Facts You Should Know About a Female Dog's Breeding Cycle

Many dog owners, who are not involved in dog breeding, but own female dogs that have not been spayed, are unsure about a number of features of the animal's season.. They are also not sure when they can expect their pet to come on heat again. If they intend having the animal mated, many do not know which day of the heat is the most suitable for mating.

Some time ago I published and edited a dog magazine. It had a question and answers section and readers were invited to send in questions. Here are some of the questions in connection with a female dog's season most often asked by readers, together with the answers.

Question: My young female dog is now 6 months old. When can I expect her to come into season?

Answer: A female dog usually comes into season firsts when she is 7 to 11 months, but there are wide variations in this period. It quite often happens that the dog only has her first season when she is fourteen months. There have also been recorded instances of a female dog only having her first season at the age of two.

Question: How long can I expect the period of heat to last?

Answer: in most instances the season last about three weeks, but in some cases it can be longer.

Question: If I intend having my animal mated to a suitable dog, how old should she be?

Answer: It is best to wait until she is mature before thinking of having her mated. 20 months is the minimum age you should consider.

Question: If I want to have my dog mated at what stage of her heat can I tell when it is the best time to make sure that she's pregnant?

Answer The best time for mating is generally considered to be 10 - 14 days after she first starts showing signs of a red discharge. But there is a wide variation with different animals. Some animals have been mated as early as the fourth day of the season with successful results. Cases have been known when the female dog has only been ready to be mated on the nineteenth day.

Question: If I am not sure on which day my dog started coming on heat, how can I tell which day to have her covered?

Answer: The most reliable indication of an animal being ready to be mated is by her behavior and when she is prepared to accept the male. There will be no mistaking her readiness to accept the male by the way she stands rigidly and lifts her tail to the side.

Question: I have a mixed breed male dog at my home and I don't want him to mate my pedigreed animal. At what stage should I make sure they are separated?

Answer: The scent of the female dog is usually attractive to a male dog after the first week of her season, but here again there can be a variation. Don't take a chance. Keep them separate after the first week until the middle of the 3rd. week. To be absolutely certain separate them as soon as she comes into season.

Question: If my dog is mated and there are no pups is it her fault or the males?

Answer: If this is your dog's first litter and there has been a proper mating to a dog known to have produced many litters before, the reason for no pups is probably due to some problem the female dog may have. But there is no hard and fast rule. It could be due to the sire having been over-used and being not as fertile as he was previously.

Question: After my animal has been mated, how soon can I tell if she is pregnant?

Answer: If the litter is going to be large there will be definite signs of swelling of the abdomen as early as the third week, but it could be as late as the fifth or sixth week. Also, at about the sixth week there an enlargement of the teats. During the last week of pregnancy, if there is going to be a large litter, there will be definite movement of the pups that can be observed.

You'll find a great deal of other useful information about dog breeding and also helpful advice about obedience training on the following website: http://www.freedogadvice.com

EVERYONE HATES EVERYONEUltimate Chicken Horse #2

(Mark) Alright, fuck thaaaaat shit
(Jack) Fuck this shit :{ (Mark) Fuuuuuuuck (Mark) Theee... *Confused markimoo* (Mark) No. (Mark) I'm gonna fuck the arrow (OW!!)That must hurt :( (Mark) over here. Cause this - this fucker.

(Mark) This fucker. :/ (Mark) [quietly, to himself] Okay... (Bob) Uh... (Bob) I see.

I see. I see.... (Jack) Everyone went for bombs this round? (Bob) I see. (Mark) Yes! (Mark) Bob, no! (Wade) Bob.

(Mark) Bob. Bob, no.
(Wade) Bob please. (Intensity intensifies) (Mark) Bob no! (Mark) BOB NO! (Mark) Bob no! [Laughter]
(Bob) We can't have it be too easy, can we? (Wade) BOB! (Mark) You big...

(Mark) Dick.
(Wade) Oh wait, someone just destoyed - oh...Well... Ok. (Bob) You know, there are no hockey pucks OR arrows down here. (Bob) It's fuckin' amazing.

(Jack) What?! What did I get killed by? (Mark) I dunno.
(Bob) What did you get killed by? (Mark) I dun- I dun- I'm not gonna ask. (Mark) Arrows coming'!
(Bob) Oh God (Mark) Arrows are comin'!
(Jack) Wait there's hockey.. (Jack) The hockey pucks falling from above! (Jack) Fell down and killed me!
(Mark) [shouts] WHAT!? (Mark) What hit me?! (Mark) A hockey puck came from the le--oh.. (Mark) There's a hockey thing from the left
(Wade) Nooo..

Why's there that (Wade) hockey pu- [extremely agitated] GOD, BOB!
(Mark) I forgot.. Goddamnit . . .

(Mark) Ughh... Bob...
(Jack) And that one hit me on the ground! (Mark) [chuckles] (Bob) They're on the same level (Bob) You just have to duck under em' (Mark)  No they're not! (Mark) They're not on the same le--oh they are on the same level
(Bob) Yeah they are (Mark) Okay.. (Mark) This is bullshit. (Bob) *weak* You just have to duck under them .

. . (Mark) OH SHUT UP BOB! (Jack) *Giggles* (Mark) I'm blowing everything up! (Bob) *weak* you just have to duck under them... (Mark) FUUUCK this shit.

(Wade) MARK I JUST PUT THAT. . .  
(Bob) *laughing* (Mark) I don't care! (Bob) *laughing* (Mark) Fuck it! (Mark) BOB NO!
(Wade) *groan* (Bob) How- How um...

(Bob) How much do you guys enjoy using the elevator? (Jack) *laughs*
(Mark) *giggles* (Wade) That's the only way I ever go ever. (Bob) Ah, you know what? (Wade) Bob...
(Bob) Let's just close off... Let's just close off this (Bob) Let's just close off... Let's just close off this (Wade) BOB! (Wade, yelling) BOB!!! (Bob) Everyone is so salty, I don't understand.
(Mark) *laugh* (Wade) Because you're so sadistic! I thought you were the, like, nice one! (Bob) You know what...

(Jack) That's the thing, everyone thinks Bob's the nice one.
(Mark)*laugh* (Bob) You know what, no roof, no roof stuff, how 'bout that?
(Jack) He is the real asshole (Mark) The black hole already d-- shut down the roof stuff. (Bob) You can jump around the black hole, I think. (Mark) You can jump around a black hole. (Jack) There's fucking glass there? (Jack) Ohhhhh! (Mark) A...

Ah... (Screams, high pitched) AAAH FUCK NO! (Everyone laughs) (Mark) OH GOD NO! (Mark) OH FUCK! (Wade) OOOOH NOO! (Mark) Oh, god! (Wade) Why is Mark dancing? (Everyone yells at once) (Mark) Oh I'm dancing! *Enlightenment* (Mark) Did I make it? (Jack) *moans* (Wade) NO! (Mark) What?! (Jack) How did you make it? (Mark) But am I dancing? (Bob) I think you're just wibble-wobbling there (Mark) YEAH! Postmortem! (Wade) Postmortem? (Mark) YEAH! (Jack) Postmortem win? (Bob) Wade, you pushed him into it. (Mark) *Laughs*
(Wade) Oh, God... FUCK! (Mark and Bob laughing) (Bob still laughing) (Bob) Yeah okay this- this area needs to be harder..


(Jack) Fucking hell I didn't know the glass killed us
(Bob) It's not accept- (Wade puts down another arrow)
(Bob) Oh you dick! (Bob) *Laughs* Wade is in "fuck it" mode.. (Jack) Yeah.
(Mark) Hang on... (Wade) NOOOOO-HOH! *All laughing* (Wade) You always take away my happiness! (Mark) Good! You don't need that much happiness. (Indistinguishable mumbling) (Bob) Fuck that.

(Mark ) Ooh... (Bob) Come here lol-ovator. (Mark) AH! (Wade) OOOOOOH! (Mark) WOOO! (Mark) Yay! (Bob) I'm riding a lol-ovator (Mark) *laughing* But Bob I thought you shut down the lol-ovator (Bob) Nope. (Bob) Lol-ovator-
(Jack) AHHHH FUCK! (Mark) *Maniacal Laughter* *more laughing* (Mark)  *laughing*
(Bob) Oh, Mark, you actually made it?
(Mark) Yeah! (Mark) Yeah! (Wade) Yeah, he made it.

(Mark) *cackles* (Jack) Damn it!
(Mark) Yeah! (Wade) He just jumps over the stupid door! (Mark) That's what you're supposed to do! (Wade) Well, I'm taking that away. (Mark) Well, the door? Thank you! I don't want it there... (Wade) No, not the door, the roof part. (Mark) Oh okay...

(Bob) Oh my God, Jack...
(Mark) Oh jeez...
(Wade) Oh come on! (Jack) Fuck you guys. (Mark) OOH JEEZ! *Extended laughing* (Bob) Come on now. *More laughing* (Mark) There's no way! (Bob) That's a little bit much I think... (Wade) What do you mean? (Mark) *laughs* (Jack) You guys have bombs...

(Jack) Mark what did you put?
(Wade) Just the door maybe Bob, just the door (Mark) I haven't placed anything yet - I'm just waiting to see what Bob does.
(Jack) *mumbles* (Bob) We can play the spikes!
(Jack) Oh, you sneaky-deaky. (Bob) Oh you douche bag! *Laughing*
(Mark) Now everyone has a chance!
(Bob) Well... (Mark) Success is good! (Monkey Mark) Ah ooh, ooh fuck. (Mark) Woah fuck.

(Jack) Oh shit, SHIT! (Wade) OH NO my stupid- (Mark) (high pitch) OH NO, NO NO NO NO NO
(Bob) *laughing* (Bob) The fucking ice is fucking me up. (Bob) The fucking ice is fucking me up.
(Mark) *laughs* (Wade) Everyone has a chance, as we all screw up and die. (Bob & Mark) *laughing* (Mark) Hey I can..
(Wade) NOW EVERYONE CAN WIN! (Mark) I-I can't help what you guys do but-
(Jack in background) Oh oh oh, oh oh (Jack) Oh it's so close,
(Bob) Huh- oh god dammit.


(Jack) Ooh it's so- it's so close- NOHOHOHO. (Mark) *laughing*
(Bob) I'm dead? Why did I die? *Mark continues laughing* (Mark) Jack, what did you do? (Wade) Oh my God... We have two people that've vanished alrea-
(Mark) Oh man... (Mark) We got this, we got it...

We got it.
(Jack) I wanna see what the coin does.. (Bob) I think it probably just gives you more points, right?
(Jack) Ah, that sucks then (Mark) Wait, points? (Mark)  Oh, I'll put a coin down (Jack) Yeah, you get like an extra buffer at the end of it. (Bob) Oh no!
(Wade) Thank you Bob.

Nice failure... (Bob) Wade is still cheating. (Bob) Just saying...
(Mark) Wait, why is that there? (Mark) Why is this here? (Wade) No no it's fine!
(Mark) Why is that here? (Wade) It's fine! (Wade) No! (Bob) Mark, now you have to destroy the platforms. Yeah! (Mark) Oh - ohhh...


(Bob) Yeah, You can only destroy one platform at a time. It's bullshit. (Mark) Oh, Ok. Well, that's fine.

Makes it a little even. (Wade) No! (Mark) Yeah yeah yeah yeah! (Wade) Jack.. Jack! (Mark) Yeah yeah yeah! (Jack) Woo! (Wade) Whoa...
(Mark) Ooh...

(Jack) Ah shit.
(Mark) Ooh... (Bob) Whoa, oh the thorns kill you?
(Mark)*Shrieks*
(Bob) Fuck! (Mark) Oh, oh, god damn it, the fucking ice! Fuck the ice! Fuck dat ice! (Mark) Fuck dat ice, fuck dat ice. (Mark) Die!
(Wade) No NOOO!!
(Mark) Die! (Wade) That stupid thing!
(Jack) Fuck! (Mark) *laughing*
(Bob) *laughing* (Mark) My victory is assured! (Bob) *still laughing* (Mark) Oh man.
(Jack) We've one turn left! (Mark) My, my-
(Bob) Hey, Wade doesn't have any points yet. (Wade) No I don't! (Wade) No I don't!
(Jack) It's amazing.

(Bob) *laughing* (Wade) Mark... Please...
(Mark) What? (Mark) Let's make it a little harder. (Mark) Can't have this be too easy.

(Wade) I destroyed the thing blocking the goal there so it should be a little easier to go- (Mark) Oooh
(Wade)Bob... Bob! Bob Bob Bob!
(Mark) Yes, yes, yes, yes. (Wade) Bob! Bob!
(Mark) Yes! Yes! Yes Bob yes! (Wade) Bob! What is wrong with you?! You sicko!
(Mark) *More Yes Bob's* (Jack) Yes! (Bob) Uuhh
(Wade) Bob. Bob Bob Bob Bob Bob listen!
(Mark) *Yes Bobbing* (Wade) Mark's gonna win Bob! You've gotta stop him! (Jack) You're gonna block the arrows.

(Bob) Oh I am gonna block the arrows, that's a good point, that's a good point. (Jack) And then Mark wins! (Mark) Put barbed wire on the ground. (Bob) I got an idea, I got an idea. (Jack) Hehe- black hole!
(Mark) Hahaha what the fuck! (Wade) Bob! (Bob) Here, or here? Or like here? (Wade) Not there!
(Jack) No- not there (Wade) No no no no no no! Oh God...

Okay do it... (Mark) Alright fine Bob. Be that way. (Bob) Yeah I like that! (Wade) Well Mark, how do you enjoy your victory? (Mark) Well I- I know that things are...

Times are- AWW FUCK THE THORNS! FUCK THE THORRNS! (Wade) I JUMPED RIGHT INTO GLASS!!! (Bob) *laughing*
(Mark) Uhh this is so stupi- (Mark) Jack, you better die! Jack you better fail and die! (Mark) Good luck! What are you gonna do? (Jack) *jump sound* (Jack) I dunno... (Bob) You know what? I've thought better of this (Wade) I think the elevator's the right way to go
(Bob & Mark) *laughing* (Mark) I think you're all boned. (Bob) Honey no! Why Honey? (Mark) You're all screwed, you're gonna die! Have fun in death. (Mark) *high-pitched* WHAT?! WHAT? WHAT?! (Wade) YES! YES!
(Mark) What?? Noo! (Mark) Noooooohh! (Wade) Yehehea baby!
(Mark) But I was gonna win! (Mark) You asshole! (Wade) yes!
(Mark) Oh! That's such bullshit!
(Jack and Bob) *cheers* (Bob) Yehehehea! Did I pass Mark?
(Mark) Ooooahh Fuck off! (Bob) Did I pas- Awww (Mark) Euuugh (Jack) Yes! (Wade) I got zero Points! :,D.

(Mark) This is such bullshit, I was gonna win! This is suuch bullshit (Bob) *laughing in the background* (Mark) *sigh*
(Jack) Soo happy about that! (Bob) Good job everybody!
(Mark) Oh eat a diherhck! (Mark) Be happy! Happy in helll! (Wade) You guys wanna do more? Oh! Oh! Yeah go back to the roof, go back to the mansion, there's a question mark box. (Mark) What?
(Bob) What is this? Speed runners? (Mark) What? (Wade) We can unlock either a new level, new character, or skin or somethin' maybe get a new level (Mark) Maybe we shoulda done party mohode... XD. (Mark) Oh! What is that? (Wade) We need to get this box (Mark) Okay, whatever (Bob) Where's the box?
(Wade) Right here, I-I'm I'm just gonna put a platform to get to it there (Bob) I don't see a box...

(Wade) Well it's there for me
(Mark) fffffuck you! (Bob) I don't see any boxes.
(Jack) Do we all have different boxes? (Wade) Yeah, go ahead and get your box too Jack, it might be skin for you or somethin'. (Jack) But skins are boring! We need new levels! (Wade) Well it might be a new level! I don't know! I don't know what it is! (Mark) Well how many levels are there in the game? (Wade) Uhh I think there's two that I haven't unlocked (Mark) *quietly* Bob? (Wade) Bob? (Wade) Bob!? (Bob) It's do-able
(Mark) It's helping! (Jack) Hey! (Mark) Whoaaa (Mark) Horse's bow tie unlocked! (Jack) Sheep party hat unlocked... Really? -__- (Bob) Uhmmm (Wade) I got the waterfall level! (Jack) Guys it's literally impossible!
(Bob) *laughing* (Bob) I-I have fought, I have fought hard at this (Mark) Yea! (Jack) Ah you fucks!
(Bob) Oh you did it! (Mark) AHAHAHAHA!
(Wade) Will your elevator go through that wo- yea I guess it will (Mark) But how are you gonna- Ahahhaha
(Bob) Oh no!
(Wade) *laughing* (Bob) God dammit!
(All but Bob) *laughing* (Jack) You got crushed! (Wade)Bob was crushed by his own surmises! (Mark) Yaay!
(Bob) God dammit! (Mark) Wow
(Wade) God! Look at- Oh my God!
(Mark) Hhoh my God! (Mark) I don't remember doing that! (Bob) Alright, well if it's gonna be like that, It's gonna be like that I guess (Jack) Yeaaap uh, pure dick moves right now.

[Concentrated silence] (Jack) Oh God mouse, why?
(Bob) *laughs* (Bob) Mark and I both went through the same thought! (Mark) *laughing* (Mark) I don't even know if this can work! (Wade)Wow! Really?!There's no way to get to the Goal!! (Mark) There is a way... (Jack) Mark did it last time!
(Mark) Yeeeah (Wade) BOB Bahb, Bahhb...
(Mark)Bob *laughing* (Jack) Put it on the other side! (Wade) Boooaaahhhhbb! (Bob) D'ya... D'ya want it to be more reasonable? Do you want it to be more reasonable? (Wade) yea!
(Mark) Yes please,  thank you Bob <3 (Bob) I got it, I got, I got- I'll reasonable it up (Bob) OH NO! FUCK ME! (Mark) *Laughing*
(Wade) Whooo!
(Jack) Thanks Bob! (Mark) Thanks Bob! (Mark) Bob, You da best Bob!
(Wade)Thanks Bob :) (Bob) God dammit!
(Mark) Thanks Bob :)
(Jack) Love ya Bob ;) (Mark) Ooohkay!
(Wade) AAAaaah! (Bob)*laughing*
(Jack) Fuck! Now I'm trapped here! (Mark)No you're not...Oh! Yes! (Bob) Oh my God...


(Jack) Whoooaahh!
(Mark) Yes!
(Wade) Hooooly crap! (Mark) Wooooow! Look at me!
(Wade) Mark's a wizard! (All) *laughing*
(Wade) Haha! Jack is not!
(Jack) Stop bein' a fuckin' moron! (Wade) Heeey Jack! (Jack) I'm using the keyboard, leave me alone! (Mark) Ah ha - ha ha ha (Bob) Aaaalright Mark-
(Wade) Here comes Mark's trap- Oh my Gawd (Bob) Mark's gonna win huh? (Mark) *evil laugh* (Mark) Ohhkay (Mark) Whelp
(Jack) If that's how it's gonna be... (Mark)No Bob!
(Bob) *laughing*
(Mark)Bob I have a funny feeling- OHo God! (Mark) It's impossible!
(Bob)*laughs louder* (Mark) *high-pitched* OH MY GOD NO WAY! (Mark) *high-pitched* THAT'S BULLSHIT. (Jack & Wade)That's not impossible!
(Jack) They have some ways you can do it (Mark) How??!
(Bob) There's some stuff that I can do to make this less possible... (Wade) Bob...

Bob...
(Mark) Oh.. Oh Jack (Mark)Oh, you were doing that? Okay I'll do something else (Wade)*laughing* Oh Jack... (Mark) Ooh what in the hell?!
(Jack)It's definitely possible (Jack) It's possible
(Mark)What in th- (Mark) Okay
(Jack) You follow the elevator down and then wait for the- (Wade) What are you doing over there Bob...

Honey? (Mark) Uhm
(Jack) Bob, you should put up an arrow thing (Wade) Oh my God (Bob) I have an idea
(Wade) OH GOD WHY? (Jack) *Laughing*  
(Mark) Just makin' it easy (Jack) Oh Jesus (Mark) Huoooh Boy... (Wade) Uh oh (Bob) HAH! Hah! Hah. (Bob)Alright, Bye everybody (Jack) You're gonna get crushed! (Bob) Nah, I've got it (Bob) NAH! FUCKIN' GLASS!
(Wade) AH OH OH! (Wade) *loud chicken sounds* (Wade) OH GO- *exasperated wheezing*
(Bob) *laughing* (Mark) AH YEEAAAA!
(Wade) OH MY GOD! >:( (Jack) *in the back ground* Son of a bitch!
(Mark) Yeaaaaa!! (Mark)YeeaAAaah! (Jack) Fuckin' hell!
(Mark) Yea! Oh o' Yess!! (Jack) I'll give ya that one, That was awesome!
(Mark)  Oh! Uh I- I didn't even know if that was gonna work (Mark) But Yea! (Jack) Y-You're constantly being sucked into black holes (Mark) Hehe all of my fleece is being sheered (Jack) You know what? Fuck that! End the level!
(Wade) New level! (Mark) New level??
(Jack) You can go into another level, and then majority wins (Bob) Oh, you totally can
(Mark) Whooaoaahh! What?? (Bob) Holy Shit!
(Jack) Oh this one's cool!
(Mark) Oh, it's so cool! (Bob) This is pretty cool!
(Wade) Does the water do anything, I wonder? (Mark) Probably, Probably pushes you down
(Wade) It's over here  Bob, it's up top (Wade) The goal's right there. (Mark) How? How? How? (Jack) I'll start it off and be nice.

(Bob) Yea, We need some platforms
(Mark) Yea okay. (Bob) We're gonna have to work a little bit together *chuckles* (Mark) Well okay if your doing that (Bob) Well let's not go crazy (Mark) Yeah
(Bob) Yeah hang on now (Mark) Ok (Mark) We're not going to make it too easy though
(Jack) What if the water pushes us down (Mark) Make it a little difficult. Y'know a little challenge here (Jack) Turn it around (Mark)OH oh
(Jack) We're not gonna hit that here (Mark) Oh no *high pitched* it'll be fine (Mark) It's good (Mark) It's not too hard
(Jack) It's like the easiest level (Wade) Booaaahhhb
(Mark) Yeah it does look like happy wheels, I was thinkin' that (Mark) Yar
(Jack) Yeah that's a good idea, put that there (Mark) Good idea (Mark) Gotta be mindful. Ok (Jack)HUUAAH! (Jack) Oh No!
(Mark) Ok (Wade) AHHHHGG!! (Mark) *chuckle* Well Bob
(Jack) I don't know the sprint button on keyboard (Mark) Well Bob
(Bob) Wo-up (Mark) That was an interesting- Uh Oh NOO! (Mark) WHAT THE FUCK! Why did I just get- Why did I fall off
(Everyone else) *laughing* (Mark) What the fuck? (Mark) Did you you see that it just like slid me off
(Bob) Ooaah.

YEAH! (Jack) Yeah you "slipped" (Mark) Well wha-wha How?
(Bob) I did it (Jack) I'll admit that I suck (Wade) *subtley* oh my god
(Mark) Nice door (Jack) Yeah well now you have a buffer you'll have to wait (Mark) *tiny burp* it's good, it's a good, it's a good door (Jack) Yeah don't fuckin' insult my door, bitch
(Bob) Uhh (Mark) I said it was a nice door from the beginning. I literally said nice door
(Wade) It's a good- It's a very nice door (Jack) You said it facetiously
(Mark) You don't know what facetious means (Jack) You said it like *imitating mark* That's not a nice door, you said it like
(Wade) All right who are we waiting on Bob (Mark) Bob. (Mark) Heh. Who, who Bob are we Bob waiting on Bob.

Bob (Jack) Who are we Bobbing on right now (Jack) Who's Bobbing right now (Bob) I got a little question mark box so I'm actually (Wade) Oh yeah go get it definitely go get it (Mark) Oh yeah have fun (Mark) Have fun! (Jack) Have fun over there haha (Jack) Have fun losing (Mark) Pfft... Have fun being stuuupid... (Wade) You got to pop the balloons on it.
(Jack) HUARRHGGHH! (Mark) Woah.
(Jack) Oh god, I almost ran into it!
(Bob) Oh wow, I did not see that that existed... (Jack) FUUUUUUUUCK! (Mark) *Giggles*
(Bob) Bye everybody!
(Wade) OH Wow wow wow (Mark) Okay.

(Bob) SHIIT! (Jack laughing)
(Wade) Oh ok
(Jack) You did (Jack) the same thing I did?
(Wade) Woah oh OHHHH AHHHHH. (Wade still screaming) (Bob laughing)                         (Mark) Ooo -- Okay, we'll I'm gonna (Mark) take my time -- oh shit (Mark) and see it pushes me around, it slides me around (Mark) I don't like it
(Bob) it does!
(Mark) Woah Agh! Okey (Bob) oh OH oh
(Jack) AGH!  
(Mark) Woh- Agh! Okey (Bob and Jack noises continue)
(Mark) EERRUGGH! (Mark) K waiting on the door (Mark) ok- there we go (Wade laughs with Mark) (Bob/Wade laugh)
(Mark) Just in case, just a little insurance! (Laughing) (Mark) You never know!
(Wade) WELL DONE!
(Mark) Thank you
(Wade) Well done (Bob) Ha ha HA ha
(Jack) We're underdogs (Bob) Ha ha HA ha! Ha ha ha HA ha!
(Mark) Oh god (In his laughter Bob increasingly spirals into madness) (Mark) I wanna put down a coin just because like (Mark) I like this platform being up here, so (Mark) Sorry bout that  
(Bob) You guys wanna see some shit? (Wade) Yeah (Bob) I made some shit (Jack) Oh I don't know how to rotate (Wade) Oh, oh no
(Mark) Oh god Bob how are we gonna jump on that?
(Jack) Oh it's me *silence* (Wade) Oh god that -- that's
(Mark) Yeah! (Mark) Nice!
(Wade) That's gonna be a b--- oh Jack I. (Wade) already put an arrow down! (Mark) that's good (Jack) Eh-HUH! (Wade) AAAGH!! (Jack) Oh god oh god oh god oh god oh god... (Mark) Woah, oh god, oh, fuck AAGH! Fuck! God damn it
(Wade) How are you supposed to do anything? *Screaming* (Mark) Holy shit
(Jack) I'm scared! Bob hold me! (Bob) Why are there so many arrows? You Dick! (Mark) Oh, I see, yeah, there's double arrows (Wade) *giggling* (wtf are you even saying Wade) (Mark)*making chicken sounds like Wade*
(Bob) I'm never gonna get my goddamn balloon box (Mark) I'm, I'm just gonna, I'm just adding a whole bunch of coins ...First come first served (Bob) uhhhhh...

(Jack) yeah, destroy the cliff, Bob! (Mark) Aw that's not fair (Jack) Gotta get on that first honey, HUAH. (Jack) This first honey actually helps (Bob) Yeah cause you don't slide off the end. (Jack) SHIIIIT (Bob) *laughter* (Mark) Ho, Ho, Ho! Ho-okay. (Bob) Does it still help? (Mark) I got-what? These coins do nothing! Oh, no, they're attached to me, ...

I gotta get to the end, shhhhit (Bob) *screaming* OHNO HONEY! Oh,  honey.. (Mark, followed by everyone) *screaming* (Mark) GODDAMIT, fucking hockey (Mark) Aw, I'm not looking out for it (Jack) That's boo-hockey! (Jack) OH and there's no points! (Bob) Oh yay (Wade) That's because we're all, assholes to each other (Jack) No points? (Jack and Mark) Whaaaaaat? (Mark) *screaming* NO Mon- points? *Murmuring* (what) (Jack) *murmuring* fuu i duno man (Mark) I'm not confident in my jokes, man (Mark) Alright. Uhhhhhhm (Jack) If I were you I wouldn't be either (Mark) *aw of sad* Hurts my soul (Wade) What what, what (Jack) Aw, now I'm saaad
(Wade) WHAT
(Mark) Now I'm sad (Mark to Wade) "What, what, what, WHAT?" (Mark) I was trying to make it interesting
(Wade) What? (Wade) What? (Mark) What, what? (Jack) You're gonna block the pucks
(Wade) OHGOD. (Bob) No, the pucks are below that (Bob) I wouldn't block my pucks, pucks are my babies (Jack) Ohh, FUCKFUCK,  fuck my ASS.

*Duck screams* *more screams* (Mark) I saved your life, Jack! I saved your life (Jack) Yeahh, I'm so fuckin, ta-"thankful" for that (Mark) Aren't you though?? Why arn-chu? (Jack) FUCK (Bob) NO. (Bob) I made it off! (Jack) *Whee!* (Wade) *laughing* Bob still can't get his question mark box (Bob) Cause you guys are dicks!
(Jack) Fuckin honey! (Mark) I even put coins up there for you
(Wade) I keep snorting (Wade) I don't snort when I laugh, but I keep doing it (Bob) You know what? (Mark) This honey was a good idea.
(Bob) NO fun for anybody *aw* (Bob) I like that idea (Wade) None fun? (Wade) Did you destroy my platforms?
(Bob) Did you explode my honey platform? (Jack) YES, cause FUCK that honey platform
(Mark) I put another honey (Mark) I made another honey platform-NOMAHHONEY. (Mark) MAHHONEY
(Jack) There's no honey on it (Mark)There's honey on it
(Wade)There's no honey on it (Bob) It shows honey...

This is honey. There is no honey-- (Jack) *Cuts off Bob and starts laughing* (Wade) WHATT? NO HONEY?!!
(Jack) I have seen honey, and this is no honayy. (Mark) NO NO BOB thats my honey!! There's honey thare ;(. (Bob) I saw no honey...


(Mark) There WAS honey there.. (Mark) God dammit Bob! *Giggles* (Wade) *Ear rape* NO I GOT TO THE HONEY JUMPS! (Jack) oh fuckin' ice-ice platforms really? (Jack) OOOH suck all of my lower intestines (Wade) poor jack always hits my traps (Bob) Oh hey there ice platform gah! Jesus! (Bob) Oh god no why (Jack) NO, NO, NO I refuse to let this happen. NO. (Wade) There's no way this is gonna happen.

(Jack) NO. (Bob) yes with all the (Jack) right up the arse
(Mark) that's such bullshit (Bob) oh my god (Bob) So you think this part over
here should be easier Mark?
(Mark) Yes! Please yes Absolutely
(Bob) Gotcha, gotcha (Jack) I like how now you have to
destroy the platforms to destroy the ice To destroy the honey I had to destroy the platform (Bob) I don't want mark to do is jumpy over nonsense anymore (Jack) Good. I mean he'll still do it.
(Bob) I can do better - I can do better than that (Jack) yeah put a black hole there
(Mark) *giggles*
(Bob) I'm thinking this will help (Wade) Oh no! FAA
(Bob) Have fun (Jack) do you love pain? Are you a sadist?
(Bob) No I just hate all of you (Wade) has somebody not placed yet? (Mark) I haven't
(Wade) Oh god from from the ashes comes Mark *laughing*
(Jack) He placed it upside down (Bob) it rotates back and forth
(Mark) OH no FUACKK god damnit (Mark) I forgot to hit my sprint button  *various screaming*
(Bob) oh god they're both ice fuck on me *screaming and laughing* (Wade) we really hate each other (Mark)this is such bullshit HUAAAAAAA
(Jack) This is aggravating now (Mark) it's adding more coins
(Bob) have a really funny idea but it's going to take more than one around to execute I want to see if this works (Mark) uh-huh *doesn't really care* Jack no, Jack no no Jack
(Bob) Trust me it'll be hilarious *evil laughter* (Mark) Nooo what's wrong - Bob is going for a question block over there (Jack) then why do you keep going for your coins
(Bob) I'm never ever going to get it
(Mark) I'm helping Bob insentivise
(Jack) Fine. Fine.

Fine. Huaaah Oh fuck my ass (   ) (Bob) NooOhho oo god damnit
(Wade) oh oh NOT the honEY. (Bob) oh my god
(Wade) oh my god Mark *rip my ears*
(Mark) it was way away it was not there on my screen! What the fuck? (Jack) it was way away from you
(Mark) *aggravated sigh*
(Wade) Two people have made it to the end (Wade) Two people have made it to the end (Bob) All right everyone ready for this? This is gonna be awesome. (Mark) How awesome
*doesn't believe you*
*Jack despairs*
(Bob) It'll be awesome
(Mark) okay (Mark) a little of this
(Bob) interesting
*Mockery ensues*
(Wade) I think Mark is just trying to make pathways (Mark) Yes like we're sposed to
(Bob) I don't want anyone to win I'm tied for 1st right now (Bob) I don't want anyone to win I'm tied for 1st right now that's fine with me
(Wade) *offended* Bob what about me (Bob) oh it totally worked I constructed something amazing
*confused Jack*
*They fail* (Mark) Fuckin ice (Bob) alright ice, be cool ice, be cool (Jack) just push ya straight off ya *Cheers*
(Bob) Oh hockey puck fuck you (Mark) you were so close Bob, so
close (Bob) I was gonna get up there
(Wade) you were gonna get up there (Jack)I hate this level so much
(Mark) well we made it
(Bob) we made this happen
(Jack) I made some of it (Jack) you know what? Fuck you guys.

Fuck you guys (Mark) what you gonna do?
(Jack) you're gonna have to work together (Mark) all right then
(Wade) Bob, Mark (Mark) bob ba bob barr Bob barr Bob
(Wade) Bob no, Bob
(Jack) Geeeezus *pauses* I regret my decision (Mark) I regret my decision to record with you guys *don't lie mark*
you assholes are assholes
(Bob) I'm blocking the arrows, you're welcome Mark *Wade dies*
(Mark) Oh your body is blocking the arrows thank you for that
(Bob) you're welcome *Caveman noises*
*Dies* (Mark) Fuck your fire hydrant bullshit.
*Everyone else laughing* *still laughing*
(Mark) God damnit
(Jack) I love it
(Wade) *through laughter* Nobody can wIN. (Bob) Why didn't I get trap points for that? That was a really good trap
(Wade) *crying* cuz no one won! (Jack) *lisping* that was awesome
(Mark) Can I just attach - can attach this to this? *No* Aw damnit (Wade) we aren't even winning and yet
we're all including just putting down more traps
*Bob laughter*
(Mark) *channels darkiplier* shut up (Bob) that one's not gonna turn that one's gonna block it from turning. You just ruined everything
(Mark) I'll blow it up for you Bob he messed it up blow it (   )
(Jack) Aw... (Mark) ya ffucked it! Ya fffucked ita up.
(Jack) Why would it stop it from turning? (Wade) why did you destroy the one that wasn't on the honey?
(Mark)because it's not supposed to be on the honey.

*Derp* it's supposed to be on the honey.
(Bob) If it's not on the honey it's just in a stationary spot *realization*
(Mark) who put the barbed wire on the saw
blade (Bob) I'm over complicating
*everyone* oh my god (Wade) Oh sorry guys.
(Jack) Wade... Wade you made it too hard.

It's impossible - or maybe not *laughing* (Bob) how the fuck did you just do that?
(Jack) I don't fucking know *screams of the dying*
(Bob) No barbed wire, why? (Mark) Good god...
(Jack) Fuck the ice. (Jack) Fuck the ice! Fuck my ass! (Mark) (   )
#septiplierisreal *dying and laughing*
(Wade) See it is possible. (Mark) yeah .. Bearly *rawr*
(Jack) I like how I said impossible then immediately made it.
(Mark) Alright, this is the one do we make it harder or possible
(Bob)  Harder is fine with me *(   )* I will get someone who makes it past that point a gift (Mark) okay that's that's acceptable (Bob) a little bit of a gift
(Mark) acceptable, acceptable (Jack) Eugh.

(Wade) We'll take it I guess.
(Mark) Alright so...
(Jack) Alright whoever makes gets the coin. (Mark) and I just want to make sure that no one does jumpy ju-jump-jumpy -ness *engrish Mark* (Mark) right here (Mark) they gotta under, you gotta go under
(Bob) yeah that seems fair
*silence of concentration* (Jack) fucking high - high higher fidrent *fire hydrant* *wade died*
*exclamations that can be taken out of context* (Mark) just- wheres that, there it is
(Jack) OH no
(Mark) Okay hang on (Mark) wait - just gonna... Playin it safe... Woah app DUCKING, ANND YES
*disbelief and disappointment* (Mark) Oh the coin did noth- oh the coin did a LOT.

HOLey shit
(Jack) Jesus *Mark cheers*
*Jack is jelly* (Mark) OW *laughter*
*talking over each other*
(Mark) *whispers* its okay (Jack) I'm gone, bye.
(Mark) Okay.
(Wade) Jack's not having any fun (Wade) all right what's with up there
(Jack) Hey you didn't have to play with a fucking keyboard. *Jacking raging*
*Everyone laughing* *Markiplier noises*
{Bye love you all, thanks for reading my caps}.

REALLY ANGRY BIRDS IN MINECRAFT 2! - 3D ANIMATION

Hey, Homie. HEY! Hey, wake up! Hey, I was having the best dream ever! What you wake me up for? You were supposed to stay awake and keep a watch On our eggs! RELAX, the eggs are right over there! (Chuckles) Oh, Boy! Morning, Mates. Sleep Well? And how was guarding... (Gasps) What the hell? Yeah! Fred slept REEAALL well! Don't worry guys.

I'll find them! Aha! Look down there! Those tracks should lead us to those little punks that stole our eggs. Come on guys, Let's go! (Spy music) There it is! See? I told you we'd find out where they were taken! Boy, mate! I'm going to fly around to see if I can say anything! Be back in a jiff! (The bad animation of flying in a straight line.) There they are! Better tell the others! Boy, mates! I found the eggs! There here all right, i reckon we're gonna go in there and get 'em. Alright, lets get them!! (Clears throat and grunt) What are you doing, Fred? Like that's going to help? Em, I think you guys have something that belongs to us. Alright, now! Easy does it, fred.

Perhaps you don't speak english, well i don't speak pig, so... Maybe this will help! If you, PIGS, don't give us back our eggs, we are going to tear down these walls, kill you ourselfs... Better? Oh hell, no! You're dead, piggies. You're all dead.

We're coming for you now! (Laughs) It's Bacon time, boys! (Chipper music) Alright, jay. You're up. Let's show these pork brains What angry really means! Nice shot, jay! Zack, you know what to do! Way ahead of you, mate! (Guffaws) we're so gonna kill them! Tyrone, You're next. Why don't you go? I was first last time! Because I need you to go in there, and blow open the door? All right Then well here goes nothing.

BOMBS AWAAAAAAAAAAAAY! [Explodes] Here, Piggy. X5 I know a few piggies who are gonna die today! (Chuckles) Say hello to my little friend! [Gunshot and Laughs] oh, Green! Oh, yes. Pork one! Die HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Hey, guys! Subscribe my channel! Subscribe to FuturisticHub And Earpiercer..

Facts You Need To Know About German Shepherd Dogs

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Erika Larsen People of the HorseNat Geo Live

( Intro music ) Erika Larsen:<i>
The horse is this way</i> <i> to connect people with their
dreams for the future</i> <i> with their land,
with their culture,</i> <i> with what made them
most proud...</I> <i> connected them
with their ancestors...</I> <i> and to a history that wasn't
so long ago for them.</I> ( applause ) The Native Americans had... What many consider,
a short, but very intense 200-year relationship
with the horse, which transformed their culture. This might have existed,
the dates change a bit, between the late 1600s until
the late 1800s. But I was sent to look
at the modern day culture.

Look at the horse
and how it existed today... What was this relationship,
what did it mean to people. <I> They showed me first</i> <i> it was a very deep
spiritual connection.</I> <i> The horse represented respect,
pride, generosity,</i> <i> strength, medicine, healing.</I> <i> I saw the horse
as a symbol of pride.</I> <i> It was used in pageantry,
in parades, and in racing.</I> <i> And it was always adorned
with the family or a tribe's</i> <i> best accoutrements.</I> <i> This regalia everyone was
so proud to display,</i> <i> who they were
and who their family was</i> <i> through the horse.</I> <i> I also saw it is a means of
an economic way of life.</I> <i> A lot of families I met,
got their children into rodeo,</i> <i> and these children are
getting full rides</i> <i> to college because of rodeo,</i> <i> because of their relationship
to the horse.</I> But most important for me, or
what I saw as most profound, is the horse was this way
to connect people <i> with their ancestors,
with their land,</i> <i> with their culture,</i> <i> with what made them
most proud,</i> <i> connected them with their
dreams for the future.</I> <i> 'The Return Of The Native.'
Every tribe I met said</i> <i> the horse has always
been here.</I> <i> To be honest, I didn't know
what they meant by that.</I> <i> Because to me,
the horse came in 1400s.</I> <i> They said, 'No. The horse
has always been here.'</I> <i> The horse had been here
10 million years ago.</I> <i> It moved its way east
before becoming extinct</i> <i> in the Americas,
and did come back</i> <i> with Christopher Columbus
on his second journey.</I> What I wanted to do is,
follow this path a little bit.

<I> So, I started in the south
in Navajo Nation,</i> <i> where I met Jones Benally.</I> <i> And Jones is a medicine man</i> <i> and he works
in tribal health care.</I> <i> And he works along,
what he calls,</i> <i> 'Western medicine.'</I> But most of the patients
that come to him for help, gift him horses, still today... In exchange
for his services. And a lot of these horses
that are given to him are... What are considered green, <i> or they haven't been ridden
or not ridden very much.</I> <i> And his son Clayson,
works with these horses.</I> <i> Many of you here
might have heard</i> <i> what is called
'breaking a horse.'</I> <i> But Clayson said to me,
we don't break horses.</I> <i> He says,
'I have no interest in</i> <i> breaking the spirit
of a horse.'</I> <i> He said,
'I need to understand a horse</i> <i> to get to know the horse and
that's when I can ride a horse.'</I> <i> And he says, 'we employ...'
If he wants to say,</i> <i> that way 'more gentler means.'</I> <i> Clayson said to me,
'when I can kneel down,</i> <i> and a horse can feel
my breath, and I feel his,</i> <i>that's when I've built the bond
with the horse,</i> <i> that's when I can ride him,</i> <i> and that horse
is part of me forever</i> <i> and I'm part of him.'</I> <i> Then I moved my way
north a bit</i> <i> and I saw the Nez Perce horse
or the Appaloosa.</I> <i> Also at the Nez Perce land,</i> <i> I met Rosa and Jon Yearout.
They have a program called</i> <i> the Nez Perce Appaloosa
Horse Club.</I> <i> And it is to get youth,</i> <i> tribal youth, involved
with the horse.</I> Because to them, they believe that when the youth become
involved in the horse, they become involved
in their culture, they become involved with
understanding their history, they understand
their land more and they understand
themselves more.

<I> And Brooke Taylor,
she is sixteen,</i> <i> she said to me,
'when I ride a horse...</I> ( sobbing ) <i> and I walk the trail
that my ancestors did...</I> <i> I feel their suffering and</i> <i> I know that's why
I'm standing here today.'</I> <i>She says, 'that's why I do this.</I> <i> That's why I'm connected
to the horse.</I> <i> I understand my people
and my land</i> <i> more than ever before.'</I> <i> And the horse mask.</I> <i> From the Nez Perce,
I was definitely in awe of</i> <i> how they dressed their horses
and I wanted to explore</i> <i> that a little bit more.</I> <i> And the horse mask was used
for many reasons,</i> <i> it is used in battle
to intimidate an opponent.</I> Later it was used in hunting, sometimes it could be
a mask of a buffalo or the animal
that they were hunting... Not so much to intimidate
the animal, but to, to take the power
of that animal and try to understand it
and to be able to have a good harvest. <I> I met a young boy
named Adam Swetus</i> <i> and he wanted to show me
his horse.</I> <i> And when I got there,
he had tied the end up</i> <i> and put a hand print on it.
I had seen the hand prints</i> <i> and different types of symbols
on horses and other places</i> <i> and it meant something
different to everyone.</I> <i> To Adam, he said,</i> <i> 'the handprint meant
ownership.'</I> And what he meant by
ownership, is he means that, this bond... Horse,
belongs to me, he goes...

But it also belongs
to my family. And he thought a little more
and he said, 'it belongs to my tribe.' He said,
'it belongs to my people.' So, very interesting idea
of what is ownership. <I> I also met Katie Harris.</I> <i> She is Umatilla,
Nez Perce, and Cayuse.</I> <i> And she is involved
in the Indian pageantry</i> <i> and she showed me that
it was a lot more than beauty.</I> <i>She said, 'for me to participate
in these pageants,'</i> <i> She said, 'I have to have
the knowledge of my language,</i> <i> I have to have a knowledge of
my culture,' and she goes,</i> <i> 'most importantly,
the knowledge of my</i> <i> 'immediate family,
my grandmother did this.</I> <i> 'I wanted to walk in the
footsteps of my grandmother</i> <i> and understood
why she did this</i> <i> and what she felt.'</I> <i> And of course, I went to
Crow Fair.</I> <i> You can't... You want to learn
something about the horse</i> <i> and not go to Crow Fair.</I> <i> And at Crow Fair
I heard a very similar thing.</I> <i> That when we are on a horse
and we are wearing this,</i> <i> we are not in museum.
It's not dead, it's living,</i> <i> and that's why we do this.</I> I was able to make some video, and you can hear
the voice of Jade Broncho,
he is Shoshone-Bannock.

And he is going to tell us
what the horse means to him and to his culture. ( Native American singing ) <i> These horses,
they are everything to us.</I> <i> They tell you when the season
is going to change...</I> <i> storm is coming.</I> <i> When bad people are around,
good people are around.</I> <i> They are teachers,
someone you can talk to...</I> <i> your best friend,</i> <i> and some days,
he's your only friend.</I> <i> When you are feeling bad,
they are there.</I> <i> They take care of you,
even when you don't know how.</I> <i> They don't...
They don't judge you.</I> <i> All they want is
to be loved by you.</I> ( laughter ) <i> They protect the little kids
because they are still innocent.</I> <i> But at the same time,
they are just as naughty.</I> ( crowd cheering ) <i> A part of them becomes you
and you become part of them.</I> <i> It's a strong bond
that can't break.</I> ( Native American singing ) I'll continue on... This is Phillip Whiteman.
What I found most interesting <i> and important about Phillip
is his work with youth.</I> <i> He and his wife,
Lynette Two Bulls,</i> <i> hold a program
on their ranch,</i> <i> on their home in Lame Deer,
he's Northern Cheyenne.</I> <i> And he said to me
'when I watch</i> <i> these little kids
feed the horses,</i> <i> I'm very proud, because
I know when they feed a horse,</i> <i> they will learn
to feed themselves.'</I> <i> It's the first time
some of these kids</i> <i> will ever get to be
on a horse,</i> <i> and they watch
and they are really proud</i> <i> when they watch their
older brother get on the horse</i> <i> and they get very excited</i> <i> and it is something
they really want to do</i> <i> and become really good at.</I> <i> On the Crow reservation,
I met Michelle Walking Bear.</I> <i> She invited me
to come stay with her</i> <i> and her family at their home
for a little less than a week</i> <i> and, she said because
'I want you to see that...</I> <i> I just want you to see
the daily life with horses.'</I> She goes, 'you know,
it's not all about rodeos and parades,' she goes, 'we just
live with the horses.' <I> They live about an hour
away from...</I> <i> from the main town,</i> <i> so when her kids
came from school,</i> <i> this is what they did.</I> <i> And I saw the horses
as their playmates.</I> <i> And I saw that the horse
carried the dreams</i> <i> and reflecting their dreams</i> <i> and making those dreams
realities.</I> <i> Back on the Yakima
Reservation,</i> <i> they hold what's called
a 'Wild Horse Race'.</I> <i> They take green horses,</i> <i> the horses that have
never been ridden.</I> <i> They have children do it
as well as adults.</I> <i> There's usually
three people on a team</i> <i> and their point is you have to
catch the horse,</i> <i> saddle it and ride it
in shortest amount of time,</i> <i> and these horses are
very wild.</I> <i> But what I found
most interesting is that</i> <i> this horse race
is a memorial horse race,</i> called the Heemsah Memorial
Horse Race <i> and has been going on
for over 20 years.</I> It was meant originally
for their family to honor people that had died
that year in their family, but over the years
anyone from the tribe or anyone from the community
could come and honor someone that
had died in that past year for this race. <I> This is on the Yakima
Reservation</i> <i> and something I learnt
when I was out there</i> <i> that there is a problem
with wild horses.</I> <i> And, the men there
told me that...</I> they said at some point
they had over 20,000 wild horses and
what it ultimately was doing...

Was devastating the land
and he said... 'Any biologist, anyone
knows anything about the land and that would not be me,'
he said, 'would look at this picture
and know that it had been completely
devastated,' and he said 'for the tribe,
it is very important, because one,
this is their land, two, this is the place where
they dig for medicine, roots...' And he said and... There's way too
many horses and he goes, 'and also
you don't want to walk out and see a lot of
starving horses running around,' and he goes, 'and that's
what's happening,' And he said to me
'this is what happens when things are out of balance'
and he said, 'so even something as
powerful the horse <i> that represents, in my eyes
on my journey,</i> <i> something really good</i> <i> and when things are
out of balance,</i> <i> it also causes problems.'</I> I'm going end here. We have a special guest
tonight Leo Teton, but before I bring him up,
I have a very short video I want to show you of Leo just to be able to bring you
to his home for a minute or so.

Up here on the stage you get one Leo,
but at home you get to see someone
very different when he works with horses. <I> Leo Teton:
Come on! Come on!</I> ( whistles )<i>
Come on! Come on!</I> <i> Come on!</I>
( whistles ) <i> Come on...
Keep coming.</I> <i> Keep coming.</I> <i> There you go.
Yeah. Yeah.</I> ( applause ) So Leo, for those of us
who don't know, tell us where you are from. Well first of all, my...
My tribe is Shoshone-Bannock.

My mom is Shoshone,
my dad is Bannock. <I> We are one of the
bigger tribes in Idaho</i> <i> and we are all horse people
there also.</I> <i> They are spiritual horses
and they are kind to us and,</i> if we are kind to them,
they are kind to us. We thank the
creator of all life for bringing him,
the four-legged brother, he is a brother to us, so you can use him
in a good way. <I> We talk to horse, you know,
they understand us.</I> They are smarter than
us humans, you know.

Is it true,
because I've heard this a lot of times, but were you
really put on a horse before you could walk?
Would you say that's pretty-- You know... Yeah,
because my dad had, I've seen him put young kids on
and just lead them around not give them the rein,
just lead them around, even there's cradle boards,
you know, on the side, my mom would ride and hang him
on the side of the horse and lead them that way,
and they were these babies, yeah,
and I still love them today and I can't wait to get back
home to ride 'em, you know, It's the first time
in the city here. I'm not a city dude. ( Audience laughing ) Talk to me about
working with horses, just working cattle
with horses, the daily life
you had growing up the economic way of life, <i> your family,
what was that like?</I> <i> What did that mean for you?</I> <i> You know,
when my dad was growing up,</i> <i> he had lot of horses,
he lived off the ranch,</i> <i> lived off the land,</i> <i> all of us guys did.
My dad was my mentor.</I> <i> It's a lot easier now
than back in the day,</i> <i> it was a lot rougher.</I> <i> So the meaning of hard work
my dad taught me.</I> <i> You know, riding horses,
you know, it makes me feel good,</i> <i> growing up that way.</I> When I was out with you...

I got to go when they were
rounding up some horses with him and
his brothers and some other... Other
family members and what I noticed, pictures
like this, <i> we are out with
horses all day,</i> <i> and then everybody
just sits around the fire</i> <i> and they start talking
and people bring food</i> <i> and they start laughing
and telling stories</i> <i> and that's what I find
really special,</i> <i> is that the social aspect
that surrounded this.</I> <i> This is the time
when families got together,</i> <i> and that's what I saw
with you.</I> <i> Tell me a little bit
about that.</I> <i> It takes a while for the cows
to get off the range.</I> <i> We just got to bringing them
back off the range here</i> <i> and we had some coffee on that
fire, we drink it up and...</I> And after that it was
a bunch of people, we are just all a big family,
coming together laughing and joking and... But that was all part of
growing up, you know, getting together after
the big shindig, you know, <i> like a buffalo hunt
or deer hunt.</I> <i> Tell me about
the buffalo hunt,</i> <i> what is means to you...</I> <i> When we shot
this buffalo here,</i> <i> we had a little ceremony,
you know.</I> <i> It is always good to have a
little blessing for the animal</i> <i> when you take his life,</i> <i> that life is a life given.</I> That buffalo represents
strength, courage, longevity, long life,
and we use all parts of his... His hide, the skull,
the bones.

We don't leave nothing behind,
we take everything and when we skinned him,
we give him that ceremony and... His heart is still warm
when we gut him out and that's
when I gave you that, the taste of the blood
through his heart. We got there and
after the hunt they cut the heart out
and we all drank the, the blood from the heart and..
Why did we do that? Well, it's a ceremonial,
ceremonial thing. The buffalo represents
strength and courage and long life
and spirituality, and by doing that,
you know, you are gonna live a long healthy life.

Also, you told me that
the meat from this, when you did this hunt,
this was going to -the elders in the tribe?
-Yeah, that meat we took there... Because they can't hunt
no more. We have to provide for them,
we just take care of them, because they took care of us,
and it is our turn to take care
of the elders. <I> Leo does a lot, you know,
he represents his tribe</i> <i> in a lot of parades.
And you here,</i> <i> you told me you are wearing
a war bonnet,</i> <i> you have, you said it's
called a lance, correct?</I> <i> That's a lance I'm holding,
yeah.</I> <i>And you also have the war bridle</i> <i> -tell me--
-And the war bridle</i> <i> you got to be a pretty
experienced rider to</i> <i> to have that...
It's made out of raw hide.</I> <i> It's like a the back of the
sinew of the buffalo,</i> <i> that's what that is and</i> <i> how would you like to have</i> <i> the cold bridle in your mouth?
You know,</i> and we had to run
a full circle, there's a whole arena
right here and we had to go
haul ass around that whole thing there,
haul butt, and he wanted to go
and I was holding him back, and one time I broke it, I broke that and I fixed it
real quick and go again, you know, so that war bridle...

Like I said you gotta be
a pretty tricky rider to... Experienced rider
to mess with one of those. You know,
that's back in the olden days, clear back in 1800s,
that's what they used when they went to war, or off to steal
another tribe's horses, you know,
that's what they did. <I> -And that's Indian Relay.
-Indian...</I> <i> You know.</I> <i> When I saw Indian Relay,
it's just breathtaking.</I> <i> Now what I saw were people</i> <i> that were just
extreme athletes</i> <i> and this picture for me
sums up what I saw.</I> <i> They were
flying with the horse</i> <i> and everything,
everyone had told me...</I> <i> when we work with horses, we
become one with horse as well.</I> <i> They showed me that,
obviously.</I> Please tell me about
Indian Relay, tell me about
your relationship in it and what it means to kind of
pass this on to the youth? Okay, the Indian Relay...

It started clear back
in early 1900s. <I> And what you see here
is Fort Hall.</I> <i> And horses were coming out,</i> <i> getting ready to run a race</i> <i> and there's three guys
holding three horses.</I> <i> When they will come out,
you'll see them.</I> <i> Pretty good music, huh?</I> <i> And that's the start
of the race right here,</i> <i> and they'll go around and
they'll exchange again.</I> <i> I've done this
for a lot of years</i> <i> and I kind of retired from it.</I> <i> And this is where they
exchange horses right here,</i> <i> right in front of
the grand stand.</I> <i> Now, next exchange
and I was holding over here</i> <i> for one of my brothers.</I> <i> I was a catcher.</I> <i> And you got to catch
that horse</i> <i> so he can jump
on to the next one.</I> <i> Gets pretty exciting here.</I> <i> How fast are some of these
horses coming in?</I> <i> The horses, they come in
pretty quick like</i> <i> 25 miles an hour
and you got to jump off</i> <i> to get on the next one.</I> <i> But once they pick up speed
on last stretch</i> <i> it's like 35 miles an hour.</I> <i> And this is the last round.</I> <i> Once they finish
the last round, they are,</i> <i> they are winners.</I> <i> So they are finishing
the track</i> <i> right here to the finish line.</I> <i> And it is pretty well-known
sport now.</I> <i> It goes all over the world.</I> <i> They are all over the place.</I> Tell me the history. Where did,
when did Indian Relay start? I've, I've heard that
it started in Fort Hall. Yeah that's, that's true,
you know, it has.

It started right there
in Fort Hall, that's where it originated,
this Indian Relay and it's gone over worldwide. It went viral, you know,
it's all over the place now. <I> You see these,
and that's me right there.</I> <i> I'm 50-plus over now,
I'm an old man.</I> <i> Tell me a little
bit of the future.</I> <i> What's the future of horses?</I> <i> What do you see with you
and your family</i> <i> and your grandkids?</I> <i> You know, I think right now,</i> <i> I got lot of grandkids
growing up and</i> <i> I'm just going to help them
to the best to my knowledge to</i> <i> get them involved in
and working with horses,</i> <i> and riding horses,
just by watching them,</i> <i> taking them
to the horse racing</i> <i> and maybe one day they will
carry it on to their kids,</i> <i> you know and that's what
makes me feel good.</I> Erika Larsen:<i>
Thank you guys for coming.</I> ( applause ) ( outro music ).

Plane Hits the BirdsSully (2016)1080p BluRay HD

Just once, I'd like to get out of LaGuardia on time. Well, you know the only way to get out of LaGuardia on time? Yeah, whats that? Fly out of JFK! Huh, funny... Take off fuel quantity verify. 19,000 Pounds required,  we've got 21,048 on board.

19,000 Pounds required,  we've got 21,048 on board. Radio: Cactus 1549, runway 4 cleared for takeoff. Cactus 1549 cleared for takeoff. Positive rate.

Gear up please. Gear up. Nice view of the Hudson. I'll never get over how beautiful it is up here.

Life's easier in the air. Yes, it is. Birds!!! Whoa!!! [Birds hitting airplane, engines catching on fire and shutting down] Oh shit!!! Oh, God. [Bing bong] Is this turbulence? I'll check with the captain.

Whats goin on? Its okay. Everyone, might be a good idea just to keep your seatbelts on. You got one rolling back. (Whirring and whizzing noise) You got both of them rolling back!!! Ignition start.

[Engine clicking] I'm starting the APU (auxillary power unit). Just double check your seat belts, please. Seat belts, gonna make sure your seat belts are fastened. Make sure your seat belts are fastened! Seat belts.

What do you think that was? Think it was a bird strike. Then we're going back to LaGuardia! Yeah... Get out the QRH. We've lost thrust on both engines.

Mayday Mayday Mayday this is Cactus 1549, we've hit birds! Maintain 15000, Delta 331. We've lost thrust on both engines. We are turning back towards LaGuardia. Okay, you need to return to LaGuardia? Turn left heading 220 Which engine did you lose? Both.

Both engines. SOOP! I have an emergency. What's the report? Both engines. What? Both engines gone, no thrust.

All right, LaGuardia says go to Runway 13 Tower stop your departure, got emergency returning. 1549 Bird strike. He lost both engines, returning immediately. Which engine? He lost trust in both engines, he said.

Cactus 1549 if we can get a few do you want to try to land Runway 13? We are unable, we may end up in the Hudson. I got an A320 diving for the River! Al, stack all the inbounds to LaGuardia. Put a hold on the tower, please! Come on guys, stay on point. What about over to our right? Anything in New Jersey? Maybe Teterboro? Teterboro Tower? I need a runway, Cactus 1549 needs to go to the airport right now.

Newark tower what have you got? Runway 29 clear and ready. Yeah, you need emergency landing? Yes. Okay, yeah, off your right side is Teterboro Airport. Shit..

How Birds Get Oxygen Inside Their Eggs

Look inside this incubator. These eggs were laid 21 days ago and this one is just about to hatch. If you listen you can hear the chick pecking at the inside of its shell. Soon it will break through and take its first breath of fresh air.

It's a dramatic moment, that first breath - one shared by so many creatures - including ... Us. But hold on, think about this:
When you were in the womb you got oxygen from  your mother
through your umbilical cord. But for the last 21 days this chick has been
cut off from its mother - sealed inside an egg.

So how does it get oxygen? An egg seems like a perfectly self-contained system. The yolk and the white contain all the nutrients you need to build a baby chick. As with a human baby,
all this construction requires oxygen and that's the one thing that isn't stored
inside the egg. So where does it come from? Well take a look at this.

When you magnify an egg's shell a thousand times you can see the calcium carbonate crystals
that make up the shell and here and there -- tiny holes. One thousandth of an inch across. And these tiny holes let outside air filter in. So oxygen can pass through the shell but the
chick growing inside doesn't have working lungs yet.

How does it get that oxygen into its bloodstream? Well, a few days after an egg is laid something amazing happens. When you hold a fertilized egg up in front
of a bright light, you can see it: a delicate network of blood vessels that grows
out of the embryo's abdomen and presses up against a membrane
just inside the shell. Oxygen from the air comes in through the tiny
holes in the shell then diffuses into the embryo's blood. And the growing chick gets rid of carbon dioxide
at the same time.

It all looks remarkably similar to your early
days in the womb There was a yolk sac, at least at first, and a network of blood vessels growing out from the place where your belly button now is. But instead of pressing up against the edge of a shell your blood vessels reached the wall of the womb where they joined with an outer membrane to
form the placenta. In the placenta, oxygen from your mother diffused
into your bloodstream. It really is an exact mirror of what's going
on in the eggs of birds and reptiles.

While all this is happening, lungs are developing. We humans don't fill those lungs with air
until after we're born. But chicks get a head start. That's because the whole time oxygen is coming
in through the shell.

Moisture is slowly evaporating out. That creates an empty space that gradually
fills with air. A day or so before the chick is ready to hatch, it starts to move. It punctures that air pocket and fills its lungs.

It then has just enough oxygen to battle out of the egg and take its first breath of fresh air. This is Skunk Bear, NPR's science show Please subscribe to our channel and check out our other videos!.

Epulis - MouthOral Tumor in Dogs

Epulis is the most common type of benign or non-cancerous tumor in dog's mouth. A benign tumor is one that does not spread to other parts of the body. However, an epulis can be "locally invasive," which means that it can grow into the tissues surrounding its initial location. This tumor of the periodontal ligament, which is the structure that holds the dog's tooth in place. Epulides are the most common benign oral tumors in dogs; cats rarely have benign oral tumors. These tumors occur in dogs of any age, but they are generally found in middle-age dogs over six years old.

Epulides have three types and are recognized, grouped by tissue origin. The first is Fibromatous Epulis, they are pedunculated (on a stalk or stem) and non-ulcerating (no interruptions on the outside of the growth). Fibromatous is the most common non-cancerous oral tumor of dogs. These firm, pink tumors arise from the gums. Even a non-cancerous, Fibromatous may become quite large and completely envelop one or more teeth. also may not be possible to tell whether an oral tumor is an epulis or one of the less common, malignant tumors that may occur in the mouth. These growths may become inflamed and ulcerated, causing pain on chewing. They are most common in dogs over 8 years of age.

Other types of Epulis are Ossifying Epulis and Acanthomatous Epulis. Ossifying Epulis includes fibruous tissue and also contains bone cells and these may transform into a cancerous tumors. Ossifying has a greater abundance of hard tissue, osteoid, bone and cementum than fibromatous epulides. Fibromatous and ossifying epulides are now considered to be peripheral odontogenic fibromas, while Acanthomatous epulis is now called canine peripheral ameloblastoma or canine acanthomatous ameloblastoma. Acanthomatous (also called Oral Adamantinoma) is a locally invasive, sometimes recurrent, tumor of the gums of dogs and sometimes cats. These routinely aggressively invade local tissues including bone and they generally do not metastasize, but due to their locally aggressive nature surgical excision must include a full 1-cm margin of clinically normal tissue to prevent recurrence.

An epulis is usually first noticed as a growth on the gum line of the dog's mouth. In rare cases, teeth may be moved from their normal position because of the growth of the epulis. Your pet is initially unaffected by the epulis. However, if the growth becomes large, it could bleed, cause problems with eating, or affect the teeth or jawbone. An epulis is treated by surgically removing it, including a broad margin around the growth. Sometimes, especially with larger tumors, teeth adjacent to the epulis have to be removed. In other cases, portions of the jawbone may need to be removed to cure the condition, for if a portion remains, it will often regrow. Radiation treatment is sometimes used in addition to or instead of surgery for treating large tumors. The prognosis is good if the entire epulis can be removed, so it's best to avoid delay of surgery that would allow the epulis to grow. After surgical removal, the prognosis can be very good depending on the type of epulis removed. A subtype of epulis called an "acanthomatous" epulis can cause more bone problems than the other types, and can be more difficult to completely remove.

Demolition Derby PETA's Investigations Expose Horse-Racing Cruelty

Hi, I'm James Cromwell for PETA. I want to make a bet with you. One that I hope I lose. I'll bet you that at least three horses will be killed on a racetrack today.

Unfortunately, its a safe bet because every year more than one thousand horses die on racetracks across the United States. So, the odds are that there will be three gruesome deaths each day. What if all professional sports had this fatality rate? Imagine if three NFL players were killed every Sunday. The horseracing industry keeps this figure quiet and, literally, puts up screens to blind viewers from the carnage.

Since 2008, when Eight Belles suffered a catastrophic breakdown in the Kentucky Derby, PETA has investigated and exposed what goes on behind the screens. Even before horses are old enough to race many are killed in training. Here we see a fragile two year old being forced to run a sprint at an extremely dangerous speed just to impress potential buyers at an auction. In slow motion, you can see bone fragments exploding out of her broken leg.

Witnesses said that the sound made when her cannon bone broke was like a rifle shot. And when racehorses stop winning enough money, many owners discard them. Every year, more than ten thousand thoroughbreds are crowded into trucks and transported on grueling journeys to Canadian and Mexican slaughterhouses to become dog food and burgers. Here, a slaughterhouse worker shoots a horse in the head with a captive bolt pistol and then sarcastically waves goodbye to the dying animal.

This is Royal With Speed. He is the grandson of Triple Crown winner Secretariat. But even his famous pedigree didnt protect him. It was PETA who rescued him just hours before he was to be loaded onto a truck bound for slaughter.

Any way you slice it, horseracing is a cruel business. Even former Kentucky Derby winner Ferdinand was slaughtered. PETA went to the Japanese slaughterhouse in which he was killed. There they filmed this other young ex racehorse just before he was slaughtered for meat.

But despite all the cast off racehorses the industry recklessly continues to breed tens of thousands more thoroughbred mares every every year perpetuating the deadly cycle. Here is former Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense mounting a mare. Sometimes hundreds of mares are bred to the very same prize stallion in the hope of breeding the next Kentucky Derby winner. And while spectators at Churchill Downs are served Mint Julips, the horses are given drug cocktails to enhance enhance their performance and mask the pain of their injuries.

These drugs keep the sore and lame horses racing when they should be recuperating and healing making them even more vulnerable to catastrophic injuries. PETA also documented that Nehro, the second place finisher at the 2011 Kentucky Derby was forced to race and train on extremely painful hooves in such bad condition that one had to be held together with super glue. While suffering in this way, Nehro died at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby day in 2013. These are not voluntary athletes.

They are forcibly medicated, whipped, and sometimes even shocked with electrical devices. How can we justify treating horses this way for our entertainment? Horseracing is not a sport. Its a blood sport. Until the cruelty ends, please dont go to the racetrack or have a Kentucky Derby party or watch the Triple Crown races on TV.

And, please, never bet on horseracing because the only sure thing in horseracing is that the horses always lose. Thank you..

EVERY BIRD EVER

There's a window here. Didn't see the window. I'm good. I'm good.

All good. Still a window here. Still. Window.

My bad. I'm sorry. Read your book. Ahh!! My hollow bones.

Every bird ever. Oh dude, I saw that new movie with Channing Tatum. Who? Channing Tatum. You know, from Magic Mike? Who? He was in 21 Jump Street.

Who? Channing Tatum! He's like the sexiest guy in Hollywood! I'm just playing with you. I love Channing Tatum! He was great at Thor! That's Chris Hemsworth. Who? Every bird ever. Oh my God.

Barbara, look at Trisha. Oh my God. I love that necklace. Right? It's gorgeous.

Help me! I'm choking! I love the no look. I am SO jealous. For real, that necklace is to die for. Get out of the way! Go! Fly! Heh heh heh look at me! I'm a pigeon! Go! Fly! Walking like human.

If I wasn't a member of Peeta, I would run you over! Not me. I'm a human. Flying's stupid. That's stupid for birds to do.

Oh let's go this way maybe. Oh no no. Let's go this way. Why are they called the bald eagles? They have feathers.

999...1000! Ready or not? Here I come! This game isn't fun. I can clearly see you. No, you can't! Yes, I can! That's impossible! I am clearly underground. Quote the raven, "Nevermore." Whassup ladies? Ooohhh.

God. You're cute! Why hello ladies. Look at the feathers! It's beautiful. Step aside losers.

The peacock has arrived. Your welcome ladies. That's right. I am the sexiest Goddamn bird on the...

AAHHHHHHHHHHHH. Well. There goes my vegan card! Wow. He's so beautiful.

Wait! What? You just took my baby! I'm a freeeee woman! Hey girl. I ain't got no kid. Let's hit up the club! Never mind, girl. I'm a mom again.

Got responsibilities and stuff. Every bird ever. Wow. Flying is so much fun.

I love it! It's the best way to get around. I can go on vacation any time I want. You said it. I feel so relaxed up here.

And so free! Can you imagine being one of those flightless birds? What an awful life. Hey. I know I'm just a penguin and I can't fly, but I can still here, and feel. And you hurt my feelings.

Oh poop. Every bird ever. Hey guys! Thanks for watching. Click the box on the left to watch deleted scenes and bloopers.

And if you want to check us out in more ridiculous costumes, watch "Every Dog Ever" by clicking the box on the right. Alright. I'll see you next time!.

Dogs Playing Poker Beyond Art, Behind Coolidge

C. M. Coolidge, known for his "poker playing dogs", was a brilliant man with innovative ideas and an entrepreneurial instinct about art. Born in a small town in upstate New York to Quaker parents, he didn't receive a formal college education, but did take some college business classes later in his life. By the time he was 18 or 19, he took a few lessons in portrait painting, along with a course in bookkeeping a few years later. His love for reading resulted in a solid self education. At the age of 19, he started doing cartoons for newspapers in surrounding neighborhoods. A few years later, while living in Rochester, NY, he wrote and illustrated a weekly newspaper column.

Coolidge loved people and was quite social. At around the age of 20 or 21, he was elected Superintendent for one of the local school districts. Later, he was elected Town Clerk. Around the same time, he became active in the Masonic Lodge. Coolidge had lofty plans for himself, although most of his pursuits didn't work out or were short-lived. When he was 27 or 28, he started the first bank in the town of Antwerp, NY. He worked there for a short time, and then became a druggist. That; however; did not hold his interest for long. And, a year later he founded his hometown's first newspaper. Unfortunately, that failed a short time later.

Between jobs and in his free time, he would draw cartoons for area newspapers and would do caricatures of people. One of his many elaborate projects was the writing of a comic opera concerning the elimination of mosquitoes. Interestingly, it was produced but made no real money. He also applied for a patent for collecting fares on street cars. Although, again, nothing became of it.

The one consistent endeavor he held onto was his love of comics and art. He began to do dog paintings around the turn of the century. Mainly, they were purchased by cigar companies and used as giveaways. Coolidge's big break came when the advertising firm Brown & Bigelow approached him to do a series of paintings that would be used on calendars and other memorabilia. That was in 1903. Around this time is when his infamous poker dog paintings got underway.

Over the next ten years, Coolidge created 16 paintings of dogs - seven that portrayed dogs playing pool. The other nine were dogs surrounding a poker table. By putting dogs in art, yet in a situation familiar to middle class Americans, he not only anthropomorphized them, but created an instant kitsch fad. It certainly helped the cigar and calendar businesses for which he worked. A few of his original dog paintings sold for US$2,000 to US$10,000 dollars - an astonishing amount for the time period.

For years his images of dogs playing poker while drinking, smoking, and basically getting into trouble graced bachelor pads, bars, and taverns around the country. The scenes always evoked feelings of something American and something modern. Recently, a pair of his poker dog paintings entitled A Bold Bluff and Waterloo, expected to go for US$30,000 to US$60,000, surprised the art world by selling for $590,00 for the pair.

More meaning for A Friend In Need:

A few theories about his art give more meaning than what initially meets the eye. One theory states that the painting A Friend In Need has great significance. "Coolidge's painting was used in the Second World War to boost the moral of Dutch citizens. The dog with the cigar being Churchill giving America help (on his left hand side), which goes unnoticed. Russia (the most left dog) tries to attract USA's attention, while Hitler (the dog with the pipe and the 'big ears' in front of the clock) watches anxiously."(1)

Poker enthusiast Jim McManus has stated, "[In] A Friend in Need, the blatant cheating refers back to the early nineteenth century, Mississippi riverboat days, when poker was mainly a series of opportunities to fleece the suckers."

A specialist for Sotheby's Auction House, Alison Cooney, says that people who dismiss the painting as simply "kitsch art" are missing the deeper meaning of his work. "It's a humorous, ironic take; she continues, a jab at middle-class America; another way of poking fun at ourselves."(2)

Another theory suggests that the dogs were all aspects of C.M. Coolidge himself. Known to his friends as "Cash", he loved a good bet and was something of a hustler.(3) He wore a hat and often held a cigar, just as his paintings of dogs did. Other sources hint that he looked like the bulldogs he painted.

In a recent tongue-in-cheek article by Steven J. Rolfes, he writes "In this iconic work, we see a masterly representation of the Last Supper, with Christ (on the left) sitting conveying His wisdom to His followers. We see Judas to His right, with the bag of silver coins at his pawside." He asserts that the painting A Friend in Need has deep arcane roots in a very secret society that even precedes the Illuminati called the "Prior of Dogbone."(4) This important insight is one that Coolidge himself would appreciate.

After his success with painting dogs, a new idea provided him a profitable income. He started the invention of "Comic Foregrounds", which are wooden life-size cartoon stand-ups with the face cut out so that one can place their head for funny photos. He completed hundreds of them, including the famous Man Riding a Donkey and Fat Man in a Bathing Suit. Some of these comic foregrounds had hand lettering at the bottom. He would often hire students to do them.

C.M. Coolidge was a bachelor for most of his life. When he was 64, he met Gertrude Kimmel, an art student who was doing some lettering work for him at the time. They were married in 1909 and had a daughter a year later.

A few years later, when Coolidge was about 70 years old, he fell and hurt his knee. According to an account written by his daughter Marcella Coolidge, he didn't visit a doctor and was lame the rest of his life.(5) He tried his hand at writing, but it didn't take off. Still, Coolidge remained in good spirits. His wife went to work and he was strong enough to do work around the house.

Coolidge's daughter has also said that his dog paintings were not taken seriously at home by herself or her mother. She said that she never liked them - that it was simply commercial. Furthermore, she relayed that they never had a dog, but that her dad was fond of them.(6) This is clear as seen in the widespread influence they had in his art.

Andy Warhol was influenced by Coolidge's work. Coolidge set a precedent for the weimaraner photos of William Wegman. Today, we find Coolidge's canine images on posters everywhere. If you have US$590,000 or more to spend, contact Doyle Auction House in New York to see when they will have another original Coolidge dog painting to auction.

Sources: 1. http://gaming.unlv.edu/gallery/a_friend_in_need.htm 2. Barry, Dan. "Artist's Fame Is Fleeting, but Dog Poker Is Forever" New York Times. 6/14/2002 3. http://www.tenbyten.net/luckydog.html 4. http://www.wittenburgdoor.com/archives/dogs.html 5. http://www.dogsplayingpoker.org 6. http://archives.stupidquestion.net/sq52500dogsplayingpoker.html

BirdsThomas Sanders & Dodie Clark

(Ukelele playing) [SUNG] I don't wanna drive a fancy car today... I don't wanna ride in a red corvette. I don't wanna jog my Saturday away... But I don't wanna go home yet.

Today is not the day to jump out of a plane... I don't wanna parasail or play roulette. I don't wanna risk it all or go insane... But I don't wanna go home yet.

I just wanna watch the birds go by... From my handy foldable blue canvas throne. I wanna watch them fly and fly... And see them soar up into the unknown.

But I'd feel just like a nerd... Watching birds... Watching me here all alone. I don't wanna breakdance or learn taekwondo...

I don't wanna fish til all the fish are gone. I don't wanna roller skate even if it's slow... I don't wanna pass out in a marathon. I don't like soccer, baseball, track or field...

I'm not up for a match of polo. I don't wanna seek or try to stay concealed... I'm also not up for water polo. I just wanna watch the birds up there...

Track the migratory patterns that they've flown. I wanna watch them from my chair... With my binoculars, my latte, and my phone. Trying to spot a lark...

In the park... Parked in nature all alone. Alone here with the doves... And the sparrows, and the ospreys...

The owlets, the egrets, and my list. It's just me and Mr. Finch... The robins, the kingfishers, the snipes...

Though I heard they don't exist. Each little specie... In its little way can teach me... What awaits you if you can get away...

I wanna watch... The birds do what they will. Sorry if I'm ornithologically prone. I wanna watch from somewhere undisturbing...

Quiet, calm, still. Sit right here and gaze at the unknown. I don't wanna fly... In the sky...

I just wanna be alone. [SPOKEN] It's not a big deal or anything. [SUNG] I just wanna be alone. (DODIE) Yayyy!! (THOMAS) Yay! (DODIE) So pleased...

(THOMAS) Ah! (DODIE) What a good thing we did! (THOMAS) I am so honored to be doing a cover... Of one of the songs from my Ultimate Storytime tour... With Dodie Clark!! (DODIE) Hiiiii!!! (THOMAS) Oh my goodness gracious! (THOMAS) Dodie... It was beautiful.

(DODIE) I love this song. Thomas sent it to me... Like, over text, he was like... I think we could cover, like...

Something from my musical, or whatever... (DODIE) And then... (THOMAS) Yeah. (DODIE) I just listened to it and was just, like...

Oh, well, I'm in love. (THOMAS) It was amazing. We also did a song on Dodie's channel... She wrote it...

It's magnificent... I-- I cry every time I think about it. (DODIE) No! (THOMAS) No, seriously... (THOMAS) If you're interested in watching that duet...

On Dodie's channel, click over here... If you're interested in the soundtrack to Ultimate Storytime... Including the original version of "Birds"... Click down here.

(DODIE) Recommended, so cool. So cool.         (THOMAS) I know! (THOMAS) Thank you! And, uh... Also, if you're interested in becoming Featured Fander...

Click over here! Thank you, guys, so much... Thank you, Dodie... And until next time... Take it easy, guys, gals, and non-binary pals! Peace out!.

Clydesdales help Purina deliver surprise to horse shelter in need

Finding homes for horses can be tricky sometimes so at Far View Horse Rescue we work together with the horse and the volunteers to get that horse to a level where an adoption is possible. Our focus is to help horses heal from whatever problems they've had in the past and then have them adopted out into homes that are appropriate for that particular animal. And our biggest goal is to find a forever home for every horse. At Purina, it's a no-brainer for us to be the title sponsor for a home for every horse.

Shelters like Far View you have a lot of challenges in terms of what these horses need when they arrive and to take feet out of the equation and make sure they have high-quality premium feed that allows them to really get the animals back on the right track, fits with our belief that all horses deserve their forever home. But it really is all the volunteers that come to these shelters and really work with the horses, that make the biggest difference. We don't have a single paid volunteer or board member or director. Nobody gets paid here; so we're all doing it out of the passion of our hearts toward these animals.

We get about two calls a week and would love to rescue all the horses we get calls about, but that is impossible so we we do our best. We write grants to pay for the feed, but we are in a position where we're facing winter, a very harsh one we understand coming up, and we have exhausted our food budget - we really have. The volunteers here think that we're here to thank them and show our appreciation for all their hard work and dedication. Which is true, but what they don't know is that were also here to surprise them with the delivery of two tons of feed for the horses.

We have some special celebrity guests. Thank you so much for being here today on behalf of Purina we are so grateful for all the work that you do here to help rescue horses achieve the greatest potential. And as you know this time of year is a time for surprises. Today we've got a great surprise for two tons of feed is about to be delivered by eight celebrity horses.

For a group of people who like horses this was pretty much the best surprise you could give us. Every aged person out there lit up with excitement at seeing these clysdales coming towards us and behind it is a truck with 4,000 pounds of donated Purina Strategy Senior Care for us. That's like so much grain. I've never seen that much green.

Such an amazing, amazing donation, it means we can take on more rescues and hopefully find good homes for them, and it's just an unbelievable, unbelievable day. It's an incredible gift. We are truly thankful, pretty choked up. Thank you.

The fact that anybody cares what we're doing, is just really really valuable..

Aquarist For A DayJONATHAN BIRD'S BLUE WORLD

I've always wanted to know what
it's like to work in a big
aquarium, so I came to the New England in Boston to learn
what it takes to be an
Aquarist. How hard can it be? Hi, I'm Jonathan Bird and
welcome to my world! Founded in 1969, the New
England Aquarium is one of the
most famous public aquaria in the United States, and an icon
of Boston. Over a million
people visit the New England Aquarium every year to see
amazing exhibits and the
world-famous Giant Ocean Tanka 200,000 gallon tropical coral
reef exhibit. I arrive nice and early to meet
Sherrie Floyd, the senior
aquarist.

JONATHAN: Hi Sherrie! SHERRIE: Hey Jonathan! How are
you doing? JONATHAN: Good. How are you? SHERRIE: This is my co-worker
Elisha... JONATHAN: Hi. ELISHA.

Hi. JONATHAN: Nice to meet you. SHERRIE: She's going to be
spending a good portion of the
day with you today. JONATHAN: Oh great! ELISHA.

Whip you into shape! JONATHAN: Lucky you. SHERRIE: OK we're going to be
feeding sharks in the giant
ocean tank today, but before we do that your going have to
earn your dive in the giant
ocean tank. JONATHAN: Uh oh... SHERRIE: We are going to start
by scrubbing the floors.

JONATHAN: Ooh. SHERRIE: So come with me! JONATHAN: I can hardly wait. Shhshh!! People work here! Dozens of aquarists work here
and I'm going to find out what
it takes to keep the exhibits running by becoming an aquarist
in training. I must look smart because they
start me right away on an
important job.

Being an aquarist is hard work. JONATHAN: Being an aquarist is
hard work! Soon, Sherrie recognizes my
natural talents, and moves me
up to something with much more responsibility. JONATHAN: I'm an aquarist in
training, baby! Right here! But cleaning the drain is
definitely paying my dues. You know when I thought I was
going to be an aquarist today.
I figured I'd be feeding the fish, hanging out with
scientists...

Learning all
kinds of biology...But I'm
getting goo out of a drain! At last, I have graduated to
something important: food
preparation. All the fish need
something special to eat, and all of that
food has to be prepared in
advance. VOICE: These came in ELISHA: Oh yeah, Smells good
huh? JONATHAN: Fishy! Squid are one of the main items
on the menu, and they have to
be prepared by removing the beaks and then cutting them
into appropriately-sized pieces. JONATHAN: All right buddy
you're getting de-beaked! Elisha: Flip the tentacles
open..

JONATHAN: OK tentacle man.. Elisha: Pop it like a pimple. JONATHAN: Wait..Like this? ELISHA: Yeah, and pull it out
with your fingers. JONATHAN: Aw..Dude!! (Chuckles)
Yuck!! ELISHA: Ugh.

You can give it to
me. JONATHAN Oh Thanks. Oh look
some squid goo. ELISHA: Oh yeah.

JONATHAN: That's goo. Oh
delicious. Umm. This would be a
bad time to cut yourself.

OK so I have some little squid
rings... ELISHA: Yup. So we then we put
that... JONATHAN: Can we deep fry that? ELISHA: NO! JONATHAN Oh good gracious! ELISHA: So this is large squid.

JONATHAN: I'll say! ELISHA: This is what the sharks
eat. JONATHAN: Ooh yummy. ELISHA: So the beak is much
larger here... Food preparation takes a lot of
time and it has to be done 4
times a day! JONATHAN: Oh Ok ELISHA: Um what else can I show
you? JONATHAN: Ewww! ELISHA: It's not that...

JONATHAN: So far there is
nothing here that I really want
to eat. Elisha: Aw come on! JONATHAN: Except the squid. ELISHA: You'd eat a squid. JONATHAN: No I wouldn't! ELISHA: You can hold that.

Next I learn to burp the air
out of the swim bladder of a
smelt, so it will sink. ELISHA: You want to burp one? JONATHAN: Sure. I'll burp one. ELISHA: They are very slimy.

JONATHAN: Oh a slimy smelt! ELISHA: Push like this. JONATHAN: Like this? ELISHA: Push like...On the
stomach. JONATHAN: Like this? ELISHA: Push from down... JONATHAN: I'm going to aim him
at you when I do this...

Then, I remove the roe from
capelin. The eggs are food for
smaller animals in the exhibits and the fish themselves are fed
to larger animals. BOTH: Umm! JONATHAN: Fish eggs! ELISHA: Yeah JONATHAN: And... ELISHA: Do they smell fresh? JONATHAN: They smell very fishy.

ELISHA: It's about a fresh as
you get. Finally, it's out to the
G.O.T.The Giant Ocean Tankto
start feeding some of the fish. I'm surprised to learn
that the fish are hand fed! It's hard to believe that with
this big tank, we have to
actually sit here and feed specific fish. You can't just
throw the food in.

You have to
actually pick and choose which fish you are feeding. It
seems like a lot of work to me. Oh yeah good job! Finally, Sherrie gives me a
briefing on what to expect in
the GOT and I start suiting up for my dive. Outside, it's the
middle of winter in Boston,
with temperatures below freezing, but I'm getting ready
to do a tropical dive! I check my camera and it's off
to the dive site.

JONATHAN: And off I go! Down the hallway and through
the double doors. I'm really excited about my
dive, but I can't help worrying
about what tasks lay ahead of me in my aquarist
training program. JONATHAN: All right it's moment
of truth. It's February in
Boston and I'm going diving...With no hood.

OK here
we go... AQUARIUM ANNOUNCER: There's
Jonathan Bird! I hit the warm water with a
splash while hundreds of people
watch, and head down below the
surface to swim with the fish in this
enormous fish tank. Except for
all the people looking in through the glass, it would be
easy to believe this was a real
Caribbean reef. There are so many fish and the water is
so clear, I feel just like I'm
diving at some beautiful Caribbean island.

Of all the animals in the tank,
of course the Sand Tiger sharks
are my favorite. The aquarists keep them well fed,
so they are not aggressive at
all. But they are beautiful to watch. Unfortunately, I have to work.
A diver has to scrub these
windows every day to keep the algae from growing on them.

I
tried to tell them I don't do
windows, but an aquarist's job is never finished. Meanwhile, Sherrie is checking
the health of the fish. She's
down on the bottom examining a nurse shark that has a small
cut. When I finally finish the
windows, Sherrie demonstrates
how she feeds the Sand Tiger sharks.

They aren't always hungry since
they are fed regularly. But the
aquarists use a pole to feed them because when they
do decide to eat, you wouldn't
want your fingers anywhere near those teeth! I hang back and film the action
for a while, but soon Sherrie
decides that I'm ready to try feeding the fish. This
is exciting! I finally get to
do the fun stuff! She hands me some squid and I
look for a taker. The pressure
is on because everyone is
watching! A cownose ray comes up and
tries to take the squid from
me, but I haven't quite gotten the hang of it.

The ray gives
up and moves on. So I try feeding the nurse
shark using the pole, just like
Sherrie showed me. Talk about getting the cold shoulder! At last Sherrie takes pity on
my pathetic attempts and gives
me some capelin. I'm told I can't go wrong with this
irresistible delicious fish.

My first taker is a cow nosed
ray, and I can't resist giving
her a little belly rub as she swims over. I must be doing something right
because she takes a lap around
the tank and comes back for more. Next Myrtle the Turtle comes
over. Turtles are supposed to
eat plants and jellyfish, but Myrtle isn't picky.

As you
can see from her figure, she
likes food. And when Myrtle wants food, you just give it to
her! Forget the sharks, Myrtle
runs this tank. The cow nosed ray is back for
thirds. Aren't they cute?? Next I try my luck with a large
Pompano.

With all the fish fed, my job
in the GOT is finished and I
head for the surface. It has been a long but
thrilling tropical reef
diveright in the heart of
Boston. I head back to the swim step.
Reluctantly, I must get out of
the water. That was great! 3 Sharks and
none would eat anything from
me.

They don't like me Back in the dive locker room, I
can enjoy a nice clean shower.
And I know the drain won't get plugged up! So what did I learn? Being an
aquarist is hard work. It's not
all fun and games. Much of the job is devoted to
prepping food and cleaning
exhibits. But if you love the
creatures of the ocean, few things can
beat the fun of working with
animals like this.

And if you are lucky enough to spend a
few hours a day diving in the
Giant Ocean Tank, well this just might be the best job
in the world. (  Music ).