It has been a long time
since I have written anything for this blog, and my conscience twinges whenever
I think about it. When I started this
blog, my plan was to write at least once a week, to use this as communication,
a bit more in depth than posts on Facebook and such. Unfortunately, good intentions don’t always
work out. But here I am again!
There is a well known saying
about life, that we were never promised a rose garden. How true!
The last few months have been involved with getting through the
thorns. There seems to be such a
plethora of thorns! I look around at the
world, and so many people are having such a hard time just surviving, we are
constantly being warned and frightened about countless things that will damage
our health, cause innumerable insurmountable problems in our lives, and kill us
all in the end. What is even more scary
is that everything that is condemned by one group seems to be supported as the
cure for everything by another group, and vice versa. So no matter what we do, it is wrong…Well, I
hate to say it, but life does kill all of us in the end…
I am very depressed by all
of the uproar about animal rights, which seems to mean that in the end, if all
these things become law, we will never be able to enjoy the company of animals
again. I don’t know what I will do if
that happens. I enjoy the company of
animals much more than of most people I have ever met. I also find that a great percentage of people
that I know that love animals are not exploiting them, abusing them or
abandoning them. There seem to be a lot
of people that I don’t know, and I don’t have any desire to make their
acquaintance. But please, let us who
love our animals live with them!
And on a personal level,
life has been very difficult. Costs of
everything rise and rise, but there is little possibility to find enough work
to cover all of the expenses of simply staying alive. One of the horrors of life is a phone call
from the bank…I haven’t bought any new clothes for several years – that is a
luxury. The dogs don’t mind, I think they prefer things with many years of
familiar smells on them. Our continuing
struggle just to stay in our home of course is very expensive in legal fees and
so on. I am in a day to day struggle to
find things to do that will bring in some income, and it is very stressful, and
not too conducive to sitting and writing.
So those are some of the
thorns, pretty big ones at that.
But then there are the
roses. This season, I had two litters of
collie pups, which are now just over three months old. One mother, Chance, was bred now because she
is four and a half and has never had a litter, and I didn’t want to wait until
there were more possibilities of difficulties.
The second bitch, Kate, is now seven, and is due to become a pensioner
and live an easy life. Kate loves
puppies and is a super mother, and her pups have always been very successful,
so I wanted one more litter, in particular, what I wanted was one smooth female
like Kate that could carry on for her – I already had a name picked out before
the breeding was done, Legacy.
Chance was from a litter of
one, so I didn’t expect a large number of pups, and Kate, at seven, would
certainly not have a large litter…
Chance had nine puppies and
Kate had five! Beautiful, strong, active
puppies, that needed no help to find the nipples and grew and grew and grew.
Fourteen puppies at once is
quite a lot to keep one occupied. And
since I am breeding for strong and active temperaments, they definitely
required a lot of attention. More about
them in the next post!
So there were a lot of
thorns – but there were also a lot of roses!
Having a rose garden is not meant to be easy, but the results are worth
the thorns.
Afterword:
Our court case goes on,
combined with an attempt to get together the funds to do some urgently needed
kennel repairs. Friends in the Canaan
Dog community has been kind enough to establish a fund to help us out. Anyone
interested can find it at:
Every little bit can be a
great help to us.
We also would appreciate
signatures on the petition supporting us:
Thanks to all!
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