behavior beneath the dignity of a poodle...

 

that is how i feel when my poodle participates in the eating of horse or moose poop. i mean i felt that way with the doodles too..i mean they are part poodle, but Sunny is full poodle.  poodles seem to be the more dignified and upper class of the dog world, i expected poop eating from my previous labs, but poodles!! so the truth is poodles are not superior just because of their fancy hair do's and position at the dog shows. they are the same poop eating nuts that all the other dogs are. 

love his personality though.  he is a bit of a brat at times.  the puppy faze.  he's currently in the grab and run phase. i was made a bit nuts out at Ruths yesterday.  lack of sleep added to the dogs tag teaming me.  one was going after the horse poop so i'd go to round one up and the other was at it, round that one up and the other dog would return to the poop.  eventually there was time out for all and they were leashed for the duration.  it was that or beat them silly...don't worry no sweet puppies were harmed. they were not beaten! they were simply cut off from their off leash freedom for the remainder of the walk. 

i do get a bit annoyed with the horse poop. i am expected to collect dog poop but horse poop..free for all. 

worked all three nights this week. no on call.  i did put in the paper to cut out one shift every other week. could be a nice mental break.  will it be too much of a financial break? hmm.  do need a little change. thoughts arise about a change in jobs from time to time.  am i getting too old for these night shifts? they do wear me out much more than they did a few years back.  i'm still a really good sleeper though so i tend to just sleep a bit more than i did a few years back. i take more days where i just sleep and the walk is skipped and we just do yard play. that works out to one day a week or one day every other week. 

so perhaps cutting out one shift will be a little break. i can work it when i want to but enjoy a few more days off this summer. the debate ended when i didn't get granted one of the vacation requests this summer.  have never been denied so i can't be too put off by that, but it is still annoying. i didn't request any last summer and i only requested two blocks of time this summer.  

this week i worked two nights in PICU and then the last night in ER. ER always beats me up physically, PICU is more of an emotional beat up. it's more stressful in general.  babies....really more high pressure. 

i survived another week though. 

so Ruths yesterday followed by dinner with a friend. 

haven't heard from anyone about walking today so i'm moving slow. may head to the higher elevation.  the parking lots are improving but the trails are getting worse.  this is a lousy time of year for walking.  can be icy, puddles, slushy and muddy. 

the pups did have fun at the pool last week.  Sunny got assistance but i must say his long legs were not helping him with his learning.  he is not a gifted swimmer it seems. it wouldn't be the worst thing to not have a dog that's addicted to swimming really. 

they were both pretty wiped out that evening.  Ivy was overjoyed to hit the pool  so excited she leapt over the blockade they had put up to prevent the dogs from heading up the ramp to the pool. she knew exactly where she was and couldn't be stopped. so they are relatively clean as well which makes hitting the mud less inviting.  that is dogs though. 

Sunny was so tired i was able to clip him that evening a bit.  i did order an actual grooming table though. hopefully, i can train him to that so i can more easily get the grooming completed. i should get good at it...could make some money.  those groomers are in demand!! they also charge a lot. 

Ukraine situation is sad, horrifying, tenuous.  difficult to watch it all, feeling helpless.  also feeling scared for the whole worlds future.  this mad man has access to some terrible stuff that he seems more than willing to use against anyone and everyone. there are the nukes but there is also the threat of chemicals. there is some talk that it's already been used in Mariupol. nobody has gotten in there or out of there to tell the tell for the most part. it's been decimated. estimated population of that community before this war was over 400,000. many fled but many remained there. the things that happened in Bucha will no doubt be minor in comparison to what has happened in Mariupol

i've seen reports of nearly 160,000 residents being bused into Russia, the reports indicate that the bulk of those are children. 120,000. reports are these are children whose parents are dead, killed by the russians. there are reports that the russians have destroyed any documentation they had saying who they were and plan to "adopt" out these children.  one wonders if the others who were taken were young females who will be put into sex traffic hell. i can't verify any of this of course, but i have heard of these things from a few places now. the numbers can vary. 

will these kids be "adopted" as indentured servants. many russians look down upon the Ukrainians so the concern is they will be treated with disdain.  when the kids are involved the heart really breaks. 

russia kills their own or leaves them to die.  i haven't seen any evidence that they even bother with field hospitals.  they purposely attack established hospitals. saw one clip of a russian soldier who had been injured in battle. he reported that his commanders saw him down and laughed, took all his ammo and left him there. he stated he asked them for something for the pain if nothing else, but they left him to die. the Ukrainians were the ones who collected him and took him to get help. again, these are clips i have watched, i can't obviously verify it.  i don't speak Ukrainian or russian so i am only hearing others interpretations. 

worried for all of that nation, for all of us really. a horrific general has been placed in power over this, the same one who was in Syria and had zero mercy and used chemicals on civilians. the only hope is that he gets killed as the Ukrainians have killed 5-8 of russias generals.  i'm sure many across the globe would be thrilled to see him die. sadly, there are no doubt many more horrible people waiting to take over the role of horrific commander of brutality and murder. why are there so many terrible people in the world and why do they live such long lives. 

easier to just kill off the populations and take over the land is the thinking. the population doesn't want russia there so take them out.  you hear those rumblings here from those on the right. kill the liberals. they have no use for people who have different opinions/views of how things should be. they believe themselves to be 100% correct and that they have God on their side so killing others who see things different is justified to their thinking. it's sick

the rest are from back in July.  Homer of course. 

and lots of wildflowers.

bbc reporting 40,000 moved from russia forcibly. "filtration camps". reports are 140,000 have escaped Mariupol but there is still a reported 170,000 who have not been able to get out. no idea how many of those have been killed or removed.  food water and shelter are obviously lacking as well as any sort of access to medical care for anyone who has been injured.

many just have no choice but to go to russia controlled. what happens beyond that is hard to say. we may never know what happens to many. 

things slowly move forward in the various investigations of trump and jan 6 events.  he took secret documents to mar a lago, an obvious violation. he has destroyed other documents. there are 7 hours of documents missing from the day of jan 6. hoping someone has the guts to get him on something. 

seems silly to hear folks on the right continue to go nuts over hunter bidens lap top when trump was potus and so obviously misused his powers. at least i haven't heard about hillary's emails for awhile.

it is ironic that repulicans are, in some ways, actually helping the gay and trans populations despite all their fights and laws to fight the existence of this population.  10 years ago i would have admittedly smirked or made jokes about the trans population.  now though, as the gop attack this population with such hatred and cruelty, i have gained sympathy, i have learned more about individuals and their plight, their difficulties and now i am much more of a defender to them. the same happened with the gay population. the gop fought so hard against gay marriage that they actually rallied many to have new sympathy for the gay population.  nobody likes to see people used and treated with cruelty. the same that putin is doing for Ukraine.  his unprovoked attack has caused Ukraine to be front and center and the vast majority of the global population now supports them.

i will also say the young President Zelenskyy has mad skills utilizing social media as do many of the population from that area. social media is a game changer in this war as opposed to other modern era wars. gets their story out there and helps give them power and gain sympathy. russia has not done themselves any service in this. old putin is just not that savvy.  he's got a hoard of russian bots out there doing their damage but he himself, is not of the era to comprehend the flip side of how the social media is harming him. 

all of those mad men have some disadvantages that they seem unaware of. mostly the isolation that is required. they can't trust a soul so that works against them.  they are told what they want to hear. he has a cadre of folks right around him that protect him but there is always the possibility of an inside attack and he no doubt lives in fear of that.  sadly, that inside attack isn't happening soon enough. it never does. also there may be someone worse waiting to take over the reins of terror.

Tusker loved his beach days.  can't wait to get down to Homer again and see how Sunny enjoys it out there. 

still loads for him to learn. 

i'm better some days than others with the training.  he's smart though so he does pick up on stuff. i'm the only thing holding him back.  

they are both napping at the moment.  it's nearly 2 so i should get them out there on the trails.  still not sure where but we will get out there. 

i need to get the element in to get that one tire worked on. the little cap on the tire is hopelessly stuck. i blame cost co for this debacle. haha.  when i bought the tires they changed the little caps to green caps which means a different air mix in the tires thus nobody would add air to the tires because they didn't have the same air mix.  so i changed the caps to these ones...that are now stuck on there.  grr!!

loved these flowers no matter the cost to me i guess.  really just so beautiful. 

will this beauty be here in a year or two or will nuclear bombs start to fly around this globe and destroy life as we know it.  

we can't know the future, we also have to be careful to not get totally wrapped up in the possibilities. 

eat drink and be merry, as they say. 

i do feel sad for those who are currently at the hands of the horrific humans out there putting their evil desires onto innocent lives. it's hard to watch and hard to feel so helpless. 

i haven't done nothing. i have eaten, fed the animals, and picked up dog poop and tossed tennis ball. 

the mushrooms, always the mushrooms.  the things of nature will always return given time.  the land finds a way to heal from the hell humans enact upon it. humans are the great destroyers. 

i'm embarrassed to be human some days. 

thankful for A. the beauty and majesty of this earth. B. that none of these evil fools live forever C. that each day for putin is a hell of his own making...waiting for the death that will come to him. waiting to find out who will deceive him.  may his death be painful and soon.