TROUBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277
Joined Nov 2017
AA PM
Ken-Dogger: Well, would you look at that...
Fluffy: Dude, important stuff today...52 years ago today, they held the Human Be-In
KD: Fluffy, love your social consciousness man, but this day was about love and peace and awareness
F: Oh, It's a Be-In, not a Bee-In...sheesh, English language sometimes...
KD: I know bro...Let me look for my Dead albums
F: You cool with my outfit?
KD: I'm cool...
Another PM
Ken-Dogger: OMG, look at you Dash.
Dash: Wha…?
KD: Hugging Cato, how cute.
D: IKR, and we’re supposed to be enemies.
KD: Not sure enemies, you just usually don’t get along.
D: That’s why I’m huggin’, shows we can.
KD: You might not want to do a chokehold around the neck.
D: Bro, I’m controlling the hugging until Cato gets it.
KD: You sure Cato’s gettin’ this?
D: The hugging stops when the love cements…
KD: Let’s get to cementing then…
Pups Memory
Morning Walkers and Bonders,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Luca, you ready?
Luca: I am Dogger, let’s do this…
KD: Let me get your stuff on, gotta keep you safe out there.
L: Love how you care for me Bro.
KD: Love how you care for me Luca.
L: How so?
KD: Well, walks soothe, and they help us bond
L: And I get cuddles from the Ladies
KD: Where is that leash?
Morning Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Pepper, what’s up?
Pepper: Dude, you’re all over the map.
KD: What are you talkin’ about?
P: Your swing, it’s all over the place…
KD: Come on, it’s not that bad…I’m learning.
P: You like this coach, don’t you?
KD: I do, and his concept of ‘quieting down’, integrating all the stuff into a fluid motion.
P: You learn it, then you quiet it?
KD: Pepper, the quieting is the integration of the new skill.
P: Let’s get to quietly integrating.
Another PM
Ken-Dogger: Morning Rocco, you getting up too?
Rocco: You’re up, why wouldn’t I be?
KD: Well, just thought you might want to sleep in
R: Dude, we hang all the time, why wouldn’t we hang now?
KD: I couldn’t sleep, that doesn’t mean you can’t
R: Dude, you got to understand about this puppy love thing…You’re my Human
KD: I am…that’s special
R: You made me special, I can return the love…it’s no big thing
KD: Rocco, it’s everything…
Still relevant, from 2 yrs ago
Ken-Dogger: Hey Theodore, you look a tad sad.
Theodore: More than a tad Bro.
KD: Well, what’s up…
T: All this HATE Bro, it’s got me down.
KD: Does seem like it’s boiling over, important to realize who is stoking it.
T: Not only that, it just festers. What do you suppose will resolve it?
KD: I don’t really know, not sure the haters know…They’re just wallowing in HATE.
T: The World needs more dogs Bro…
KD: No, we just need more love…just more LOVE.
Morning Peeps, let's get together
Ken-Dogger: Hey Bluto
Bluto: Hey Dogger, come here, give me a hug.
KD: Aww, that’s sweet…it’s good to hug.
B: It just seems it’s needed; peeps need to come together.
KD: Peeps have needed to come together for quite some time.
B: We got too many jokers out there doing what they please.
KD: Yep, whole lot of definitions of freedom.
B: How about we choose the freedom to come together.
KD: It does seem to be a question of will, doesn’t it?
Another PM
Ken-Dogger: Morning Ollie, you still resting?
Ollie: Morning, shh, I’m praying you dolt
KD: Why you gotta call me names?
O: Well, if the shoe fits…no wait, I’m sorry, just thought you would see what I’m doing
KD: What are you praying for?
O: Mommy, Daddy, food in my belly, and oh yeah, World Peace…
KD: Wow, and World Peace too…
O: Someone’s gotta do it, you humans don’t seem that interested…
KD: Keep praying
Pups Memory for the Aunts
Ken-Dogger: Hey Chase, you just lounging around in your new PJs?
Chase: It may look like lounging to you...Actually I can't move much
KD: Aww, sorry, you don't like getting dressed up?
C: Not really, why you peeps think we like this shite I'll never know...
KD: So, it's back to just toys for Christmas?
C: Yep, no substitutions...And pass the word along to Aunt Edna and Aunt Clara
A PM
Morning Competent Ones,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Doobie
Doobie: Hey Dogger, I was wondering, should I seek confidence or competence?
KD: Whoa, heavy question this early…
D: Dude, I’m an Idea Man…So, what is it?
KD: I would go with competence – it’s a capability.
D: So, then…What is confidence?
KD: That comes from competence…
D: Not all the time, I see many, far too many Confidence Peeps around.
KD: That’s Over-Confident Peeps, they are always a problem.
Bend to Break
Ken-Dogger: What you got there Taser?
Taser: Bro, morning by the way…a stick.
KD: Would you hand it here? I want to show you something.
T: You’re bending it? It will break, don’t, I want that stick.
KD: Just showing you resilience…Many things bend, and they can bend a lot.
T: And when they bend too much?
KD: They break…Trouble is you don’t know which bend is the breaking bend.
T: Dogger, good to know, Bro…
Pups Memory
Ken-Dogger: Morning Willis
Willis: Dude, I hear you’ve been tuggin’ on peep’s hearts lately
KD: Just been tellin’ it like it is, quite the rage now you know…
W: No I don’t know that, that’s not part of my world…
KD: I don’t need you worrying about that stuff, but what is your part of the world?
W: Bro…CUTENESS, let me say that again, so it resonates…CUTENESS
KD: You DO got it goin’ on, keep THAT like it is…
Morning Inner Peace Peeps,
Ken-Dogger: Morning Thor
Thor: Shhh…I’m having an inner session
KD: You mean intersession?
T: Would you Shhh…An inner session, you know, my brain work…my self-talk.
KD: Oh, You’ve been watching me, haven’t you?
T: Bro, I like the way you calm yourself while in the fray.
KD: It’s all about being at peace with oneself.
T: Dude, Shhh…That’s MY work now.
AA PM
Ken-Dogger: Hey C-Lo, you gonna move so I can feed you?
C-Lo: Did you check the food?
KD: What do you mean did I check the food, it's what I always give you.
C-Lo: Dogger, the shutdown ya know, they're not checking food anymore.
KD: I know, boy, but I think we're safe for a while.
C-Lo: You sure?
KD: Nope, I'll check your food...this is like American healthcare, every person for themselves.
Another PM
Ken-Dogger: Morning Chelsea, you’re looking sad…
Chelsea: They took my brothers and sisters, how would you look?
KD: It’s gotta be traumatic at a young age
C: Dude, that’s only the half of it…we also worry about where we’re going and where they’re going
KD: Well Chelsea, you landed in a home full of love and nurturing…
C: That’s just it, all pups should…WE ARE FAMILY too
KD: Yes, you are, and hopefully your sibs are too…
C: Family matters, bro, family matters…
Pups Memory
Morning Trailblazers,
Ken-Dogger: Hey Blaze
Blaze: Come on, where’s my leash?
KD: You’re in a rush to get the day started, what’s up?
B: I wanna get walking and moving.
KD: Okay, I like activity too…what is it about walks?
B: You mean, besides the biology and waste?
KD: Yep
B: Well, you meet the nicest peeps on walks, they smile, they’re active, they engage peacefully.
KD: Where is that leash?
B: Now, you’re talkin’…
A Therapy PM
Ken-Dogger: Hey Jude, don’t make it bad…
Jude: Wha…? Beatles? Dude?
KD: Sorry, always wanted to use that line…in the water, huh?
J: Yep, watching it flow…it’s mesmerizing.
KD: I love watching how water goes around an obstacle.
J: IKR, it sometimes stops, and then it figures out a way around.
KD: Nature, it’s a lot cheaper than therapy.
J: …and it’s way more powerful too.
Ken-Dogger: Hey Freddie, you sure look dapper this morning.
Freddie: Okay, listen, I get the whole warm thing...But this coat restricts my movement.
KD: Dude, what about Aunt Edna?
F: What you mean Aunt Edna?
KD: Well Freddie, she did make that coat for you, she spent hours on it.
F: Next time, could we send her better measurements?
KD: C'mon man, she's old, she does the best she can...she always thinks of you
F: I'm cool with that, could you get her to think of you a little more?
Last year at this time, we were in SLC and viewing Hamilton...Share Buddies
Morning Explorers,
Ken-Dogger: Stop it Hans, it’s only one day.
Hans: I don’t like it…
KD: We’ll be back tomorrow and get you, but Hey, Hamilton!!
H: Happy for you Bro, and Salt Lake
KD: IKR, we’re gonna see parts of Utah we haven’t seen before.
H: I get it I can’t go, but you’re gonna tell me all about it right?
KD: You betcha, you’re my share buddy.
H: Never been someone’s share buddy, thanks Bro…
Another PM
Ken-Dogger: You two playing this morning?
Scratch: Yep, we're pups, it's what we do...
Itch: And ya know what, no matter how much we play, we can't get enough of it...
KD: Ahh, the good life...playin', eatin' and sleepin'...
S: Yes, the big 3 of a puppy's life...
I: Actually, it's the big 3 of a dog's life too...
KD: Gotta hand it to you two, there IS something about a parsimonious life...
S: Yea, it's called peace...
TROUBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE
Retired educator / military officer(Army Colonel) - Current Ops Div Chief (G333), HQDA / married / political progressive / ED.D. and Army War College Grad. 3277
Joined Nov 2017