A pleasant, cool morning here in my little valley. The grass is growing so fast you can hear it. The cattle are plump and happy. the dogs are muddy.
We’ve had upwards to 200mm/ 8inches of rain in this past week. The ground is soggy. The green is so vivid its almost unreal. Verdant would be the word.
I’m watching as the draconian tightening of controls increases, again. A new “variant” has arrived, and like the last variant, the Elite that control us decide what is for our own good, lock us down tighter, harder.
As of December 17, here in Queensland, those who are Not Vaxx’d become a second class citizen. They shall be restricted as per…
Restrictions for unvaccinated people
From 17 December 2021, unvaccinated people will be unable to:
- visit vulnerable settings, including hospitals, residential aged care, disability accommodation services, and prisons. This does not apply to residents and patients of these facilities, and there will be some exceptions for medical treatment, end-of-life visits, childbirth and emergency situations
- attend hospitality venues such as hotels, pubs, clubs, taverns, bars, restaurants or cafes
- attend indoor entertainment venues such as nightclubs, live music venues, karaoke bars, concerts, theatres or cinemas
- attend outdoor entertainment activities such as sporting stadiums, theme parks or tourism experience like reef excursions
- attend festivals – either indoor or outdoor – such as musical festivals, folk festivals or arts festivals
- attend Queensland Government owned galleries, museums or libraries.
All this was before the new variant arrived so I’d expect things to get tighter and tougher soon.
It’s all so wrong. I am a bit unsure why and how such extreme measures have been allowed. Is the majority of the world willing to be herded and controlled? Where has critical-thought gone?
I say it a lot, but I am glad I’m an old fart. I dont have to make my way, build my life, construct my future. I’m content, occupied and independent of society. Sure, I shop and do ‘go out”, but I dont need night life, or entertainment, or excitement like when I was younger. I am more than hapi to tend to my life and my family and my animals.
Speaking of my animals… I’m moving forward with my dog breeding plans. I have my magnificent maremma bitches plus my mongrel mastiff babes. And the Big Red Dawg we call sperm bank.
I’m going to call my breed “XHounds”. Mike’s XHounds.
Ive come to the conclusion that the trend to breed for looks has destroyed many good blood lines. I use my Rhodesian Ridgebacks as an example: Got my first Ridgeback in 1990. Tane was a great dawg. big, beautiful, slept in our bed with the whole family. He was pretty, big, smart, but had health issues. Did not live very long. Our second RR was ChillyPepper. She was good but carried congenital issues in her breeding. I put her down due to terrible arthritis. She was less than 8yrs old. After came, Buster, Chewy, Jelly, Bean, Lauru, Iowa, Scarlet, and Rhett.
All were paper holding, registered pure bred Ridgebacks, and all had congenital problems. Not huge, terrible problems but enough issues to limit their longevity, their quality of life… noting well that Bean died earlier this year at the age of 12 and Lauru and Iowa and Scarlet are still alive and well in Honiara.
My aim with my current breeding programme is to breed pups that are healthy, long lived, and highly intelligent. And big. I like big dogs.
It’s a worthy hobby. A noble undertaking. And ensures that I shall never again not have a good dog in my life.
Earlier this year our big furry buddy, Kuma, died. He was only 8. had been terribly arthritic for ages. Way too long. Needed meds that made his gorgeous coat fall out.
So I’ll create a new breed, an XHound breed.
Here are a couple clips of 50kg Kuma being a good dawg with G.G., and ED when they were little. This is a good example of what a good dawg is. Big, beautiful, smart and a positive influence in your life…
https://www.facebook.com/100001079911713/posts/1580452702000712/?d=n
https://www.facebook.com/100001079911713/posts/1567913113254671/?d=n
Dawgs are good.
more later
The Native Iowan 
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