Granny's gone and done it again

[Nomadicus]

The pups had to go because of the neighbors. I'm not sure why it's such a problem for us to have dogs, we live in the country and in the summer when all the leaves are on the trees we can see only one set of buildings. In the winter we can see a total of three other residents. We are on a very rural dirt road.
Anyway, in order to be peaceful neighbors we got rid of them.
We used to be amish, but left the lifestyle twenty three years ago. It just seems like they harbor ill will against us for that.
They call law enforcement/dog warden on our dogs for no reason at all. Even law enforcement tells us there's no logical reason for it.
We are planning on getting a dog in the future, but we needed some time to re-evaluate what we can do to keep things peaceable.
We tend to get purebreds and most of our neighbors have mutts, I'm wondering if that doesn't have a lot to do with it. I also specifically train my dogs a certain way to where they resond to me in confidence and not by cowering. There is a general spirit of extreme dominance in the traditions of the amish and if they can't make others cower before them at any time they seem to get angry. I want my dogs to be confident in all that they do and that depends solely on me. My dogs confidently respond to me, while a few amish admire that, most will not.
There are people that when they pass our place will heckle the dogs, I really don't like that and the dogs we've gotten so far don't like it either. I want to be able to train my dog to ignore that and possible to completely disdain it.

They are not abiding by (do good to all people and especially those of the household of faith). I guess they are like some other groups who have a disdain for anyone who is not one that believes like they do.

 

[h2oratt]

I had a bad night Shrek. No sleep at all. I tried to sleep in my bed and it felt so good but I couldn't get up. Ended up hurting my arm and standing here crying at 3 am. Took some meds. Robert tried to get me to call the squad but I didn't.

That’s too bad. I hope you figure out a way to get out of bed. Sounds awful. Maybe you can call Robert to help you up.

 

[h2oratt]

I had nightmares last night and didn't sleep well. It's drizzling lightly out now. I did a minor repair inside a coop this morning that will keep the young small game birds (chickens)from flying up and then roosting to were the can get out th coop in the mornings. When I had heave breeds in this big brooder/grow out coop they didn't do this.

Chickens sure can fly.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Good for you. You are doing great. Maybe lowering caffeine intake is one of the factors that is helping in this regard.

Thanks!!!! And nah, it’s just that she already knows about certain things so I don’t have to worry about that.

 

[Nomadicus]

@troyer maybe you need a sign with the quote "Do good unto all people especially those of the house hold of faith" on it in large print to where they cab read it as they pass by. You need something that will throw a guilt trip on them and make them think about what they are doing that is wrong. Down right sinful.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Glad you are feeling confident about your meeting today. You are making good progress.

Thanks!!!!

 

[Nomadicus]

Chickens sure can fly.

These are bantam size game fowl. They are so funny to watch. Even some of the pullets play fight with the roosters. They are just doing a play spar learning some moves I guess. I'm keeping 4 of those rooster. They are all of different colors. All of this flock will come and take treats out of our hands. They git up on Ma's push cart she made out of a rolling walker to take treats from her. One especially that she named Jeffery. Jeffery is not looking the best all of a sudden and I suspect he has eaten a toxic weed. I still have some lantana to get cut down. Thats a real job as they are very woody and I have to use heavy duty loppers to cut them out to the ground level. Then I need to burn the base out with a torch hoping to kill it that way. I will not use a brush killer where a chicken might get some of it.

 

[Nomadicus]

Took a full dose of morning meds including the full prescribed 600mg of gabapentin for my shoulder. Now I'm nodding off and trying to go to sleep in my chair which I do not want to do. Need to do more outside between rain showers.

 

[Nomadicus]

No rest for the weary means that you must keep on working even though you're exhausted or tired.

Yup. That's me. Some days I just can't go and sleep most of the day and night. I need to till the fall crop of Purple Hull peas if I can today but it is not looking like I will.

 

[Nomadicus]

I had a bad night Shrek. No sleep at all. I tried to sleep in my bed and it felt so good but I couldn't get up. Ended up hurting my arm and standing here crying at 3 am. Took some meds. Robert tried to get me to call the squad but I didn't.

Granny I hope that you can do better tonight. It's hard to have a good day after a bad night.