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Okay it has just been announced this evening. The Governor of California just announced that he is putting the entire State of 40M residents under mandatory home sequester. Only exceptions will be for getting groceries, going to the doctor, or essential employees as defined by the State. Residents are allowed to walk outside if they practice social distancing.

This is bad, REALLY BAD!

Ricky's Popi
 
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Hi, Mom of Bing Lee, age 9 months. Live in San Francisco, 4 days into our sequestering protocol (same as State mandate). Have to do something with 40 million residents. Taking advantage of this time to get all the stuff I wanted to get accomplished in in the home and garden.
Love to read and books are stacked up.
Still can walk Bing. We do three miles total a day, am and pm, now 7 days a week. I am embracing my part in stemming the flow of the virus. I am lucky, live near the ocean and there are lots of folks with dogs. We are pulling together as a community, people are positive. Wish all Havanese readers to stay safe and take care of your families and our precious dog kids.
 
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We aren’t required to do it here (yet) but it is requested of as many people as possible. Many people are working from home. I am at home as is my DIL and granddaughter, My son is still working, but he works outdoors, so he has little danger. My husband is a CPA, and still going to his office, but he and his three employees all have separate spaces, and they are requesting that clients mail in their paperwork then arrange phone meetings rather than face to face. While the deadline for PAYING taxes has been extended by 90 days, stupidly, they have not extended the FILING date. So the taxes still have to get done...
 
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I teach French at a public high school in a Minneapolis suburb. Students didn't report for school this week so that teachers could prepare for "distance learning" which will begin after Spring Break (March 21 through 29). DH teaches math at a public high school near the Iowa border. Students reported to school on Monday for the last time, then teachers reported to prepare for "distance learning" which will begin next week. DH has been sick, however, so he stayed home Tuesday through today. He's finally starting to feel a little better. I was sick the week before DH. (Colds for both of us. No fever.) Next week, even though students at DH's school will be learning at a distance, the teachers will have to report. Neither of us understand why. My district will be allowing us to teach from our homes. Although I would much rather be teaching my students in my classroom, I am looking forward to gaining TWO HOURS A DAY by not doing my commute! But enough about that ... What's Shama doing, you wonder? She was just chewing on the corner of a cardboard box! She's almost five years old, so what is up with that? Time for a redirect ... I put a tiny bit of peanut butter in her horse hoof, she raced to her purple mat to lie down to wait for her treat, and I gave her the hoof. She's been going at it for the past 15 minutes. What a good girl!
 
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We have been cooped at at Casa de Ricky for the last week due to my self imposed quarantine and unseasonable heavy rain. I could see that Ricky was getting a little lethargic and perhaps depressed with the disruption in his regular routine. We tried to compensate with game playing in the house and lots of interaction, which helped, but still wasn't enough.

Despite the sequestration order last night, this morning bloomed bright and sunny, a beautiful brisk new Spring day and I was not going to miss that opportunity. I decided to hit the trails on our normal routine and run Ricky's legs off to burn up some of his pent up energy. So off we went at 7 AM. He was in heaven enjoying all the fresh outdoor smells, pumping his little legs, and meeting some of his friends, doggie and human (at a distance). He was grinning eyeball to eyeball. Three miles and an hour later we had completed our typical loop, which we hadn't done in three weeks. He was ready for his hearty breakfast and ate it con gusto. For Ricky, the earth was spinning on its axis again. He took a lengthy nap this morning and again this afternoon. He was pooped but contented. This evening we had our customary TGIF Fiesta. Ricky had a Kong filled with his favorite vegetables and then finished off chewing on a Bully Stick, Momi and Popi had........never mind. Then it was off for another one mile evening walk with a bedtime poop and potty. Ricky was exhausted and ready to hit his crate and crash. As I post this, he is peacefully sound asleep next to me in his crate. But he will be ready and anxious for this same routine tomorrow morning and so will I.

The point of this post is that the three of us insist that life will go on as normal, even though somewhat modified. We view this new way of doing things under the pandemic as an adventure, learning new ways, but organizing our lives in a normal manner that is familiar to us. Don't lose confidence in yourself and your ability to adapt. Amigos, we can do this together and in the words of Joan Baez, "We Shall Overcome" and we shall prevail. Blessings to all those in the health and education fields. Peace, out.

Ricky's Popi
 
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It was a few days of adjustment for our Havanese, I have to admit. Everyone being home all of the time is so unusual for us, and usual it’s at the end of the day so it signals playtime. I’ve never really let him wander, but he wants to go from room to room to visit everyone. He also tries to herd us together sometimes, which is kind of funny. After a few days of sporadically trying to get us to play ten times a day, he seems to have settled in. He did pee on the rug where sawdust had been tracked into the house from the garage :doh: so I’m not sure what I’m going to do about that one. I did set up his potty tray with wood pellets, which we haven’t used in a while, but I’m still a little nervous about the sawdust that will inevitably be tracked through the house because I planned a big, dusty project for the COVID-19 home time.

He’s the star of all DH’s conference calls and my kids’ online school video calls!
 
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It was a few days of adjustment for our Havanese, I have to admit. Everyone being home all of the time is so unusual for us, and usual it's at the end of the day so it signals playtime. I've never really let him wander, but he wants to go from room to room to visit everyone. He also tries to herd us together sometimes, which is kind of funny. After a few days of sporadically trying to get us to play ten times a day, he seems to have settled in. He did pee on the rug where sawdust had been tracked into the house from the garage :doh: so I'm not sure what I'm going to do about that one. I did set up his potty tray with wood pellets, which we haven't used in a while, but I'm still a little nervous about the sawdust that will inevitably be tracked through the house because I planned a big, dusty project for the COVID-19 home time.

He's the star of all DH's conference calls and my kids' online school video calls!
Maybe have people take shoes off coming in so that the sawdust stays out?

We also had a poop accident here the other day when it rained really heavily, and because of too much going on, disrupted routine, too many people and too much confusion, I don't know whether Pixel was just upset and off her game, or if she tried to get someone to let her out and no one listened. Yes, there is the litter box, but she likes privacy, and if there were people in the kitchen and my office, she might not have felt comfortable in either litter box place. So we are going to need to be more careful on rainy days!

Change and disruption for all of us, but we'll all adjust! It's a beautiful day here again, and as soon as the baby wakes up from her nap, WE are going out for a walk too. Everyone but poor Kodi, who is still grounded because of his shoulder. I'll take him out for a sniff walk and some training later.

...And although it's a BIT early, I think I'm going to set my obedience ring up this weekend, so we can get back in a training routine. I haven't done ANYTHING since our school closed.
 
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Obviously burglars haven't been watching the news! Yesterday we had an attempted burglary. Don't they know everyone in California is at home. Our doorbell rang and DH went to the door. There was a young woman looking at her phone. Supposedly she was at our house to pick up her friend who was house cleaning. I would have immediately been alerted, but DH thought she might be at the wrong house since a neighbor is remodeling. He noticed she didn't go to that house and got into a Lexus with a driver. The car continued down the street turned around and sped past our house. He then noticed the driver had a hoodie on. He got into his car to follow and call the police. Heading down the hill he saw the police at a house. They were alerted because the house had an alarm system. The house must have had cameras because the sheriff said the Lexus was stolen. Thank goodness we were home this time! Last time we were not that lucky. ☹
 
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People of Aldi. Not to be confused with: People of Walmart.

A friend of mine took a photo of this lady shopping at Aldi in her Beekeeper Outfit, Gloves and a Gas Mask underneath. :smile2:

Another friend said, two college students showed up at Walmart in Hazmat Suits. They were freaking out shoppers and were asked to leave.

We're living in a Surreal World. The Government needs to Shut Down Wall Street, which isn't helping matters.
 

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People of Aldi.
We are getting our first, home delivered grocery order from Aldi this afternoon. Easy-peasy! We're not going to put up with the idiots in the grocery stores.

(EDIT) Momi just received her Aldi order and is dancing around the casa. She says it is exactly what she would select had she gone in person! She asks me, why haven't I done this before? She is wiping down all the packages with disinfectant and putting things away. We may die from C-19, but at least it won't be from starvation! :hungry: :grin2:

Oh, and Ricky received his reorder for dog food from Natural Pet this afternoon. We're all in good shape.

I think somethings will improve in the future as a result of the current pandemonium. I envision that online grocery shopping is going to be a permanent 'thing' that will grow in popularity.

Ricky's Popi
 
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I'm in Oklahoma and live in a small college town around 50K, 25K are students. I was a City Girl and for a short time we lived in San Diego before finally moving to Stillwater, OK ...home of Oklahoma State University. Back then population was around 25K. Husband dragged me here Kicking and Screaming but many years ago I came to appreciate not living in a big city.

Our local community has been on lock down for more than a week starting Spring Break, as well as, the major cities.

Two days ago our local hospital admitted its first CoVId-19 patient from another county. Today, the state reported there are now 10 CoVid-19 hospitalized patients. 53 have tested positive...more are waiting results.

The three Big University's sent students home at Spring Break and told them not to come back and they will be completing the second semester Online. Public School students were out at Spring Break and told not to come back until April 6th. Public Schools are NOT set up for online learning but they may close for the rest of the school year.
 
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This morning, Ricky and I went on our regular 3 mile walk and we both had fun. We kept our distance from neighbors and their dogs and there were a bunch of people/dogs out this morning. I think everyone is getting antsy about being cooped up. I did notice that several of my neighbors were walking shoulder to shoulder. I don't understand their disregard for personal safety and health. These were not household partners! The City of Los Angeles has given up on trying to contain the contraction rate. People there are not following social distancing and home sequestration. The City is now concentrating on minimizing the mortality rate. It is going to be horrific before it gets better.

Both of our daughters are considered to be essential staff by their employers. One is in health services and the other in education services. They are required to go to work and be exposed to potentially contaminated individuals, yet they are not tested are given protective gear because none of that is available to them. Their clients aren't tested either because you have to show symptoms BEFORE you qualify for testing. The President and Federal Government do nothing except dawdle and issue platitudes and charts and sell their stock holdings via insider trading. I am pissed! Not only are my daughters in danger but we cannot visit with them in order to protect ourselves. We do talk via cel video and that will have to do, but this may go on for months.

Ricky's skin allergies chose to flair up this last week and he was scratching and biting himself frequently to the point of causing infection. I called his Vet for an appointment but he said no can do. They are only taking critical cases right now (and they are swamped because they only allow one person/pet inside the office at a time and they have to sanitize after each visit) and Ricky isn't critical.......YET! He said he would give us a prescription for a strong antihistamine and anti-itch spray (which were effective in the past) and to come by and pick them up. This morning we went to the Vet's office but we were not allowed inside. We had to call from the car and a tech met us outside (in full hazmat gear) to give us the prescription and collect payment. All this was done in the trunk of my car and we didn't get within 20 ft. of each other.

I am within 4 days from coming out of self-quarantine as a result of my recent visit to Europe. And things are looking good for me. BUT the three of us will still be in isolation for dog knows how long!

Weird times, but this will show what Americans are truly made of, for better or worse.

Ricky's Popi
 
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This morning, Ricky and I went on our regular 3 mile walk and we both had fun. We kept our distance from neighbors and their dogs and there were a bunch of people/dogs out this morning. I think everyone is getting antsy about being cooped up. I did notice that several of my neighbors were walking shoulder to shoulder. I don't understand their disregard for personal safety and health. These were not household partners! The City of Los Angeles has given up on trying to contain the contraction rate. People there are not following social distancing and home sequestration. The City is now concentrating on minimizing the mortality rate. It is going to be horrific before it gets better.

Both of our daughters are considered to be essential staff by their employers. One is in health services and the other in education services. They are required to go to work and be exposed to potentially contaminated individuals, yet they are not tested are given protective gear because none of that is available to them. Their clients aren't tested either because you have to show symptoms BEFORE you qualify for testing. The President and Federal Government do nothing except dawdle and issue platitudes and charts and sell their stock holdings via insider trading. I am pissed! Not only are my daughters in danger but we cannot visit with them in order to protect ourselves. We do talk via cel video and that will have to do, but this may go on for months.

Ricky's skin allergies chose to flair up this last week and he was scratching and biting himself frequently to the point of causing infection. I called his Vet for an appointment but he said no can do. They are only taking critical cases right now (and they are swamped because they only allow one person/pet inside the office at a time and they have to sanitize after each visit) and Ricky isn't critical.......YET! He said he would give us a prescription for a strong antihistamine and anti-itch spray (which were effective in the past) and to come by and pick them up. This morning we went to the Vet's office but we were not allowed inside. We had to call from the car and a tech met us outside (in full hazmat gear) to give us the prescription and collect payment. All this was done in the trunk of my car and we didn't get within 20 ft. of each other.

I am within 4 days from coming out of self-quarantine as a result of my recent visit to Europe. And things are looking good for me. BUT the three of us will still be in isolation for dog knows how long!

Weird times, but this will show what Americans are truly made of, for better or worse.

Ricky's Popi
I'M PISSED TOO!!

Our local Hospital volunteers are sewing and making masks for the hospital staff. China can provide the things we need and are doing it for other countries. Heck they can build hospitals in five days and American can't figure out how to provide masks and ventilators to hospitals. The World is changing.

I read where large cities with big outbreaks have given up testing, except for the most severe cases. Telling people if your feel like you have the Flu consider it Coronavirus and Stay Home, unless it's an emergency and you need hospitalization.

In one way, that's kind of a relief. Turn the Virus loose since there's really nothing much that can be done about it, until vaccines and people become immune to it. We can hope it slows down in Warm weather like the regular Flu, buying time for vaccines and giving hospitals a breather.

How long can America social distance and quarantine 330 million people? Whose working? Our economy and life runs on people working and not being trapped inside their homes.
 
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I've been taking advantage of home grocery delivery for a couple of years now when I don't need a lot of items. I place the order in the morning and groceries are delivered by the afternoon. Unfortunately because of the demand for home delivery there is about a one week wait. I ordered several days ago and delivery will be next Friday. So... I'm now going to venture out to do some grocery shopping. 😬
 
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I've been taking advantage of home grocery delivery for a couple of years now when I don't need a lot of items. I place the order in the morning and groceries are delivered by the afternoon. Unfortunately because of the demand for home delivery there is about a one week wait. I ordered several days ago and delivery will be next Friday. So... I'm now going to venture out to do some grocery shopping. 😬
When I was really sick last spring I used it a few times, and we just set up our first order under the "new life order". With many of the stores around here we couldn't set up anything. We finally found one where they would shop, and my DIL can go pick it up (they will bring it to the car) on WED> That was the earliest delivery date available.
 
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We are not on house arrest here in Florida(yet). Nothing much is open except essential stores. They closed the beaches yesterday so there is really nowhere to go. I haven't been anywhere in 10 days other than 2 visits to the grocery store. Many shelves are bare. Not one bit of meat to be bought here. I am very well stocked(except for meat) and expecting a dog food shipment from Chewy this week. No one I know has been able to get any meat or paper products for at least a week now!
I did go to our private park today where I met a beautiful 14 year old Havanese with her elderly owner. We spoke about Havanese at a safe distance! It was the highlight of my day.
Both my neighbor and I did yard work most of the day. It was nice to have the company and talk while we worked since we are both alone except for our dogs. She is doing the same thing I am, staying at home without visitors but several of the young families in our hood were having big gatherings of all their friends and tons of kids. Here it seems like only us older folks are taking this situation seriously.
 
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Locally people seem to be following the guidelines pretty closely. Although, today DD wanted to go running with a friend. She came up with an elaborate social distancing strategy, and no one in either family has been sick, so I let her go running for half an hour. When she got back, she said something about climbing at this structure near our house and I was like, oh no. I mean, what’s the point of social distancing and carrying hand sanitizer if you’re climbing on the same equipment within minutes of each other? This is why schools are closed. DD has always been like a mini adult and is pretty OCD about Coronavirus, mostly because she’s been following it since the beginning, so to me it just demonstrates how easily things can happen. Better to stick with video calls for a little while longer! I do think in the near future we’ll be able to adapt and move forward a little better. When DD dance studio reopens, they’re planning on reducing class sizes and staggering classes all through the summer. Hopefully we’re using this time to address some of these things creatively in order to get everyone outside and into the world to some degree, because I don’t think this is going to resolve quickly.

My biggest problem is that allergies have started here and I cannot stop touching my face. Good thing I’m indoors! The other day DS had a doctor appointment and I sort of choked on the gum I was chewing. I could not stop coughing for like 5 minutes. I wanted to yell out, “I’m not sick!” Because of social distancing, I was too far away from the other people in the waiting room and it would have been more awkward to say anything. I just avoided eye contact and remained mortified.
 
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I am stressing a little bit about having to cut Molly’s nails now that the groomers are closed. Does anyone have any tips about cutting black nails when you can’t see the quick? Luckily she is in a puppy cut so as long as I keep her combed out that should not be a problem, except for maybe her sanitary area and paw pads.
 
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I am stressing a little bit about having to cut Molly's nails now that the groomers are closed. Does anyone have any tips about cutting black nails when you can't see the quick? Luckily she is in a puppy cut so as long as I keep her combed out that should not be a problem, except for maybe her sanitary area and paw pads.
You could just try using a nail file. This is the least likely method for you to hurt her and will get her used to YOU handling her nails. With a nail file you probably need to do it more often but it is at least something to do in the mean time.
 
#25 ·
"With F.D.R. and the Great Depression, the only thing to fear was fear itself. With Trump and our new abyss, we have to fear not only fear but also the ignorance and misdirection of the White House and the profiteering of senators. Not to mention the virus." Maureen Dowd, NYT

Now WHO SAYS... lockdowns don't work. Test everyone ... then track down who they exposed. WHAT THE HELL!!! Sometimes GREAT ideas are not possible and maybe it's time to Shut The .... Up. :tape:

We're told to Support local businesses who are closed down by purchasing Gift Certificates. I'm not opposed to the idea. But, But, But .. whose going to have the money to do all this. Employees are laid off and have no income. They can't pay rent and landlords have mortgages, insurance and other expenses. The Stock Market is in Free Fall with no end in sight affecting long-term investors and retirees.

A quick ... miracle vaccine would turn things around, but China didn't find one. Maybe it'll happen.

God help us All...if there is one.

I need to stop reading the newspapers. I have family around. I'm not alone. I don't live in a big city and have plenty of space to walk around. No one I know, at this time, is sick. So far I don't have CoViD-19. Lots of things to be thankful for ... :whoo:.

Will make a Banana Bread dessert. Work on some digital art. Play a Mahjong game with DH. The grandkids are with their dad so my Mahjong partners are gone for now. DD isn't into Mahjong. My OTHER Mahjong buddies are Social Distancing ... This is CRAZY!!!! :Cry::Cry::Cry::Cry::Cry::Cry::Cry:

HAVE A GOOD DAY ....:peace:
 
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Test everyone ... then track down who they exposed.
Good idea but there are only like 150,000 test kits available in the US right now and test results take a couple of weeks to process. A LOT of contamination can occur in two weeks as a result of casual contact.
The good news is that a Silicon Valley high tech medical research company (one that trump cut funding to) announced yesterday that they have developed a simple test that involves taking a culture from the nostril and results are processed in 45 minutes! The FDA has already approved the test and it should be available to medical professionals "by the end of this month." We'll get through this, with or without government help.

The Stock Market is in Free Fall with no end in sight affecting long-term investors and retirees.
Shut down the stock market until further notice.
A quick ... miracle vaccine would turn things around, but China didn't find one. Maybe it'll happen.
But China did find a way to reduce contamination and the incidence of infection is decreasing rapidly. Why can't our government, the executive and administrative branches, do the same thing? I wish they were as good at containing the virus as they are at bashing the press.

God help us All...if there is one.
"God" is in each one of us. We can help ourselves.

Newspapers.
If the news is stressing you out, stop reading the newspapers and Internet and turn off the TV

Will make a Banana Bread dessert.
That's a good alternative to listening to the news. What is your address? Ricky Ricardo and I will be by in a jiffy for some curbside pickup. We both LOVE banana bread! :hungry::hungry:

HAVE A GOOD DAY
Any day I am above ground is a good day! :wink2: I'm having a VERY good day and feeling Irish feisty

Ricky's Popi
 
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The thought hadn't occurred to me that groomers would not be allowed to work ... Good luck with the nail trimming, Diane! I guess just start by taking off only a tiny bit at a time? Shama has a grooming appointment on Wednesday. We're not yet sheltering in place in Minnesota ... Tere, that's nice that you ran into another Havanese owner. That would be the highlight of my day, too. These little dogs are so sweet! I hope all the forum members who are feeling isolated know that we are always interested in hearing their updates. DH and I played three board games yesterday (Taverns of Tiefenthal, Architects of the West Kingdom, and Caverna), and we watched the Quentin Tarantino movie Inglourious Basterds. We've also been binging on the BBC series Broadchurch lately since we ran out of episodes of Criminal Minds. If you're looking for a new author to discover, I love Kate Morton! Start with the Forgotten Garden and the Secret Keeper. If you like audiobooks, Kate Morton's the Clockmaker's Daughter is read by the actress who plays Anna Bates on Downton Abbey. Another audiobook I enjoyed was the Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, because the reader was so talented. And listen to Trevor Noah's audiobook Born a Crime if you are fascinated by language and culture. (And David Sedaris's audiobook Me Talk Pretty One Day is hilarious!) To provide some entertainment to children who are practicing social distancing but who can go outside, a neighbor suggested that we all put pictures of bears in our windows so that everyone can go on a "bear hunt." We had a Smokey Bear picture to display. I do appreciate it that (here anyway, apparently not on some Florida beaches?) we can still go for walks. It's nice that the weather is warming up. Our highs will be in the 40s this week.
 
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The thought hadn't occurred to me that groomers would not be allowed to work ... Good luck with the nail trimming
Well, we have mandatory sequestration in place but the groomers are still open - Ricky went yesterday. The deal is only one person is allowed inside at a time and you must maintain separation from the staff. The owner told me that they have not received direction from the State whether the are considered an essential or non-essential business. And they aren't asking either! I feel safe there because they are disinfecting everything, including door knobs, after each dog (but I wear nitrile gloves anyway). The owner said a dog owner could argue that the groomer is using a special medicated shampoo not available to the public and therefore is an essential service. Sooooooooooo, your decision, but be cautious.

I hope all the forum members who are feeling isolated know that we are always interested in hearing their updates.
+1 +1 +1 +1 +1

It's nice that the weather is warming up. Our highs will be in the 40s this week.
GOOD LORD! This takes me back to Scotland! :smow:

Ricky's Popi
 
#27 ·
The Upsides of a Global Pandemic
Five Ways Coronavirus is Finally Forcing Us to Make the (Radical) Socioeconomic Transformations We Should Have Made Long Ago

https://eand.co/the-upsides-of-a-global-pandemic-4dbb00be4a03

Why did Coronavirus really begin and spread? Because some poor fellow in Wuhan ate a bat slaughtered in unsanitary conditions in a "wet market." In other words, because someone who's poor was forced to eat unsanitary food in an unhygienic way.
 
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I'm in the same situation, never trimmed black nails before and really hate trimming nails anyhow. I'm thinking that I have a file and I'm going to start using it everyday a bit and get him used to it.
My groomer has shut down. Who knows how long this could last so I will probably do some small grooming with scissors. Shadow has been acting very strange the last 3 days. He is almost afraid of something. Very strange times.
 
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My dogs are acting "different" too (as is my 20-month-old granddaughter) They can all tell we are worried. Panda is sitting on my foot. ALL.THE.TIME.
 
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There is an upside to all this. The local farmers and regenerative agriculturists are finally being appreciated. Many of them will ship food to you and you can bypass grocery stores altogether. I get my meat, eggs and milk from local farmers. The only thing I ever get at the grocery store are a few veggies and can live without them if necessary. I also make my own bread, kefir and yogurt. We are all dependent on the system but I think it is good to try to gain a bit of independence if possible. For example, learning to groom your own dog and cut its nails will reduce your dependency on a groomer. Learning about dog nutrition in case you ever need to make your own dog food is good to know too. Not being completely dependent on grocery stores for food is something to shoot for. If anyone is interested, Thrive Life sells freeze dried food which keeps for 25 years. Would not hurt to have that on hand too.
 
#49 ·
I just ordered a bread machine. I'm not going to start making bread COMPLETELY by hand, but we used to have a bread machine when the kids were little and used it all the time. Eventually, it just sort of wore out and became unreliable, and we never replaced it. And it was one of those that made the tall, narrow loaves, unlike the new ones that make "loaf-shaped loaves. So I'm kind of looking forward to the new one!
 
#33 ·
One of my hobbies is reading autobiographies by survivors. These include WWII books by holocaust survivors, POWs, soldiers, shot down pilots, etc. I also have read stories by survivors of the Cambodian holocaust and the Rwanda holocaust. Currently reading a wonderful book by a man who was a Vietnam POW for 8 years. These people are amazing! And the suffering they have gone through is unbelievable. This corona virus is really nothing in comparison. These books are very inspiring to me...such wonderful attitudes amidst so much suffering. In fact the corona virus is much ado about nothing in my opinion. They say most of the people in Italy who died had two or three other diseases for example.
 
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One of my hobbies is reading autobiographies by survivors.
Ahhhhhh, now you have my interest! I highly recommend the book MINERVA REEF by Olaf Ruhen. It tells the story of Tevita Fifita who captained a small craft with the Tongan National Rugby Team to a match in Fiji in 1962. They hit the reef and had to survive for 14 weeks on an absolutely barren reef before being rescued. They had no radio communications and all their supplies were lost overboard. Half the time the reef was submerged under water. Some men died but through perseverance, ingenuity, creativity, and true grit, most survived.

This is personal. I had the honor of sailing with Tevita Fifita on his new boat, a 40 ft. sloop in those same Tongan waters in 1968. Momi and Popi were on his boat for 4 days making a 300 mile open ocean passage.
Once in a lifetime experience.

Ricky's Popi
 
#36 ·
We brought home our 12 week old girl Taylor last Saturday. She is settling in beautifully and got a wonderful start on potty training from her amazing breeder, as well as socialization and crate training. She is such a funny, busy good girl. We are in love and she is making our "Safer at Home" mandate more fun.

I called our vet to make an appointment for her well puppy check. Here is the new Covid-19 protocol in Huntington Beach, California. I drove to the front of the vet clinic and parked. Then I called the front desk to let them know that we were there for our appointment. A few minutes later, an attendant came out to the car to pick up copies of Taylor's vaccinations and they gave me paperwork to fill out. They returned to the car after the paperwork was completed, and took her in her carrier into the clinic. I was not allowed to accompany her. (Each time the gloved attendants went in or out, they were cleaning and sanitizing the door handles.)

Our vet brought her back to the car and gave me her report. She is 5.1 lbs, heart and lungs good, ears clean, patellas look good. (I also left a fresh stool sample with them for testing which was negative for parasites.) We will return at the end of April for her 3rd Parvo vaccine, then we will be able to get out and walk at the beach, with social distancing of course.

Unfortunately it looked like a free for all spring break at the HB Pier yesterday with beach goers shoulder to shoulder. (My friend went down to the beach for a walk and sent me photos.) Our governor saw photos posted on facebook and was NOT amused. Our town was apparently featured on CNN as to what NOT to do in a pandemic. If this keeps up, we will have a lot more sick people and this will be drawn out for months.

Oh, and we were notified yesterday that our daughter's July 17th destination wedding at a Cancun Mexico resort has been canceled. This is going to be a long run I'm afraid.

On a bright note, we have a warm puppy to play with and plenty of toilet paper. LOL
 
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We brought home our 12 week old girl Taylor last Saturday. She is settling in beautifully and got a wonderful start on potty training from her amazing breeder, as well as socialization and crate training. She is such a funny, busy good girl. We are in love and she is making our "Safer at Home" mandate more fun.
Hot diggity doggie, Taylor sounds like a keeper to me!

I called our vet to make an appointment for her well puppy check. Here is the new Covid-19 protocol in Huntington Beach, California. I drove to the front of the vet clinic and parked. Then I called the front desk to let them know that we were there for our appointment. A few minutes later, an attendant came out to the car to pick up copies of Taylor's vaccinations and they gave me paperwork to fill out. They returned to the car after the paperwork was completed, and took her in her carrier into the clinic. I was not allowed to accompany her. (Each time the gloved attendants went in or out, they were cleaning and sanitizing the door handles.)
Yup, same protocol at Ricky's Vet.

Our vet brought her back to the car and gave me her report. She is 5.1 lbs, heart and lungs good, ears clean, patellas look good. (I also left a fresh stool sample with them for testing which was negative for parasites.) We will return at the end of April for her 3rd Parvo vaccine, then we will be able to get out and walk at the beach, with social distancing of course.
We are DEFINITELY going to have a beach meet up as soon as this mess is over, and it will end.

On a bright note, we have a warm puppy to play with and plenty of toilet paper. LOL
DON'T LET HER NEAR THE TOILET PAPER! That's a Havapuppy's favorite toy. You will thank me for this advice later.

Ricky's Popi
 
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Things aren't quite so crazy here.
I mean, we are doing social distancing and all, but that's as far as we are so far.

My 6yo is home from school until September, so we're pretending we know how to teach while we both work from home. My job is always from home, so that hasn't changed though we are busier than ever. My husband is home though and he doesn't handle stress well and you can tell that working here is stressing him out so I worry about the long term.

Denver is loving having everyone home. He was supposed to get his groom this upcoming thursday, but my groomer was competing as part of Mastergroom Canada down in the US so she's in quarantine for another week. Hopefully he will get in soon though. I'm beginning to think I might keep him at the length that he is now, but I'm not 100% on this yet.

We are watching our potential puppy through facebook pictures and video. I was supposed to go up to the breeder's this past week but they (understandably) decided that it would be best to restrict visitors for now. I worry about the socialization of this litter, but I'm sure they will come up with something. They like the puppies to meet 50 people before they are sent home at 10 weeks, not sure what they'll do for this litter though. We're also hashing out the contract through email instead of in person which is a little rougher (he's a show potential, so it's a little different than the companion contract we had for Denver).

My parents are currently down in Palm Springs and will hopefully be driving home in a week or so. Their insurance runs out tomorrow, so I'm worried about what might happen if they get sick - so I'm crossing my fingers that they stay well. They are pretty unconcerned, unlike me.

But all in all, we are doing good.
 
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Yes to distance learning, we are getting set up on google classroom this week, and she has a couple of apps like prodigy and squigglepark that they were using in the class that we can use at home. However, her work at home has no bearing on a final grade. She’s already received that.

Puppies should have met 100 people by 12 weeks, so if you get your puppy at 10 weeks, you’re already 2 weeks into a critical socialization period, so she likes to do half the work for you. Once the puppies are old enough, she basically asks for people to come visit them (the families that will be getting the puppies, friends and extended family members of those homes), vet office, etc. The numbers actually add up really fast that way. Denver as a young puppy even went into a seniors care facility at about 9 weeks old. Of course right now things like that aren’t possible!

Here’s Denver’s most recent picture when the rascal stole my daughters PJ top yesterday ..
 

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Yes to distance learning, we are getting set up on google classroom this week, and she has a couple of apps like prodigy and squigglepark that they were using in the class that we can use at home. However, her work at home has no bearing on a final grade. She's already received that.

Puppies should have met 100 people by 12 weeks, so if you get your puppy at 10 weeks, you're already 2 weeks into a critical socialization period, so she likes to do half the work for you. Once the puppies are old enough, she basically asks for people to come visit them (the families that will be getting the puppies, friends and extended family members of those homes), vet office, etc. The numbers actually add up really fast that way. Denver as a young puppy even went into a seniors care facility at about 9 weeks old. Of course right now things like that aren't possible!

Here's Denver's most recent picture when the rascal stole my daughters PJ top yesterday ..
Nice
 
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