Today's Weather

Just got in from the outdoor market.Nice and sunny out but still freezing to me.Not very busy there, half the vendors were not open and a good 75 percent less shoppers.My cousin is going to send over a 12 page letter from my brother.Gosh, sort of not looking forward to reading it.It must be terrible to spend holidays in lock up.His son,s GF has not contacted us for almost a month. Hmm, did she drain his bank account and skip town?I hate to think about it, nothing for me to do but worry and worry is not my thing.If I could change or do something , I would.Looks like duck again tonight!Have to finish it off.Nice to have a dog who would enjoy some left overs.Spaniel dogs, IDK anything much about them.Lap dogs, I thought.Golden,s are about the 3rd smartest dogs. Even slightly smarter then a Doberman.Dobermans are easy to train because they want to please their family but sometimes they can outsmart people by doing something their own way.I would get a Doberman again in a heart beat if I was up to it.They are not aggressive if they are not bored and are well trained;One moment they are jumping around like a loon and the next they are a huge lap dog.Lots of energy, need allot of time with their family. Not the type of pet to be ignored.Think the I.Q.of a Doberman was 91 and a Golden 93.Have known people who were running on 80!My sister had a Great Dane, name of Patrick.Super laid back dog, until he was not.Once she had him and her Black Lab in the back seat of her Camero.She got petrol at the station and the guy put his hand inside her car to hand back her money.Before anyone knew the Dane was in the front seat holding the guys hand in his mouth.Protection dogs. - @Marilyn TassyYour posting prompted me to check the intelligence of Spaniels - particularly the English Cocker Spaniel or the Welsh Spaniel - and they are pretty smart but not as clever as Goldies. They seem to need a lot of attention, 2 walks a day and plenty of engagement. Be like having a boisterous kid on our hands and I am wondering if it would be too much. And it seems, they need to be fully engaged and trained early to ensure they are properly socialised to ensure they know who is the boss. They can get bored and therefore naughty. They seem possibly a little bit behind the Goldie but they can do plenty and are about half the weight. That's 20kg which is medium I'd say. Our Goldie is 40kg and is not fat (not much anyway). I think if I am retired - probably by the time I am 70, I will have time for it. Once again, me discussing Spaniels with others here has brought complaints of my pushing our existing Goldie into the grave. I wondered if we have 2 dogs, they could benefit from each other. Apparently Spaniels readily join families and are very happy to be part of it. Right new, we've got visitors - again. I am not particularly engaged with them. It's once again all Hungarian. I am doing duties like filling up and putting the dishwasher on. I think they will go soon. Luckily, that will be it for this year.Is your cousin going to just scan you bro's letter or photo it and share it? That's the way forward, not normal post. It's dire here if one gets letters - takes weeks. I bought some electronic bits on Alza on Xmas Day and they were in the Alza box for collection this morning. That's mega fast. Wasn't a complicated thing but I was amazed it was in there so quickly. If only Magyar Post had the same work ethic. - @fluffy2560

Yes, she scans them so the writing is a bit easier to read. She blows up the pages etc.

He was using torn out plank pages from books and found the guts of an old pen, sometimes a old pencil on the ground.

Every time they move him they toss out everything he bought and he has to start fresh. New soap, shampoo , toothpaste and brush.

I thought they provided the basic things but no.

I am almost numb now thinking about his situation, that or I,d be pulling my hair out.

He will be fine in time, just a hard patch in his life right now.

My eldest had a flu shot and some other shot last Sunday.

A few days later she could not move, her nerves in her legs were gone Stayed in bed for 2 days and barely could get to the loo by herself!

My nightmare, her depending on halfie for anything!

She is good now but it was scary.

Weird thing, when our mother was 18 or 19 she had some sort of thing with her legs too. For about 6 months she was in bed! No flu shots back then either. I had forgotten she told me about that years ago until now.

It was long before polio too.

I wonder if the food supply had something to do with it, early days of mass production of food, canned etc.?

Something in the fertilizer?

Just cleared up one day.

Yes, all dogs benefit from early training.

My Max was a large European style Doberman, the standard US type is allot smaller then he was.

He could be a handful if you allowed him the upper hand.

All energy and muscle, he could take down a man twice his size if he wished to.

He was very gentle , with small children he would almost squeal and shake like he was being extra careful with them.

When he was still a puppy, a large puppy, our old neighbor and her little girl came over to see our new home.

She had stopped at a hamburger place to buy her girl lunch and we sat outside by the pool;

I had no idea she had brought food, just opened it up and bam, it was gone; My Max snagged it out of the girls hands in one gulp.

Did not hurt the girl but scared her to death.

Needless to say my neighbor never came over again. Not really our fault, if I had known they would tempt him, I would of but him away. He had such a look of satisfaction on his face, I had to control my laughter, my friend so not to insult my friend.

Oh, dear, should move this to another topic, nothing to do with the weather. I do see it is going to dip by Wed.Might even get some snow.