Pat Riot

Anyone else notice that the “Merge” feature is gone? Yay!

Most of them work from the vibration or frequency of the dog’s throat while barking. At least the better ones do. When the dog barks it get a high voltage low current zap in the neck. Kind of like a stun gun set on low, if it has a low setting. Personally, I think the dog’s owner should have to wear one too and when the dog barks the owner gets a zap to see what it feels like. Our friends had a Boxer dog that barked a lot. It barked at everything. He bought her a shock collar. Apparently after a couple of zaps she went into a state of depression. She laid on her bed and wouldn’t eat or drink. She thought she was being punished. My wife, daughter and I were at their house for a party. They had a nice patio with a pool and Steve had a nice grill and bar set up. After a few beers and a couple of shots Steve was telling us about their dog and the shock collar issues. He could not understand why she acted the way she did. I went into the house and found “Tipper” ( the dog, not Gore) and I removed the collar. She was ecstatic! She licked my face then went and drank about a quart of water then followed me outside with everyone else. I handed Steve the collar and dared him to put it on and bark, then maybe he would understand why Tipper acted as she did. He refused but then everyone else got on board with daring him to do it… So he did. He made a feeble attempt at making a barking noise. He said “Nothing happened” and started to take it off. We all almost in unison said “No. Try it again!” I egged him on to really put his heart into it. Steve took a deep breath and let out this bark imitation that started then abruptly stopped then Steve’s legs buckled, he stumbled across the patio and fell into the pool. Guess who immediately jumped in to help him? Tipper She loved her owner. I jumped in and helped Steve get out. He cussed me for a bit then took the collar off. That was when he noticed the power level switch. It was on MAX. Steve threw the collar in the trash. He never replaced it. He and his wife had a dog trainer come and work with them and Tipper to train her to not bark at every little thing. Tipper was a smart girl. She learned and all was right with the world.

Not a “Hallmark Holiday”, but a Booze Conglomerate Holiday. I have known lots of Mexicans and Americans with Mexican Heritage and Cinco De Mayo is but a footnote on calendars and really not celebrated at all. Kind of like Dec. 16 1773 or April 19. 1775 Aug. 20, 1866 in the USA. Historical moments in history, but not celebrated. Especially not celebrated in Mexico, Canada. Australia…and definitely not celebrated in England or by Southerners still holding on to those Dixie Cups. That last line is humor. If it made you angry I apologize… …No I don’t

I hope your book does well. Congratulations!

The CHP is failing down in the job. That black & white unit has some pretty bad emissions problems that they need to address. The stinky aroma from the tail pipe is a real head scratcher. After numerous attempts to fix it they are still skunked.

Nah.