An "I Want To Ride!" Morning

I was under a blanket this morning - it was 48 degrees outside (I still haven't put my window back up), and both kits were snuggled up tightly, giving lots of warmth. There was a nice cool breeze sweeping in from the mountains, and it was the kind of early morning that makes me want to saddle up a horse and head for the horizon on a ride of exploration. The DA was impressed at how well-behaved Rosie and Remy were when Joel visited her office with them; but Joel still has to take them out to the Humane Society for a temperament evaluation. The last couple of weeks, when walking the Rs, I have been taking them through neighborhoods in hopes of meeting other dogs and people. We usually meet one to four new dogs each day, as well as meeting four to ten new people. Certain dogs still continue to make Rosie bark upon their approach - we had a blast meeting Buck, the Great Dane-Boxer cross - none of the dogs barked nor were they upset with each other in any way. But we were walking towards a lady walking two Australian shepherds yesterday, and Rosie just had to bark. She only barked twice and she sat as soon as I told her to do so - but it's something we have to work on. And yesterday I saw the lady and her puppy that made all the fuss and kicked Remy and caused the Rs problems... all I can say is that her puppy is larger than Remy.

There are at least 10 suspected swine flu cases in the freshmen class at CU already. ... Dr. Warren Hern, and all his employees at the Boulder Abortion Clinic, have received death threats against them and their families. ... A two-year-old female moose wandered up Main Street in Erie (a Denver suburb) yesterday morning. DoW tranquilized her and used a front-loader to scoop her up and carry her to the truck that was used to move her to the Western slope. ... Four local sub shops have been seized by the state; supposedly all four are franchises, but no taxes have been paid by them in the past 5 years. ... And local police are looking for 3 people who wandered into the Boulder Valley Humane Society just before closing yesterday; they asked to look at the dogs , and the attendant said they could, but they wouldn't be allowed to visit one-on-one because it was so late. The three folks went into the dog area, and were noticed walking out, very quickly, about 5 minutes later. When their vehicle screeched its tires pulling out of the lot, the attendant went looking inside the dog area and found that a 3 month old Dachshund puppy, a rust male named Ferris, had been stolen. I think it's disgusting that someone would steal anything, even a living animal from the Humane Society!!