september 12 2009 from glencadia on Vimeo.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
next video
Jim's here today so I should have a chance to make another video, especially getting the dogs that were camera shy in the last one. It's such nice weather it's nice to walk around with a camera, especially when I have some great help cleaning up back in the barn. I'll put on a chartreuse necktie and a pair of ripped slippers and head out to the manure pile.
Friday, September 4, 2009
the worst outfit
Now, I wander out of the house to deal with the dogs in some crappy clothes -- ripped, stained, ill-fitting -- but today I out did myself. I have on a bathing suit and a bright green/yellow ripped t-shirt and some muck boots. Of course, it doesn't matter since there is no one here but my family, the dogs and Jim... and a video camera. Why I don't think about the fact that I will later be editing a video and see myself looking like the king of the house elves I can't say. I could also put that broken stove we just removed away. Now, the hole in the barn door I made by backing into the door with a load of hay in the pick up seems to have some useful aspects to it. Furthermore, Ollie's balloon pump works. And you'll see a couple of attempts to catch the dogs as they are when I'm not there. That spot they all like to roll in? Manure.
So where is the above mentioned video? Converting to lower res. Then I have to upload. And I have to go to the dump now, so this won't be live until about 5 pm this afternoon EST. Try back!
UPDATE: I left it sitting for hours to get the thing exported, then left it for more hours to upload and then... it didn't work the first time. So I'll try again...
September 4, 2009 at glencadia dog camp second upload try from glencadia on Vimeo.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
children's pay day, sinbad's psychology, lulu and omar's wagon ride, inflation, sparklers, bales, hands up or I'll shoot you with a rainbow
children's pay day, sinbad's psychology, lulu and omar's wagon ride, inflation, sparklers, bales, hands up or I'll shoot you wit from glencadia on Vimeo.
After reading Peanuts Ollie, 7, set up a psychiatry stand. He copied Lucy out of the book, only he raised the price to one dollar. He did all that completely on his own.
I got him a patient: Sinbad. Why does he keep chewing this one spot? I put the collar on him, the spot heals, then he chews it again. What is going on in his head?
Ollie said, "Maybe he was bit by a king mosquito. Those really itch. How long has it been going on?"
For weeks, I said.
"That's about right for a king mosquito."
And as you'll hear in the video, he hounded me for a dollar all day. Not that I got any worthwhile psychiatry out of him.
I suggested he should consider a philosophy stand instead of psychology. The licensing process is easier.
Lotta, 2, put on a tutu, some googles, and stole Ollie's umbrella and attempted to rob me.
Kim, doesn't number 7, Sampson, look an awful lot like Bullwinkle?
All on one average Wednesday:
Sparklers on the way home from going to the neighbor's farm to get milk...
Stacking hay bales in the morning...
Playing dress up...
Picking cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes, corn, carrots, baking bread, finding eggs...
Going swimming...
Cleaning out the dog van... would have been easier without Ollie using the vacuum, although he meant well.
The geese are grouping up.
The string beans are over.
The first set of corn is done.
The forecast calls for cool days: we can put the fans away already.
Summer is almost over.
The Gordian Knot: Alexander the Great untied it in Asia Minor... ours really wasn't as bad and we were able to figure it out pretty quickly without conquering any territory.
Last week Ollie said that I was the one that put the money under his pillow when his tooth fell out. There is no tooth ferry. And there is no Santa Claus either. So, he figured, there is no soul. When you die, he said, you rot in the ground and get eaten by worms. I said they are different things, Santa, the tooth ferry, the soul, and left it at that.
Today he said that there is no way the it could have been me hiding the eggs at Easter, since there was so much chocolate and I know very well that he doesn't like chocolate. Also, when we went to the party for that friend of ours who died, when we looking at her favorite tree and we looked up and saw the light come between the branches just at that moment on a cloudy day, that means there is a soul. That's what the soul does: it goes to your favorite place.
Where do you think my soul would go?
I don't want to talk about it, I said.
cooking up a video
I got a lot of video footage today but not enough before I had to come in... so I will finish up this afternoon and upload tonight. Thanks.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
uninspired video
This video is at best utilitarian. I was on my own this morning and it was raining. I didn't even turn on the lights, so the video is kind of dark. Unedited, uninspired, not up to snuff, lesser video.
Still, at least you can see your dog.
Bella: not here yet
Moose: Gracie, the mini-pinscher was picking on him and he didn't react at all.
Wellington: very well balanced this time so far
Muri: perfect
Chloe: sneaking into all rooms
Lulu Omar: sleeping a lot
Buzz: buzy
Red: likes the big dogs
Lola: lovely, greedy dog who bit me as a kiss
Maggie Lou: a little pesky this time
Pepper: perfect angel
Tizoc: mellow
Sailor: a lot of energy
Rusty: nonstop
Shyloh: doesn't eat much, fine with big and small dogs, must be hot
Tilo: gotta keep an eye on this guy
Happy: he really is happy -- he wasn't the first two days
Samantha: not a normal Huskie: she comes when she's called and eats her breakfast
Romeo: wanted to be with the small dogs, so fine for now
Bobby: mr. cool, should go for another pony ride
Sundance: fine
Lucky: not naughty
Mingus: really good with a small number of dogs
Reilly: mellow
Shadow: excellent
McGee: funny dog
Kodiak: went swimming yesterday, rolled in mud and still isn't white again
Sinbad: seems fine
Lucy (black): was scared and needed some extra attention... she seems to like camp now
Sugar: working hard
Maizy: excellent
Pixel: not fat
Duewey: new
Kenya: old
Rupert: sometimes stand-offish, sometimes very friendly
Layla: treat stealing specialist
Mendl: good
Lucy(terrier): great
Moki: bucket wrecker, no listening
uninspired video from glencadia dog camp from glencadia on Vimeo.
Friday, August 21, 2009
two hikes/bike rides from the chatham house
This entry is about biking, or walking, out of the house we have for rent in Chatham. For dogs, scroll down. It's really a continuation and addition to my entry about stuff to do in and around Chatham New York.
To the stream at Shufelt Road
2.4 mi – about 45 mins walking, 15 minutes biking

1. Head west on Kinderhook St away from the downtown area, pass Library Place and keep going
0.4 mi
2. Continue on Pond Hill Rd (which is basically a continuation of Kinderhook street)
You'll be next to a pond (on the left) and you'll pass under a railroad bridge.
0.9 mi
3. Turn right at NY-203/Rte-203/State Route 203
This is very short but a very busy street, so walk your bike for a couple of feet.
190 ft
4. Turn left at Shufelt Rd: watch out for the winding turns down the hill. Cars can't see you from the other side. Listen and stay far to the right. You come down out of that hill and there are beautiful fields on either side. Stop when you get to a little bridge and splash in the creek.
1.0 mi
If you want to keep going for another mile or so, you can go to a sheep/beef/poultry farm, also beautiful, and buy some stuff out of the freezer (honor system).
Go another quarter mile down Shufelt Road then:
5. Slight left at County Hwy-26/County Rte-21B/Rte-21B (not a busy road) 0.2 mi
6. Turn right at County Hwy-66/County Rte-21/Rte-21 (at the landing strip) 1.2 m
Here's the extra part:

To the Ooms Conservation Area
No big streets at all.

1. Head east on Kinderhook St toward Park Row 0.1 mi
2. Continue on Central Square 141 ft
3. Continue on River St 0.6 mi
4. Continue on Highland Rd 2.5 mi
5. Turn right at Rock City Rd Destination will be on the right 0.4 mi
That's two for now.
Now the simming hole:
Driving directions to NY-66/Rte-66
10.1 mi – about 25 mins
28 Kinderhook St Chatham, NY 12037 |
| 1. | Head east on Kinderhook St toward Park Row | 30 ft |
| 2. | Turn right at Park Row | 404 ft |
| 3. | Turn left at Main St/ | 0.1 mi |
| 4. | Turn right at Central Square | 141 ft |
| 5. | Continue on River St | 0.6 mi |
| 6. | Continue on Highland Rd | 2.5 mi |
| 7. | Turn left at Rock City Rd | 79 ft |
| 8. | Slight right at Highland Rd | 1.8 mi |
| 9. | Turn right at County Rte-13 | 0.5 mi |
| 10. | Turn left at Shaker Museum Rd | 2.6 mi |
| 11. | Slight left at Albany Turnpike | 98 ft |
| 12. | Turn right at NY-66/ Continue to follow NY-66 Destination will be on the right | 1.8 mi |
The trick part is finding the spot. If you are going north, the parking space will be on the left. If you've passed the Tennesse Gas Pipline facility, you're getting close. If you get into the next county, you missed it.
Then you have to cross the stream to the beach.
Does this help?

catching up
At least we got most of the hay cut, baled and inside on the first week we could have done it since June. I still have to get about 80 bales off the field but I wanted to get at least a few shots of the dogs dodging in and out of the scattered square bales. The dogs didn't really feel like dodging in and out of the bales and kept going in the pond. And my tripod is busted, so I didn't really get the shot the way it should have been but it's going to rain and I have to finish editing and uploading this video and get out there and get the bales off the field, then I'll take the rest of the dogs, the ones I missed so far, out for a walk.
The little pony got out and spilled the grain. I tried to get the chickens to eat the stuff but then I took out the dogs -- and you'll see what happened.
I'm going to get a new tripod. All this handheld is making me dizzy.
I'm back in the blog groove. I'm still behind with hay and the garden and some very serious repairs to the roof but I will stay with the blog now. Thanks for your patience and check back tonight if you didn't see your dog in this one.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
blog is back
Untitled from glencadia on Vimeo.
I will definitely get the rest of the dogs on Sunday, tomorrow.I think I was bluffing about the blog on strike. But still, if there are 40 dogs here, why did the video only get 15 hits? Now that the hits are up over 50, I'll continue.
Looking over the list, I see I need to go back out and take a bunch more swimming with the video -- it's easier to get into the pond now that the hay is cut.
You'll see some dogs getting washed. The groomer brings her kids when she comes. Those dogs are all home already.
I have some videos a week old I'm adding to this one.
Tina: crazy with a hose
Elly: went home
Louie: fine, needs to go swimming again
Whitman: swimming
Lola: plays with pig
Maggie Lou: pushy today
Daisy: happy go lucky again
Max: three high strung boston terriers
macey: doing well, need to take back out
miles: fine
Mowgli: swim?
Katie: needs a swim
Sailor: another high strung boston terrier
Rusty: pig play
Cozy: same quiet self-- needs a swim too
Happy: settled in fine now... sorry I didn't have time to show you around
Allie: slowing down...
Hailey: swim
Samantha: with colin right now, clever girl can open the door
Romeo: doing well
Nora: swam?
Bobby: pony ride
Sundance: cooling
Lucky: naughty
Mingus: good boy
Reilly:
Manning: which one is manning and which one is reilly?
McGee: sitting on the porch now
Kodiak: with the other arctic style dogs
Sinbad: off that spot
sugar: went under the barn
Bond: swim
Pixel: only I can keep him from the other dog's food, so on the days I feed them, I am especially strict
Lulu
Stella
Rupert
Layla
Ringo
Mendl
Lucy
colin
Moki
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
strike is over
The blog is back. I don't have the video all fixed up yet but I will. The blog is back after a 24 wildcat strike.
Oh, and here is some furniture for people with dogs who don't stay on the floor. Cool stuff.
Monday, August 10, 2009
what a relief
The blog is going on strike. There are 40 dogs here but only about 15 people bothered to stop by and look at the video. I have plenty of other work to do, although I honestly like the blog better, but I do have to go out and wash dogs, rig up my van, pull weeds, go to the feed shop, oil change, plenty to do other than the blog. Well, it was fun but I do have plenty else to do.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
branch comes down, hot air balloon goes up, dogs go in (water), I climb up (bale), doors come open, that's not a dog
Untitled from glencadia on Vimeo.
Oh, and since only 15 people checked in on the last video, this will be the last video blog entry for awhile (if people don't want to see it, there isn't much point).
I thought I lost all of the videos from yesterday but I hadn't erased them all from the camera, so I could edit it again.
Price drop on DOG STORIES, my book. Now it's only $10 on Amazon!
We put the shirts we bought in Ethiopia on the kids and tried to get them to cooperate for a picture. Didn't work out.
Katie can jump the fence. Peanut and Lulu (both of them) are popular with the neighbor girl. Sinbad chewed that spot open again, damn it. Happy birthday Lulu.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
pony ride, swim, fetch, pig visiting
What would camp be without a pony ride?
Want to come here as a tourist?
My son stuck a barcode on me and I didn't know until I saw the video.
Friday, July 31, 2009
rain delay in the blog
Rain, rain, rain... and no blog. Wet dogs. Leaks. Dirty dogs. Ruined water buckets. Flooding creeks. Roads closed. Driveway under water. No ark. Rain.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
what to do in Columbia County, Chatham-centric ideas
Chatham New York: 10 miles from Glencadia. Chatham wiki. Here is the village website.
LISTING SITE: Things going on in the area.
If you go a ski resort, it's pretty obvious what the recreational activity is supposed to be. If you go to a beach location, same. Up here it's less obvious what you are supposed to do to. You can do many different things: cultural (see a performance), natural (hike or swim), agricultural (visit farms, buy local products), work out (canoe, bike, run), or aesthetic (see villages, country roads, mountains, rivers).
[Of course we have beaches on the Hudson and at the lake and you can ski only 20 minutes away at Catamount or about 35 minutes to Jimminy Peak.]
So here are some of the things I (we, family) like to do and some of it may interest visitors. If so, great. If not, write a comment. If you have another suggestion, I would love more links and comments. So here is my Chatham-centric guide to Columbia County for visitors.
If you want to bike, you might check this site out. We can try to accommodate guests with our bikes. BREAKING: I just wrote up how to get to a few nice spots by bike from CHATHAM not from my house. Here.
If you want to canoe, same story. I would suggest the Hudson or the Kinderhook creek and I have a couple of ideas.
Want to fish? Try this. Hunt? Then you know already. This is a great organization with events and guided hikes.
Oh, and I've been going to the Crellin town park more often and it's very close to the house and you can play and swim there. It's a big nice park. Oh, and the Morris Memorial facilities are open to the public from 2 pm on (pool table, inside basketball, playroom, computers, wifi). It's across the street from the house.
LISTING SITE: Things going on in the area.
ANOTHER SET OF LINKS: Hudson (nearby town). Check out the links!
DRINK: Right around the corner there is our local and terrific microbrew. Bring your bottles back for a refill. And you have to try our local Vodka. Dynamite. Or wine. Lot of alcohol up here. The pub in Chatham has it's charm: Peint o Gwrw Tafarn.
NEARBY STUFF (walk out the door): Babysitting, indoor play area.
Free play group provided by the county.
The county fair.
Locally grown food This place just started up.
Two great bakeries: one for bread and one for sweets.
FARM OUTINGS:
Hawthorne Valley Farm
Biodynamic, associated with Waldorf school. You can see the pigs, the cows, lots of great festivals. Here is the school. They do great festivals and so on but the site doesn't seem to have one page with all of them. You get the complete list if you join the email newsletter. This is us at the Farm Festival.
You can climb the fire tower. That's fun and not too strenuous.
DRINK: Right around the corner there is our local and terrific microbrew. Bring your bottles back for a refill. And you have to try our local Vodka. Dynamite. Or wine. Lot of alcohol up here. The pub in Chatham has it's charm: Peint o Gwrw Tafarn.
NEARBY STUFF (walk out the door): Babysitting, indoor play area.
Free play group provided by the county.
The county fair.
Locally grown food This place just started up.
Two great bakeries: one for bread and one for sweets.
Blue Plate Restaurant
Ralphs Pretty Good Cafe
The community center across the street -- There is a gym and a community center with basketball across the street. There are regular play groups in there for young kids and sports and other stuff.
Ralphs Pretty Good Cafe
The community center across the street -- There is a gym and a community center with basketball across the street. There are regular play groups in there for young kids and sports and other stuff.
FARM OUTINGS:
These are farms that are set up to accommodate visitors, with business hours and all that.
Pick your own berries. Or closer to Chatham here. Finch during strawberries (late June early July) or blueberries (July) is a terrific outing.
Hawthorne Valley Farm
Biodynamic, associated with Waldorf school. You can see the pigs, the cows, lots of great festivals. Here is the school. They do great festivals and so on but the site doesn't seem to have one page with all of them. You get the complete list if you join the email newsletter. This is us at the Farm Festival.
You can go the farm store, buy local meat, raw milk, cheese, visit the pigs and cows, then cross the street to the creek behind the school and splash and make damns, then walk in the woods to the pond. There are also many beautiful country roads to bike or walk on. There is a gift shop, book store. This is a great outing for a morning or afternoon.
Shaker Museum and right next door is the sheep farm. The sheep farm is quite an operation. If you can also get into the museum, then you have yourself a full activity. We have other Shaker stuff here: Hancock Shaker Village in MA and New Lebanon. And Hancock Shaker Village has animals too. New Lebanon is quite fascinating. Here is us at the sheep farm.
Pick apples at minimally treated ochard (close as you'll get to organic on the east coast): Philips, Claverack, Philip Orchards PO Box 370. Claverack NY, 12513. Phone (518) 851-6351. Other orchards have more crops (cherries, peaches) but may use more chemicals: Love Apple on 9H in Stockport.
Other great farms that are not set up to know what to do if you drop by: Threshold Farm Philmont (can't be more beautiful spot or more interesting people, although the farmers are also damn good looking!)... there are so many I'll take a break.
Breaking: this is great if you want a short canoe ride (only way in is by boat). About 3 miles from my house and I just discovered it.
A real beach with lifeguards. Taghkanic State Park. There are two areas, one with grass, one with sand. Good to boat or swim: groomed experience.
Walk and splash along to great waterfall (crossing state line from NY to MA in the process) at Bish Bash State Park (MA) or Taconic State Park (NY). Woods, creek, paths.
Here is our latest trip to Bash Bish (not Bish Bash) or COPAKE FALLS. Search for Copake Falls in New York State.
OTHER NATURE/CONSERVATION AREAS:
Ooms pond: One of our favorites. Walk around the pond, then head back to Chatham. Here we are at Ooms.
Bird Sanctuary. Nice hikes right out of town.
Further from Chatham:
Go to Stuyvesant Landing (farmers market Friday afternoon) then walk on the Hudson, a path with little beaches or go to Nutten Hook then walk up a little hill to the ruins of an ice factory. There is a children's book called The Ice Horse about how they used to cut huge blocks of ice out of the Hudson (which you frequently cannot do anymore) and store them for ice boxes in the summer. You can read the book with your kids, them show them the spot where it happened. You can also go the only business in Stuyvesant Landing, the cafe.
You can also go to this trail on a boardwalk deep in the wetlands jungle of the Hudson river. Quite something. It's pretty cool.
Go to the Greenpoint Conservation Area for great Hudson River views then go into the town of Hudson for lunch and antiques and shops. That's a good 1/2 day outing.
SWIM IN A POOL: Winding Brook Country Club
SWIM IN THE CREEK: There are swimming holes along the Kinderhook Creek that are pretty unofficial. At the end of Kinderhook, right at 9h and 203 there is a more or less official spot and in Stuyvesant Falls we have the town park/waterfall, north of Chatham there is a great one off of route 66. Harder to find. These are great, though, especially the hard to find one. Read here about how to find it.
PERFORMANCE INSTITUTIONS:
Outdoor Performance Space close to Chatham Village. Spencertown Academy also close.
Outdoor Performance Space close to Chatham Village. Spencertown Academy also close.
Theater company. Good.
Art Omi -- fascinating and close.
Olana: bizarre house and amazing views
FARMERS MARKETS:
Chatham 15 Church Street Friday 4-7 PM
Kinderhook Village Green (intersection of 9 and 203) Saturday 8 am-12 noon
Hudson Saturday Columbia Street and 6th Street Saturday 9 am -1 pm
PLACES I LIKE OUT OF CHATHAM:
Nice restaurant in Philmont (near Hawthorne Valley)
Le Gamin -- lovely people, aces
Mexican Radio -- terrific guy owns this
Great Pizza: THEY DELIVER? No.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
while the video uploads
Thanks to those who bought my crazy book...
First failure:
http://www.vimeo.com/5746404
Cleo: was a bit nervous but is already waging his tail... didn't take too long
Django: fine
Captain Mellow: good
Sylar: with just a couple of mellower dogs, was nervous about me, not dogs, seems better already
Quincy: energy is great... doesn't seem 11 at all
Mingus: mingus is mingus
Matilda: Chloe, Matilda and Cali are a non-stop trio
Meena: ran around a lot
Mack: has a slight limp, seems fine
Helmut: can only handle the ramp: no stairs
Clover: excellent
Reese: everyone wants to hump Reese. He puts up with it.
Charlie: hates the horses
Tucker: quite a clown
Brutus and Lou Lou: having a fine time
Lucy: bigger
Cali: fine
Chloe: great
Sinbad: trucking along
Bond: greedy
Natto: little bossy
Remy Lulu: fine
Pixel: greedy
Lulu Stella: funny
Kenya: loud
Jackson: fine
Rupert: still doesn't love me: prefers women and children
Tattoo: excellent
Ringo Starr: mixing it up
Newman: an island of calm
Brady: ready to go
Colin: plays well with Mingus
Buster: jeeze buster, stop it with running out the door ...
Howzer: wow is he getting to be at home and comfortable here
Gracie: fine
Tina: fine
Frankie: fine
Untitled from glencadia on Vimeo.
First failure:
http://www.vimeo.com/5746404
Cleo: was a bit nervous but is already waging his tail... didn't take too long
Django: fine
Captain Mellow: good
Sylar: with just a couple of mellower dogs, was nervous about me, not dogs, seems better already
Quincy: energy is great... doesn't seem 11 at all
Mingus: mingus is mingus
Matilda: Chloe, Matilda and Cali are a non-stop trio
Meena: ran around a lot
Mack: has a slight limp, seems fine
Helmut: can only handle the ramp: no stairs
Clover: excellent
Reese: everyone wants to hump Reese. He puts up with it.
Charlie: hates the horses
Tucker: quite a clown
Brutus and Lou Lou: having a fine time
Lucy: bigger
Cali: fine
Chloe: great
Sinbad: trucking along
Bond: greedy
Natto: little bossy
Remy Lulu: fine
Pixel: greedy
Lulu Stella: funny
Kenya: loud
Jackson: fine
Rupert: still doesn't love me: prefers women and children
Tattoo: excellent
Ringo Starr: mixing it up
Newman: an island of calm
Brady: ready to go
Colin: plays well with Mingus
Buster: jeeze buster, stop it with running out the door ...
Howzer: wow is he getting to be at home and comfortable here
Gracie: fine
Tina: fine
Frankie: fine
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
dog camp, the book
Three years and one thousand dogs later, it's here: the dog camp book, DOG STORIES: Watch Your Step. Telling dog stories for years--about the time the dog got stuck under the barn, about the dog that ate the gingerbread house, about the fireworks--I've heard over and over again that "you should write these down." Well, now I did.What would it be like to live with 50 dogs? We sold our house in Park Slope Brooklyn and bought an ancient house with 15 acres and a massive barn in upstate New York. The barn became the home away from home for dogs from New York City, thousands of dogs (or maybe only a thousand) over many years. Culling through the stories I found myself telling over and over again, the funniest incidents, DOG STORIES is a collection of 15 humorous stories about dogs the situations you find yourself in if you take care of and transport hundreds of dogs over years and years, all the things they bite and eat, the places they go and the things their owners think about them.
Your dog, or one like your dog, might be in here, maybe pseudonymously, in image or story. One thousand dogs later I should be able to tell a couple of good stories. And here is the Glencadia Dog Camp guarantee: if you don't laugh once, out loud, while reading this book you are entitled to a full refund and a bone.
Get it here.
And here is the 30 second ad (more or less):
glencadia dog camp, the book from glencadia on Vimeo.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
frustrating video shoot
This is last year about this time.
Mowgli running right into the camera was the least of it. My son started shouting about how I shouldn't let the dogs in the pond, that will scare the ducks, and the dogs ran to him and chaos ensued. I put the horses away then took another group out to the horse field and the battery on the camera died. At least the pig is behaving. And, for the record, Annie has been in many or most of the videos, gosh darn it. But she is in this one for sure. She's rolling in pig shit.
The pig ran away two days ago and Ollie and I had to chase him on the road back to the house. Filbert just hung around the yard for a few days, playing with the dogs. When the storm came, he went back to his pig house.
I tried to get the Boston Terriers to play on camera but they didn't... they do seem to like each other though. And our new arrivals are doing fine: Max, Betty and Charlie. Frankie, as big as he is, caught a mouse, believe it or not. He had it in the morning.
So I will recharge the video camera, tape up the tripod (thanks Mowgli), get some peas and beans from the garden for Wellington (we have tons) and try again, damn it.
So why not round out a frustrating video day with failure to upload first try. I upload these all the time in the same way. I even paid for space on the vimeo site. Okay, let's try again. Nope. Third time seems to work but I lowered the resolution.
Mowgli running right into the camera was the least of it. My son started shouting about how I shouldn't let the dogs in the pond, that will scare the ducks, and the dogs ran to him and chaos ensued. I put the horses away then took another group out to the horse field and the battery on the camera died. At least the pig is behaving. And, for the record, Annie has been in many or most of the videos, gosh darn it. But she is in this one for sure. She's rolling in pig shit.
The pig ran away two days ago and Ollie and I had to chase him on the road back to the house. Filbert just hung around the yard for a few days, playing with the dogs. When the storm came, he went back to his pig house.
I tried to get the Boston Terriers to play on camera but they didn't... they do seem to like each other though. And our new arrivals are doing fine: Max, Betty and Charlie. Frankie, as big as he is, caught a mouse, believe it or not. He had it in the morning.
So I will recharge the video camera, tape up the tripod (thanks Mowgli), get some peas and beans from the garden for Wellington (we have tons) and try again, damn it.
So why not round out a frustrating video day with failure to upload first try. I upload these all the time in the same way. I even paid for space on the vimeo site. Okay, let's try again. Nope. Third time seems to work but I lowered the resolution.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
straight up blog entry
Sorry for the delay updating this blog. I like to do it more often than this... plus I am updated and uploading, then going back out to make sure those that didn't get a chance to swim do, and might upload again and this is in progress and I think I got everyone in here and please feel free to leave a comment telling me I left your dog out and I will make sure to feature them more prominently next time and how long a run-on sentance can I write and we'll see and I'm done but still running-on and I think that's about enough.
This video doesn't seem to be uploading, damn it.
Wait: here it is!
Here is all the evidence I tried to get this to work before:
http://vimeo.com/5542126
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3045949/july_10_2009_at_glencadia_dog_camp/
http://www.vimeo.com/5539573
Rocky: joe cool
clover: happy visla
Romeo: cancelled
Lady Lulu: nervous! yet to settle in... but we are working hard on it.
Charlie: not loud for a beagle... friendly and happy
Theo: also a bit nervous this morning, not much, and is already better this afternoon
Mingus: mingus is mingus
Max: doing fine, not barking so much
Iko: little skittery but very affectionate
Lou Lou and Brutus: like big dogs
Bailey: more relaxed these days
Shibby: swimming
fenway: does not always bark, only when the video camera is on
Sinbad: legs are better and LOVES the massage
Spencer: comes when called offleash
Bond: seems happy to be back
Suzie: a lot of dog
Lulu and Remy: doing great is Iko also the same breed? Iko and Lulu are similar.
JB: friendly puppy, likes the little ones
Pixel: has not gained weight
Stella and Lulu: great with the puppy.
Molly: my wife says these were most common dogs when she was going up in Germany and is glad to have her around
Kenya: still stealing
Jackson: action jackson
Bruno: having a fine old time
Cleo: fine, now that the loud noises stopped
Ringo Starr: happy to play in the small dog room
Annie: doing great... OWE YOU MORE VIDEO!
Daisy: did you see what she is like now? can you believe it?
Moki: hates getting a hair cut and wrecks buckets -- no one's perfect
Lady: matured, but still a lot of dog
This video doesn't seem to be uploading, damn it.
Wait: here it is!
third try uploading this video from glencadia on Vimeo.
Here is all the evidence I tried to get this to work before:
http://vimeo.com/5542126
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3045949/july_10_2009_at_glencadia_dog_camp/
http://www.vimeo.com/5539573
Rocky: joe cool
clover: happy visla
Romeo: cancelled
Lady Lulu: nervous! yet to settle in... but we are working hard on it.
Charlie: not loud for a beagle... friendly and happy
Theo: also a bit nervous this morning, not much, and is already better this afternoon
Mingus: mingus is mingus
Max: doing fine, not barking so much
Iko: little skittery but very affectionate
Lou Lou and Brutus: like big dogs
Bailey: more relaxed these days
Shibby: swimming
fenway: does not always bark, only when the video camera is on
Sinbad: legs are better and LOVES the massage
Spencer: comes when called offleash
Bond: seems happy to be back
Suzie: a lot of dog
Lulu and Remy: doing great is Iko also the same breed? Iko and Lulu are similar.
JB: friendly puppy, likes the little ones
Pixel: has not gained weight
Stella and Lulu: great with the puppy.
Molly: my wife says these were most common dogs when she was going up in Germany and is glad to have her around
Kenya: still stealing
Jackson: action jackson
Bruno: having a fine old time
Cleo: fine, now that the loud noises stopped
Ringo Starr: happy to play in the small dog room
Annie: doing great... OWE YOU MORE VIDEO!
Daisy: did you see what she is like now? can you believe it?
Moki: hates getting a hair cut and wrecks buckets -- no one's perfect
Lady: matured, but still a lot of dog
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
bucket wrecker, wall jumper, ball popper, chicken chucker, cat cornerer, pig pesterer, horse harasser
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