I don't really feel like posting right now. Honestly I don't feel like doing much of anything. I'm tired and achy and have piles of homework that are not getting done at the moment because I have absolutly no ambition. My house is still a wreck. I keep saying, oh I'll clean it on my next day off but after working a whole week of 13 and 14 hour days, I don't really want to clean.

It's almost fall!!

It's a growing realization as more and more guys are calling to book preg checks for their cattle, that fall is right around the corner followed very shortly thereafter by winter....brrr....I shiver just thinking about it. For the most part the summer months were unbearably hot, then all of a sudden the temperature dropped, so it feels a lot colder then it actually is, but it makes me dread the winter months. It is also a reminder of the furry little creatures that will soon seek warmth in my basement (ie; the mouse population) I had one today, I love my cats, they greeted me at the front door at lunch time with their prize, at least he was not up to scurrying up my pant leg. Don't get me wrong, I do not have a problem with mice, I have a problem with them being in my house, but as for their existance, as long as it is outside, I don't have a problem with it........Anyways, this isn't going to be a long update, just wanted to let y'all know that I am still kicking, I have to go to the store before it closes though, my fridge is quite bare, and I am craving a bowl of cereal.....lol.... Have a good one blogging world!

Breed Specific Legeslation...

Just some fancy term for breed banning. I'm sure most of you reading this know what breed banning is, if you don't google it, get all the information on it and then come back and continue to read this. I also ask that you do not let my opinion become your opinion. This is by no means a brain washing blog attempting to get people to hate the banners, but it is my opinion on it, and being a tech almost makes me qualified to make a comment on the issue, if however you feel the same way I do about this whole pile of bull, then talk about it, thats the only way people are going to understand. You may ask why I call it a pile of bull...... that is exactly my thoughts on breed bans...some person who is in a position to make rules and regulations and get laws in motion is sitting in their chair going, "gee somone just got bit by a dog lets ban that breed". which in reality is not the answer. Don't get me wrong, it absolutly breaks my heart when I hear that someone was injured, or attacked by a dog, because dogs by nature are not meant to hurt people (aside from the protection factor which is really not the issue here because most people are talking about un-provoked atacks) It also breaks my heart when people start saying that the *breed is no good* Thats the biggest load of balogana I have ever heard. Aggression in dogs is not a breed problem. Yes there are breeds that have specific purposes, and please don't start resorting back to the 1600's here, because that was in the past and a lot of the original jobs of certain breeds have changed right along with the times. A lot of people now have the dogs that were originally used for protection as status symbols, and I believe that part of the problem starts there. When you have a dog, any dog (I've been chomped on by way more chihuahua's than I have rotties, or dobies) you need to commmit yourself to training that dog. Dogs are by nature pack oriented animals, and in a pack there is always a leader. YOU need to be that leader, or a dog will assume that position and threaten anyone who may challange that position. This is where the problem starts. A lot of people get a cute little puppy, with big feet cause he looks adorable in the litter, they bring him home and play with him cause they feel bad that he is away from mom, when he starts to chew on their hair and their fingers, it's cute, cause his teeth aren't sharp yet and he isn't strong enough to knock them over.... lets follow this same puppy for another week or so... he is getting much more confident in becoming who he is going to be, an 150lb dog with a ever developing attitude.....he starts to play with the kids standing on top of them, jumping on their tummies....you should have stopped this a week ago when he was still at the bottom of the pack. This might look cute and innocent now, but when he is 100 lbs it's not cute anymore and by that time he is going to be a lot harder to knock down a few pegs.... I'm not here to preach on obedience, that may come at another time if need be...all that I'm trying to illistrate here is that dominance needs to come from a very young age.....I do not honestly believe that there is such thing as a bad dog (all medical reasons excluded). There are trained dogs, and there are untrained dogs, and I'm not talking about the perfect compared to the ilmannered, if your dog is trained, you have control over them, they are always watching you for your reaction to things, and that is how they will learn right from wrong. The *untrained* dogs are the ones that are being labeled as *dangerous* and unfortunatly the whole breed gets that label put on them. Nine out of ten dogs that bite unprovoked also do not know the sit command. Interesting fact isn't it? If people would take the time to teach there dogs the acceptable way of behaving, there would not be this problem. Dogs learn from doing, if you let them fight as pup's they will grow up fighters, if you teach them dominance from day one they will be very content to let you be *top dog* and pack leader in their life. And why does this breed banning only seem to be on big dogs? I am fully aware that they do more damage when they bite, but little dogs bite more often..... Come to think of it, why is is that it is only dogs that are put under this *legeslation*. Driving home from work last night there was a group of kids on the sidewalk, I pulled over and they all scattered because they were beating up a kid that was smaller than them..... I label those children as *dangerous*. I think that the city should pass a law stating that no *dangerous* children are allowed in city limits. That would mean that the families of these dangers would have to move out of the city, or farm their kids out..... sounds a little ridiculous right? So why is it not ridiculous for dogs. I don't know about you, but my pets are my kids, they are spoiled to a certain extent but they are also disciplined. I am a firm believer that a *dangerous* person can do just as much, if not more damage, as a *dangerous* dog. But just because on person of a certain race commited a crime, you wouldn't say that all people from that race are no longer allowed in your city, that would be racist, it's not much different saying that all dogs of a certain breed are not allowed within city limits......I may be rambling here.... possibly because breed banning makes me so mad..... I work with animals on a daily basis, and I see my fair share of aggressive dogs, but then I come home at night and turn on the news, and I hear of a whole bunch of *aggressive* people, and in my opinion, guns can do alot more initial damage than teeth.I think I will leave you with that thought, because the more I think about this the more I want to shake the people who are making these rules.... What are your thoughts? Leave me some feedback, I would love to hear it..... Catch ya on the flip-side!

I am so HOT!

No I'm not being vain.... I am talking about the temperature outside, not the physical aspect of a person....... It is smoking outside, like honestly, I was out painting my picinic table and benches this afternoon (I actually had a full day off of work, how cool is that) and I was ssssooooooo hot...... by the time I got one bench finished, I needed to come in and get another bottle of water, it's pretty sad, I know but when it is super hot outside I could drink gallons of water..... I know that this sounds strange, but I can hardly wait for fall, not that I like raking my yard, but the weather in the fall is truly awesome, it's cool, but not cold, and you can still get in a couple days at the lake without freezing your butt off...... Anyways, short update, cause I need to shower and get to bed...... Catch ya on the flipside blogger world!

Really, I'm still alive!

Hello world! How is it going tonight, here has been very eventful and very busy, and then my computer has been on the fritz so I really haven't had much choice but to neglect my little blog and I know that it sounds like I am trying to make excuses, but I promise now that I will update at least once a week, even if it is a very short update, cause I realize that I haven't really been that good at keeping up with anyone these days... hmmm.... where to start..... lots has happened since I last blogged. I got offered a job back home, and although it sounded appealing at the time, the more I think about it the more I realize that there is nothing in Kindersley for me, I mean I still have a few friends there, but I love Swift Current, and I love my job here, and the people I work with (for the most part, there are times of frustration, but you get that anywhere right?) and I absolutley love my church family here, everyone is so friendly and you can harldy walk through the door without a hug or a handshake, it is truly awesome, so i declined the job. Very shortly after I did that, we had a case came in that made me wish I had taken it...lol... we had a dog come in that was absolutely full of maggots, and when I say full I mean really really full, we pulled maggots out of this dog for almost an hour and we had a little over half an icecream bucket full, it was gross, but at least the dog is feeling better though. It's always rewarding when you can see some successes instead of euthanasias all the time. I have started going back to the college and carreer group, I missed last week, cause I had to medicate my kitten. Oh by the way, for those of you who don't know, I have now added to my little family two little orange kittens. They have a bit of a sad story and originally they were only staying with me until I could find homes for them, but they wiggled their way into my heart pretty quickly and are here to stay. Last Sunday Rascal (aptly named) electrocuted himself (on what I am not 100% sure but I am guessing the outlet on the stove) I got home from church and honestly thought he was going to be dead.... Of course this had to happen when my vet was out of town, so off we went to the other Vet clinic in town,(who by the way are awesom people and just as good of vets as mine,) The prognosis was not good. His lungs were so full of fluid that he could barely breathe and according to all the books, his chance of survival was less that 0.3% I was pretty upset and fully intended to be digging a hole by the morning. We gave him some lasix, to try and draw the fluid out of his lungs, but it still wasn't looking very hopeful. I spent a lot of time praying that night, and God definantly answered prayers, because we re-checked his lungs in the morning, and all the fluid was gone. He is doign very well at the moment, and for a cat with only half a tongue left, he eats like a horse. I am so happy, and Praise God for my little miracle kitty. Other then work, life has been pretty uneventful, I went to a wedding back home, which was very nice and I have another one to go to in August, and hopefully, I can take a weekend off and go to the lake, or meet up with some friends or soemthing exciting. The weather has been so hot here that most of the time I don't really want to do anything. Even tonight when I went for a walk with Brenda and the dogs the temp was still very hot and we didn't start our walk until about 9:15pm I think it was still 25* outside. The breeze was nice but as soon as you were sheltered from the breeze, it was hot, and muggy, possibly brewing a thunderstorm for tonight. I hope not, a little rain to cool things off would be great, but it doesn't need to be stormy..... I'm hoping to get my picnic table and benches sanded and painted tomorrow because I have the day off, but if the weather is anything like it was today, my time might be better spent inside doing laundry or something of the sort. Anyways, I am getting tired so I think that I'm going to call it a night for now, and I will update again, if not tomorrow, then in the next week sometime, Have a good night all, and God Bless!!

Hello faithful readers, although given the fact that it has almost been a month since my last post, I'm not sure how many of you are left, not that there were tonnes to begin with. I do apologize for my lack in blogging, but I have been so busy with work and trying to have some sort of a social life (which is non-existant anyways) that the last thing on my mind has been blogging. My hours are starting to get better though, which is nice, the past few days I have gotten away from the clinic before 7pm, which considering the hours that I have been working, thats pretty decent. Anyways, in light of my return to blogger, I am going to leave you with this brief introduction for tonight and go to bed. Have a good one and we will talk soon.

Puppies at midnight!

Ok, so you are probably wondering what in the world I am doing blogging at 1:45am the truth is I am trying to unwind. I got called into work at 10:30 to check on a dog who was whelping, she had already been whelping for 6 hours so we were running a little low in the time department, but we decided to try some oxytocin first, when that didn't work, a c-section was our next option. By midnight things were well underway and we were trying to revive two lifeless puppies while Rodney was sewing up. At first things didn't look to hopeful. The puppies were out around 11:30 but they didn't really show any signs of being alive. By 12 they were showing some signs of movement andby 12:30 they were crying and moving. It took us about half an hour to recover mom, and she was scared of the puppies. I know that she will get used to them though, she will be a good mom, she is such a good tempered dog. So that brings me to now. I am very excited that we had a success story, which is a bit of an issue because I have to be at church early tomorrow, but I can't seem to slow down enough to sleep. lol.... anyways, I am going to go and try and sleep. We will see how that goes. Catch ya'll later!

Still kicking

Ok, ok, I know, it has been an insanely long time since my last blog and I apologize and in all reality I have no excuse. I have just been feeling private lately I guess....... Nothing really tremendous has happened since the last blog, so really updating would be unneccessary. I just wanted to let ya'll know that I am still alive... unfortunatly thats all I can offer for tonight, if you feel you need more information, e-mail me and I would be more then happy to write back.

Java java java....

I need a cup of coffee. lol... I have taken the midnight shift at the clinic for the second night in a row tonight, and I'm a little tired. Not always do I have to be there at midnight, but we amputated a leg on a cat on Wednesday and she needs painkillers and an antibiotic and I am the lucky canididate to give it to her, which means that I have to stay awake, not that I have a problem with that. I'm actually really excited about it because she is doing so well. Going from the point that we thought that we might lose her back to eating and drinking on her own and learning to walk on three legs quite quickly. I know you are probably going to think that this is stupid, but watching her inspires me. She is so quick to learn to fight and get back on her feet, why can't I be more like that? When I get knocked down I prefer to sit there and wallow in self pity...lol.... ok so I'm not that bad, but really how many times after a bad day, a broken heart, a disagreement, or really anything that didn't really go the way we wanted it to go do we sit around complaining about it instead of getting up, brushing the dirt off and getting back on the horse to try again. Why are we more content to sit back and hide in the shadows? Is it because we are afraid of getting hurt at a deeper level, or repeatedly at the same level? I know it sucks to get hurt, and I am just as guilty as the next person for sitting in the shadows and attempting to be invisiable, but I am slowly learning to be more like the cat. I want to be more like the cat. I want to be able to just brush it off and go instead of holding on to the past. You can't move forward if you are bound to the past..... any way.....thats my thought pattern for tonight..... i'm off to grab a tims, realax for a few, then head out to the clinic to look after le chat.... night all.... feel free to comment or ask questions...lol.... i'm so tired......

Cold feet...

Hey there blogging world! Just thought that it was about time for a quick update. There is lots going on in my life lately, not all of which I will blog about becuase that would take days and I really don't have the time for that...lol.... I am pretty tired lately, been working hard and keeping fairly busy. I taught a dog bite prevention class with Dash tonight. It was great! It was kinda shocking at the amount of stuff that people don't ever think about when approaching a dog. And I think it was good for the adults as well as the kids. I think everyone got something out of it. A lot of you are probably wondering about the title of my blog... not I'm not nervous about making a big decision, my feet are honest to goodness freezing cold, and I really can't get them to warm up. I've tried soaking them in hot water, using my heat pack, sitting infront of the heater, they just won't warm up.... oh well, I'm sure that eventually they will get warmer, I'm hoping soon.... anyways, I just thought that I should possibly update, but I"m thinking now would be a great time to get to bed, I'm tired and if I continue to stay awake and blog I might sleep through work tomorrow... lol, just kidding I wouldnt sleep through work but I would be very tired so I'm off to bed. Have a great night and until the next time adios!

Totally Cool!!!

Hey all, I was going to update yesterday, but there were not enough hours to do a posting, so I shall post today. We did the coolest surgery yesterday. We did Cannula surgeries on cattle to put rumen fistula's in. I was going to post pictures but I didn't think that many people would be so keen on that, but for those of you who want to see pics of the surgery let me know, and I'll e-mail them to you..... Today was pretty good.... very busy but pretty good...I was supposed to be working reception so that I could take it easier and let my bruises from last week heal, but because of sick kids we ended up short staffed and instead of taking it easy I worked as two employees on a day that would have been crazy busy if I was only doing on job..... but it was alright, I made it out alive, and hopefully things can get back to normal tomorrow..... if all goes well I might not even have to work over time tomorrow!! That would be super exciting.... anyways, I know this was a short update, but I'm singing in church on Sunday and I really feel that I should practice my song...Catch ya'll later!!

Attention Anonymous....

Wow, I was starting to believe that no one actually read this, but I guess you do, whoever you might be.....so I guess this post is for you...... it has been a really long time since I updated, I'm not even sure where to start.....the past couple of months have been amazing, trying at times, stressful mostly, but truly blessed when it really comes down to it.... I got to go back to Kindersley for Christmas and spend time with my family, which was great. New Years was the *big event of the year*. Angela and Grant finally tied the knot! The wedding was beautiful, and on the big day everyone really did look fantastic. I survived my speech, which was a miracle in itself considering I really don't handle public speaking well....I guess I better get used to it though, Brenda has asked me to be part of the worship team, and I said yes, not quite sure what made me say yes, because I get super nervous and turn all red, then I get flustered and forget the words, lol..pathetic, I know and someday perhaps I will get over that, I hope...... Work is going great, keeping busy which is great, I don't like the days when it is slow, it always seems like you work forever but get nothing done...... tomorrow I would like a slow day, not because I want it to be frusterating, but I am slightly bruised at the moment and not entirely sure that I will be walking in the morning, totally blaming it on the three inches of ice I park on, it has absolutly nothing to do with my total lack of gracefulness....lol...... I think for this exact point in time, i'm done, I'm tired and achy and totally lacking in the sleep department, I do promise to blog again soon, have a good one!