It almost looks like he’s smiling!

Hello friends-

I’ve been out of the office for a few days in St. Louis working with NAPWDA and their amazing group of K9 work dogs…there were bomb, accelerant, cadaver, search/rescue and other types of dogs. Melanie (my webmaster) and I volunteered to be decoys at the “area search” station and with the help of Master Trainer Mike Perkins, we landed the job of “decoys”.

This meant that we needed to “hide” in the woods, while each handler took their respective dog through the paces and sent them off looking for us. Since these dogs are also protection dogs (and are used in law enforcement to find suspects), we either needed to put on a bite suit or crawl up a ladder into a tree stand quietly and wait for the dog to find us. Once they did – it was “game on” as the dogs would bark and intimidate while we waited for the handlers to come secure and reward them. Remember, this is training and these men and women need to keep their animals in top shape!

So, this cute pup was my first “lesson” for the day. You’ll notice that I took this picture from about 12 feet up in the air, and had I been any closer to the ground he might have ripped my boots off. It almost looks a little like he’s smiling, but make no mistake- he was all business and could smell my fear.

I like taking a little time out of my busy life to give back to the law enforcement and other agency groups when I can because they actually do lead thankless careers- it’s obvious that their dedication and devotion to protect us civilians just comes from within…so thank you to all of you that provide safety and security to the rest of us that don’t realize it enough. You’re our heroes.

Lastly – it was a fun day and I didn’t get bitten by any K9 dogs- only mosquitoes. They we out to get me!

Have a great afternoon and I’ll be back with some awesome Mission Repair news soon.

Best, Ryan

“Clash Of Clans” Anyone?

Hello M:R Nation –

Have you ever heard of a game called “Clash Of Clans”? This game is something else. I have not only been obsessed with it since seeing a national commercial for it, I have been kicked out of a clan by my own brother and denied access to a new clan by Lennie, one of my employees here at Mission Repair. So I guess what I am saying is when it comes to this game, having blood relations nor signing someones paycheck matters. It is every person for themselves.

I have been playing the game for about a month and this is as far as I have gotten: 

If you play this game, you can tell that i’m at a pretty intermediate level. I come nowhere close to some of my technicians and I think ever Ryan (Owner of Mission Repair) is doing better than me 🙂 I mean, can you really blame us? Even the Kansas City Royals are addicted to this game and they… well play games for a living.

So where is the relevancy here to broken stuff? Well, let me just tell you about an email I received yesterday that is the motivation behind this post.

I received an email from a VERY upset mother from California who had just witnessed her son throw his iPad Mini due to an “epic loss in an Attack”. She said “not only did he throw the iPad, he almost took out the TV in the process! Now the screen is cracked and it won’t do anything when he slides his finger on it.” While I didn’t dare tell her that I understood the frustration her son felt, I wisely identified with her and mentioned my experiences, as my son had also cracked the screen on his iPad…3 times.

In short, we were able to set her up with our iPad Mini Glass Repair Service  and at the same time, give her son a well needed break from this horribly addictive game, that feeds of the impatience of blokes such as myself. I guess thats why the makers of this game rakes in $5,000,000 a day.

Anywho, if you find yourself in the same position as this poor mother, give us a call @ 866-638-8402. We will not only repair the device that your child or husband threw, but we can also hold onto it for a few weeks to give them a much need cleansing if you’d prefer :-).

Cheers, Troy