team moxiepup

"What breed is Moxie?"- magellan315 (Sorry, but I'm on a mac laptop at work and I can't get it to make the quote function work!) We were told that her mother was a Miniature Pinscher, and her father a Pomeranian, but she looks kinda like a jack russell or small basenji. She has short hair but you can see the Min Pin in her in her ears and the wrinkles on her forehead, and the Pom in her curly tail and her love of snow. She was a rescue dog, that we got as a pup at 8 weeks old, and she has the best traits out of all the breeds we had been looking at! She's a great dog! I'll post a more recent picture, later when I'm at home and on my own computer.

Once the puppy has had it's full round of shots, a puppy class that provides socialization, and basic manners would be great! It's never too early to start training a dog, as they do much of their learning while young. A good puppy class teaches how to deal with normal puppy behaviors, before they become problem behaviors in the adult dog and gives them the foundations to build on for later obedience classes. As your dog will very likely meet other dogs on trails, the socialization at these classes will make your dog much better behaved when it encounters other dogs later in life. One thing I'm very thankfull we taught Moxie was to "Come By". I know this may mean something different to dogs trained for sheep herding, but we use it to tell her to untangle herself from trees. When Moxie was little, and would wrap her leash around a tree, we would gently guide her to walk back around the way she needed to untangle herself, all the while saying "come by" and praising her lavishly when done. It wasn't long before she figured out that it meant to come back the other direction and to folow her leash. Every once and awhile she'll still get herself wrapped, especially on braches that snag the leash, or in very thick underbrush, but by and large, she's very leash aware and we can see her figuring out the way to comeback to us. This is amazingly helpful on the trail! Once your pup is old enough, I highly reccomend getting him or her a Lyme disease vaccination. It's difficult enough finding the regular sized dog ticks, let alone the deer ticks! Good luck with your new family member!

Lol! I think it was something like "The Society of People that Place Things on Top of Other Things".

The only type of hint that I don't care for is one that is a complete spoiler and gives the hide away. " In the stump of the tree next to the big rock", when there is only one big rock. I came to look for something, not just to retrieve an item from a stated location.

Hear, hear! I quite agree!

I'm not sure if going at night would work or not. You could always borrow/rent some beekeeping attire, complete with one of those smoke squirters. Too bad it weren't fall, you could just wait until a freeze, and remove it when the bees are torpid. I see from your avatar that you are from Pennsylvania. Is it still chilly at night there? If you get a really cold night, it might still be very cold right before sunrise. That might be the best time to try to remove it. (With the bee attire) Good luck!

Well put! I think most of the posts on this thread are balanced, in that they don't condone certain behaviors regardless of the orientation of the individuals involved. However, there are some that are indeed homophobic and downright hatefull. Some of those posts are obvious, in some, I don't think that the poster even realises how their statements are harmfull. Please remember, there are people of all orientations that are geocachers. If putting down people that cruise around looking for un-attached sex acts offends you, then maybe you need to find a new hobby. I find heterosexual pre-marital sex offending, does that mean I find all heterosexuals offensive? Why do gays always have to lump themselves in the same bucket? I'm positive that not all gay people are out cruising around for park sex. You ought to look at yourself and figure out why you lump these sicko's in the park and committed couples in the same bucket. YOU ARE THE BIGOT You had some good posts before, but you blew it here. Your true colors are showing. Did you read the post? I'm stating that not all gays cruise around looking for uncommited sex. I think you need to re-read the post for what it was intented. I'm putting down people that have random sex in parks, not all gays and heterosexuals. I think you saw the "Pre-Marital Sex" comment and then judged me.. Didn't you? didn't you? I never once lumped people cruising for sex in a park with people in a committed relationship!!! The identification of gays as being the only people resposible for such behavior is what I was speaking out against. That and all the bashing going on ... Comparing homosexuality to beastiality is extremely offensive. There is NO connection there, so why did you bring it up? To call me a bigot is the most laughable thing in the world!!! Really... trust me! The main thing I wanted to get across in my post was that there are people of all orientations that geocache, ie. people of all orientations that read this thread.

Well put! I think most of the posts on this thread are balanced, in that they don't condone certain behaviors regardless of the orientation of the individuals involved. However, there are some that are indeed homophobic and downright hatefull. Some of those posts are obvious, in some, I don't think that the poster even realises how their statements are harmfull. Please remember, there are people of all orientations that are geocachers.

Discovering new places Mental stimulation Brings my partner and I closer together Good exercise Gives the dog new things to sniff on a regular basis!

I've often wondered about the potential for geocaches to become archaeological objects in the future. Most caches will, over time, either be updated, replaced, archived, adopted, etc., but there are bound to be a few that slip through the system, and become lost/abandoned over the years. If the container is a good one (ammo boxes spring to mind) and the cache is well placed, it could last for a couple hundred years, and be discovered down the line. Imagine the swag being poured over by some archaeologist, searching for indications of the culture "back when"!

All during my youth, I hated mushrooms! Wouldn't have any part of them. A couple of years ago, a friend’s parents were visiting, and took all of us out to dinner. The friend’s father ordered stuffed mushrooms as an appetizer. Because I was a guest, I felt compelled to sample the thing. To my surprise, it was actually good! Very good! After that I started to stop avoiding mushrooms, allowing them to stay in dishes when they previously would have been unceremoniously isolated and ushered over to the side of the plate. About a month ago, I had a delicious salad that had all sorts of grilled veggies, and sautéed mushrooms. That did it! I've been on a mushroom kick ever since. I've been buying sliced baby portabellas and sautéing them in olive oil either alone, or with onions or zucchini. My mother (who was pleasantly shocked that I made the mushroom switchover) has recommended parsnips as a good sauté combo. Does anyone have any good recipes or suggestions? I've never had a Morel mushroom, but am very curious. How do they compare with Portabellas? We've had puffballs growing in our yard the past several years. I've always avoided them with the lawnmower, as I thought they were neat, and liked to tap them when mature. Am now thinking that not all will be reaching the puff stage this year. (I will allow some to spread their spores and bring more puffy goodness). Last year, Moxie "discovered" the puffballs, and didn't know what to make of them. (She was only about 4-6 months old or so.) She stopped right in her tracks and started barking at the biggest one! She eventually got courageous enough to ambush the thing, and plowed right into it. It was still white, and had no puff to it, but she was very surprised nonetheless! -Edited to correct atrocious spelling, now that I'm home and have collected my brain.

My thoughts exactly!

Still way more afraid of people, than animals out in the woods. Kevin Underwood is a case in point, and what of the 3 yr. old killed by a stray bullet while out for a sunday drive with his family? The number one killer of human beings are human beings.

So you were "flying over" The Weed most of the time and then had to drop your stuff down into it? Man! For me that would be like dropping something into the bottomless pit!, Cause it is GONE! Oh, I knew it! I knew it would be as horrible as you could imagine! *shiver* I can't believe you did it! PS. Love the caps on "The Weed"! I'm an avid snorkeler, and have encountered The Weed on occasion. It's not pleasant to swim through by any means, but it has always behaved appropriately and given way. The only negative effect from doing so was the leeches that used said weed to hang out in, waiting for passerby. The only things I really worry about while caching are weirdo, nut-case people, and ticks, especially lyme carrying ticks!

Team moxiepup is all female... both the people and the pup!

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I wore Teva sandals out caching last weekend. Had no trouble until the bushwacking, as they tended to scoop up sticks! I'm thinking about getting these new summer sneakers put out by L.L. Bean, which are a cross between sneakers and aqua shoes. They look good for me since my feet get hot easily, and I love going in the water.

I'm not afraid of gardinels! You can usually detect the presence of one by the disgorged "pellets" surrounding one. These, like owl pellets, contain the undigestable matter such as bones, hair, clothes, walking sticks, shoes and GPSrs. Too bad the GPSrs are too slimy and coroded by stomach acid to work after being digested.

Being jumped by secret service men would definately up the difficulty rating!

We always cache with our dog, although there were a few that weren't dog freindly, where we had to leave her in the car, but we generally try to avoid those! Poidawg gave some really good advice as to always supplying water and the helpfulness of a good towel for muddy paws! The only trouble we have is in trying to keep her from eating deer poop! We went caching with our two little neices this past weekend. (ages 7 and 5). It was fun seeing their eyes light up at all the "treasure". The only down side was not getting first shot at the swag! Lol!

4 Noble Truths The first Noble truth is that life is suffering (forums being down one example thereof) The Second Noble truth is that suffering is caused by craving . (If we were'nt addicted to the forums, we wouldn't be suffering right now would we?) The third Noble Truth concerns the cessation of suffering. (These boards will eventually be fixed.... maybe... better yet not to be attached to them in the first place. (Yeah... right)) The Fourth Noble Truth is cultivationg the path to learning, and enlightenment. The Middle Way. (Love the forums but be able to let them go.) (Ummm.... working on that!)

Well, my "Corrupt a wish" wish didn't come true. 'Tis period 6 and the troublemaker, alas, is not absent. Oh well, the wish probably would have been corrupted to have him playing truant, spraypainting my house. edited for speeling! This class is making my brain frieed! Drain bamaged!

Nope! No "neverminds"! You typed "TBAG", so TBAG! Its in the rulebook... somewhere...

Figures... yesterday and most of last week, I was working with no computer access. Today I have it and... H'mmm there's always websudoku.com... but it's not nearly as fullfilling, or social!

We just released our second geocoin, which we engraved with our team name on it. Our first one moved a little, but is now in the hands of someone who states on their profile that "Geocoins are "not" collector's items. He's had it for almost 2 months now.