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I'll add another 3 centavos (inflation adjusted). Despite the general characteristics or traits of any given breed, if you raise a litter of puppies
to canine adolescence, you will see different personalities develop.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo  | I'll add another 3 centavos (inflation adjusted). Despite the general characteristics or traits of any given breed, if you raise a litter of puppies
to canine adolescence, you will see different personalities develop.
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We don't know too much about Poppy's formative first 2 years. We do know that she was born to a Cattle Dog-specific breeder that produces a lot of
litters. Here is a picture of Poppy around the time of her first adoption (or should I say "purchase") at 8 weeks old.
She was purchased by a known hoarder in Mississippi who used an alias. As per terms of a previous arrest, she was not permitted to own any dogs, but
purchased Poppy and a male ACD for the purpose of getting right back into backyard breeding. Fortunately, an investigator suspected as much and tried
to put together a case to put the owner back in jail and place the dogs in rescue. By the time this finally happened, Poppy was probably a year and a
half old, and had spent much of her life in a crate hidden from the public. After the bust, Poppy went to an all-breed rescue in Mississippi before
being fostered by a breed-savvy vet in New Bedford, MA. By the time we were in the picture, she was in Portland, Maine for a "foster-to-own" that
didn't work out.
She was not quite two when we finally adopted her, but she certainly missed out on a lot of important socialization. That's not to say we're off the
hook for her anti-social behavior, but we think it will take longer than you average dog.
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Good on you for giving her a chance! I would do the same thing, and in fact, I did that ten years ago.
My current dog is a lovable challenge that I agreed to "foster", but the owners never came back to take her home.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
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Here's the latest forecast for southern New England.
I should point out that "low confidence" for 12 to 18 inches still means a mess! I hope the roads are clear enough for us to fly out to Cabo on
Wednesday morning.
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With pre-season baseball still a few weeks away, New Englanders are practising their second favorite pastime - complaining about the weather. In the
case of the upcoming snowstorm, we're complaining in advance.
Note that the forecast totals keep going up - it's like an auction, except that the only winners are skiers!
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Yesterday, our high temp here in SoCal was 100ยบ higher than the high in Minneapolis.
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It was probably twenty years ago, but I remember a "Pineapple express" weather pattern that caused the temperatures in Bristol Bay (on the west coast
of Alaska) to be a hundred degrees higher than Fairbanks on the same day!
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Backyard Buddha is not amused.
We are cautiously optimistic that we can get out of this mess on Wednesday morning so that we can be in Baja for an all-too-brief escape.
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They sound just like Canadians. When the springtime drags on with miserable weather, Canadians are all bemoaning it, saying "Will it ever be summer?"
Then, the first nice warm day, they're all saying, "OMG, it's so hot, I wish it would cool down".
When I go to Canada in the summer, I always have to remember to bring a long sleeved top with me when I go shopping, because all the stores are
refrigerated to Arctic temperatures. Meanwhile, it's a perfect 70 degrees out.
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| Quote: Originally posted by surabi |
They sound just like Canadians. When the springtime drags on with miserable weather, Canadians are all bemoaning it, saying "Will it ever be summer?"
Then, the first nice warm day, they're all saying, "OMG, it's so hot, I wish it would cool down".
When I go to Canada in the summer, I always have to remember to bring a long sleeved top with me when I go shopping, because all the stores are
refrigerated to Arctic temperatures. Meanwhile, it's a perfect 70 degrees out. |
Here on Cape Cod, one can wear a t-shirt, shorts and sandals from late May through late September; the rest of the time, it's a winter jacket.
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Update: my town of Centerville (MA) ended up with 11.5 inches on Sunday, and an additional 2 or 3 inches yesterday. Today it's sunny but "wicked"
cold, as they say in these parts. We're nauseously optimistic that we'll be able to fly out of Providence (RI) tomorrow morning at 6 AM.
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Update #2: We made it to Todos Santos! Our flight from Providence got to O'Hare on time, even with the tiny 36-minute window. Our arrival at Los Cabos
Airport was a few minutes early, and the streamlines immigration process was a breeze, as was customs. We got here in plenty of time to see the
sunset. In the meantime, about 6 inches of snow is expected on Cape Cod this coming weekend. We're on the right side of the wall!
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The last storm mostly missed us. We got about 4 inches. And then the next day it jumped up to the 50's and pretty much all the snow melted.
Wife is in Florida this week and it's going to be warmer in Colorado on the weekend than Florida.
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When we arrived in Cabo yesterday afternoon, the light sweatshirts we had been wearing since Providence, RI made us much too warm. We stocked up on
provisions at Comer and then drove up to El Pescadero, arriving around 4:00 PM. After unpacking, we had just about enough time to see this classic
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We know our neighbors will be getting snow on Cape Cod over the weekend (again), but I'm quite happy to be away from that - if only for 2 weeks.
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One more update to reinforce the fact that we're in the right place at the right time.
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Batter up!
Now that we've been back from Todos Santos for about a week and a half, Old Man Winter wants to punish us for not staying in Mexico where we
apparently belong.
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Well, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow while you were in TS, signaling six more weeks of winter.
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Cape Cod has its own Doug the Quahog, who "predicts" the number of beach days each June.
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Old Man Winter finally paid us a visit in Norcal!
I am sure you probably heard about the backcountry skiers that got caught in an avalanche, it happened up the hill from me near Donner Summit.
Up until last week it has been unusually warm and dry in our area, with all the storms heading north, or south of us. Despite getting over eight feet
of new snow this week, the level and water content of the pack is well below average for this time of year.
It did get wet and sloppy with lots of downed power lines here in Grass Valley and surrounding counties.
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Update: by the time we woke up on Monday (January 23), we had about a foot of snow. A few minutes later, we lost power and internet. The latter came
back on a few minutes ago, but we're still on generator power while utility truck splice wires back together. By Monday night the storm ended, and we
had about 20 inches. That's the most I've seen in 9 years of living on Cape Cod.
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