(herbie and barbara) i am sitting here at 3:00 am. i wish i could sleep but i cannot. i rarely get more than three hours a night (hence my ALWAYS pleasant attitude). the GOOD news is i get to watch things on television i normally miss. i aim for pbs at this time of the morning. nature and nova are two of my favorites. i had the great pleasure of watching a nature on 'underdogs' this morning.
underdogs
there were two dogs on death row. holly, a bloodhound in the united states and herbie a sheepdog in the united kingdom. they were both a mess. tearing homes up and just making a shambles of their lives and the lives of the humans they came in contact with. holly was actually described as a 'hyperactive home wrecker'. larry took holly to train her to be a tracker and barbara took herbie to train him to be a sheep herder. it wasn't easy for all four of them. the training was rigorous and at times, looked hopeless, especially for herbie. holly seemed to get the hang of everything rather quickly. her only issues appeared to be with loud noises.
holly is now with the massachusetts state police. it was painful to watch larry turn her over.
he likened it to having a daughter get married. he warned the mass state troopers to do good by holly or they'd have to deal with a very pissed off larry! herbie stayed with barbara on her sheep farm. he still has a long way to go, but he indeed already came a very long way.oh did i mention how very much i love dogs?
(holly and larry)
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Saw that too. Nice piece.
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