About Me

I am 56 years old and previously raised Rottweilers for over 20 years. I live on a 8 1/2 acre ranch and did raise Miniature Horses (which are trained for children to ride and pull adults in carts), Miniature Sheep and Pygmy goats(for novelty and pets). I have been so busy with the dogs that I have now sold most of my Mini horses and the Pygmy goats. I have my own business of crushing recycled concrete and asphalt into baserock and green waste/wood into cogenerate energy. I have two stepchildren and two of my own children; a son 24 and a daughter 28. I raised my kids and now I am having fun training and competing with my dogs.

My Best Friend is a dog named Tianna. She has amazed me how patient and tolerant she is especially these past days when I have traveled to Maryland. I left my house in California Thursday at 3:30 am to travel to Maryland to breed Tianna. She travels with me as a service dog and we flew from Sacramento to Los Angeles, Los Angeles to Denver, and Denver to Maryland. Not only were all of our seats messed up - she sat at my feet in a tiny cramped space. She is always excellent around all the people and confusion in airports - but four airports in one day was definitely a test of her patience. We had to endure a bus driver who tried to refuse us getting on a crowded bus and we waited in a car rental agency for over two hours because I lost my driver's license. After traveling for over 14 hours she let children pet her but was still watchful of suspicious strangers. We finally arrived at our destination where she met Kong at a strange house in the rain and after a brief meeting very accomodatingly (is that a word?) allowed a breeding. We left at 11:30 pm and had to search for food and our hotel. She settled into a strange room with me at about 1:00 am.I always feel safe with her and I love this dog. Her intelligence and patience amazes me. I plan on keeping a daughter out of her and hope she will be alot like Tianna; who is truly my Best Friend!!!!

Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile.

We don't stop laughing because we grow old, We grow old because we stop laughing!!

When I am old
I will wear soft gray sweatshirts
and a bandana over my silver hair
and I will spend my social security checks
on wine and my dogs.

I will sit in my house on my well-worn chair
and listen to my dogs' breathing.
I will sneak out in the middle
of a warm summer night
and take my dogs for a run,
if my old bones will allow...

When people come to call, I will smile
and nod as I show them my dogs
and talk of them and about them
the ones so beloved of the past
and the ones so beloved of today

I will still work hard cleaning after them,
mopping and feeding them and
whispering their names
in a soft loving way.

I will wear the gleaming sweat
on my throat,
like a jewel and I will be
an embarrassment to all
especially my family
who have not yet found
the peace in being free
to have dogs as your best friends

These friends who always wait,
at any hour, for your footfall
and eagerly jump to their feet
out of a sound sleep,
to greet you as if you are a God.

With warm eyes
full of adoring love and hope
that you will always stay,
I'll hug their big strong necks
I'll kiss their dear sweet heads
and whisper in their very special company

I look in the Mirror
and see I am getting old
this is the kind of person I am
and have always been.
Loving dogs is easy,
they are part of me.

Please accept me for who I am.
My dogs appreciate my presence in their lives
they love my presence in their lives
When I am old this will be important to me
you will understand when you are old
if you have dogs to love too.

~Author Unknown

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

SUCCESS:

At age 4 success is . . not peeing in your pants.
At age 12 success is having friends.
At age 16 success is . . having a drivers license.
At age 35 success is . having money.
At age 50 success is . having money.
At age 70 success is . . having a drivers license.
At age 75 success is . having friends.
At age 80 success is . not peeing in your pants.

No Chained Dogs!!

I wish someone could tell me what it is that I've done wrong, Why I have to stay chained up and left alone so long.

They seemed so glad to have me when I came here as a pup. There were so many things we'd do while I was growing up.

They couldn't wait to train me as a companion and as friend. They told me they would never fear being left alone again.

The children said they'd feed me, said they'd brush me every day, they'd play with me and walk me, if only I could stay.

But now the family hasn't time. They often say I shed. They wont allow me in the house, not even to be fed.

The children never walk me. They always say, "Not Now!" I wish that I could please them. Won't someone tell me how?

All I have is love, you see, I wish they would explain, why they said they wanted me then left me on a chain.

The Family Dog

The family's dog was bought for a guard.
Chained to a post in a chilly backyard.
Housed in a shed that was airless and dark.
And every few weeks had a run in the park.

When boredom set in with no fun and no work.
One day it broke loose and went quietly berserk.
Pa couldn't fathom just why it went wild.
As it flattened his wife and then bit his child.

The police were called in to sort out the mess.
And the whole sorry tale was revealed by the press,
The Rescue Society was really annoyed,
So, the dog was re-homed--and the owners destroyed.

Author unknown

We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal man has ever made.