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Calm Today

Today is my last full day before leaving for Dog Camp! Yay! I am so excited. I’m also going to go to the airport tomorrow morning and meet the people from Houston and the four collies that are coming in. It’s early, so it should work out just fine. I won’t be able to transport them with the car packed and Chase and Levi with me, but I will be there, and that, alone, is making me feel much more calm.

Today is going by very slowly. I have no desire to work (don’t tell the boss). I’m going to go out for lunch. I have some small things yet to pack tonight, and then the car will be completely ready for the morning.

I am already in vacation mode!

Cynthia

August 31, 2007

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Camp, Chase, Collie, Levi, Pack, Rescue

Plugging Along

I am highly stressed about going to camp and getting these four collies in from Houston at the same time. But logically things are really coming together well. I just need to know exactly what time the jet is landing, then I can notify all my people (wow, I have people! lol) when they need to be to the airport.

I have directions of exactly where to go. It’s not the big airport, which is nice… no security checks or anything. It’s a landing site off the big airport. So shouldn’t be too hard to get too.

And camp will be very relaxing for me and the boys. Well, for me anyway. I hope the boys get a lot of exercise! We won’t be staying at the Venetian hotel, but our cabins will be cozy and comfy. I’m bringing more stuff this year than last, and I must have packed better because my car has more room this year. Go figure!

Camp, Collie, Pack, Rescue

Almost Done Packing

Okay… Saturday I took a break and was a bum all day. Yesterday (Sunday) I went to the laundry and washed a dog bed and a huge comforter that is too big for our machines, so I can take the comforter to camp with me. I have my packing list, and I’m getting it all ready. My car is 80% packed. I only have left the things I can’t do until the last minute, and don’t want to leave in my hot car. Like my camcorder and camera, and the dog’s food. Since I feed raw I bought some patties that are frozen and I want them to stay that way as long as possible.

The car shouldn’t need any body shop supplies as it’s in good shape, I got it cleaned and an oil change.

I have x-pens, crates, my trolley, and clothes all packed! I haven’t had much time for blogging this weekend, as you can see.

Anyway, I’m excited. The house is almost ready, also, for the maid service to come on Wednesday. Oh crap! I just remembered my husband and I were going to go to my Dad’s today to set up his wireless… well, I was going to get into my PJs but not yet!

Camp, Pack, Raw, Travel

Things To Do Before Camp

OH MY GOSH! Camp is only one week away. One week from today (Saturday) I’ll be on the road for camp.

I have to clean the house, because a friend from Colorado and a friend from Richfield are coming Friday night to stay. Fortunately the maids are coming Wednesday so hopefully the house will be semi-decent. We will have 10 dogs here that night. Our four, our two fosters, and they each have two they are bringing to camp. It’s going to be a packed house.

I have to get stuff ready for Jessi to go to her new home. Hopefully she will still be going. I never know until it’s done. Anyway I want a toy to go with her, a couple of clickers, a couple of bully sticks, and a package of jerky treats. I don’t usually send so much with a new adoption but since she’s going to a really good friend I thought it would be a nice thing to do.

I have to go shopping and buy meat mixes for the boys to eat. Since I feed raw it’ll be mostly frozen, and I’ll probably have to go shopping half way through like I did last year, too.

I have to get my clothes washed, which is in progress. I have 3 big blankets washed and one has to go to the laundry mat because it’s too big to fit into our washing machine. Fortunately they have wireless at the laundry so I can blog while I’m waiting. LOL.

I have to go buy some other things too. I wrote them all down on my list. I packed some today, x-pens, crates, chair, trolley (last year it was a pain to make 5 trips to the cabin from my car)… I will pack clothes after it’s all washed.

I am more nervous this year about camp than I was last year. It’s an awesome camp and I’m excited to be going! Check them out… Camp Winnaribbun in Tahoe, Nevada!

Camp, Clicker, Pack, Raw, Rescue, Travel

Squidoo Dog Blog Lens

So I’m learning about Squidoo, and there are things I really like about it. I have a lens for Tip Tail but I haven’t updated it for a while, I really need to add more and learn some good layout tips from other lenses.

There is a dog blog lens that looks great. I’m surprised Johann hasn’t told me about it! He’s the Squidoo dog champ. Anyway, check it out, looks like a great dog blog resource.

And we all love computer stuff, including intranet software, it’s fun to be a dog geek and a computer geek. These guys have a 30 day free trial of their software, they offer hosted management and website content management.

Taking what we can get

The bad thing about rescue is that we usually have to take whatever we can get. And that, mostly, is volunteers who do there best but sometimes can’t do what is needed. Anyway, these collies we are getting from Houston, the flight date might be changed. Ugh.. I hope it still works out. In rescue, I never rely on anything until it’s complete. That is just how it is. So I’m still hoping, and planning, to get things together so that when these dogs come I can just get them here to Salt Lake City.

Maybe if I go and pick them up I should take with me some box cutters in case I need them. I usually have a pocket knife with me, which has come in handy quite often!

Cynthia

August 24, 2007

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Arranging Transport for Collies

Okay so… looks like we are planning to get three collies from Houston, Texas, on September 1st. They are going to be flown into Aspen, Colorado. So I just need to find out how to get them from there, to here.

Of course September 1st is the day I leave to dog camp! Ugh! But… the collie rescue network is awesome, and the rescue network in general. I have one good option now, a sheltie rescue in Grand Junction, Colorado can pick the dogs up from Aspen and hold them in Grand Junction if needed until I can get to them.

I’m trying to arrange transport for them all the way to Salt Lake and get into some temporary homes until I get back. I have one temporary home for sure for a week, a potential foster home, and then I can probably have the other boarded if I need to until I come back.

If I can’t get transportation from Grand Junction, then after I get home on the 8th of September from camp, I’ll be taking off on the 9th of September to Grand Junction to get them. Probably with my Mom since she has friends there. And then back the next day. I really don’t want to do that drive since I’ll be driven out from going to Tahoe and back for camp, but if I have to I will.

Anyway, I’m nervous about the whole thing, and I don’t like doing this blind and not being there to get the dogs. But no one can do rescue alone, we all need help, and so that is what I am getting, a ton of help!

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Collies on the Web!

I don’t often find collie blogs on the web. But a collie blogger found me! She has a gorgeous sable and white rough collie named Maudie she does obedience with, and she is planning on having Maudie be a therapy dog, too. Collies are great therapy dogs. They are friendly, mellow, loving and sweet, and gorgeous too.

And the rough sables look so much like Lassie that they bring a smile to anyone’s face. When I took Sonny for a walk last night I got two ‘Lassie’ comments about him, from people I’ve never talked to before, and we only went for 20 minutes!

Anyway, check out The 4th Dog for some great collie info.

Collie, Info, Link Love, Obedience