A Nurse with a Gun
Labels: Pets, Search and Rescue
posted by Xavier at 5:15 PM
Xavier is a Registered Nurse who specialized in complex wound care. He has practiced for over fourteen years in his community. He often provided nursing service in areas where law enforcement refused to enter without back-up. Xavier now works in surgery. Xavier has been an avid shooter for over 30 years. He strongly supports the 2nd Amendment, opposes gun control of any sort, and carries a weapon 24 hours a day. Xavier is known on various internet gun forums as XavierBreath. He is married with three children, and is moderated by an apathetic one eyed cat, a goofy Golden Retriever, and a stalwart German Shepherd Dog. One day, he hopes to be deserving of them all.
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Xavier can still be emailed at
treatmewithbenignneglect@gmail.com
He might read your email.
He might delete it on sight.
He might publish it and comment on it.
The Four Rules
1. All firearms are always loaded
2. Never let the muzzle of a firearm point at anything you are not willing to destroy
3. Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to shoot
4. Be sure of your target and what lies beyond it
The Five Rules of Concealed Carry
1. Your concealed handgun is for protection of life only.
2. Know exactly when you can use your gun.
3. If you can run away -- RUN!
4. Display your gun, be prepared to go to jail.
5. Don't let your emotions get the best of you.
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5 Comments:
Xavier,
Is Ilsa a purebred German Shepherd Dog? If so, is hip dysplasia a concern? Is it something you could spot when she was a puppy?
I'd love to get a purebred, but I would hate to contribute to overbreeding.
Any thoughts?
Love the blog, keep up the good work.
Ilsa is a pure bred GSD with a SAR bloodline.
I had considered a rescue GSD, Lord knows there are enough of them avaialable, but I wanted to raise and train the dog from puppyhood. By going with a pure bred GSD I could know her lineage, and know what to expect as she came of age. They say a GSD reaches adulthood at 3 years or so, and I believe that is true.
For someone who wants a GSD as a guardian or a pet, a rescue might be the best option. For someone who wants a working dog, the puppy years are the formative years, and are crucial to the end result.
That's my two pesos.
i know the working-bloodline GSD's don't have the horrible shrunken hip the show-ring bloodlines are saddled with, but are they still susceptible to the hip dysplasia anyway?
i wouldn't be able to put up with a "conformation" GSD, any more than i could manage one of the bug-eyed toy dogs or the constantly choking pug-like breeds. unfair to the dogs, perhaps, but when breeding reaches the point of almost disfiguring the animal or even making its life harder, it just breaks my heart to look at them. working-line dogs are just a whole different matter.
According to Ilsa's vet, hip dysplasia can not be accurately predicted or diagnosed until three years of age. Ilsa's bloodline does not have a history of problems.
It seems so long ago you were trying to counteract the effects of extreme yellow paint ingestion. She's really blossomed into a lovely girl!
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