Douglas Chadwick:  

I have lived all over the country doing a lot of different types of work. I was injured on the job in 1991 and since have basically had to retire. During my retirement I became very bored, and joined the local Volunteer Fire Dept. I went on to Mohave Community College and became an EMT. One yr. later I went back to the same college and spent a yr. and became a Paramedic with both Az. State and Federal Certification. I also taught EMT classes at the community college and Ford Proving Grounds and many other Fire Departments. I became a Captain on the Fire Dept. and head of Emergency Medical Services covering approximately 270 sq. miles of desert. I live in a very rural area where patients are seldom transported by ground and usually used DPS air support. I retired from the Fire Dept. after five years. I now spend most of my time at home, we have a small house on 2 1/2 acres and raise Chinese Shar Pei. Generally we have anywhere between 13 and 21 dogs at any given time. You can see some of my dogs at Desert Moon. I love my Shar Pei, they are the most unique creatures God placed on this earth. Their intelligence in uncanny, to the point of being eerie at times. I have imported dogs from as far away as Brazil to get away from all the inbreeding going on in the U.S. Through my dogs I became friends with a Marine Corp General. He and his wife have been to our home at least twice a year for the past several years. They will be purchasing two Shar Pei from us next summer. The General (sorry I can't use his name as some may take this as an endorsement and may cause him problems from his superiors) is currently in Iraq with his tour ending in May 2009. He honored me with a medallion and a flag that flew over his H.Q. in Iraq along with a certificate of authenticity. Since I am a former Marine I am thrilled to have him for a friend. I love the winters here in the desert but the ...Expand for more