HELP NEEDED ASAP:
Please help!!!! After two long years of being on a waiting list for an agility dog, we have been notified by the breeder that, at long last, our number has come up and … WE ARE HAVING A PUPPY!!!
We must get rid of our children IMMEDIATELY because we just know how time consuming our new little puppy is going to be and it just wouldn’t be fair to the children. Since our little puppy will be arriving on Monday we MUST place the children into rescue this weekend!
They are described as:
One male – His name is Tommy, Caucasian (English/Irish mix), light blonde hair, blue eyes. Four years old. Excellent disposition. He doesn’t bite. Temperament tested. Does have problems with peeing directly in the toilet. Has had chicken Pox and is current on all shots. Tonsils have already been removed. Tommy eats everything, is very clean, house trained & gets along well with others. Does not run with scissors and with a little training he should be able to read soon.
One female – Her name is Lexie, Caucasian (English/Irish mix), strawberry blonde hair, green eyes, quite freckled. Two years old. Can be surly at times. Non-biter, thumb sucker. Has been temperament tested but needs a little attitude adjusting occasionally. She is current on all shots, tonsils out, and is very healthy & can be affectionate. Gets along well with other little girls & little boys but does not like to share her toys and therefore would do best in a one child household. She is a very quick learner and is currently working on her house training-shouldn’t take long at all.
We really do LOVE our children so much and want to do what’s right for them; that is why we contacted a rescue group. But we simply can no longer keep them. Also, we are afraid that they may hurt our new puppy.
I hope you understand that ours is a UNIQUE situation and we have a real emergency here!!! They MUST be placed into your rescue by Sunday night at the latest or we will be forced to drop them off at the orphanage or along some dark, country road. Our priority now has to be our new puppy.
— Author Unknown
Maui Luau
Thursday in Maui we went out to the Old Lahaina Luau.
The commercial luau seems to be one of those quintessential Hawaiian tourist activities, but it’s basically a big outdoor restaurant with a show to watch while you’re eating dinner. There were some interesting dishes, some pretty tasty, others not so much.
Some awesome banana bread was available along with a pretty tasty ahi (tuna) poke. There was purple poi there too, which was a lot more watery than I was expecting. I was expecting poi to be something more of a mashed potato kind of consistency, but this poi was more like a salad dressing consistency. Didn’t taste like much either and didn’t really add anything to the meal at all.
Just before dinner started, people gathered around the imu to watch the roasted pig being uncovered.
The roasted pig served at the luau (I don’t think it was the same one that was uncovered) tasted pretty good – tender, flavourful and not too dry. I thought it would have a little more smoky flavour than it did, but it was pretty mild. Since I was still recovering from whatever flu-like thing I had contracted, I didn’t eat a whole lot of food, although I did manage to pack away a few yummy desserts.
The white squares were some kind of coconut square which I thought were very good, as were the macadamia nut tarts.
The dinner wrapped up with more dancing telling the history of Hawai’i
Old Lahaina Luau is an attractive setting once you get inside, and there’s plenty of things to check out while you’re waiting for the buffet to open up. You can check out people making Hawai’ian totems and other crafts, or learn basic hula steps from one of the staff. Or just wander around with a fruity drink in hand and enjoy the scenery or the expansive ocean view.
It’s a little on the pricey side, but if you’ve got room in the budget and looking for your first luau experience, it’s worth a try.
Food: 3.5 out of 5
Ambiance and entertainment: 4 out of 5
A week in the kennel
The dogs spent the last week hanging out together in jail the kennel while we were on vacation.
Much to my surprise, after we picked them up yesterday they were almost like two different dogs. We could actually have them both out at the same time without them going completely crazy running around chasing each other and bashing into everything. They still do it a little bit, and there’s always the bitey-face game to play, but having them out together is actually tolerable now instead of having to banish them outside to the back porch for their rough-housing.
Maybe it was Simba’s neutering that helped, maybe it was the week cooped up together or something. Whatever it was, it’s nice being able to let them both out at the same time without worrying about stuff getting smashed to bits.
Heck, if I had known all it would take was a week together at the kennel, I’d have shipped them off there months ago!
We do need to do a little bit of retraining though. Simba’s still pretty good at listening to us. Nala seems to have developed a bit of an attitude though. She likes the kennel well enough based on the feedback we get…I don’t think she likes us leaving her there though.
Getting back on track
Ok, so Maui was pretty good. Getting to and from Maui…not so good, at least from the east coast anyway. Three flights and about 11 hours of air time (15-16 hours total including layovers) is pretty tiring, even if all you’re doing is just sitting around on your butt.
The week would have been way better if I wasn’t sick with a cold all week though. Flew out Saturday (the 10th) feeling the beginnings of a cold coming on, and by the end of Monday, the virus had me fully in it’s grip. And then just as I was starting to feel like I was getting over things on Thursday, it morphed into something flu-like and I ended up sleeping most of the last two days. At least I managed to recover enough to make the flight home tolerable.
Despite being sick, I had a pretty decent time in Maui. I just didn’t get to do as many things as I would have liked. The highlight of my trip was catching the sunrise at the rim of Haleakala (about 3000 m/9800 feet up), enjoying the scenery at the summit (3055 m) and then riding back down to sea level. So much fun. It’s a nearly 3km descent over a distance of 50 km or so. Lots of twists and turns and great scenery to enjoy on the way down. Got rained on during part of the second half of the ride down, but it wasn’t too bad. Awesome ride. I’d love to try tackling it up and down on a regular road bike.
Back from vacation
More later. Maui was fun. Many things to organize, receipts to enter and about a half gig of photos and movies to go through.
Only about 1500 emails to skim through though. Must have been a light week on the mailing lists.
More later.