I know its not ALL  lost  but it you dont keep at them even the good go bad...

so   if you can keep them interested    and  busy    keep'm    it will benefit you and them  <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->    

we finnished the neighbor last night... finnished  the  one  big fields disking   and pulled down part of  a beaver dam today  (*it was 6ft tall)