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I have news from the family who has Valerie, the person who has Arrow formerly Zorro, and Shelly, Dee's puppy raiser.

Hello Martha, SO how is everything going with Dee? Are you finished with your classes yet? Ashley came home today.
We think Valerie knows it is getting close to Christmas she has been full of hell the last couple days. I thought you would enjoy this. Paul took her and Cole for there morning walk at 5:10 he forgot the treats he takes she would not move off the corner she just kept sitting waiting for her treat. He said he felt bad and Valerie wasn't giving in so they turned around and come home to get the treats.
Yesterday the grand-kids were here playing skee ball every time they would roll the ball Valerie would run over and grab it and run to the next room. Then the kids were chasing her and she would go sit under the table with the ball.
She also enjoys the train under our tree but every time she walks by her tail knocks the train off the track...But we still love her and so does Cole .
Well keep in touch and have a great holiday...
Talk to you soon, Lee Ann

Martha! Hi!

congrats to you and Dee. I'm so glad you all are doing well.

We're doing fine. After trying arrow on the Purina diet, he got another infection and still has the crystals in his urine but we have him on Hill's SD diet and hopefully that'll fix it. He was also on Amoxicillin. None of this has affected his sunny disposition and his willingness to do things. I'll go back later this week or early next week and we'll see how he's doing. I I was told at the vet's that it would be most likely that he'd be put on the Hill's CD diet for a long time after his urine clears up. that's fine. He's such a wonderful fellow.

I attend the Unity church here in Buffalo--not to be confused with Unitarian--both different but good groups. Anyway, we had a candlelighting service this morning and Arrow got to vicariously light a candle, too. of course, I lit it for him but he was there wagging all the time very happily.

Oh, we celebrate Christmas and we try to do something for Hanukkah, too, and we do a little something for Kwanza also but our predominant holiday is christmas. We love the presents and dinner, too. We're not sure on what day we'll spend with the kids opening presents and eating lasagna. Lasagna has become a traditional christmas dinner for our family.

In November, Arrow and I traveled to Orlando, Florida, so I could receive training in order to become a Co-coordinator for my church's chaplaincy program. It was fun and Arrow loves traveling and did very well. I had a cold during the training but made it through anyway. Really crazy stuff happens to me sometimes when I ravel. I have artificial eyes and I was medicating them late at night and got the left one put back in and the right one flipped out of my hand somehow and went down that hole in the front of the sink that's there in case one fills the sink too much with water. the hotel engineers toolk the sink apart but the eye must have gone down the drain. I started the process of getting new eyes made last Tuesday. I have two more visits in January. I'll have to get a new non-driver's I D because my eye color will change slightly.

I bet you've done well on your finals. In what year are you at the college or university?

Happy holidays to you and your pup and your family and friends,

Hi Shelley,
How are you? Dee and I are doing fine. She did a good job on the 5 hour flight from Portland to D.c. At first, she was nervous on the plane from D.C. to Altoona because it was small and loud. After a half hour, she calmed down and went to sleep.
I love working with her. She recognizes my apartment, two bus stops, the library, and a couple class buildings so far. She is having trouble with one of them. I need to do some clicker work with her on it, but the snow is confusing me. She loves the snow. The first time it happened, she jumped straight up in to the air. She calmed down after that and guided carefully and safely. We've also been to work with some of the kids. They love her and the cat does too. I don't think she likes him much; he tries to rub against her and lie beside her, and Dee sits up and backs away every time.
She's doing great with food. The little sister of the girl I tutor is 2, at Dee's level. She was holding an open bag of popcorn, and Dee didn't go for it. We also went shopping yesterday; she was a little sniffy, but we're working on it.
I can't wait to be done for the semester. I have five papers and a statistics final due this week. Dee will probably be bored this week because I'll spend most of my time inside doing homework.
Do you have any pictures from when she was a puppy?

Hi Martha,

It is so good to hear from you. I have been wondering how you two were doing.

I'm sure you'll notice that Dee responds to new experiences, but as she gets used to them she will settle down. We have a cat, but she was outside and Dee's only experience with her was watching her, not lying beside her. Careful though, she might have an urge to chase. I'm not saying she will but you never know, she did on occasion when ours tried to play cat and mouse; or should I say dog and cat?

I'm very pleased she isn't stealing food. She never would take food that wasn't offered to her.
I know you will do a good job with her, your past experience with dogs and calm nature will help guide her until she is more experienced. I could see you were a natural with her and she responds so well with you! I am so happy for you to have such a wonderful girl by your side!

I took many pictures of Dee when she was a puppy, then one day my son decided to take my camera, without my permission to the beach. Somehow he lost it on the beach and at first I was really upset and then reminded myself that these things happen and I knew he felt bad. I thought I had loaded them on my computer so it would be okay. Then to my dismay, my computer crashed and I lost everything! Can you believe it? I took my hard drive in to see if I could recover anything and the "experts" said it was hopeless! I was so sad. I do have pictures however, just not any when she was really young. I will ask the club members if anybody has some, in the meantime I will send what I have.

Could you send me your mailing address?
I would like to send you and your family a holiday greeting.

We are all doing fine. The weather has been colder since you left Oregon.

I hope you get caught up on all your homework and can enjoy some time off with your family.
Take Care and keep me posted on how you are doing.


Sincerely,
Shelley

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In the beginning, when the world was new, Creator populated it with animals. He sent the four-leggeds into the mountains and across the plains. He poured those that swim into the waters. He lifted the winged ones into the skies and set them free. He placed those that creep and crawl into the earth mother where they could prosper. These beings were to be our brothers and sisters, and their nations were to be respected as were our own two-legged nations. In the beginning the laws were simple, the way was clear to us.

Over time we moved forward with our own purposes and survival. We hunted but did not take more than what we needed. We befriended some of the animals and brought them into our homes and our daily lives. We were mindful of the balance Creator had shown us in those first days when the world was new.

As time passed we became more greedy and we began to forget to respect these other nations with whom we were meant to live. Not only did we put the horse to the plow, but we beat him if he was slow. Not only did we ask the dog to be our companion, but we chained him down, cut off his ears and his tail, and beat him when he did not speak our language, or starved him if our resources were low. When once we had hunted a few wild animals, now we mounted them on walls, tore their hides from their carcasses and left the meat to rot, and trapped them for fun. We began to keep them in tiny enclosures and forgot to allow them to see the rising sun. At every turn, if they did not heed our foreign tongues, we showed them whips, chains, electric prods and our anger toward their nations which we feel are so inferior to our own.

We have forgotten how it was in the beginning when the world was new. Some people have forgotten more than others. Some people have thrived on dominance and aggression. They have forgotten how to respect others and what it means to love and show kindness.

Last week one hundred sled dogs were seized from a breeding kennel in Colorado. Eight had already died and their bodies were stuffed into dog food bags. They were starving, neglected, and in need of veterinary care. One might think that this is a case of neglect. Perhaps the owner was in the hospital, dead, or in some other situation in which he couldn’t care for the dogs, but no, the owners stood idly by and watched as these dogs starved and died.

When most of us think of sled dogs we think of firry animals with glossy coats and strong muscles. We think about the will to work, the drive, the thrill and excitement of pulling into that harness. We don’t think of starving dogs staked out, or dead and stuffed into a feed bag.

I do not know what it takes for someone’s heart and mind to be so twisted that they can allow such tragedies to befall animals in their care. I don’t know how people can pass an injured animal on the street, or not speak out when they see abuse against an animal occur. I’d love to perform the same tortures against such people as they, in some cases, have carried out for years, but I cannot, because I don’t believe that cruel acts are just and right. While such individuals might be condemned to eternal damnation, that is a matter for Creator to decide, and my place is simply to act as I can for the good of all animals. They are my brothers and sisters, and I strive to treat them with respect.

“The animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren; they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendor and travail of the earth.” Henry Beston, The Outermost House, 1928

How soon we forget.

How completely we have forgotten.

I want to cry out against every injustice committed against the animal nations. I want to save every animal who has suffered, to bring them into my home, into my daily life, and show them the respect they deserve. I want to learn to speak their languages, to dance their dances, and to know their wise thoughts. The better I know them the louder I can lend my voice to their stories, and work toward their protection and survival.

I imagine a world in which there are no cruel reprobates allowed to lay a finger upon an animal. I imagine a world in which our brother nations are treated with respect, kindness, and humanity. I imagine a place where we communicate instead of command, depend on one another for survival rather than act solely out of greed. I imagine a land in which we remember that what we do to the animals we bring upon ourselves, a reality in which we recognize them as our brother nations once more. I recall a time in which the world was new, I dream of that era where animals knew freedom not fists, love without anger, gratitude instead of greed, and honor rather than cruelty. I hope such a place is now a reality for eight dogs who were starved and stuffed into body bags. May they run free and strong like never before.



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Hey all!
It's been a freaking long time! I hope all is going well with everyone.
Life is going extremely well here just taking it easy for the moment.

Anyways out for now all, so will talk to everyone soon.