Alt Church #431
My buddy Mark “General Gow” just turned me onto this…
looks pretty interesting…
September 29th, 2008 - Posted in General | | 0 Comments
36…
I’m thinking it is getting time to either build this or let it go… I have way to many projects right now, but I have to say this is a tough looking choptop.
Channelled with a tight looking small block, straight axled, Z’d hard in the rear and front
mean Firestone blackwalls… I want to smell the rubber coming off the rear end when I light it up…
Can’t wait… or can I?
September 29th, 2008 - Posted in Hot Rod Art | | 3 Comments
Kenny P and Poppa T… Sorry man.
Ok, Kenny and Poppa T, I might as well fess up right now…
I was in NYC and didn’t call… but I have a good excuse. Last minute trip… really last minute trip, as in wake up in Stamford to find out we got a by in the tournament game and our next one wasn’t until 7pm and we had 3 hours to burn … so a bunch of dads got into the mini van crammed in the kids and headed down to the garden… we parked uptown near Eavisville and actually picked one of them up… and took the 2/3 right into MSG.
Now I know why scalpers are called scalpers… One of the guys new a Ranger coach (who we couldn’t get in touch with in time) I am certain somebody knew somebody who had tickets that were going unused, but on the short notice, we couldn’t collect on any relational swaps and had to resort to the streets… SCALPED!
All’s I can say is that for a bunch of Dads to be in the city with their son’s under the circumstance of a hockey, and to have the opportunity to see a NHL game and see those very sons sitting with their faces glued to the glass behind the Ranger bench was something I hope I never forget… to see the glean in all of thier eye’s when a quick goon fight broke out was priceless…
September 29th, 2008 - Posted in General | | 0 Comments
Hockey has started
Well it is already under full swing… and the season is on for Thunder… looks like they will have a good team. No doubt that there will be some racked up mileage… but incredible time spent in the car.
September 25th, 2008 - Posted in General | | 0 Comments
What’s a house concert?
We have had a few in the past… and are looking to beef up a formal schedule…
about a month ago we upped the ante…
Setting:
- small room
- 20-25 people
- killer sound system
- quality musician either established or upcoming
- no kids
- really, really, really good food and beverages
We have found out in the past that most of our friends aren’t accustomed to being able to access the artsy crowd on an intimate level…
The goal is two-fold, to inspire local artists and to inspire friends and make community…
Although the kitchen still isn’t remodeled, and the house wasn’t spotless and there were of course snafu’s all along the way the last one was a blast… it looks like we have a really talented local artist playing at our next one in October… an Octoberfest of sorts, so if your in the area stop by.
September 24th, 2008 - Posted in General | | 1 Comments
My Blog is working again
So I am pretty stoked that Ryan once again came to the rescue and gave me some instruction as to how to fix my blog…
WOW it’s been so long I should have asked him a couple of months ago… more to come on that.
September 23rd, 2008 - Posted in General | | 0 Comments
So more on that…
Ok the facts in that article are shakey at best…
I think we had Bohdie about 5 years. We found him at the YMCA in Boise, took him to the animal shelter but they were full so they asked us to foster parent him for 30 days… during that time our kids fell in love with him so we began the adoption process…
After the 30 days was up, we took him in, filled out the state licensing, took him to the vet for a check up… etc… we fed, took care and generally he was in pretty good health… When we moved across the country he came with us, and of course we took him to our local licensing board here, where he was tagged and licensed… Our neighbor was a vet so she always looked into any concerns we had and on a couple of occasions he was taken in.
So all that to say that the dog was a good dog, and although he occasionally like to sneak out the back door and go for walks around the neighborhood he was generally known and usually brought home by a neighbor or the local cops when that happened…
So on the the night he took off we were a little surprised when he didn’t return within at least an hour…, or the next day…
As fate would have it, the particular day we called the local animal shelter, there was a temp working, a particular temp who I later found out was instructed not to give out any info on a yellow lab if somebody called. He was instructed to do this because a local yellow lab had been brought in that was part of a animal abuse case and apparently that is their protocol. So when I called and asked of course I got no where, and he just said “all dog’s who turn up missing get reported on our website, just look there” . So we did, and did, and did…. but nothing…
While all this time piece together some of the facts in that article and time was passing by. Since we didn’t hear anything and couldn’t seem to locate him, we figured he had been run over and left in a a ditch, and for that it was a shame that the kids were a little torn up.
You can imagine our surprise when the local newspaper ran the front page story on the “Mystery Dog” and our neighbor called and said your never going to believe who is on the front page…
When we called around and tried to locate him, it was akward, we completley got the tight lip, my thoughts were that too much information and not enough facts had tainted the hosts against us.
As it turns out when a clinic picks up an animal that has had a micro chip put in it, they will ONLY release it to the microchip owner. In this case it had been 10 years prior and the family apparently was very happy to hear that their dog had, had a good life, but wasn’t in a place to accommodate a 3500 mile trip.
In the meantime Bohdie had fallen again to the same fate, a foster parent who fell in love with him… She sounds like a wonderful woman who took him in from the shelter and actually works at a vet clinic… He had a manicure “PETicure”, had his teeth bleached, and buffed out, had a cortisone shot in his hip… apparently hs is the hero of the clinic and has fallen into a nice home…
BUT, did you know that even if you have had a dog, officially adopted them, fed them, taken care of them and “owned them” that if they have EVER had a micro chip put in them, they no longer belong to you…
That’s what we found out when we tried to get him back… honestly the dog hit the lotto… I am certain he is getting pampered in ways he never dreamed of, but it still seems weird.
September 23rd, 2008 - Posted in General | | 5 Comments
The mystery of Chip… errr Bohdie
The mystery of Chip
Lost pooch leads folks on a detective tale
July 23, 2008
By Sarah Hinckley Times Argus Staff
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| Chip, the dog with a microchip and a mysterious life, looks happy at his foster home in the house of Debbie Danforth of Milton. Photo: Photo Provided |
MONTPELIER — Thanks to some amateur sleuthing and a microchip under Chip’s skin, part of the mystery surrounding the 11-year-old yellow Labrador retriever has been solved.
But only part. Although his name and former owners have been discovered, still unknown is how the well-trained dog arrived in Vermont after allegedly being stolen seven years ago from his home in Idaho.
Chip was picked up by the Montpelier Police on July 3, running loose without tags, and brought to the Central Vermont Humane Society.
“I assume that he got lost because of the fireworks,” said Anne Ross, who manages the shelter at the Humane Society, referring to the capital city’s Independence Day celebration. “Because of that, he could have come from anywhere.”
This much is known: Chip had a microchip inserted more than 10 years ago that allowed Ross to trace his roots back to Oregon. But that was not where Chip’s journey to Vermont began, apparently.
Chip allegedly was stolen seven years ago from his owners’ yard in Idaho, where they had moved. After putting out notices for Chip’s return to no avail, the family moved on, eventually relocating to Washington state, where they have another dog.
But none of this was initially known to Ross or an interested vet in Worcester who did some sleuthing that would make Sherlock Holmes proud.
Ross used Google, the Internet search engine, to search for the Oregon owner’s name that came up from the microchip. Her search broadened when she realized the number scanned from Chip’s microchip was not one used by the same company employed by the humane society.
Microchips are the size of long-grain rice, according to Ross. They are inserted through a needle —smaller than the one used to draw blood, she noted — into the skin between the animal’s shoulder blades. The chips are most commonly inserted into cats and dogs, and used to trace the animal back to the facility or organization at which the device was inserted if the pet is lost or stolen.
Most shelters, veterinary clinics and hospitals and animal control officers now have scanners that can read the microchip number without touching the animal, as was Chip’s case.
“He has a microchip and the owners registered his chip, which all owners don’t do,” said Ross. When she Googled the name the microchip was registered under and found a phone number in Oregon, it was no longer in service. Ross then Googled the same name in Vermont and didn’t find any exact matches. In a valiant attempt to see if there were any relatives in the Green Mountain State, Ross called people with the same and similar last names.
“That was less than rewarding,” she joked. “It was a long shot, but it could have worked.”
Ross then widened her Google search and got the police equivalent of a break in the case: She discovered that Chip’s former owners were veterinarians and called the clinic at which they were employed when Chip’s microchip was inserted. But the clinic had not heard from Chip’s owners since their move to Idaho 10 years ago.
With the help of Deb Glottmann from Worcester Veterinary Care and a national veterinary database search, Chip’s former owners were finally located in the state of Washington.
Meanwhile, Chip was taken to the Worcester facility for a check-up, prompting Glottmann to look for ways to get him across the country if his original owners wanted him back, and Chip a temporary place to stay until that was possible.
That’s how Debbie Danforth, of Milton, ended up with Chip.
Calling Glottmann on July 9 about an upcoming meeting, Danforth found herself about to take in a dog. Danforth’s long-time canine companion died last October and there were no other dogs at her home.
“I was in the position to be able to take a dog because I have a lot of the materials,” said Danforth. “I went to the meeting and ended up taking Chip home… He’s 11 years old. He knows all his commands really well. He’s an amazing dog.”
But he does have a few issues. Chip has cage anxiety and he doesn’t like male dogs getting too close, which may be a problem in getting him back to the former owners, who now have a male dog.
“According to the owner, he never had aggression issues in the time they had him,” said Danforth, pointing out that no one knows what has happened during the last seven years. “If he could only speak, we’d love to hear his story.”
The cost of getting him back across the country is also a hurdle, whether the former owners travel here to get him or decide to ship him back.
“I think they’re probably leaning towards Chip having his permanent residence in Vermont – that’s just my interpretation,” said Danforth. “I’m still considering myself as a foster mom until they make a final decision about what they want to do… I’m basically just waiting and I’m not hurrying them, because it’s no hardship for me to take care of him.”
In fact, over the last 10 days, she and her family have become quite attached to Chip.
“If they decide to come get him, I will miss him,” said Danforth. “But, I realize at one time he belonged to them and he was their cherished pet.”
The Central Vermont Humane Society is hosting a microchip clinic on Aug. 2 and owners can pay up to $25 to have a chip inserted into their pet. To find out more, call 476-3811 or go to http://www.cvhumane.com/.
September 22nd, 2008 - Posted in General | | 0 Comments
