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As if you haven't noticed, I have been on Summer Vacation. So not alot of activity on snapzu recently. Actually my mother has been down here living with us for the past month. She's a hoot. Imagine a woman who raised 5 boys, was a insurance/banking software qa analyst, retired to talk care of retired Iditarod dogs and train kids and adults to run dogs sled, lost almost everything in the last stock market fall, then had to have brain surgery, then went through her husbands death 1 year later, then decided to work up in a dog sled camp that in the deep wilds (with not electricity or Internet gasp), then decided to work in a juvenile prison system teaching kids math. So I do pale in comparison to all her accomplishments. I mean, what the hell have I done with my life? We have been ripping up TN and the neighborhing states while we have the time. But she has also inspired to start taking more chances and to come out of my shell, I am such an introvert. I am refreshed and ready to go.

7 years ago by CrookedTale with 2 comments

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  • AdelleChattre
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    Why do dogs turn in circles before settling down to sleep. She'll know, right?

    • CrookedTale (edited 7 years ago)
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      They wan't to trample the snow or grass down for bedding. In deep snow they sometimes dig out a spot to get bellow wind (or thats what we think they are doing). Here is another interesting fact that you may not know. Sled dogs do not stop to pee or poop. They do it while running or trotting. One of the older dogs my mother had adopted was going blind in her left eye and was alowed in her house due to the dogs age. The dog would spend the day walking clockwise around her kitchen island pooping and peeing whenever it needed too. It was messy but the dog was at the end of it's life so my mom just dealt with it.