Ill disciplined brain beaten into submission

[bunn]

I find that one effective method of forcing my brain to do the things I want it to do (ie, work), rather than the things it wants to do (ie write long confused posts about undocumented Cornish history, doublecheck exactly what the Ring of Barahir looked like, rashly offer to foster a coonhound, Hack All the Garden Things,  and write short stories including ravens)  is to tell the bloody thing that it will just have to stay up all night, and I *will not allow it to go to bed until it has done its homework*. 

Eventually the damn thing knuckles under.  This technique is not great for getting things done the next day, but at least I do actually get a really surprising amount of stuff *done*.  I do wish my brain would be more cooperative. Sometimes it seems like the thing belongs to someone else entirely. *kicks brain* 

So far I have resisted the temptation of fostering the coonhound.  He looks very cute in his photos, but I think my hounds are quite enjoying being a twosome for a bit.

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[bunn.livejournal.com]

I believe this one came in with someone who moved to the UK with him as a pet. We've sent him off to try bloodhound rescue, as they will have appropriate skills for his type and don't have that many dogs to deal with, we are hoping they may be prepared to squeeze him in.

Our real forte as a rescue is that well known breed: 'I-think-there-may-be-some-labrador-in-there-or-maybe-some-collie-let's-not-mention staffie-unless-it's-obvious-but-he's-very-nice-natured' so if we get something unusual we advise them to try breed rescue first. Some of the smallest breed rescues only get a couple dogs in a year so no point using our resources if someone else can do a more expert job for a specific breed and save our cash for those that haven't got anyone else to turn to.

Though some of the breed rescues will not take old dogs with any kind of issue, even of their own breed. We politely make no comment on this policy :-/

[bunn.livejournal.com]

... to be fair, I should probably mention that some of the breed rescues are beyond awesome, and faced with some lost bewildered sick and troubled old thing that was once one of their own breed, mobilise armies of amazing volunteers to come rushing to its aid. This is very cheering when it happens.

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Yes, we have the same sort of thing in the cat world. Age isn't usually too much of a problem. The Russian Blue Breeders Association, in particular, are mistresses of placing older cats simply because Russians often live a long time and their reputation as 'quiet and home-loving' cats means they are often bought by older people and then outlive them.

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess that of the big scenthounds, it's the bloodhound people would be most likely to take an interest.