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Pit Bull Puppy

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It has come to be that we are babysitting an 8 week old pit bull puppy on a near daily basis.     This breed of dog requires a strong leader.

All forcefulness must be a last resort if you want a loving, well-mannered pitty.

This little guys name is Mulisha.He plays hard for a few minutes, transforms into a little monster, testing his boundaries.

Playing hard sometimes includes a game of tug of war but we don’t play to see who is stronger,

They take one end of their string toy and we’ll (whoever is playing with pup, everybody’s rules for the dog should be consistent) have the other.  When he pulls back with all his tiny ferocity we move our end left and right then maybe a little give and take. As long as we’re controlling how the game is being played bringing it to a close is as simple as stilling our hand and saying no more.

This lets the dog know that we can have control back when we decide, not them.

Until a couple of days ago Mulisha liked to jump and bite at our feet.  We corrected this by lightly tapping the side of his face and saying (sternly) NO!

When he jumps on my legs when it’s not acceptable, I hold my hands steady on his shoulder blades and keep him at arm’s length until he settles down

I didn’t want to fall in love with another pup but this little guy has stolen my heart.

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ReBuilding A Website

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Wanted to clean up the code in my site tonight, get rid of dead links. In the process I managed to lose most of my site. The framework remains intact but having to rewrite content.

This didn’t bother me as much as I once thought it would. It’s a topic I’m familiar with (Great Danes) and I have a better idea what I’m doing this time around.
Within a month of having this site up the first time I had the top spot in Google for my keyword. Was still on the first page last time I checked. Not sure where I was before I screwed up the site, doesn’t really matter now.
Since I’m starting anew I figured I would share how I’m doing it with you. [Cuz I'm cool like that]

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First, I’m starting with my Home page because I have stuff all over the internet I can link to, something I didn’t have before.

I will go to the formidable site of an authority in the field and consider how their information is laid out.

Losing a great deal of the work I’ve put in over the last year didn’t bother me as much as I once thought it would. Yes, this kind of thing happens to everybody at some point in their journey.

The site is a topic I’m familiar with (Great Danes) and I have a better idea what I’m doing online this time around.
Within a month of having this site up the first time I had the top spot in Google for Great Dane Training, was still on the first page last time I checked. Not sure where I was before I screwed up the site. Since I’m starting anew I figured I would share how I’m doing it with you.

I looked at the sites currently ranked high for the keyword. Finding these sites is as easy as typing the query into Google search. This gives me a feel for what they did with the site so I could create a similar look and feel.
The text in bold, bullet points, or that stands out is what the search engines see and says, Hey look at me, I’m related to the content on this site.

Ideally you are going to want that important content to link to a page – preferably on your own site – with more specific or otherwise relevant information.

**Check back often to see how I’m rebuilding a website.

The keywords used in a top ranking site are theoretically good keywords surrounding the topic.

I will write a short blurb about each of the words and will link the actual word to a page with the same name where there will be more info, maybe a video and possibly an interactive widget.

Easter Weekend

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Tuesday Andy and I discussed the coming holiday, Easter.
“We should do something”
“Hmmm” was my thoughtful but inconclusive response.
By Thursday we had planned for our 22 year old son,his girlfriend and our youngest daughter, 13, to come have turkey dinner with us.
We haven’t seen our boy since Christmas and his gf is really neat.

On Friday I bought a turkey and Andy went to the city for other things we would need. While he was out he ran into his parents and invited them which was awesome! We haven’t seen them since before Christmas. They live nearby but we don’t get together much.

Between Monday when I had given little thought to Easter dinner and Saturday when a gourmet meal was served to seven people I probably should have been more stressed than I was. Everything would have been perfect if I had planned better. Not exactly.
If I had set plans I would get irritated every time plans changed. Unrealistic expectations that everything was doing to go how I wanted would have caused havoc. There is a chance that I could have had full control but at what expense?
As it turns out the lack of planning didn’t didn’t dampen the mood of the get together.

The point? Letting go of perceived control allows other wonderful things to enter your path .

Internet Entrepreneur Analogy

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Internet Marketing is comparable with an exaggerated game of Monopoly. The more properties a player has, the better. Park Place and Boardwalk are valuable to own but they only have one appearance each. The utilities are less valuable per landing but are evenly dispersed over the board providing a more consistent stream of revenue.
When players start out of the gate they are eager to grab any property available, if played properly those properties could be good leverage later in the game but until then they have little value.
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