COJO's Adventure

On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 14:08:19 -0400, Marilyn wrote:

Hmmm what's with today? I decided to take the dogs for a walk, no big
deal. Except they all wanted to go and happen to spot the leashes, I was toast.
So I harness all 5 UP and off we go into the fields. Well they were a
tugging and a pulling. So I let the 2 old girls off to go on ahead by
themselves. So I'm walking 3 two young huskies and a hound. Well the
hound starts a dragging me here there and everywhere and there's been so much
rain this year even the weeds are shoulder high and I'm 5'8. Finally I figure I
have to let Tundra off, she's good always comes back buttttttttt I unhooked
COJO by mistake. AND HE'S OFF!!!!!!! Well I called and called for 1/2
hour, took the dogs back and put them in the yard and took my off leash
older girl for a hike to find him. We looked everywhere back in the woods.
Got back jumped in the jeep and did the rounds at the local farms as Cojo
see's himself as a great sheep, horse whatever hunter. NOTHING, come back
start the relatively long process of picking all the burrs off myself and
outta my hair and brushing out the other dogs. Then I heard it!!!!!!!!!!
That bark, I knew that bark and the direction it was coming from was
completely the opposite way he'd run off and was at my local farm. Jump in
Jeep drive down, let myself into the paddock, wad through sheep shit and
there he is barking at the horses. Thank god the sheep where in the pens
and he hadn't found them yet :) or so I thought. Usually a good boy who
comes to me when I find him, he decides to play SILLY BUGGER!!!! Dodging
this way and that, you can't catch me Mom. ERRRRRRRRRR then on one of his
dodges he catch scent of a SHEEP off to the barn yeeeeeeeeeeeahhhhhhhhhhaaaaa. After the stampede in which I was almost
trampled to death by sheep several times, I finally got the little shit
cornered (not before we are both covered in sheep poop). He tried
valiantly to get by me but was pooped and gave up. Great, survey the scene and all
sheep are still standing but one has obviously cut one corner too fast and
has a bloody nose. Take Cojo out, into Jeep, drive home. Get him out,
back of Jeep is now COVERED in sheep shit. Take him into the yard, he's
powerful thirsty and HOSE the little bugger off. Not quite what I was going for on
my walk but thank goodness everyone is safe and sound, except maybe that
poor sheep with the bloody nose. I hope he doesn't croak!!!!!!!!!!

Marilyn, Tasha, Carl, Tundra, Lady and Cojo (I can't wait for next time
cause those sheep are mine!!)

Just a day, Just an ordinary day, Just trying to get by, just some dogs just some psychopathic dogs

On Thu, 1 May 2003 18:47:21 -0400, Marilyn Hubley <mhubley@SYMPATICO.CA>wrote:
Start day, take two Hooligans to be groomed, stop at local paint store,woman backing out of parking spot beside me doesn't see me (I'm IN A DURANGO) and hits my vehicle. She tries to leave, I realize she's elderly and shouldn't be driving, take info, write her info let her leave. Just got Durango out of the shop after someone did a U-Turn in front of me a 2 weeks ago. Then discover have locked myself out of vehicle. :( Wait for tow truck. Leave and get estimate on Durango, will be more this time because its the BACK bumper not the front. Get lunch go home let Hooligans out. Try phoning husband of old lady who hit me, busy for an hour, then he won't answer. Go to pick up Hooligans from groomers, where upon I'm told would be so much extra at a professionals because of how much hair came out of one Hooligan. Pick up furkids head home, oh look there's Pride running around on a neighbours lawn, jump out of truck call Pride he lopes across the road right in front of a car slowly but he makes it, hard too see traffic we are on a corner :( I don't want to get up tomorrow :(
Marilyn & The Hubley Hooligans

Animal Encounters

I recently had a Barred Owl here everyday for over 2 months, what a beauty, he or she would let me get very close and take pictures of it like 5 feet away. I so looked forward to every day and getting to see Owl. Then one day I went onto the roof to check out major leaks and I fell off the ladder coming down. I fell about 15 feet, first thing I remember hitting was my head :( Ouch after that day I never saw the Owl again. Do you think he might have been watching and thinking to himself that stupid human is trying to fly I'm getting out of here? Yesterday while sitting at the computer I hear loud tapping on the window and much scratching of nails. I thought it was my Max in the room beside me seeing something outside from the Window sill. I jump up and got there and he's just laying there, sure enough outside I look and the Pileated Woodpecker was right there, apparently he wanted in :) I'm in a forest of about 38 acres and while sitting at my computer desk last fall low and behold a huge Blue Heron comes straight at me and lands on the roof just above my head with a THUNK. He stayed for a short time and then off he went. Then there's the big turtle crossing my driveway last summer, I stopped got out to make sure he was clear and he looked at me with disgust (I swear he did) and turned around and headed straight back into the bush at quite a trot for a turtle :) LOL So I don't know if these encounters will continue with nature, maybe I'll run into a Bear or Moose while hiking around my woods. I do love these encounters its almost magical :)

Hooligans Hijinks

On Tue, 1 May 2001 13:42:38 -0400,
Well I know its been awhile since my last Hooligan adventure but the kids have been a bit restrained since I broke my big toe getting Jayke to the vet. That does not mean however that they haven't been creative and up to Hooligan Hijinks.

First I finally decided to go on the Claireville Malamute hike with my two young sibes Tundra and Cojo. Now being one person against 6 dogs and trying to weed out just two to take, is not a simple task, let me tell you. But I was doing okay and finally had just Tundra, Cojo and Jayke in the house. So I'm in the sunroom and the dogs are outside 3 of them and 3 inside, grab the sunroom door to take others out to the car, won't move. Yes Tundra in all her excitement has now locked me out of the House YET AGAIN. Its getting pretty routine actually except it was early Sunday morning and I had to wake the neighbours to borrow their ladder to break into my house. Re-enter house and yell at Tundra for locking me out which she of course just ignores and goes racing away. Now Jayke was staying in the house while we were gone as she does like to sing outside and it frightens people :) Unfortunately in her excitement Tundra ran down to the front door (Jaykes territory) and they got into a scrap as Jayke had her bone down there and I hadn't moved it yet. Well luckily Tundra had her Harness on so I hauled her off and put her in the basement.

Now things only had to get better from here right? No!! on the way down the highway I'm looking for signs and directions and the kids are seat belted in the back but Cojo can still get close to me and blocks my view while we go right through the turn off and we are lost for awhile. But we made it on time and still got to go. I had the two hooligans on a 24foot training lead that I wrapped around my waist so I wouldn't have the constant tugging on my arms which I can't tolerate for long without serious pain. Unfortunately my size 28-29 waist was a size 23-24 when we got back.

The next day a friend visits and brings lunch, I offer a beverage, being the good hostess I am, and go down to the basement to retrieve it. Now Weaver the 9 month old pup was in and he and Jayke followed me downstairs. On the way back up Jayke was half was up the stairs and Weaver cut her off and she slid back down and picture this: Butt on floor, hind legs on first step, front legs on 3rd step. Yep WEDGED right in and she can't get up, I'm thinking oh my god I have to lift the 100lb critter. So she is a struggling and I reached down and hauled up her back end where upon she BITE MY HEAD!!!!! Yes my head, no blood, wee bit of a headache and slobber all through my hair, yes I had guests but luckily it was a Husky Breeder so he understood my dishevelled state when I returned with his Ice Tea.

So things are not quiet at the Hubley Hooligans as you can see even though the bike rides are down to a minimum.

Marilyn & The Hubley Hooligans

Stunned Wonder award goes to.........

I believe I just won the stunned wonder of the week award. I had cooked up some Canadian Bacon at lunch and let it cool in the pan. No the dogs didn't get it. Put the bacon away and let Max lick the frying pan clean. Yes it was VERY COOL. Left him for a minute while he was licking get back and????? Yes I now have teeth scratches in my non stick frying pan. What the hell was I thinking of course they are going to try and chew with their front teeth!!!!!! My luck is unreal lately. Yesterday I drove into my Chrysler dealer for some work. Pulled up shifted into reverse, which it popped out of (they say there is no problem but it always slips out of drive etc) as the gear shift slips a technician backs out of the bay in a huge black truck can't see me and hits me. Up side was he hit me in the plastic moulding and it just popped back out.

Marilyn (afraid to leave the house) & The Hubley Hooligans

Posing the Question

Okay in this day and age we are bombarded with dire warnings and consequences. How do we get through to people that all the proper health care, proper education, proper needs are useless if we don't take care of our planet. How do we make them understand this should be priority one or there will be no food to live on? What good will a professor be if there are no students as all have died or are struggling to stay alive?

Poopy Sleep

Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 9:24 AM
Subject: FW: [SIBERNET] Another night without sleep Hooligan style
Okay so I don't sleep well to begin with, Head Injury related but I was pooped last night and went to bed early. The Hooligans had other ideas. Around 2am I hear crying in the sunroom, okay get up go out open sunroom. Let Weaver out of his cage and outside as he's going crazy. Kept Max in and let Cojo & Tundra out. Back to bed. 1/2 hour later there's barking under my window :( WEAVER!!!!!! Screamed a few times and he stopped then he'd start again :( Fine after 15 minutes give up go get him. Open sunroom andI'm hit hard in the face from the stinkingest POO POO that Max had left bythe door :( ewwwwww Bring Weaver & Cojo in, too dark to find said poop so leave it, let Max out, take off slippers in kitchen in case I stepped in it, . Back to bed. 5 minutes later hear smash in sunroom, WEAVER'S up to something, too tired to check back to sleep. Maybe an hour later Hound starts pacing in the bedroom UGH yell at him to lay down that's just prolonging my agony, get up let him out play changing of the guards. Noticed Weaver has been up on the chair and knocked the floor lamp over and smashed the glass light cover. Back to bed. 15 minutes later Tasha starts to gag on floor beside me, you know those gas filled belly ones, momentarily thought of getting up and running her to the outside, naaaa the poop was still in the sunroom stinking, she gagged whatever up on the new rug beside my bed. Sounded like she was turning inside out but was only a little hair bundle with some bone pieces from their Marrow bones that day. Smells hideous, I'm not getting up again, hide under covers. 10 minutes later I hear barking and howling, damn I forgot and left the Hound outside :( (by the way I've kinda lost track of the series of events) he'll wake the neighbours, get up get Hound in let Pride out from cage. Back to bed. Finally at 1/4 to 7 I gave up on sleep and listened to the radio for a bit then got up. Decided to clean up this mess, walked into sunroom cleaned up POOP realize its still stinking bad, look around yep Pride had at some point pooped himself in his cage, proceeded to rip up his dog bed in said cage and had poop smeared all over inside of said cage. That one I'm blaming on the neighbours cause when I gave them their Marrow bones yesterday, I gave them the ones my neighbours gave me and they were mostly fat & gristle (SAME SHIT NEIGHBOURS THAT I MOVED AWAY FROM) :( Have I mentioned today I have a days sledding planned with a friend an hour north of me???? Please send your prayers for my safe and in one piece return :(Marilyn & The Hubley (*@(%&@(*&)&) Hooligans