Here's what cheezed me off today

Rohanna- my sister had skin cancer twice and don't think what you got through with that is as nearly as other types of cancer treatments. My sister is also a bc survivor (she had the skin cancers before). Important to get those removed as if any of that moves, the prognosis is usually not good if it is melanoma. Hopefully the doctor will give you options if things turn out to be positive. 

Thinking of you and hoping the trip to the doctor goes okay and things are better for you soon.

rohanna, I hope it goes well for your mom. In fact,
I'm sure it will! My mom is almost 82 and for what it's worth, she is at
the dermatologist almost as often as a rich kid with acne :-). She has
had so many basal cell things burned off and she just keeps on trucking.
I think the few she had on her face were a little more scary since it was
well... her face. They did a great job and you can't even tell where they
cut. I think that was last year. Basal cell cancer is nothing in
the big scheme of things. It's not the same as breast or lung. I
think that even squamous isn't that much of an ordeal since my mother-in-law
had a few of those cut out. I'm crossing my fingers that it's just a snip
and toss for her.

I hate when our moms have to deal with medical crap. Getting old
sucks.

rohanna, Yay!  I'm so happy to hear they removed it and now you both can heal.  Our moms are tougher then we think sometimes.

I watched my mother go through so much at the end of her life and handle it with such grace. I hope I learn to go through things with more grace as I age. 

Rohanna- glad your mom is doing well and hope things with your PTSD is better soon.

Ro hey Banti's Rule remember Sweetie.

I know there are places in the country that have it awful bad with the weather, BUT today in the vicinity of kennedy space center-------it's stunning. Bright blue skies. Crisp air. Blowing nicely. Long pants and sweater temp. Delightful.

I run my dogs on a back road next to a horse ranch. Schatzi --german wired haired pointer --gorgeous dog 75 lbs. I can run her off leash. I drive in the car behind her. She has the freedom dogs love. She doesn't bother the horses or the gopher tortoises. Trouble though if the pesky cat shows up. Then she dives into the woods. Dini is the lab also 75lbs. I run Dini on a leash from the car. 

They love it. Today was special b/c of the weather. Usually they run .8 miles. Today, I let each of them run +- 2 miles. They signal when they are done by running closer to the car.  It took a long time to train them. They each run at there own pace. Usually about 10 mph. When they open up it's 19-20 mph. 

Talk about smiling dogs

Jazzy uh huh

Wren, at the end of this road is the Sheriffs ranch for adolescents. I've had them follow me or pass me and be patient cuz I drive on the wrong side of the road with my flashers on. I do wear my seat belt on the off chance one of them decides to stop me someday LOL 

I wish you could see the dogs. It thrills me each time. Shats is so trustworthy. 

Dini , I'll never be able to leave off leash, but he was the abused dog that came with DBF in Dec 2013. Oodles of nervous behaviors. Responded in fear only. Had to teach DBF as well as Dini. Both are doing well. It's a treasure to see DBF use hand signals now and simple low voice commands. He had no clue how to train animals even though he grew up on a farm.

Dini --Now responds to so many commands--verbal and non'verbal. He so loves to run. Part of the training is any swerve towards the car. The car is stopped and the dog put back in, no 2nd chances. He had to watch shatzi run free for about 9 months before I started training him. He learned very fast, not to break the rules. You could tell he knew he broke a rule. He kept looking at the road, but I wouldn't relent on a rule. Basically, it's b/c I could run over them.

Schatzi comes to a honk routinely.  Some ranchers were watching one day and Shats went running towards them. I honked then a second honk , she did a running turn 180 in the air. It was amazing. All the folks involved with the two ranches always wave.  

Hope I never have to stop, getting a little concerned . Some orange stakes have gone up on either side of the road. Afraid there markers for work.

Spookie, yes, I run them all year long. In summer it's either early or late, I pay attention to the temperature. Today was a perfect temperature. As you know Spookie the dogs love it crisp. The dog park is not monitored. Some very unruly dogs that have no manners. Owners that are clueless, and haven't got verbal control of their animals.

Schatzi got ripped one time, 290$ to sew her up. Never went back. The vet said they had quite a few injured dogs from the dog park. Plus, showing up with parisites. Figured it was safer doing what I'm doing.

The horses come to the fence and they nose each other. Quite a feat with Dini b/c of his history. It was an accomplishment the first time this happened Took work, easing him closer, and closer to the horses, a few feet at a time. Having him lay down for a few minutes until he was relaxed. Then moving a few feet more and same maneuver. 

The funniest is when there are new calves in the field. They want to run with the dogs. It's so cute.

Spookie I was so excited to have a dog park. It's huge, biggest in the county. Only had Schatzi then. But I'm serious, the owners for many of the dogs are absolutely clueless as to what proper well trained dog behaving is. That video that was posted about the dogs in the polar vortex. That was a great group of dogs.