It's A November Post

"Blue"

It’s hard to believe November is here and we are getting ready for the winter months ahead of us.  I think it’s also about time I gave a short update on what’s been happening here.  Don’t get excited there isn’t much to report.  Blue is doing much better with his hoof issue so I’m happy about that.  He was spotted cantering in the pasture the other day and so I will try and get him started in some limited work this weekend.  We will start with some walking and see how he does in the indoor.  The footing is much better there than in the outside arenas.  I’ll post how he does next week.

Yesterday was Halloween and instead of getting treats I seem to have been tricked…royally! I had just let the dogs in when we all heard this huge crash.  They started barking and I ran to the window to see what was going on.  A huge tree from my neighbor’s yard had toppled into my side yard and taken out the fence.  I’m relieved that the dogs weren’t still out because they play over there and they would have been squashed.  It was so odd because there was no wind or rain.  I guess it just couldn’t take the stress after the storms we had for the two days previous.  Mega amounts of rain and wind howling most of the day and all night must have undermined the roots. 

Here are some pictures:

The Tree

The "Inspectors"

" The Clean-Up Crew"

"There's enough sticks to go around, no need to carry one between you!"

All that hard work deserves a rest!

Cuteness

I had this little one visit us the other day.  The dogs were outside and barking up a storm and when I went to investigate this little cutie was what had their tails in a twist.  Well, Ginger doesn’t have a tail but Nikita does. Ginger was being brave while she had back up and barking from atop the patio while Nikita was down close to the baby.  Neither one of them would get close so the baby just walked past them and jumped onto the patio.  Ginger ran under the bushes and Nikita barked from the steps.  I felt sorry for the deer, it didn’t know what to do but obviously wasn’t afraid of the dogs or me.  This little deer must have just been born because its legs were still wobbly.  I’m calling the deer “it” because I can’t tell if its male or female and I wasn’t looking underneath to find out.  The poor little thing was following me around the patio and crying, it was heartbreaking.  It was lost without its mom and just wanted comfort but I knew I couldn’t touch it and leave a human scent on it.  I was just hoping the mom would come back for it and wasn’t hit by a car.  It jumped down into the herb garden and went under the deck and after I put my two killers in the house I went out to look for it but it was gone. 

I found out from a neighbor who cuts our lawn that there are two babies the mother doe hid in our bushes at the back of the property.  One of them came out to run alongside the lawnmower so he stopped mowing.  He’s a hunter so he knows all about the habits of the deer around here.  He told me the mother hides the babies during the day to keep them from the coyotes since they have no scent yet and she does.  I also learned that it was a good thing I didn’t touch them and leave a human scent on them (although I really did want to pet it and comfort it).  Then the mama doe goes down to the swamp for the day or into one of the hay fields around here and comes back at night. So that was my wildlife lesson for the week. 

Here are a few pictures of Bambi:

"The Mighty Hunter"

"And you call yourself a ferocious German Shepherd.  Ha! I'm not scared of you!"

Pedigree Adoption Drive

Pedigree Offers Food

For

Shelter Dogs

I’ve just read a post by Carson at the 7msn, (which I've shamelessly copied, I hope you don't mind Carson) but I wanted to get it in under the deadline.

Pedigree® is sponsoring an Adoption Drive – they are donating a bowl of dog food for every "like" they get on their facebook page. If you go  "here" and "like" them, one more shelter dog will get a bowl of food. But that's not all.

For every blog that mentions the Adoption Drive between Sept. 16 through Sunday, Sept. 19, Pedigree® will donate a 20-lb. bag of food to a shelter. If you've got a blog, there's still time to write a post and help a dog. Enter the link to your blog post "here" to participate.

Having had a dog or two from rescues I feel it’s a worthwhile cause and hope you decide to participate.  I feel it’s up to us to be responsible for our own dogs and to try and help the dogs that people either don’t want to be responsible for or can’t because of unforeseen circumstances.  If you’ve ever seen some of the sad faces of these animals in TV commercials, it’s enough to bring a tear to your eye. Through no fault of their own they’ve been cast aside and have no one to love them. This is one way to help these needy dogs.

Until next time

Quote for Today
A home is not a home without a dog

Wordless Wednesday -Gone to the Dogs

Gone to the Dogs

Since the dogs have been a little put out about not being featured here, I’d like to introduce Murphy and Maggie my two Australian Shepherds who are brother and sister born one year apart.

' MURPHY'

' MAGGIE '

Until next time

Quote of the Day

A Dog looks up to a man,
A Cat looks down on a man,
But a patient Horse looks a man in the eye and sees him as an equal.