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Central Oregon Pals with Paws is associated with Battle Buddies of Central Oregon. and The House of Hope Ministries. Please like their page at www.facebook.com/cobattlebuddy and House of Hope Ministries.

05/08/2024

Today is work like a dog day. Hugo is hard at work holding the rug down. Now he got up to protect me from, I don’t know, I don’t need to know. He is handling it. If I work like a dog, who is going to drive? Hugo has a chauffeur, I don’t. On our walk he said, hello, to three fawns and three does. I think the hardest work he did today is p**p. Border collies might work but they seem to think it’s fun. Huskies pull a sled which is hard but they seem to live for it. I have worked most of my life. I wouldn’t know what to do without work. I retired 3 or 4 times, but got bored and went back to work. Hugo watches me work, from the shade. Work. Take a nap. Take a walk. Take a nap. Too hot to work. Too hot to take a walk. Take a nap. Sit in the shade. Hugo keeps up with me. Maybe I do work like a dog. Hugo, go back to sleep, it’s still too hot for a walk.

03/08/2024

It is august. The hot month. Much of June was 100 degrees. How hot can august get? That is not a challenge, just a rhetorical question. Our mid day walks have been canceled. A tv station cooked cookies on the hood of a car. Did they burn?
I finished my book on elephants, The elephant whisperer. Good book. I learned a lot, a great deal, a ton. An elephant can weigh 6 tons. That is a lot, a great deal, 6 tons. I gained much information on elephants also. Hugo has never seen an elephant. Harley did. He didn’t seem to be impressed. The heat did not make a good impression on Hugo. He likes fans, air conditioning, and snow. He is not a jungle dog. He does not like New Mexico, old Mexico, or Arizona. If it is below the Mason-Dixon Line, it is too warm. He has no idea who Mason or Dixon was. Or why they drew a line. Can elephants cross it. Can we go for a walk?

31/07/2024

Today is mutt day and avocado day. Don’t give your mutt an avocado. Most animals shouldn’t eat avocado. Make yourself some guacamole. Give your mutt some steak. Take your mutt to a steak out. Any dog that is not a pure bred is a mutt. If you do dna on your purebred, he will probably be a mutt. You are a mutt. You just aren’t as good a person as your mutt. Try to improve yourself. The world needs more pure heart people. Try to out love your dog. Take that pure heart mutt for a walk.

29/07/2024

5:30 Hugo decided I should be up. Reluctantly I did. He wanted out. I took him out back. We came in. I sat down to contemplate the day. Hugo was restless. I wasn’t rested. He needed to go out. Not out back. We (he) needed a long walk. I needed to be a lert. Hugo is always a lert, even when he is sleeping. I try to be a lert at least once a day. 24 hour day. That feeling often comes at 3am. 12 hours later that feeling is a nap. Hugo will join me. A butterfly farts, Hugo barks a warning. Loud warning. I wake up. I do not automatically become a lert. America needs more lerts. We think you should become one. I am working on becoming one, but Hugo has it covered for us. So there is no urgent need for me to be a lert. I am good at sleep walking, maybe I should just develop that skill for Hugo’s walks.

27/07/2024

Today is National cowboy day and national scotch day. So if you are a Scottish cowboy, this is your day. Hugo doesn’t wear a kilt. He wonders if Scottish cowboys do. Do Scottish cowboys drink scotch? Beer for my horses and whiskey for my men. Sounds better than beer for my horses and scotch for my Scottish cowboys. Do scotch terriers drink scotch? When the Irish are running through the rye, are they checking it out to make rye scotch? Do the French make scotch or are they just wine makers? Hugo is French Basque, and a descendant of Midas. The original golden retriever. He is more Great Pyrenees than golden. I think he has a heart of gold. His guardian qualities are gold standard. He doesn’t like rye or whiskey or barley. He might like fermented Swedish fish. I don’t know about lutefisk. He likes salmon. He likes sardines. Dogs don’t ferment their food. They let humans do that. But they know humans can make fools out themselves sober. Why do they need to get drunk. What they need is a walk.

24/07/2024

Hugo and I were talking about be somebody day. I looked in my medicine cabinet and saw this bottle that said, “I be pro fin”. Even if you live in Finland, can you be a professional Finn? I assume you would not be anti Finn. Hugo thinks it might be about a fish. I thought all fish were pro fin. A fish out of water has more important issues than being for or against fins. I be pro boxer. After getting hit on the head that many times grammar and proper sentence structure may not be possible. I know, I boxed in high school. I be boxer. I wasn’t good enough to be a pro . Hugo thinks hitting someone one in the head is a waste of effort. Most people don’t use their head anyway. He goes for the throat. People spend their time talking not thinking. I bu pro fen. Spelled like an old boxer. If you were a Russian you probably would be anti Fin. That little Fin country chased the Russians off. White clothes, on skis, coming down hill, fast, almost invisible, taking out a few Russians. I be pro fin. Hugo sez, I be pro walk.

21/07/2024

Today is be somebody day. I don’t know about you, but I have been somebody as far back as I can remember. Longer actually. I may not remember who I was last week. More important, be somebody your dog likes. Hugo likes me, or at least tolerates me , most of the time. There are people who are somebody Hugo and I don’t like. But they are somebody. If we are somebody you don’t like, that’s okay. You don’t have to like everyone. But I don’t know how you couldn’t like Hugo. I even like that big German shepherd that bit me. If your dog doesn’t like someone, it is a good sign that you shouldn’t trust them either. Dogs are a good judge of character. That’s why dogs like me, I am a character. I am somebody, I am Hugos side kick. Hugo makes me a better person. He sez it is hard work and never ending. Hugo sez it is alright if some people don’t like you. But if dogs don’t like you, there is a problem. Be somebody dogs like. For a start, take a dog for a walk.v

17/07/2024

This is the year of the rabbit. Rabbit population goes up and coyote population goes up. Coyotes eat rabbits and adjust their population. Animals make sensible decisions. Except Hummingbirds, only one bird at a 4 port feeder. They will chase another one away. They will chase a hawk. The hawks head is bigger than the hummingbird. Probably too small to be eaten. Mostly feathers. Hugo thinks any bird bigger than a robin is a threat. I don’t think he could catch a hawk. Harley had to guard his food from the magpies. A group would come and try to steal his food. They were unsuccessful. Sometimes one would die. I could only feed him what he would eat now.. otherwise he was on guard duty all day. Moche worries us with hawks, owls, and falcons. Hugo apparently worries about her too. I don’t think a hawk could carry him away. There are eagles in Africa that work as a pair. The pair will dive down on a fawn and kill it on impact. Then they will both sink their talons in and carry it away together. Maybe Hugo and I should worry about eagles. Falcons can dive at 100 miles per hour. Would we see that coming? Maybe we should stay in the trees on our walk.

15/07/2024

We don’t get much into politics here. We do believe we should vote early, often and no. Especially for dog catcher. ASPCA, and PETA, are too political for us. Hugo and I are not going to shoot or bite someone because we don’t like them. Killing somebody is so permanent, kind of like electing a politician. Once they are there, they never leave. Politicians and diapers should be changed, for the same reason. But Hugo and I still don’t think we should shoot them. There was a time when we could disagree, discuss the issue and still not hate the other person. The elitists and socialists don’t allow discussion. Their view is right. If you don’t accept it you are a n**i or stupid. Hugo doesn’t like cars, since he was thrown through the back window in an accident. He barks at them. When they stop, he stops. We were both hurt in the car accident. When one car is barely moving and another car rear ends it at 50 mph, there are likely going to be some injuries. Hugo doesn’t like cars but he doesn’t want to shoot them. There are people he doesn’t like, but he warns them. Stay away. If people decided to shoot everyone they didn’t like, everybody would be dead. Live and let live. You can believe whatever stupid idea you want. We would like to educate you, but we will just go for a walk.

13/07/2024

It is hot. Over 100 for two weeks. At least 90 for another week. Hugo sleeps in front of a fan all night. Too hot to walk after 11. Does cool off at night. 50 or so. Hune brought summer. Huly is hot. Long hot summer. Spanish pronounces j as h. Swedish pronounces j as y. Yumpin yimminy, what a yeep. English doesn’t pronounce the h sometimes. Herb collects herbs for the knight at night using his knife. Or the k. Hugo likes the neighbors jeep, yeep, and heep. But he wonders if a knight can be knighted at night with that long knife. If a Swede was born in Mexico, when he moved to the USA, would he live in San Jose, San yose, or San Hosay. Would he move in Hune or Huly. Or Yanuary. Irish settlers and French Great Pyrenees speak the same language. They all like to walk.

11/07/2024

It’s fawn season here . We have twins and triplets. Alabama has big foot. Some teenagers were out and saw Bigfoot. A hairy creature with glowing eyes. 5 foot tall. My grandson said it sounded like baby foot. I have a grandson in Alabama but he is not a teenager. I don’t think he saw baby foot. Fawn prints are tiny. I think this is Big foot Bambi. There are two pairs of tracks, one set goes north, one set goes south. Twin Bigfoot Bambis meeting at midnight. Two mothers that gave birth to Bigfoot Bambi twins. Was the father just passing through? I hope so. Will mom recover? The limb dump has nice soft dirt. Good for tracks. Do you know what Bigfoot Bambi eats? What ever he wants. 3 inch limbs ripped off the tree. I don’t know if Hugo would bark at him. He might just stand there with his mouth hanging open. Does Bigfoot Bambi have glowing eyes? Will we see all four of them on our midnight walk? Will we survive? Eight glowing eyes staring at us. Who wants to join us on our walk?

09/07/2024

8:30. Temperature. Matches the 76 trombones in the morning sun. Ok. 11. Am temperature matches the movie about Dalmatians. Not ok. High noon. Matches the number of coronets, that follow the trombones. Too hot. After high noon. The temperature matches the voltage coming into our house. 19 degrees more than the Dalmatian number. Hugo and I go for a morning walk. Then look for shade. Find a nap. Hugo has a little pool. Room for two? 50 cents let’s you join him. Better than,” no phone, no pool, no pets”. Don’t bring your phone. The pool has a no phone policy. Our mid day and afternoon walks are canceled due to whether. Whether or not it is too hot. Our weather is too hot, for too long. Pray for snow. Do a rain dance. Frosty the snow man would be a steam bath with two chunks of coal and a rabbit eating his nose. Sundown comes and life starts again. We can go for a walk.

07/07/2024

Don’t attempt this at home. This is just for entertainment purposes. Even reading what I write could be dangerous. It might make you think. After one of my escapades a friend said,” God watches out for drunks, fools and Americans.” I knew I was an American. I was not foolish enough to ask where he thought I fit in his statement. Fourth of July weekend. Local classic car parade. A friend was Grand Marshal of our local parade. Rode in a corvette convertible. Two matching Percheron pulling a wagon. I would rather have rode in the wagon if I was grand marshal. Corvette was nice, but too new. I was the first person in the parade route. They threw candy at me. Filled my pockets. Two kids came late. I emptied my pockets for them. Don’t try this at home. This is just for entertainment purposes. At 117 degrees you could get heat stroke. Hugo stayed home. Would not be entertaining. You should attempt nothing at home, it could be dangerous. That is why Hugo and I walk to the limb dump or down to shelf court . If we don’t attempt it at home, it is not dangerous. But it is still entertaining. Don’t put your dog on the hood of your car. Even if you are not at home. It could be dangerous. Without danger, you might live forever or die of boredom. Take your dog for a walk.

03/07/2024

Not many of you will know what this is. They are very rare, but becoming more necessary. Now that kids know that sniffing blinker fluid will give them a psychedelic experience it is more important to watch the level if left unattended. There are some instances where this locking cap can be used to restrict access to the ka-newter valve. The spelling of ka-newter has not been standardized. Ford, GM, Chrysler, and foreign manufacturers may use different spelling. Most ka-newter valves are now tamper proof. The cap on your blinker fluid does need to be locked. Hugo stays in my pickup when we shop. No one will risk trying to steal his blinker fluid. A 100 pound dog is a good deterrent. I am considering a on line auction. If any of you are interested, we may make a pre- auction agreement. I know how rare these are, don’t think I will just let it go for a ridiculous low ball price. Hugo is considering keeping it so he does not have to wait in a hot vehicle this summer. While your car will function with out blinker fluid, and many do, it is much safer to have blinkers functioning. Also, with a locked cap, you don’t have to worry about your blinkers running dry and causing serious damage. It can easily cost $500 to $1000 to even temporarily repair the blinkers. If you ask your mechanic he can explain how to recalibrate the ka-newter valve and allow you to limp in to a repair shop. He will only charge about $500 To re adjust the valve. Hugo is waiting patiently while I write this, but he is getting more concerned about kids misusing blinker fluid. Dogs do not have a problem with substance abuse. Cats may find catnip a mind altering drug, but there is no such thing as dog nip. Hugo is ready for his morning walk.

27/06/2024

It is Thursday, conspiracy theory day. The difference between a conspiracy theory and fact is about six months. Hugo recognizes the facts in a conspiracy theory immediately. We think we are superior to dogs because we have opposable thumbs. Dogs have dew claws. Apparently they have special claws to claw dew. Hugo’s dew claws are controlled by muscles. They do not oppose each other. Why having thumbs that oppose each other is an advantage is not a conspiracy theory. They have opposed each other for more than six months. Apparently my left thumb is an extreme, wacko, socialist, nut job. It opposes everything my right thumb is. My left thumb has one view, my right thumb has a different view. They both oppose me. One person three views. Hugo doesn’t always agree with any of us. Sir Arthur and the knights of the round table had a conference room designed by a dog. No matter where you approached the table there was a right and left. The farther you walked around the table you ended up the closer you got to the extreme. The extreme right and left were side by side. Opposing each other but very close to each other. They both had a right and left opposable thumb. Dogs are prepared to claw dew. We are prepared to oppose the person next to us. The center is in the middle of the table where nobody is. Maybe that is where dogs claw dew. We sit around the table with our opposable thumbs. Opposing everything. We are superior. When we go down the driveway and and turn, it doesn’t matter which way, if we walk far enough we will be right back where we started. There would be a couple of long swims. Sometimes Hugo goes right, sometimes he goes left. My thumbs are still opposing each other so Hugo makes a logical decision. He spends very little time clawing dew. But we are superior with our opposing thumbs. It doesn’t matter which way we turn. If we keep our turns consistent, we will end up back where we are. If we alternate our turns we will end up back here. Either way we will have a nice walk.

25/06/2024

It is Tuesday, June 25, tomorrow is Wednesday June 26, this continues until June is gone and July starts. It is linier, predictable. Time marches on. I think it actually plods on. Hugo doesn’t care. 5:30 this morning Hugo, insisted I march on. I half complied. I plodded on. It was 100 yesterday. We both think the temperature should limit itself to the 3/4 of a century mark. At the century of temperature, Hugo doesn’t even plod. Wolves became dogs when they discovered couches. Big hairy dogs became hot dogs when the AC doesn’t work. Wolves have not yet discovered that we have AC to blow cool air on couches. If they do, your couch potato days are over. You will be serving ice cream to timber wolves. In the summer. Then lamb kabobs in the winter. Hugo likes ice cream even at thirty below. Frozen lamb kebabs as the first course and ice cream for dessert. Even in the desert. NO salad. Soup de jour, as long as it is beef stew. Now you know how tough a dog’s life is. Oh don’t forget the walk.

23/06/2024

Happiness is a warm puppy. Happiness is you coming home to take a walk.

21/06/2024

I walk through the store and fall down. People rush up and say,”Are you okay?” Hugo looks at them and thinks. Why would falling down suddenly make him okay? I have known him all my life, he has never been okay. He is strange, weird, accept him as he is. If he actually said that they would think him weird. He finds it best if he only talks to me. We have good conversations. My daughter, Hugo and I can discuss topics. Hugo admits that sometimes he has to dumb down his part so I can understand it. But I am only a people, he can accept that. Today is selfie day. You can all go take pictures of yourself to reassure yourself that you exist. And you wonder if I am okay. Hugo sometimes wonders if he will wake up after a bad day and you will all seize to exist. Hugo and I will be on a walk. All will be right in the world. Next time you fall down and people ask, “Are you okay?” Say, “Hugo wonders why you would think falling down would make someone okay? “ Don’t tell them Hugo is a dog you discuss things with. They may put you in a rubber room. They are hesitant to let dogs visit there. Don’t worry, Hugo and I will think of you on our walk.

12/06/2024

The princess is comfortable. She is not on Hugo’s couch. She is having a cat nap. Hugo can nap on his couch. Hugo doesn’t get two pillows on the couch. But wolves are wolves until they find out about couches. Then they become dogs. Cats become EMPRESS SUPREME. Humble Hugo is content with a walk.

08/06/2024

Yesterday was D day, sometimes referred to as Remembrance Day. The day we invaded France to chase hitlers soldiers. The invasion was very costly. It should be remembered. Most people today don’t even know about it. They don’t understand the price of war. Nobody wins a war like that. One side looses less. But the price of evil taking over is higher. It is not a pleasant thing to remember. We don’t want to talk about it. We would rather teach an alternate history. Those who don’t know history, will repeat it. The Great War, (WWI,) WWII, The war of 1812, Spanish-American war, civil war, Bay of Pigs, Korean War, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, it will never end. There are other wars, but they may not be called war. But they are payed for in blood, arms, legs, brothers, sisters, fathers, uncles, friends. Send not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for you. Hugo and I need another walk.

05/06/2024

Every spring we get this little pine forest. It grows but then evolves into tumblew**d, Russian thistle. I think it is a Russian plot. Collusion. Those Russians are always causing trouble. They probably have a satellite aimed at us sending radiation down contaminating the pine tree gene pool. Tumble w**d sticks in Hugo’s tail. That too is a commy plot. Even worse is puncture w**d. Those little goat heads get stuck on his food pads. He stops walking and raises a paw. I have to pull it off. Then we continue. Those Russian collusion people are out to ruin us. They bought our uranium to have more radioactive material. They couldn’t get the right person elected. Instead they will make us miserable. Ruin our walks.

03/06/2024

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Hugo enjoys the snow. He thanks GOD for his answered prayers by making snow angels. He will do this several times during the day and night. We went out a little after midnight and he made some. It was 26 degrees. Moche wanted out. 26 degrees, she won’t be out long. Hugo and I waited and waited. I read my book. Hugo laid with me on the couch. We waited, Hugo got off the couch. I went and checked again, 484 times. No Moche. We went to bed slept until 9. We waited for her for hours. She finally came in about four hours later. Hugo slept, I read, I slept. It didn’t snow. Now it is 53 degrees. Moche sleeps on a blanket. Hugo wants a walk.

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It is National girl day, National coming out day, and National kick butt day. That means the girl (Moche), is coming out (of where?) and kicking butt(Hugo). But that is just a normal day. She doesn’t need a National day for that. Five pound cat, one hundred pound dog. Of course the cat wins. Moche on Hugo’s bed, Hugo sleeps on the floor. Moche on the couch first, Hugo sleeps on the floor. Hugo does what Moche says. Hugo goes for a walk, Moche goes for a walk.

We’re so proud of Sammy and her handler Angie! At today’s training session they showed us the new paw alert they’ve been working on, and Sammy impressed with not only one side but TWO! This will be formed into an alert for Angie when she needs to lay down in a safe location before loosing her sense of balance and falling. Follow their story and fundraiser at https://www.gofundme.com/paws-for-hope-training-sammy Angie makes beautiful hand painted signs, and will have a few dog themed signs for sale in this Sunday’s Facebook Live event (details in our events tab). You can also check out her store at https://www.facebook.com/thebumblebeefarmhouse/ #palswithpaws #streetdoghero #sdit #servicedog #servicedogteam #servicedogintraining #servicedogsofig #limedisease #closedheadinjury #headinjury #migraine

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The Power Of A Paw

Helping people achieve better physical and emotional health through the unconditional love of a dog.

A charity created to help guide individuals through the process of acquiring a service dog or therapy dog. Everyone deserves the love and help of a dog, in a timely and affordable fashion. Pals with Paws is associated with The House of Hope Ministries. Please like their page at www.facebook.com/houseofhoperedmond.

***We focus on empowering owners/handlers with knowledge, and an understanding of their rights. Most of the people seeking our service dog help will become the trainers themselves, specialty training is available when needed. We work heavily through the seasoned experience of our community, and the connections that our members have made. Together, you too can know the ‘Power of a Paw’ in an affordable and timely manor.***