Do it today... its Thanksgiving.

*looks around*

 

LOL, I don't want to try and pluck it! But the dog might eat it raw...hmmmm....heh heh.

She already slaughtered the ducklings the people behind us were raising in their backyard...thanks dog, I hadn't even met the people yet..."Yeah, um, your dog just killed our ducks..."

 

Ah, well maybe the dog just wanted a new chew toy. The thing is though, those ducklings might have been a bit on the tasty side.

 

I have been thinking of putting geese and guinea hens in the dog runs I no longer keep dogs in... I could let the guineas run loose and forage during the day and sleep in the trees.... I'm wondering now if the ducks my uncle put in the backyard might have been geese. Like I said, they were all over me and it was like getting pinched by a gang of people.

 

Nope, she's just a mercenary - she kills and runs away. Her body count so far is 1 squirrel, 2 cottonmouths, 1 rat, and 3 ducklings. Hasn't eaten any of them. She went after one of the monster ducks but I think it got her too, because she came running home and hasn't been back to the lake since then.

The funny thing is that she does eat raw meat but not what she's killed herself.

 

Haha, that's quite a dog you have. What breed is she?

 

She's a Jack Russell.

Jack Russell Terrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

They were bred to kill vermin. She knows her vermin, but she will also kill miscellaneous small critters like ducklings.

Last night there was a possum on the fence and she went nuts barking at it, but it went on the other side of the fence. I don't know what she would do if a possum went into its death routine; I suspect she'd kill it anyway.

The snake killings were scary, we were afraid she'd get bitten but she is so fast you can't even believe it. Those snakes got whipped back and forth at high velocity and her jaws are also really strong. She had no fear going in and grabbing the snakes.

We haven't seen any snakes in the yard this year, probably b/c of the drought.

Terriers are not my favorite dogs, but she's been OK overall.

 

My Doberman liked to hunt, kill and eat deer, my Border Collie that disapeared a year ago was into digging up gophers, killing snakes and dragging large tree branches up onto the porch and gnaw on them...The crazy Australian Blue Heeler, Border Collie mix I got from Amanda's dad is hell on squirrels, gophers and wild pigs.. He is also a much better watch dog than the others and likes to growl just for the hell of it...He is the epitome of a velcro dog that has to be right with or touching you at all times... Can you imagine being on your back under the car adjusting the height of the rear coils that come with the Buddy Club N1 coil over kit with a dog chewing on a half dead squirrel inches from your face.. That is better than the back bone and skull of a pig and the same situation... I wasted no time in sliding out from under the car on the opposite side when he tried to pull that off.

 

The body count just went up by 1 squirrel...

 

Put it in a stew.

 

Ewwww, no. It actually managed to bite her just a little bit on her leg. We threw the body into the woods to let the eco-system take care of it. I had to put a little ace bandage on her leg to keep her from constantly licking it. Squirrels don't carry rabies so she'll be ok if I can keep it clean.

She had killed the damn thing and put it in the flower bed and I hadn't seen her do it, she brought it back out and put it in front of the kitchen window where I always sit.

Yo Mom lookie what I did!

At first I thought it was one of her stuffed toys that had been left outside a few weeks ago, it kind of looks like that. Then I realized she'd gotten another tree rat.

 

I have spent more of my adult life with dogs than with people and have derived more pleasure from their company than I have the majority of the people I know... The dog I have now just about drives me crazy as did the Doberman I had for 9 years that I nearly went crazy over when I had to have him put to sleep... Both of them want (wanted) to climb up in my lap or bring me a ball to throw for them to catch every time I sit down. I am sure if I was still in the habit of going to sleep on the floor while watching TV this guy would push me off of the exercise mat I laid on just like the Doberman... I try to get this guy to just sit or lay down beside my chair but he is very insistent and will put one paw on me while giving me a pathetic look that makes me feel guilty... I end up telling him to get into his crate so I can stay on my laptop without him placing his paws on the keys and messing up what I'm posting.. He stays in the crate alright but then starts making mournful noises until I have to send him outside... I would have had him trained better and not have as much of a problem if it hadn't been so hot this summer and I was younger and able to stay a step ahead of him... I can go to bed or leave the house and he will stay in his crate until I come into the living room... I need to get heavy into obedience training and not worry about him sulking when I don't want him in my lap.. I do like having him close by, just not all over me. He is outside now and there is no telling what kind of dead critter or remains of one he is liable to be dragging up onto the porch and chewing on.

 

Wow....all I can say is I'm glad I have 3 lazy persians who all stay
in the house, declawed and neutered/spayed and don't drag around any cadavers. LOL!

 

I wish our Persian was lazy. She's a little sly critter that darts around the house most of the day and will start drinking your beer if you leave it unattended while she is around... as well as munch on your cantaloupe... and pomegranate... and pancakes... and cake icing (and more stuff that I forget)... while stealing your chair in the process.

 

I would love to have a cat but wife says she hates them... I had a male domestic short hair, a female blue point Siamese, two Dobermans and a German Shepherd at the same time.. The old tomcat was the most dominant of the mess of them and they would all sleep in a pile at the foot of the bed.

 

I've had better days.

 

Oh NO!!!!! What happened, Charlie??

 

Took a corner a bit too fast and it just understeered into a curb. I feel like such an asshole.

 

Ouch! That doesn't look too bad from this angle though. See if you can talk the repair guys to discount you on some MazdaSpeed parts.

 

I just want my car back as quick as possible as cheap as possible. How much do you think that is going to cost?