From Mom, November 2, 2009

November 2, 2009

Dear Jeremiah,

I know you said not to write but I figured that I would keep writing until the 15th or so. After that I don't know if letters will reach you before you leave FT. Benning. We are trying out a homemade remedy for Sadie's ears. She was doing really well for a long time, then when she went into heat her ears got really bad again and smell bad also. So right now Wes is making up this formula for this stuff called Blue Ear Powder. I don't know why the powder part because it is a liquid. Basically it is 3 ingredients, rubbing alcohol, boric acid, and this purple stuff called gentic purple. The alcohol will dry out the ear canal, the boric acid is supposed to soothe the ear and the purple stuff is an antifungal, antibiotic. The article says that there is a 90% to 99% success rate. I'll keep you updated on how it works. She is going to have blue ear holes. =) Wes is warming the solution up right now. His hands are stained purple. I told him he should wear gloves. Mike is in town. They had a delivery to Fedex, Portland and their truck needs some work done on it. So I (and the littles) picked him up yesterday and met G&G at Fatty Patty's for breakfast. Then after that Ann says she wants to stop by and see the boys cause she's on her way to Woodland. I think that she was trying to see Mike. She needs to get off the train tracks she's on and get on some new ones. What an idiot, she keeps saying she wants to get back with Mike Bah bah bah. Mike is done with that stuff. So anyways he disappears and goes to see this girl he thinks he likes now. I'm pretty sure that you know her since I guess she was a girl friend of your friend Zach. Her name is Chel, which must be short for Michelle or Rachel. Live in Battle Ground. Wes is putting the stuff in Sadie's ears, she is whining a bit. Poor sweet heart. Because she scratched at her ears the alcohol stings. I can't tell you how much I hope this works. The stuff I was using didn't do anything. I have three in heat now. Sadie should be drying up now that she's been bred. Hiedi needs to be bred tonight and tomorrow night. Emma has been in heat since Saturday. Fritz told me. So she needs to be bred next Mon & Tues at the very least. Dutch is a lucky dog. Not Fritz, though he did manage to get Sadie twice. The first time 4 days too early, the second 4 days too late. But who knows? Have to be more careful with Hiedi and Emma. Fritz is fast, so we can't let him out around them at all. I finally met up with that lady who was selling the crates so I got them. There's 3. I'm keeping one, the other two are going to Shirley cause they are smaller than I can use. The one I'm keeping is for Dutch. I was very surprised at it's size. I thought it would be the same as Emma's crate. It's 48" long! Bigger than all of them. So pretty glad about that plus they all still had the pans. and she went down from $25 to $20 because one is missing the rod. But Shirley can replace the rod with one from HD. So I'm planning on going up there next weekend to give them to her. She needs more crates now that she has pg moms and puppies. She said that she was rearranging her bedroom to make room. I stacked the crates again. It is just so much more easier to take care of the puppies when they are off the floor. I had to make room for Dutch's monster crate anyways and I still have room for a puppy pen. I'm going to go to HD and get a piece of vinyl to lay on the floor in the puppy play area. I won't glue it down but it should protect the floor better than nothing. By January I will have almost 30 puppies! Lulu had puppies Sat. 6, 4 boys, 2 girls, bk and choc. I love you and miss you. Love Mom