Fidget is a 'she'. We think part heeler, sending for a DNA test out of curiosity. She wants to herd.

Damn. So sorry Baz. :( Breaks my heart seeing this. (must be dusty in here...)

It's never easy. I still have my moments after losing my Sydney, and its been a year and a half since I lost him.

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Just told my boy, that he will live forever

So yesterday we were 400 feet from the garage, on the farm road, when Dottie veered into the ditch line. She is ahead of me, I am in the Ranger.

A little black critter and Dottie picks it up. I start yelling "drop and go" while I am leaving Dodge.

Skunkapotomous. A Baby.

Minor spray on her, very little on me. She got the skunk treatment and all is well.

From today:

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She is at the base of a tree that has an Osprey nest up high...rain coming across the Potomac. Raining hard now.

The herding instinct is strong in that breed! ;)


Thanks Vinny. I know Sydney will always remain in your heart. As all of our puppies do......


Awww......{{{hugs}}} to your boy from all of us Gambler!



Ha - Dottie just being who she is, Paul......gotta love it. Always appreciate the photos of your furballs and beautiful property!

Absolutely, Baz...we don't even think twice, the cost of doing business. She is rounding into a very, very attentive, smart dog. She is also very kind to the old Jack Russell we have had for 11 years.

After 25 plus years here my wife has the skunk smell clean-up on dogs down to a science...a combination of stuff not harmful to the dogs but very effective on the fur.

Last one for the week, I promise.

We are at the 30 minute mark on her walk, my ride. This is the windiest place on the farm, at the tree line where the road is...natural venturi.

She likes to jump in the Ranger and sniff:

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Skunk free!

I'm so sorry, Baz.

Baxter and Cleopatra had babies.
Porsche is the one I kept.

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my dog can seemingly sense my mood. during a particularly challenging WebEx meeting, he would constantly come and check on me. usually he is at my feet. we have really gotten to know each other and i love him profoundly.

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Dogs are awesome, and you can tell that Hanks a great one!

i may have spoke to soon. right now he is nibbling at his pecker. damn dogs!

Nah, he's a dog. It's all good. Just don't let him give you any kisses in the near future.

I keep baking soda, dish soap and a quart of peroxide at the house, in case of the dog gets skunkified.

Had a mystery, something was eating my pea plants, chewing them up and leaving the carcass. Caught one of the dogs in the act. They have been leaving the plants alone since I yelled at them, but will probably still eat the snap peas off the plant when they get ripe. I figure that it is probably pretty healthy, and I am only into the pea plants for about $3, so what the heck.

I lied, sort of. This is a picture from yesterday, Dottie in the barley and she chased out a muskrat and got nipped for her troubles:

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Muskrat gives me the hairy eyeball as he heads back into the marsh.

Cassie, our Red Heeler that passed away last year, would have Captain & Tennille'd that muskrat...Dottie seems to want to make friends.

Then, today, I am parked enjoying the breeze, when Dottie sees this on the farm next to mine:

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She gets within five feet; the skunk is completely in a GAS mode and I get Dottie back to the Ranger before Peppy goes chemical.

I don't shoot anything on the farm but ground hogs so, while I am always armed on my circuits (think rabid animals) I rarely engage.

The Muskrat may need a .22 attitude adjustment, however. MF'er looked me right in the grill.

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Maya is so unladylike.

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First day over 90 degrees and my boxer looks like she's dying. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...eebcf71f0b.jpg

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For crying out loud. Tuck the tail!

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