Leon Red Bone (Hawk)

[user 7704]

First swim of the season. Didn't last long. The water is 67.

 

[user 7704]

Worked hard yesterday. Made 5 trips into woods to get dirt to fill in Leon's mole digging. I filled, seeded and strawed.

Went out this morning and he had emptied hole and seed, dirt and straw were everywhere. Little $h!t .

 

[user 7704]

I've seen it done in the movies.......... I was looking outside and Leon has my house shoe, digging a hole to bury it.

Little poop

 

[Mountain trapper]

Just about every day Tracker takes one of my shoes off the porch and hides it. He has three main areas where he likes to put his treasures, and that's usually where I find my shoes, plus dead chipmunks, dead mice and voles. Several months ago Jake and Tracker found the bone yard where I dump our dead carcasses. There's now enough cow bones in our yard to build another cow.

 

[Cindyd]

Had to take 1 of my border collies (neurotic Lucy) to vet this morning...her breath was so bad would knock ya backward. She had a twig lodged up in one of her teeth and it was starting to abscess. Phewweee!
But she leaves all the shoes alone!

 

[user 7704]

Just about every day Tracker takes one of my shoes off the porch and hides it. He has three main areas where he likes to put his treasures, and that's usually where I find my shoes, plus dead chipmunks, dead mice and voles. Several months ago Jake and Tracker found the bone yard where I dump our dead carcasses. There's now enough cow bones in our yard to build another cow.

Leon steals a pillow from downstairs and takes it to my son and puts it on his bed. We call them presents. Sometimes he takes my shoe, but never buries it.

 

[DrHenley]

Robin, you could write a book about Leon's escapades. LOL

 

[EastenerWesterner]

I thought of Leon.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Jake and Tracker caught a pack rat on the side porch today. They had fun playing with it in the yard. Now they're taking turns carrying it around.

 

[user 7704]

What is a pack rat. I thought that was a name for hoarders.

 

[Cindyd]

Me too Robinjo!

 

[bill harrell]

That's those tree hugging snowflakes polluting the mountains with their selfies. Pack rats. Another name for north face design junkies.

 

[Mountain trapper]

What is a pack rat. I thought that was a name for hoarders.

A pack rat looks kind of like a chinchilla. They get their name because they take things back to their nest. Their nest is made of sticks and stuff and can be a couple feet high. Years ago I kept blaming my son for taking my tools and not returning them. Then I found a pack rat nest in the barn and there was all my missing tools.

 

[DrHenley]

What is a pack rat. I thought that was a name for hoarders.

It is where the term "Pack Rat" came from Robin. It is also known as a woodrat. It is a large, mostly rural rat that will steal anything and everything they can drag away and take back to their nests or other hoards. They especially like shiny and colorful objects. Unlike city rats they have a furry tail.
We've had a running battle with them at BOL1 ever since I can remember.

I once left an old Toyota Land Cruiser there for the summer since it wasn't a very good highway vehicle. When I came back, the pack rats had completely removed the wiring harness where it went through the firewall, and had been using an open toolbox as their toilet (it was filled to the brim with rat poop).

Fortunately, we haven't seen any evidence of them at BOL2. Probably because nearly all the agriculture around there is timber.,

 

[user 7704]

Wow, I love learning new stuff. Thanks for the info.

 

[bill harrell]

My grandpaw said that you can't tell them from a squirrel if they are fried right. Can't speak from experience though.

 

[DrHenley]

My grandpaw said that you can't tell them from a squirrel if they are fried right. Can't speak from experience though.

The pack rats around BOL1 have a better diet than squirrels. They eat grain, sunflower seeds, acorns, soybeans, etc. So it wouldn't surprise me. Hell, they are practically vegans, LOL.

 

[Proud Prepper]

The pack rats around BOL1 have a better diet than squirrels. They eat grain, sunflower seeds, acorns, soybeans, etc. So it wouldn't surprise me. Hell, they are practically vegans, LOL.

The Cajuns have recipes for them also. Good to eat!

 

[user 7704]

The dogs went. Ray 3 times last night. Not just barking, but the coon hound baying noise.. maybe the rooster under the coop was making noise. I didn't see or hear anything. Used the flashlight, but it was clear.

 

[user 7704]

Trying to change sheets, but Leon has the barometer blues and couldn't get up.

 

[user 7704]

He has turned into a beauty

 

[user 7704]

At the pool Leon was attacked by horse flies. I was yelling for him to get into the water, but he panicked. Horse fly bites hurt a lot. I got out of water and we ran into the house. He is gnawing at the bite sights. Poor baby.

 

[user 7704]

Someone has the barometer blues today. Check out the length if his ears. I tried to get his snoring but the ping awakened him

 

[user 7704]

Argument at our house. Please tell me if I'm wrong.

My husband says our dogs bark for no reason.
I say that something triggers them. We may not see or hear, but since they have much better sight and hearing, something is there.

I have been testing my theory and when they start, I go outside and am very quiet and sure enough I will see or hear something.

 

[EastenerWesterner]

One will bark for no reason a half hour before feeding time.
Sometime the black lab gets upset at the red one for spinning.
Most of the other times, there is a reason. Dogs, voices carrying, etc
If the boxer barks - there is definitely something

 

[user 7704]

I went to bees and when I got back I was removing gear and noticed pool water moving. I looked and our Lab/Pyrenees mix had fallen in and gone through the cover. He couldn't get out so I eventually pull his hind quarters up to deck. The cover is shredded and I'm praying the liner is intact. That is about $1500.

Zeus is a wreck and so am I. The water was very cold. Never a dull moment.

 

[user 7704]

One will bark for no reason a half hour before feeding time.
Sometime the black lab gets upset at the red one for spinning.
Most of the other times, there is a reason. Dogs, voices carrying, etc
If the boxer barks - there is definitely something

So there is a reason.

 

[EastenerWesterner]

So there is a reason.

90% of the time, yes.

 

[GaRp58]

Ours is about the size of a Russel Terrier, 18 lbs. but her ears are the size of a full grown German Shepard. We laughingly tell everybody that she can hear a snail farting at one hundred meters. She will get this really sharp look in her eyes and point her ears in different and opposite directions sometimes even when there is background noise from cars or lawnmowers for us. No idea what it is or was sometimes but a light growl will warn us of everything.
For the 3 weeks I was in America in July, the wife said it was even worse than usual with her being alone...

 

[GeorgiaPeachie]

Our dogs do not bark very much. Their body language tells us everything we need to know. They can be fast asleep and literally jump up and head to the door or window. Something is always out there…even if it is only a squirrel making noise! LOL

Dog breeds are different on their reasons for barking. Small dogs and dogs that get afraid tend to bark, as well as hunting breeds. It is well known that big dogs that do not bark tend to stalk their prey. Yep, even humans. Our dogs stalks. The only time they bark is when they are playing and when we come into the driveway. They get excited we are home.