Mark came to help as it was hard to get the hood up. He had been out weed whacking and went back to that after checking the oil. Diane and Mike showed up with Oliver so Dancer was taken to the breeding stand. She was tied but slipped out of her halter twice, then Joan, Diane and I just held her and Mike brought Oliver up. She was not ready to stand and Oliver was not ready to breed her so they were put in stalls.  My farmhouse guests were supposed to leave by 10:00 am and the new ones check in at 3:00 pm but they weren't leaving. At 10:45 am I took the loaded golf cart down and asked them to leave. They were just young boys, maybe in their 20s and apologized but couldn't leave, they had just loaded the wash machine with all their dirty clothes and put it on the longest setting. I asked them to at least bring down all of the sheets and towels so I could get started on the laundry. They brought down EVERYTHING, every comforter, blanket, sheets and pillow cased as they said they used Everything. It had been rented for 16 days to 6 guys. I told them they would not be able to dry their clean clothes and just load them up in garbage bags and take them to the laundrymat. When I finally got in to clean, they had the dishwasher loaded and running but had used about every dish in the place and every piece of silverware. I guess they spent most of the morning collecting the dishes which had been left all over the house. There were many spills. I had to take the fridge apart to clean that there were so many spills and found used towels in the strangest places. After a solid 4 hours of cleaning I finally walked away. Thankfully the new renters didn't arrive at 3:00 pm. I was glad I had raised the cleaning fee from $90 to $125.00. I have all the sheets and bedding washed but not folded or put away, that was left in the barn draped across tables and chairs. I have a group coming at noon to the barn tomorrow so that must be done early in the morning. By the time I finished I was filthy and tired and went home to take a hot shower, had just gotten dressed when Mike and Diane sent the message they were on the way to help with Dancer and Oliver. I took Dancer out to the round pen then Mike brought Oliver and we introduced them. Dancer gave him a warning kick and he is very respectful but interested.

 Her tail was wrapped but she still wasn't ready to stand.

We brought in a water tank and a hay feeder and soon they were standing together.

I left then as it was 5:15 and we needed to be at Eureka for Senior night for Addyson by 6:15 pm. Mark had been out harvesting wood with Mackenson most of the afternoon and had fallen asleep. I woke him up, he got his shower but was just too tired to go. I gave him the evening off and went by myself. Ben and Taunya walked Addyson on to the football field as each senior had their parents bring them as they were announced. I tried to get a video but wasn't able to.

Below is just one of the cheers her cheerleading team did tonight.

We were sitting in the stands, the evening sky was turning pink out to the East but to the North were dark clouds and lots of lightning.

At halftime I thought I'd better head home and was just walking to the car when Sarah called. One of their guardian dogs had gone into labor today and was not delivering the puppy. They were in Roanoke so I left Eureka and drove the 18 minutes to Roanoke to find that the dog had not been able to deliver as the puppy was breech and stuck. It was a big puppy but once it was safely delivered and nursing Sarah was sent a text then the dog and her pup were loaded into Mark's car and I started the 50 minute drive home. As I was going through a small town I could tell the dog was laboring again so pulled over to check. She was delivering but this time needed no help so off I went again and stopped at Sarah's house to pick up a heater and dog food. Both puppies were nursing at that time as I pulled into the drive she delivered another puppy. I was able to get the sack off of the puppies face and Rilla (the mama dog) went right to work. Mark helped me get Rilla and the 3 puppies inside our bathroom, the heater was hooked up and she had another puppy. Once all 4 puppies were nursing well I went to bed, around 11:30 pm but woke up to check her at 1:30 am and found she had FIVE puppies all nursing well. more pictures will be taken tomorrow but she now has 3 males and 2 females. Four are red and one is white and tan. Below is the only picture I took