Giants...

We sprayed for grasshoppers last night, our 2nd spraying this Summer. We covered a large area, no wind, perfect! Over the course of the day we've seen a few die-hard hoppers and a large hopper climbs the window screen, from my view it looks as if it is crawling up the neighbor's house. A horror flick indeed. From what I learned this weekend, the well-known spray I use will last as long as the next rain appears. It doesn't say that on the bottle, but an older gentleman I visit with at the market has much experience and I trust his word.

We baked all day and taking the night off to spend time with the kids. The air continues to run until the oven cools down. Looking forward to a good night's rest, this week will be hot, keep an eye on your pets and enjoy your week.

Take care.

Customer comments.. dog and human

We enjoy people stopping by telling us "Our dogs will only eat your treats!"; "Your treats saved my dogs life, we've spent alot of money at the vet and your treats was all he'd eat." or "We don't buy treats at the store anymore." or "I have my granddogs this weekend and heard your treats are great, so here we are!"

If you want live references, just bring down your dog, we have samples for both of you. I can also provide names of humans that have purchased our treats and keep coming back, bringing their friends or telling them about us.

Bringing to market today, the few bags we had left in our inventory, we came home with more purchases from other vendors than treats. If we want to start baking early Sunday morning, we'd better head for bed.

Take care and thanks for stopping by the market, remember we deliver locally and ship out. Til next week at Crazy Day's.

Can you see me?

Buster has had quite a month, the last few days we had wondered if he could see us. He would react to sounds, but seemed lost once outside and around the steps to the ground. We continue to pick him up and keep the boxes in the chairs.

A friend stopped by the market today asking how this all began. The vet said like a person, a dog can twist wrong. I had called the vet shortly after I gave the last dose of flea/tick repellent. Just after the 4th I called and gave her symptoms asking if it could be the repellent, a packet a step up from his weight. Was it to potent? I didn't notice in May, but it was so hot, both dogs were sluggish. The vet also mentioned that Buster was walking on the toes of his back feet, she asked if he was having problems pooping or lifting his leg which are all classic symptoms of back problems. He was poopin fine but did notice his squatting several times. My heart sunk. Is there a connection with flea/tick repellent? The vet said our next dose will be that of his weight.

He's had swelling in his back haunches, but noticed today that is better. He most likely hasn't slept well for 3 weeks because his favorite chair is not in his reach. We continue to get up in the night to check on him, tell him we love him, we'll see him in the morning and if he needs anything we are close by. Looking into his big brown eyes, we hope he continues to see us too, we pray over him and Carlee keeps an eye on him while we're at work. Buster is 9, a long life ahead of him in good health, that's our prayer. That's our prayer for all of us and all of you.

A hunting we will go...

Carlee and I have a nightly ritual of hunting grasshoppers. We take our trusty trowel, walk the fence line and as we hit'm Carlee catches them. It amazes me, we can smash them with insides out and they still hop 14 times. Walking the perimeter of the house, we bag about 50. As the wind sits still for about a 1/2 hour, we'll spray again. Our ferns and hosta look ragged and they are even eating the needles off our pine trees (Peter, Paul and Mary and the Mama's and Papa's). Yes, we do name most things, we talk, they listen, we water, they grow. Life.

Happened upon a link the other day, God and Dog, if it doesn't highlight here, cut and paste into the search box, it is a wonderful 1:58 seconds long and we wanted to share. http://www.care2.com/greenliving/our-pets-as-spiritual-teachers.html

On that note, two dogs lay closeby dozing and I think the grass is barely moving. Must take advantage and load the sprayer. Take care.