Busy Busy

Over the weekend I went to help some friends go thru all the stuff in Judy's garage. Judy was a collector or maybe a pack rat, but either way she had a bunch of stuff in her garage. Boxes and boxes of books, both fiction in paperback and hardback and textbooks. Judy had earned several degrees in business management and economics and apparently kept every book she ever bought while earning her degrees.

Her childhood friend, who is executor of the estate, said it looked like the boxes hadn't been touched since Judy had moved from Massachusetts, which was two moves before she bought this house. The books had either suffered damage from wetness or mice and most wound up being tossed in the dumpster.

Of course we found tons (literally) of dog-related stuff. Four huge Rubbermaid bins of dog treats and that was after we threw out the ones that were sorely out of date. We quit counting at 13 the number of training bags she had stored - most of like size and configuration. I brought home 6 crates of various sizes and materials to sell for the estate. Also I brought home four ex-pens of various heights and materials. I'm keeping them until after I'm done with the upcoming litter of puppies. One can never have too many ex-pens with puppies around!

There were obedience jumps, agility chutes and tunnels, a multitude of training collars and leashes. And clickers - many, many clickers. Judy taught obedience classes and so stocked up on various things to sell to her students if it was necessary. Apparently clickers, pinch collars, and Halti head collars weren't in great demand because she had a lot of those. Don't know if I'll be able to sell all of them. Oh, and traffic cones. There has to be at least 4 dozen traffic cones. Some of them are part of her Rally course set but the rest? Wow.

I have to go thru and catalog what I have and get it listed on line so I can sell it. Judy's mom (93) is not very well set and any extra money we can raise for her would be appreciated, I'm sure.

Monday I had the rough collie to bathe and comb out and today the two German shepherds. Foot feels okay. Tendon a bit stiff but the toes feel better. But then I haven't taken any walks since last week.

Tomorrow I'm off to Louisville with a friend to watch her show her dogs. I've never been to this venue before. Tomorrow is a border collie supported entry with puppy sweepstakes so that'll be fun to watch. It'll be a late night getting back - after 10pm and my friend will still have to drive two more hours home since she has to work the next day. Glad it's not me!