It is summertime in South Jersey; the temperature is in the 90s. It gets humid here- not like Florida humidity, but hot enough that when you train outside at nine AM, you end up dripping sweat, and when you are done, your brain and body are satisfied. The heat is rough on jet black Black Labradors, though. Poor Tank and Rebel, my two Black Labs. Those black fur coats and insane energy levels, in the heat, those don't mix well. Just walking on the deck burns their paws. They tap dance until I let them in. It's hot. They still want to retrieve, of course, but they have no sense of how fatigued they are getting and overheating. Rebel has been close. I carried him into a pond one time when he was all wobbly, and he eventually cooled off. Scared the shit out of me. My fault. You have to keep a close eye on them. They will run themselves to death in that heat. Even when they come back inside, they pant until the sun goes down. They love cold weather the best; they love snow, ice, and freezing cold. They will sit in a goose blind, shiver, and be happy.
As a family, we always joke that if you are a dog and you end up living at our house, you have hit the damn lottery. These dogs are so spoiled. The one good thing is that they are always my excuse for not doing something. Wanna visit the relatives? "Can't," I say, I have the dogs", meaning I can't go too far or spend the night anywhere; after all, I have to take care of the dogs. Who will take care of the dogs? Sometimes they have been alone for 10 hours when we hit bad traffic coming back from a baseball tournament. And no accidents at all. Although Tank has been known to chew my baseball caps and socks. I try not to do that to them, leave them alone for that long. I run into the house when I pull up, let them out immediately, then retrieve them.
Dogs, especially the retrieving breeds, have a bond with man that maybe a lot of other breeds don't. It's the history with them, man and dog, hunter and retriever. The Chesapeake Bay Retrievers guarded their master's shacks and retrieved all of the ducks; Labradors look to man for guidance; they read your moods, they study your face, they just want to please you above all else. They are unparalleled in the hunting world. Goldens are loyal and beyond friendly and very smart. And although the hunting has been bred out of many of them, there are good goldens in the field out there, plenty of them.
My job is to take care of these crazy dogs. I exercise them constantly, and the affection is overwhelming at times. I have to put Tank in the kennel or I can not type. He puts his head on the keyboard.
Switching gears a litte-
I see where Matthew Mocaughnahy, or whatever the fuck you spell his name, decided to make another video against guns. He did one when that fucking cunt Biden was whatever he was. This motherfucking pompous bitch is giving a "talking to" to us law-abiding gun owners. We ain't the problem, dumbass. You sure you are from Texas? Texans I know protect their rights. Do you want to take the ability to have a gun away from a small lady who has to walk to her car every night in a sketchy parking garage? Of course you do. And minorities? Take their rights away, too? Bitch. And it doesn't matter what kind of gun it is. I haven't watched a thing he has put out on television since he made his last cunt speech. My family thinks I'm crazy, but seriously, just act and shut the fuck up. Guarantee this bitch has guns. Or is protected by men with guns? People aren't all as rich as you and can't afford all that personal security. The nerve of this asshole! I feel really passionate about this. It's guns and don't hurt kids. After that, whatever. Guns are what keep us free. Ain't many of us left. You motherfuckers who are anti-gun, don't come hide behind me when the shit hits the fan. You will make a great shield. Stand in front.
I got it. You commit a gun crime, and you die. Guarantee it works.
I have a problem with getting lectured by actors. You know their personal lives are all fucked up. Even Clint was banging babes and staying with them for a while, puts them in his movies (Sondra Locke never did a thing for me), and then would drop them. And he was the man. All those actors are nobodies. Arnold should have kept his mouth shut; now I can't watch his movies. I like Tom Hardy and Keanu Reeves. Don't tell me if they are anti-gun. At least Tom Hardy rolls Jiu Jitsu. But he is still an actor. A guy who does make-believe, and we admire them so much. And meanwhile, I'm driving over the Delaware Memorial Bridge, and guys are hundreds of feet in the air, balancing on thin beams, fixing something. Let's see, who lives in the real world? That motherfucker. I'll listen to him before an actor.
