We live on 52 acres out in the country . . . way out in the country. Not like you folks in Montana or Texas or Alaska . . . but out in the country none the less. It's a 20 minute drive in each direction to the nearest town of any size (even a small size.) And yet we are blessed with great utility services that have gotten better and better over the years. It is now rare for us to be without electric power for more than a few minutes at a time. It has also become rare for our land line phone service to be down for any length of time. That is why this past weekend was so traumatic for us. Our phone and internet service crashed Saturday afternoon and it wasn't restored until mid afternoon on Monday. No phones . . . no email . . . no Facebook . . . no web site updates . . . no blog posts. Writing this after the service has been restored it seems rather trite and yet it the midst of it we were surprised at how adicted to and dependent on we've become to these forms of communication with our kennel's puppy owners, prospects and fans. It was stressful for us knowing that we had people expecting us to air ship puppies to them this coming week and we couldn't communicate with them in the manner that we were so accustomed to. . . BUT THE DOGS NEVER NOTICED! Kennel life continued unchanged. The day to day routine with all our precious dogs was the same as always and the dogs were content. I'm sure there are profound lessons to be learned from this ; - ) but I'm guessing that it will take at least a few days for that to come to the surface. Right now I'm just glad that I can post this blog entry!
Take a llok at our web site: www.rosehallkennel.com . . . we're on Facebook too . . . . Eliot
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