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we show her, but have no plans to breed her, but "m getting heavy pressure from friends of ours in the breed! ;-) She's doing quite well, and is very nicely put together with a PERFECT temperament, but I've been in dogs for years (showing and training) and I know what a lot of work a litter is....just not something we have time for now.
Pyo is a nasty condition, that's for sure. The problem with Danika is that she has very irregular cycles (so does her mom; I understand those things are very heritable) and it's just my luck that the unpredictablility of her cycles will impact our nationals. Ah well. I can always send dh hiking in the Rockies with he!
Thanks for your advice! :bored:
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We're driving from CT to CO for our National Specialty (dog show) and I"m worried that she'll go start to cycle before then, or during the trip. I honestly do not know what I'd do with a bitch in peak heat in a nice room at The Stanley Hotel (or locked in the Suburban, for that matter!) around all those intact males.
Just wondering.....is there?
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We give our chickens their regular feed (sometimes Layena, sometimes another brand), and it was my understanding that scratch was "chicken candy" to be given as a treat.
We also give them cracked corn (not too much- it makes them a little hyper!), vegetable scraps, leftover pasta, or anything else I find in the fridge that needs to go (I wouldn't give them onions, broccoli, garlic, or anything else that could make the eggs taste funny though.)
Then again, our chickens are spoiled brats who tend to come to the back door and look in on us pitiously til someone comes out with treats.
They will definitely prefer to eat scratch (or anything else) rather than regular feed. My daughter just informed me (she's the chicken expert in the family), that chickens have more taste recepters than humans, so naturally they would rather eat tasty stuff.
This is our life! OUr hens are so spoiled it's pathetic! And I cater to them! I buy them leafy greens (this week it was turnip greens) and acquiesce when they beg. I'm such a pushover! (but I love them dearly!) :)
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Are they difficult to keep and care for? What kind should a person begin with? Do they help save $$$ on the grocery bill?
Thanks much!
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Really.....it's a bit embarrassing! We only have four hens, and we're pretty new to chickens-- we got them as pullets in August. We have two Buff Orpingtons and two Barred Plymouth Rocks. (the Buff who laid our first egg is in my avatar with dd!) They started laying in October and since then we've not bought any eggs. We don't raise them for meat, :eek: they're more like pets who live outside and lay eggs for us. There are four in our family (me, dh, dd 10, and my mom) and we don't EAT a lot of eggs, but we bake quite a bit. We usually end up giving a dozen or so away every now and then because we can't use them all up. In November we got about 4 eggs per day, but now we're down to about 2-3 per day. It seems like it's starting to pick up again, though.
I have found that they're less work than a dog, and SO entertaining to watch. We live in a suburban neighborhood of old Victorian homes on small lots, so they have a big run and a coop but do not free-range. I"m afraid of roaming dogs, etc. Seriously, I love them so much; I'll never live chicken-free again!
I'm rambling here; Doran was very wise when she said it's a HUGE topic. Have fun researching!
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For instance, Hillary comes out swinging in a debate. She's called a "bee-otch." Do you hear male candidates of either party being characterized similarly for similar behavior? I've read recently about McCain's outrageous temper (well-publicized by members of his own party, mind you.) He's called "forceful" and "decisive." If Hillary or any other female in a position of influence and power refused to take advice, flew off the handle to the point of temporary insanity or stood on the senate floor in front of video cameras and told a fellow senator to "go f-himself," it would be all over, and some of us here would be performing a virtual drawing and quartering and vivisection of the woman.
I'd just like to think that we've come further than that in this country. :o
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What if SHE was in a position of power and cheated?
And HE stood by her side during the press conference?
Would we not be commenting about what an upstanding, supportive man he is? What a good father, to be standing there for his kids?
I'm just wondering--- Hillary is always the object of such a double-standard when it comes to politics.
I wonder if the tables were turned, would we feel differently toward the spurned spouse?
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Can we just jump in at the 6th or 7th grade level, without having gone through the entire program previously? Or will it be difficult to follow?
Approximately how many pages of work is each lesson?
Is it secular?
Thanks so much! I'm still having a heck of a time finding a vocabulary curriculum!
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I just hope they have voices left when they're 20. :o
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Or has it been taken down?
I can't find it; the one in the previous thread here doesn't lead to it anymore. Maybe something with the three periods in the middle of the url?
Can someone link me?
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DRIVES ME OUT OF MY TREE! :eek:
As for remedies, a frying pan over the head? :rolleyes:
KIDDING! I'm KIDDING!
No I'm not.
Yes I am.
Wait. No. Maybe not.
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Don't just turn them over to the pound. I haven't read all the other posts so maybe this has been mentioned, but if they are purebred, CALL THEIR BREED RESCUE ORGANIZATION! These are people who know the breed, love the breed, and specialize in rehabbing/retraining the dogs and placing them in screened, adoptive homes. I'm at work, and for some reason I can't get a rescue page to load, but google "American Eskimo Breed Rescue" and you'll find lots of hits. Just be sure you call one that's affilliated with a national Eskie club.
Hope this helps!
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.....for our breed's National Specialty (dog show.) So while we'll be learning on the road, it's going to be three weeks of travel, showing, hanging with good friend in our dog club, and enjoying ESTES PARK COLORADO!
The show is being held at The Stanley Hotel, so we're pretty stoked about it!
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DD is a good speller, and we're done with our series (goes up through 6th grade.) Dd is in 5th grade. I"m looking for some good recommedations of programs that are secular?
I"m not sure whether to keep going with another spelling program or do some sort of vocabulary program. Dd loves spelling, mostly because it's easy for her. Is there a hybrid out there?
What do you think of Vocabulary from Classical Roots? How about Vocabu-Lit? Those are just two I happened upon at the Rainbow Resource site.
Suggestions?
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Molly was so excited! Plus, I like to remind myself why I got into this homeschoolin' gig in the first place. :)
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Welcome, Sophia Grace! A leap year baby!
Enjoy!
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Thanks; I couldn't find it quickly. As I said, there's the most abominable racket going on here! Too many little girls, all screeching like banshees about something!
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UUUGHH...NO, I meant to say, "each TOWN." At least here. Trying to type while listening to two little girls SCREECHING! Sorry!
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NCLB was concieved as a way to remedy to falling test scores and make education equal for all students. It was modeled after a flawed and misrepresented report by the Austin school district.
Unfortunately, there are many difficult reasons why districts are performing poorly on standardized tests, including a lack of support for/value of education at home, language barriers, etc.
Interesting:
No Child Left Behind:
The Football Version
Author Unknown*
l. All teams must make the state playoffs, and all will win the championship. If a team does not win the championship, they will be on probation until they are the champions, and coaches will be held accountable.
2. All kids will be expected to have the same football skills at the same time and in the same conditions. No exceptions will be made for interest in football, a desire to perform athletically, or genetic abilities or disabilities. ALL KIDS WILL PLAY FOOTBALL AT A PROFICIENT LEVEL
3. Talented players will be asked to work out on their own without instruction. This is because the coaches will be using all their instructional time with the athletes who aren't interested in football, have limited athletic ability, or whose parents don't like football.
4. Games will be played year round, but statistics will only be kept in the 4th, 8th, and 11th games.
5. This will create a New Age of sports where every school is expected to have the same level of talent and all teams will reach the same minimal goals.
If no child gets ahead, then no child will be left behind.
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But it's the states that pick what tests to use.
No, it differs by state. Here in my state, the local district Superintendent of Schools or Curriculum Coordinator, (both local employees) pick the curriculum. And towns that are under heavy pressure to improve test scores pick curricula that promise improvement. Both of these individuals often are very, very far removed from the actually classroom trenches, and do not consult with teachers for recommendations/input/reviews.
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are mainly reactions to the mandates of NCLB. For instance, many of the math curriculae that are used reflect the way the questions, etc. are worded on the standardized tests. "Estimate" and "write about your answer" have replaced "Work these sums." Most of the textbook companies now make no apologies, and use "aligned with standardized testing" as a selling point to districts.
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It has decimated our small local school district. Dd attended PS from kindergarten through April of her 2nd grade year, when we could take the relentless pursuit of mastery test scores no longer.
Science and Social studies were eliminated from the K-5 curriculum:eek: because "those subjects are not tested on the CT mastery test.*" That's right. ELIMINATED. Along with art, music and all classroom celebrations because those "frills" used up precious drill and skill time. Kindergarteners endured 2.5 hours of guided reading in the morning and 2 hours of math skills in the afternoon. That's it. Unbelievable, yes. But I was teaching in the district then (7th grade English) and I know firsthand. So the last person on earth I ever thought would homeschool, ME, found herself and her dh in the principal's office withdrawing dd. Incidentally, the principal, a father of preschoolers, asked what curriculum we were planning on using because he and his wife were planning on homeschooling their kids because of what NCLB had done to the schools.
Two minutes later our decision was validated yet again. As we left the principal's office that day we were met in the hallway by the reading specialist at the school, who was a close colleague of mine. She asked what we were doing there, and we said we were withdrawing Molly. "Oh!" she replied, a look of shock on her face. "We're really going to miss her scores. She did so well on the standardized tests that it helped boost the average scores quite a bit."
Um, yeah. Not that she'd miss MOLLY, or anything about her other than her mastery test scores. Nice.
Our town is no exception. NCLB has been so damaging to small, struggling school districts across the country. It's sad. But it's the honest answer to why we homeschool.
*State mandates have since changed, and these subjects have been added to the test.
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Well then, that IS upsetting. Especially since when it comes to education, there has been a national trend over the past few decades that "as California goes, so goes the nation." EEEK.
Quick, before I place my order: Does Coldwater Creek clothing run big? Small?
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ARRGHH! I hate buying clothes! I need a dressy pants outfit for our upcoming National Specialty and I actually found a couple I LOOOVE on Coldwater Creek's website. One has shorter arms, one has longer arms. I have shorter arms, but I like the one with the full-length arms a bit better. Do they run true to size or big? How about in the waist/hips/tummy area?
Did I mention I HATE clothes shopping? :confused: