I wanted to mention this in my last post but it slipped my mind and I wanted to jot it down here while I was thinking about it. http://www.CuervoRocks.com started out as a site I wanted to build about my dog and get some practice along the way doing it. Other than the domain name the site is free to expieriment and practice on but it comes with limitations.
I've already maxed out on the bandwidth so I can't ad anymore photos of Cuervo. I've deleted many of them to make room but it hasn't made alot of difference. That's why I started this other leg of the site with the blog but until now wasn't sure how I was going to provide any more current photos of Cuervo since my bandwidth was limited.
So my solution to my dilema is using a photo sharing site that I will have a link to on Cuervo's site. I'm not sure what photo sharing site I'll be using yet so I need to do more research.
But the good news is you can soon click onto the photo sharing link and it'll take you to a site with recent photos of Cuervo. And I'm currently expierimenting with video with my camcorder so we'll see what develops with that in the future and if I can figure out how to transfer the video online. Stay tuned!
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Cuervo's Already Begun Shedding
That's just grrrrrreat. Cuervo is already at the early stages of shedding his winter coat. When he's shedding there is nothing worse than gobs and gobs of dog hair EVERYWHERE. We brush him daily and it keeps getting more and more insane. And it's only the beginning.
In another couple of weeks his shedding will get even worse. Cuervo loves to go for a ride anywhere but when he's shedding so much we're reluctant to take him along. Those big blue eyes get all sad and you can almost tell he's saying "why can't I come with you? What did I do wrong?" and we relent. When I get back home I regret taking him along again as our vehicle is full of his shedding hair and now needs to vacuumed out - again.
This time of year really sucks if you have a long hair dog that begins shedding. These next couple of months I'll be spewing out many colorful 4-letter words in my frustration with all the dog hair inside the house, inside our vehicles and pretty much wherever he momentarily lays down. By the tail-end of March I'll bring him in to get groomed and shampooed and he'll be ok.
Then the weather will begin warming up and we'll have a whole new crisis on our hands: the flies and bees begin coming around and Cuervo absolutely goes nuts after them to the point where we have to put him on anti-anxiety medication for the summer so he doesn't freak out about any flies or bees that get within 15' of him. I never said he wasn't high maintenance.
In another couple of weeks his shedding will get even worse. Cuervo loves to go for a ride anywhere but when he's shedding so much we're reluctant to take him along. Those big blue eyes get all sad and you can almost tell he's saying "why can't I come with you? What did I do wrong?" and we relent. When I get back home I regret taking him along again as our vehicle is full of his shedding hair and now needs to vacuumed out - again.
This time of year really sucks if you have a long hair dog that begins shedding. These next couple of months I'll be spewing out many colorful 4-letter words in my frustration with all the dog hair inside the house, inside our vehicles and pretty much wherever he momentarily lays down. By the tail-end of March I'll bring him in to get groomed and shampooed and he'll be ok.
Then the weather will begin warming up and we'll have a whole new crisis on our hands: the flies and bees begin coming around and Cuervo absolutely goes nuts after them to the point where we have to put him on anti-anxiety medication for the summer so he doesn't freak out about any flies or bees that get within 15' of him. I never said he wasn't high maintenance.
Friday, January 11, 2008
January Blues
All of our snow has melted now. Everything is gray, gloomy and dead. And soaked! Lots of people had to deal with flooding. We lucked out and just had some minor flooding in our garage.
When the weather is like this in-between stuff you can't really do any outdoor activities. No snow so you can't ski, snowmobile or enjoy any winter sports. It's to wet and cold out to work in the yard. And the lack of sunshine is what really gets to me after awhile during these dreary winter months. 25 years ago when winter arrived it would stay winter and we'd have snow on the ground the entire winter. Those days are long gone I'm afraid. Global Warming is definately a possibility as to why.
The holidays are over and done with (thank goodness) and the gloom and doom of January has set in.
Back in the old days I'd be chewing at the bit to jump into a big truck and hit the big road and make a trip down to Texas or out west for a couple of weeks. Just to get out of here. I enjoyed the trucking part but after many years I burned out from the "trucking business" end of it. Hurry up and wait. Every load is a "hot" load. Got fed up with being treated like a dirtbag and never hearing so much as a "thank you" from anyone for busting my ass got real old too.
I was fortunate enough to hook up with a concert tour and got a gig hauling concert gear and eventually driving a tour bus on various tours. Sure beat the hell out of hauling freight. I traveled constantly all over the US on concert tours and one year seen my house for a total of only 33 days the entire year. That wasn't the only downside.
Where there's lots of money there's lots of shysters and behind the scenes in the entertainment business there's lots of them. My experience in the USAF for 4 years taught me to "CYA" and it certinately came in handy during my touring days.
It took me years to get the diesel out of my blood once I left the road. Nothing like the feeling of the open road with the wind at your back on a sunny day.
Every once in awhile I get the itch to jump into a rig and make a trip out west or down south. Nothing I'd want to do permanent anymore. But when the 'ole Jabnuary blues surface it sure sounds like a good thing to do to get out of dodge and feel some sunshine for awhile.
When the weather is like this in-between stuff you can't really do any outdoor activities. No snow so you can't ski, snowmobile or enjoy any winter sports. It's to wet and cold out to work in the yard. And the lack of sunshine is what really gets to me after awhile during these dreary winter months. 25 years ago when winter arrived it would stay winter and we'd have snow on the ground the entire winter. Those days are long gone I'm afraid. Global Warming is definately a possibility as to why.
The holidays are over and done with (thank goodness) and the gloom and doom of January has set in.
Back in the old days I'd be chewing at the bit to jump into a big truck and hit the big road and make a trip down to Texas or out west for a couple of weeks. Just to get out of here. I enjoyed the trucking part but after many years I burned out from the "trucking business" end of it. Hurry up and wait. Every load is a "hot" load. Got fed up with being treated like a dirtbag and never hearing so much as a "thank you" from anyone for busting my ass got real old too.
I was fortunate enough to hook up with a concert tour and got a gig hauling concert gear and eventually driving a tour bus on various tours. Sure beat the hell out of hauling freight. I traveled constantly all over the US on concert tours and one year seen my house for a total of only 33 days the entire year. That wasn't the only downside.
Where there's lots of money there's lots of shysters and behind the scenes in the entertainment business there's lots of them. My experience in the USAF for 4 years taught me to "CYA" and it certinately came in handy during my touring days.
It took me years to get the diesel out of my blood once I left the road. Nothing like the feeling of the open road with the wind at your back on a sunny day.
Every once in awhile I get the itch to jump into a rig and make a trip out west or down south. Nothing I'd want to do permanent anymore. But when the 'ole Jabnuary blues surface it sure sounds like a good thing to do to get out of dodge and feel some sunshine for awhile.
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