From the Desk 1-19-2014

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Hello Friends, I hope all is well with you all! Things in my world have been a roller coaster as usual lol...I have much to cover but i'll spare you the boredom lol...moving on...The weather today was actually decent, still very cold but atleast the sun was shining all day. The sunshine makes a big difference on me personally. Lately I have been doing a lot of recording and Radio Shows, more than usual. That is ok though..it keeps me busy and productive. Although I did find myself overwhelmed today from all the extra work I have been doing on several different projects. Last Night on the Radio Show, I was Joined by another NEW guest co-host. I really enjoyed hosting The Saturday Night Ride Radio Show with him, the studio/radio dynamics flowed great! I have seen and felt a lot of positive shifts in my life so far in 2014, I hope and pray the positive continues and the negatives vanish. My blog today was going to be about one of my Dog-children "Rex". Rex is my 5 year old teacup chiuhuha <spelled wrong lol>. He is the biggest baby out of all of my dogs, I literally can't even go to the bathroom without having him sit at the door whining for me. Rex whines about everything and has done so since he was a baby literally lol. He won't even eat unless I am home with him...yes I know it's ridiculous lol. I will blog about my dog-children soon, but today I wanted to touch base on the St.Bernard Breed. The reason I chose this breed is because of many reasons, mainly because a family member of mine had one for almost 11 years before she recently passed away. Her name was "Sugar" and she was such a sweet and loving family member/pet. I remember when my cousin first brought her home, "Sugar" looked like a little chunky ball of fur...very adorable. Even with her stinkin' slobber and loud intimidating bark...."Sugar" was as gentle as could be...the "Gentle Giant". She was such a great dog and an important part of the family, so I would like to dedicate this little blog to the life of SUGAR a beautiful saint bernard. Here is some history and such that I have researched about this unique and beautiful breed of dogs.. Dogs can be great rescuers/heros. What could be nobler than saving lives. "Barry", who lived and made history between 1800-1814, was one of the greatest rescue dogs the world had ever seen. "Barry" was a beautiful Saint Bernard dog who earned worldwide fame for the brave and noble rescue operations he carried out during his lifetime. He even had his portrait painted, his painting by Salvatore Rosa still hangs in a place in the Swiss Alps of Switzerland.

Saint Bernard dogs have such a keen sense of smell that they can smell out people buried deep in the snow and sand even. Barry, like other Saint Bernard dogs, was trained by  monks to rescue lost travelers in the Alps. The Saint Bernards, when finding a man to be rescued,  they would lay on top of the person and start licking his face to wake him up. Simultaneously they bark out aloud calling the monks for assistance, hearing which the monks would come with a stretcher and warm blankets to keep the person warm. The fellow is then taken to the monastery for help/treatment. "Barry" was an excellent rescue dog well versed with the rescue drill and amongst his famous rescue adventures there is this famous story about a young boy who was found stranded on an icy ledge, all covered with thick snow under an ongoing, heavy snowfall. It was not possible for any man to climb that icy ledge, but Barry, being brave crawled inch by inch to the injured boy.  Barry started licking the boy's face but the snowfall was too heavy and the ledge too difficult to climb for any monk to reach the boy. So, there was no help coming. The boy, however, woke up due to Barry's warm licks and wrapped his arms around Barry's strong neck. The dog/hero pulled him carefully and bravely from the ledge and brought him to safety. This is just one of the many gallant rescue stories of this great rescuer Saint Bernard. He lived from 1800-1814 and saved more than 40 lives in his lifetime. WOW! What a Dog! See this yet another example of why pets are so much more than just something to play with...they are literally family and love us just like a family member would. Well Friends, Time for me to hit the hay so to speak, I have an early rise tomorrow and a busy week ahead. Feel free to comment, share, follow, or just enjoy!                                 Truly, Dennis Kelly