which is more typically used to report potholes, dumped rubbish and broken lampposts.
The anonymous poster said: "I was recently walking my affenpinscher (a toy breed of dog) around the Hanover area of Brighton when I noticed that a wormhole or vortex has opened up on Montreal Road.
"On closer inspection it seems to be some kind of portal to other times, places and dimensions.
"I would have investigated further but I was concerned my little dog would be sucked into it.
"Is this meant to be there? At first I believed it might be part of the Brighton Festival but I believe it could be a hazard to the general public. I look forward to your response."
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If you hunt for them you can also find the 'reports' on Fix My Street- This is just too good not to share lol