A Mish-Mash

When I walked Remy and Rosie Wednesday afternoon at 1 p.m., it was 21 degrees - but the sun was shining and there was no wind.  Yesterday, when I walked the kids at 10 a.m., it was 23 degrees out, but cloudy, and with a north wind.  The wind chill yesterday was 2 degrees.  It got up to 39 degrees yesterday, and will hopefully reach that today.  But we are expecting more snow tonight, tomorrow and Sunday.  Not a big dump, but light snow for quite a while.  I was asked earlier this week to stay overnight with the Anatolian Shepherds tonight, and next Thursday and Friday nights.  This morning, I was asked to just feed and love the dogs for several hours this evening, and to come back again tomorrow to spend most of the day...  At least I'll be able to make brownies tomorrow, so I can deliver them to my bus drivers on Monday.
  Let's see...  animal news.  On the east side of Boulder, the Open Space Rangers shot and killed two coyotes that had followed and bitten joggers on a well-used trail.  ...  Kyle Dyer was released from the hospital yesterday afternoon, and is expected to return to work in 4 to 6 weeks, once her reconstructive surgery heals and the scars fade a bit.  ...  My kits have been going out three or four times a day.  There is still a good 8 to 10 inches of snow on the ground in the back yard, but they are both running through the snow, half-heartedly chasing the squirrels and birds.  Most of the time they spend on the patio, just soaking up the sun.  ...  The horses are gearing up for the Triple Crown, and in-field entertainment at the Preakness has already been arranged. 
  Did you know that most commercially-raised poultry (not the organic type) is fed  an additive to "help cut down infections and get rid of internal parasites" that contains arsenic?  A representative from Maryland is trying to get all additives that include arsenic banned from use by commercial producers.  Delegate Tom Hucker, D-Montgomery, told a panel of his colleagues Wednesday that even though Pfizer Inc. has voluntarily suspended the sale of roxarsone, a chemical often put in chicken feed to help the birds grow and fight parasites, he wants the chemical banned here.
  Hucker said the chemical and other additives that contain arsenic contaminate chicken meat and waste, polluting soil and the Chesapeake Bay.  "We should look for alternatives, but without a ban, there will be far less market pressure to spend money on research for alternatives," he said.  Pfizer stopped selling the drug in July after a U.S. Food and Drug Administration study found higher levels of inorganic arsenic in chicken treated with roxarsone than in those that were not fed the chemical. -  I'm definitely for banning the use of roxarsone and any other additive in poultry feed that contains arsenic!