The failing of Blue Collar jobs

Have not done this is a REALLY long time. Pretty much not since we lost our sweet Pebble unexpectedly in October 2015. So much has happened since that time but I'll go into that later. It is quite interesting to see and hear about these large companies that have been around for years going out out of business and treating their employees like dirt. People that have been there 15, 20, 30, 40 years are being treated with no respect whatsoever. My husband has been with his company 18 years is so amazed at the lack of appreciation and respect of people that have been there longer than he has. This is by no means just his company. I read where another large retailer is closing 100 stores. Another well known one that has been around for over 100 hundred years. I understand change I get that but to treat employees who have worked all their life and many times sacrificed family time for their company, to be treated the way many are is a sad statement for any company. I love to research and do on most things. This is no exception. You can research the Many companies who mistreat their employees. Many are the large retailers and many are repeat offenders you might say. And yes my husbands company is on pretty much all the list. Pretty much all of these are blue collar jobs. Still absolutely no reason for it and beyond unacceptable. When people start treating workers who are people with respect, only then will companies stay open and thrive ....

Pebbles--

Been a while since I did this and a lot has happened. We lost our oldest Sheltie unexpectedly in October. She wasn't old for a Sheltie. She was 2 months and 3 days from being 12. No visible/noticeable sign of a problem and was by all appearances fine when I left for work. I took her sweet face in my hands and ruffled her furr before I left for work and told her I loved her and would see her when I got home. Later that morning I received a call from my husband that she had a seizure and when he picked her up, he thought she was gone. Her head was all the way to her right and she was stiff. He picked her up and managed to get her out of it but I told him to take her to the vet anyway to have her checked out as she had never had a seizure before. He thought she had one on the way over to the vets office but she was just confused coming out of the first one. She did have another within 30 minutes after getting to the vets office which I later found lasted 3 min and 12 secs which I understand is a long seizure for a dog. She had been on the treadmill the night before which was common. 3 to 4 times a week for 15- 20 minutes was her treadmill time. She LOVED the treadmill. She was fine at the vets office for 4 and 1/2 hours until I went to pick her up and then within seconds after me arriving she had the seizure she never came out of. This STILL haunts me. I didn't see her before that final seizure. My husband told me that when he picked her up from that first seizure he said "Pebbles please don't die here". It's like she listened. The plan was for me to bring her home with anti seizure meds...all her bloodwork came back fine. It was determined after the test came back fine, she most likely had a brain tumor. I knew it was borrowed time we would have with her but it would be worth it. I and my husband NEVER had ANY idea she would not come home. I have to stop right now because the pain is still very fresh and its a loss we will most likely not ever recover completely. I can't continue tonight...

Ok, the last post of the pics tonight, sort of went before I meant for it to, BUT I am still working out the kinks which is why I have not posted anything else LOL! Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks! I am proof you can. Everything I have figured out I have figured it out on my own thru trial and error and sometimes being SCARED to death I will mess up my laptop but so far so good. I have finally (I think) figured out how to tie my blog to Pinterest to get more traffic. Don't want to really do FB--way too public for me although I have been given NUMEROUS ideas on groups I could join and tie my blog that way which to me is doable. I have a lot of ideas--really creative ways to tie to Pinterest and I have read numerous articles I want to tie to Pinterest as well so I think I am on my way...I will be reposting some of my earlier post now I know how to tie to Pinterest--another reason I haven't put a new post on, but they're coming. So for now, about bed time...

It took me all weekend to figure out how to do what I am trying to do and I still haven't figured it all out.  I have not been on the blog in about a week because I am still trying to work out some kinks.  I have so much to post when I do.  In the meantime, be patient, I'll get it together!!!  Now if I can just figure out how to get my post to the right side of this pic LOL!!!

Just found the post I mentioned of the mixed breed dog I mentioned in the previous post.  He was 20 when he died.  His name was Schoep.  Haven't figured out and don;t know if I can even share it on my blog.
Those of you who are dog lovers will definitely remember this dog and man.

I am titling this "Your Pet is not a piece of Furniture " for s very good reason.  So many people get a pet and its not what they think it should be, doesn't mind, gets too big, etc so the discard it like its a piece of old furniture.  This makes me furious.  It doesn't make any difference the type mixed breed or purebred, no pet deserves this.  When you get a pet and we'll start with puppies, you are making a commitment to that dog for anywhere between birth and 18 - 20 years depending on the breed. Yorkies for example that are in good health can live up to 18 - 20 years.  Shocking but true.  There was a mixed breed dog in which a You Tube video went viral a few years back because the owner would take the dog to a Lake I believe he lived in Michigan every early evening to help the dog get to sleep because it helped the dogs arthritis.  A VERY touching story.  When the dog died I believe he or she was 17.  I will need to find the video and share it. The point being no matter the type of dog you are committing to taking care of that dog for the life of that dog.  If you can't do --do not get a dog.  The are some legitimate reasons to rehome a dog although now days there are not many in my book, death of the owner would be one, if you end up in the service or travel a lot would be a couple of others but that is something you need to consider BEFORE you get a dog.  Moving too--now days is NOT a good excuse as MANY places now will allow dogs. 

Parents DO NOT get a puppy for your small child unless you plan on training that child to carefully handle that small  dog.  Many small breeds do not do good with children.  Pay attention to the type of dog you are getting.  I hear of a lot of parents getting Lab puppies for their young children then the Labs end up in shelters because they grow up to be big dogs and are too much for the parents and kids to handle.  Labs need a job, they need activity they can be destructive if they don't have exercise.  ANY dog can be destructive if they don't have much exercise or a job to do.  A lot of pets end up in shelters because people automatically think the doesn't need to be trained --they want a dog they can just bring home and it will do everything right.  You have to potty train a dog.  You have to teach the dog like you do a child.  The dog HAS to know what is expected just like a child.  If he or she does not know, they will invent things to do right or wrong.  Mixed breed or purebred, a dog HAS to be taught.  Mixed breeds might be the perfect dog for a young child.  I would strongly suggest staying away from puppy mills and back yard breeders.  If you are looking for a particular breed. Check your local breed rescue groups.  Do keep in mind some of these dogs may have issues that you will need to work thru with the dog.  You don't know the circumstances these dogs have come from but I will tell you MOST of the rescue groups work with these dogs before placing them and the dogs if you have a special place in your heart to be able to continue to work with that dog it will be well worth it.  Go to your local Shelter if you are not wanting a specific breed.  Go to a kill shelter, there may be a deserving dog on Doggie Death row in need of a home.  Make sure you get as much history on the dog as you can so you will know what or if there are any health issues.   My step daughter got a boxer from I will not name the shelter--it was not a breed rescue place I will say that but it is in Mississippi, had to put a couple of thousand dollars in the dog only to loose her just a few short months after getting her because she was not thorughly tested for diseases. She was not told on the front end the dog had issues.
  It killed her when she lost her.  Needless to say she didn't go to the shelter again.

Ok, stopping for now but this will be a continuing blog. So until the next post.

Wanted to add a little more tonight on mixed breed dogs.  There is nothing AT ALL wrong with a mixed breed pet.  We had one when we were kids a Maltipoo but unfortunately the reason there are so many dogs in shelters is due to irresponsible pet ownership, I cannot emphasize this enough and most of t
hem are mixed breed and strays because people don't spay and neuter their pets.  Again next segment is the" Furniture" one