Visited Paul and Carolyn last night

Mary and I took girl dog up to meet Paul, Carolyn and Rio last night. Well they actually agree to take her for a few days and see how her and Rio got along. Last time while there she showed how attached to Mary she is. She was always trying to get into her lap. She settled down a bit later in the night and she was very good while we were eating dinner. Carolyn was nice enough to cook dinner for us and made it something on the healthy side since I'm back on a stricter diet (weighed right at 200.0 before going over to their house!). Rio and her didn't hate each other, in fact they seemed to not even care one another was there. Girl dog eventually warmed up to Carolyn and sat with her on the couch. Paul and Carolyn both were holding her later in the night right before we left and she seemed right at home. Hopefully she does good and they decided to keep her!

I took my Glock over to show Paul (I had no idea in was SO into guns until recently...well until I got into them :) ). He really liked it and laughed at the 33 round clip, like most do. Well he showed me his collect. He keeps 2 Smith & Wessons in the night stands (1 is Carolyn's). After showing those he took me down to see what he had in the safe! WOW!...what a collection! He showed me a few handguns first, then....he pulled out the M1 carbine! Beautiful gun!
The standard US military fireman used during World War II and the Korean War. This one was an original US military issued M1 used in one or the another or both wars (can't remember what he told me). Still had the original sling with 2 mag pouch on the stock. It was in GREAT condition, the wood looked brand new. Then he shocks me, "Come on let's go shoot it!" I was very surprised, as we walk he tells me its his favorite gun and shoots it all the time. To me it looked like a safe baby. We walk out onto the porch, he drops it to his hip and fires away...5 rounds straight into the wood right there from the porch. Then he handed it to me. I shot it several times using the sites and a few times from the hip. It was a great experience! I couldn't help but think what that gun had seen and where it had been.

After shooting the M1 he showed me the rest of the collection which included: several beautiful Colt and Smith & Wesson revolvers, a $2700 Benelli shotgun, several other rifles, the Dirty Harry .44 Magnum and even a little revolver that was stamped with the year 1887 on the barrel that my grandmother gave him.

Well we had a great night with them and are hoping and praying that girl dog works out for them. Now Mary will want to go visit all the time and Pual and I can shoot!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT SARAH!!! :)

Found a girl dog

Yup it's true found another dog. Thursday morning when taking the guys out they discovered a little girl door in the driveway. She came straight into the garage, was freezing and wet. I called Mary cause this little lady was ready to dart in. She came out and we agreed to hold on to her and look for her originally owners. Of course our printed was out of ink so I went to work and emailed the President of the homeowners association to see if she would print it and hang it at the mailboxes, like we did with Enzo. While this was going on Mary was on her way to work, and she actually took the little one with her. Everyone there loved her. She is a very good dog, well trained and seeming healthy. Well our pres was out of town as well as the treasurer. Mary ran her up to a vet close by to see if she was chipped. She is not and he said she was 2-3 and has had puppies and/or gone through a heat cycle.

Friday I emailed an Tinah (Aunt of a co-worker) who works with rescued dogs. See CC'd me on an emailed with 2 other recipients that deal with these things. Well I ended up posting her on craiglist.com (hate the site) and on Young Williams site. I have had 2 hits from craigslist, one looking for a different dog and the other wanting her if we didn't find the owners.

Saturday we discovered she probably has tapeworm and started freaking out that our guys would get it. I called the ER and they said if they were on a tape preventive they'd be fine. Well we got the idea to let the lady have here and assume responsibility. We thought we could take her to Young Williams (they would treat the worms) and after the 3 day period she'd be ours and we'd just let her have her. Also 10 days in ones possession legally makes them yours. We gave her both options. During this I was also emailing Beth, one of the ladies Tinah put me in contact with. She calmed me down about the worms and we ended up on the phone. She invited us to come by and she would give the dog and shot and a worm preventive.

Sunday we meet Beth at her house and she gave the little girl her nessisary meds. She now only needs a rabies shot and to be spayed. Beth did all this for free saying, "It's great you are doing this and I'm just helping your cause."

She gets along with all the guys here. Just Enzo doesn't really get it that she is way more fragile then his brothers but he is getting there. Hopefully we'll find a great home for her soon.

One last pic. :)