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Oh my!!! How wonderful, Congratulations!!!!!!

So now we got that out of the way and we are going for food, White Dove, are you coming? We can make sure of more mashed potatoes on our plates.....

I was in Colorado and as things happen in life we had to move back to Minnesota. I had a beautiful lovely winter there. I did get married and am happily married. We live in the boonies and get to see the wildlife. My wolf dog and my other animals love it out here!!! So Dove, when are you coming out here for our get together? You can travel I-35 couldn't you? My husband and I could put you up for a night or two.

But then I'm always leaning toward my two shi tzu's whom I also love and adore. Here is my other shi tzu I have more pics of the wolf dog, Junior, I finally learned how to put pics in.

My most favorite is my wolf dog who is mostly timber wolf with a little dash of german shepard.

Its been years since our last get together. Right now is a really nice time a year to gether. Would anyone be interested? The time we did get together was very nice. Meeting for lunch at a resteraunt. So please let me know. Grand Casino in Hinckley would work well with me. They have a nice buffet in there.

Hey Dougie, I think you haven't been on here these forums people don't know who you are ....come out of the music, come out, come out where ever you are.... Hope you had a friggin good birthday!!!

Oh I forgot.... Any slurpees lately?

Well, I work at Walmart. The problem may have been that the roller got stuck and the manager was called. When she/he opened it up it was wet and sticky. This told the manager that it must have been wet coming out of the cassette. The manager that is working the floor usually is managing the whole floor and may have not known how it happened. There is always a manager at Walmart so you could have talked to a manager. I would rather like to think that someone hadn't lied to you but misunderstood the situation. Walmart is very good at giving a gift card for customer satisfaction. On your receipt there is a phone number with the manager's name on it. If you still have a complaint I suggest you call the manager and let them know. I agree with Shellon.

Happy birthday Dougie!!! Hope you have a great day tomorrow and forget that your getting old.... Thanks for being a friend!!!

I totally get what your saying there dear Oak. After I posted about this incident. I would say not even 5 minutes after I received some bad news about one of my children. So, I think to me it has to be about using whatever we can so that what we believe in is the truth and use our own experiences to substantiate what it is we want to believe. Interesting. Hey Lindy, I don't have sound on my computer, can you explain what it reminds you of? I really want to know. Thanks!!!

I had the strangest thing happen to me today. I still don't know what to believe but its really what happened. Bob and I were traveling as I was determined to get my new puppy. The roads were really super bad and we really went into a ditch going the other way. The snow had been so deep that it was clear up my window. The first man that stopped had a really big sticker on the back that said 'I love Jesus' on it. He came out of the truck smiling came up to the car and looked right at me through the front window. It was kind of freaky. He still had that smile on his face. It was like he was there just for me. Right when he did that another man in another vehicle stopped and his jeep was able to pull us out with his big whatever it was in front of the truck. I had never seen anything like that before. When they went to leave I thanked them so much for helping us. The man with the sticker on the back of his truck looked me straight in the eyes and said 'We have a great big wonderful God that is there for us.' Kept on smiling and went back into his truck and drove away. I got a feeling inside that he knew what I had been going through. The other guys was so friendly also. They both had smiles even though part of the time they were laying on their backs trying to hook up the car. As I said I have to contemplate this. I want to go and cry and say I got the answer back but did I really?

For years I've not believed in speaking in tongues. Any one can garble something to make it look like a language. So someone using that as proof of there is a God doesn't wash for me. Hey if God was spitting tobacco it would look like being rained on and would look like little turds. eeewwwwww I think the reason some except religion and/or christianity is because its something to hold on to in times of great need. I know I was taught through out my whole years starting as a baby that there is one. I didn't need proof. And now looking at everything in a new prospective I am beginning to wonder if it was just my imagination when I thought miracles were happening. I mean I can go to a stop light and say in the name of Jesus Christ light change and sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't. lol I used to say that was a miracle when it did change. Now thats rose colored glasses thinking.

Roy, I so appreciate your honesty and love. You are a good person inside and out.

Hey, I've never been to doctrinal before. Have I gone up the ladder, or what? George I read your post and understood what your saying....loved your humor along with it!!! Hey, excie, we have a lot in common, I talk to myself too...I think its because I'm the only one that hears it.... Don't get me wrong. I'm not depressed or trying to heal from TWI, trying to gather my thoughts on what really do I believe? I don't know. If I don't believe and then the second coming comes, will I be left behind because of my unbelief? Or do I believe because out of fear something might happen to me? Do I believe because it just makes me feel good? What is deep down inside of me? For so many years I've gone with the program and just went with everyone else. Now that I've come to an empass (sorry, spelling may be wrong), or should I say cross roads in life, and as I age (btw, the aging thing is not as much fun as I thought) I am beginning to feel without hope. I so want hope. Maybe not in the sense that we were taught in TWI. Not that kind of hope but an awakening hope. Something that I can see and feel of something wonderful. Not something unreal but something tangible. Life is hard I know, but I see all these people that look like they have such wonderful lives, great children and have everything beyond what I can even think of. I'm wondering did I miss out on something here? If there is a God how come I don't have what they have? Why do I have to have a God awful life? Why is it here when I have dedicated my whole life to a just God? Don't tell me that there is a devil and devil spirits I won't believe that. Otherwise if there really was how come it seems that those seems to be victorious? Anyways, enough with my thoughts. Thanks again for all your thoughts on this. This to me give me a lot to think about and I hope you all truly understand what I'm trying to say.

Its all thought provoking and the realness of it is ssssoooo big in this respect its almost overwhelming. I'm starting to feel better about my situation but I still wonder.

But OKC, I don't think it has anything to do with TWI. That is why I posted in open. I have dealt with the scars of TWI. I understand about the preaching but your ok.

Thanks so much you all for your responses. As you know I've been to Greasespot for about 5 years. I've been such a believer of God and thought that I have felt his presence. I'm truly wondering if that was my rose colored glasses playing a trick on my mind or if he is just not showing Himself to me lately. Or maybe if there is one he has decided for me to do this alone for a while as some parents have to with their children. My whole life and family have been having major downs lately. Life changing downs and I look around and don't see Him. Jonny and others truly brought tears to my eyes with the words used. But is it just words? George, I'm wondering if what you say is true if I could handle it with no hope? I've always said I need to have something to look forward to in the long run. So, if I stay on the route of 'I don't believe' I wonder if something good for that hope leaves me? This is what I'm afraid of.

I had a cat who I didn't realize was more feral than anything. Got her from a foster home. We brought her home and somehow climbed in the walls. She only got out when everyone was sleeping because she didn't starve. I worried about her and occaisonally would see her tail as she traveled through the house as fast as she could go. It took a long time (several months) for her to learn to trust us. But what we did was just let her be and if she was around we would at least touch her so that she would get used to the touch. She became affectionate after time.

I don't think there is such a thing anymore. :(

OMG, Jonny, leave it to you to bring up about mounting...... We named the dog Junior. He was suppose to be a junior to our malamute/wolf. The name for him was Fang but we got to calling him Monster Pup as he had to be the biggest dog I had ever seen. I'm thinking about getting another one as its gotten hard for him to play with the shih tzu's. He has to lay down and paw at them. He is very thoughtful on not to hurt them.

I'm sorry Jonny!! I wasn't saying I was against the electric fence idea. It might work. I was just making a comment that the wolf/malamute I had, it wouldn't have done nothing for him. Hey Ron, I had to use the alpha techique again today. I hadn't done it for a long time. My wolf/shepard seemed a lot more calm the rest of the day and evening. We are thinking about getting a couple of pig troughs as we can't keep him watered when he is outside (we have him outside most of the day and bring him in at different times for socialization. We also have him inside at night.). He loves to chew and spill the water on purpose.

Hey Ron, I'm wondering if there is any way you can post a pic of him? I would really love to see him. It sounds like he looked a lot like mine did. Thanks!!!!!!

Electric shock never did any good for my big wolf dog. In fact I think he may have enjoyed it except of course when he got hit by lightening. :( :( I lost a lot of money when he decided to chew on the cord of my deep freezer that was out on the back porch. He must have had one powerful shock, but it didn't deter him. If you have a zoo near by it might be helpful to ask them if you can get a lion or tiger's urine. What you do is spread it around your yard line to mark the territory. I never have done this but have been told it really works. I'm thinking that their waste would work too as it would be easier to get than urine. I'm so glad Ron that you are going to work with your wolf dog. I don't recommend anyone breeding these kind of animals as its not fair to them but if they are already there they can be a lot of work and fun. Word Wolf had really good advice. Read up on everything you can get your hands on about wolves. You will learn a great deal on how to handle him and how they are in wolf packs for you and your family. Really, to him your his family and you and your family are part of the pack. I'm still amazed on how beautiful these animals are and have learned to respect and love them. A lot of whats been said about these animals (not here but out in the world) is because we grew up thinking about the big bad wolf, like Little Red Riding Hood, etc. So, a lot of people are afraid of them and if people don't understand them, they tend to be afraid of the unknown. Human nature, I guess. I've often wondered why in the Bible they use the wolf as an example (wolf in sheep's clothing) as being bad. I wonder if that is man's interpretation of that and put in there.

My dog that was killed by lightening last year was a malamute/wolf cross. Beautiful, beautiful dog. First of all wolves and wolf hybrids are pups a lot longer than you would think. They stay a pup for at the very least 2 years. If he is male I highly suggest that you have him neutered. These kinds of dogs are very hard to train but well worth it once they get older. I don't know about the killing fresh meat. Mine never did that. In fact he would lay and watch all the animals. Most of the time wolves are very shy and very pack oriented. As far as the alpha thing you need to let him know that you are the alpha. How you do this is by taking him by the neck (not rough but with a strong hand) and flip him around where he is laying and his tummy is on the upside. It will need to be more than once because he may try again. The reason you do this is that since you are part of the pack in his eyes you need to let him know like they do in regular packs. They will bite the other's neck and flip them to the ground. Malmamute and wolf are a very hard combination but very very beautiful and since they are so very very big they can be kind of scarey. Don't ever let him see the fear. Then he begins to be the alpha. I agree, he really needs to be fed a lot more. That may be the reason of killing for fresh meat. As someone said before this kind of combination, they tend to get bored very easy. I suggest getting super big bones or something for him to chew on. Mine loved plastic buckets. We never could use them in the yard for water as he would immediately play with it. As I said, it will be well worth your effort to use these and other's ideas. When he gets older you will definitely see the difference. Its a matter of waiting. Right now, I have a 93% timber wolf with the rest being german shepard along with my shih zhus. I wouldn't trade any of them for anything. They are all wonderful!!!! There are also support groups online for people like us that have these beautiful animals. Its great to learn and get the support from everyone. If you would like to get one of the groups addy let me know and I will give it to you.