I Survived the Dogs

May 16 -
Son & D-in-L arrived home Sunday morning having driven straight through from LA instead of spending the night somewhere along the way. He's always had a tendency to do that, especially when he was going to college and wanted to come home for break or have as much time at home as possible before heading back. He and his sister (they went to the same college) had an agreement, they would make only two stops and it had to meet all 3 needs. Those needs being gas, food and bathroom. It's a good 15+ hours from here to there although I do remember him bragging one time that he made it in 14 3/4. I wonder if that was the time he received a ticket in the mail from the 'patroled by air' section. I'm afraid he inherited his mother's lead foot.



The dogs actually did pretty good while they were gone. Emmitt (the boxer) was no trouble at all and even Ranger (mixed parentage) got better each day. He got really better after the replacement remote for his electronic collar arrived on Thursday. The old one broke the day before they left. A zap the next couple of times he started to dig and suddenly he's responding to my NO without my having to get up from MY digging and chase him. My son calls him the energizer bunny and he ain't lyin'. He also has unbelievable concentration when he locks onto something (even if what he's staring at is across a field). I now understand totally where that saying "hangs on like a bull dog" comes from (or is it pit bull?). Now the only problem is that after coming to my house each afternoon for 7 days straight they run straight for the back of my tahoe when I drive up. Son is working out of town this week so I brought them over again yesterday and filled the plastic wading pool for them. We set a record high for May at 92 degrees. Today I went over and was just going to let them out for a potty break, but the little one whined and whimpered so when I started to leave that I gave in and took them with me. I am such a sucker when it comes to animals.



The black dog in the pictures is Sadie (our dog). She's 10 years old now, hence the white hair that is showing up on her face and chest. She makes sure that little mister alpha (alias Ranger) knows that she is the boss. She doesn't bite him, but she sure growls and snaps whenever he tries to push her and he definitely shows her some respect now.