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New Park!

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Daisy was a brave sister and went to try out a new park and trail for us this weekend. Bella stayed at home because I didn’t know the area so it might have been too noisy/crowded for her to handle.  Well, I must say Daisy and I had a blast. The trail is wooded and shady and far enough away from parking lots, roads, and playgrounds that I can say Bella will be going sometime in the near future! it is also short enough we can walk it a couple of times and mom here isn’t too tired.

 

Shady and quiet.

 

I was happy with Daisy. I did need her EZ Walk harness because the squirrels were numerous and frisky (it is spring here).  She also saw her first armadillo!  She looked really really hard at it but decided it wasn’t that interesting and lost focus.  She kept her focus with me when passing people and other dogs.  We even took an unpaved nature trail that she enjoyed very much.

In this park you can rent canoes….I think Daisy wants to give it a try!  I say-never with Daisy! I’d end up in the drink for sure!

 

Can we mom? huh? Can we?

Can Bella come next time?

Yes Daisy, Bella can come next time!

 

Dressing Up the Dog

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So, I tried to write this on my WordPress iphone app. Lets just say I understand why it has such low rating. It crashed and my post is there-I can read it, but it won’t allow me to publish it, so everything must be typed again. But I’ll type it word for word so you’ll know what was going on.

 

So, I came up with a great way to stop Daisy from doing so much damage when she is scratching.  I bought her some wife beater style t-shirts and I must say she is rather cute in them.  She doesn’t mind the new clothes at all.

I took this picture on my Iphone and since we are the only folks at the dog park today I am doing something I never do. i am sitting relaxing and just letting her wander and chase squirrels-while I fit a blog post in. (Now of course you understand I’ve had to do it twice).

More on the hunting….

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So, since I really wanted to get a lot of pictures of the girls and I have two of them and one camera but only two hands- I decided the hunting session should go something like this: Start Bella on my waist leash which only has a 3 foot length while Daisy was on the 15 foot training lead. I thought I’d let Daisy get some of her energy out cause I know she’d be ‘crazy for cocoa puffs’ kind of crazy.

All would have been fine if Bella wasn’t a drama queen. I don’t know where she got that trait but it sure wasn’t me! Daisy was having a blast stalking and running after squirrels but Bella did not want to follow! She had her nose to the ground and refused to participate in the family outing. She sulked, she looked at me like I hit her when I didn’t go her way and a few times she just sunk down on the ground in a good toddler-esque temper tantrum. It was hard with Daisy going one way and Bella dragging her feet.

So, I switched their places. If Bella had her own blog it would have started something like “It took Mom forever to figure out that I am supposed to get the long leash and the freedom it offers…not that other hound that lives here…” As soon as she got the long leash she was so happy, sniffing and running around. The funny thing was Daisy was no less happy! She followed where ever we went, stayed untangled for the most part and just enjoyed whatever little bit she was offered. Of course, Daisy pulled a bit more in her excitement but with her leash around my waist it wasn’t so bad. The video from yesterday was made after the switch. You can see Daisy was just as happy as a lark (and how do we know that those larks are really happy anyway?).

 

Thanks a million to Grannie who is dogsitting while mom had to go out of town for the night!  Not that she minds….I think she secretly likes getting the coonhound lovin’ all to herself.  😀

Coondogg-y!!

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Today’s title must be said in the most southern accent you can conjure up. LOL This is a video of the girls when we went ‘hunting’ at a local park. There wasn’t a squirrel in the tree but I sure had them second guessing and looking! More on this trip later.

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The Girls are Doing Great….

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Something else happened last weekend that I  *thought* i wrote about but apparently didn’t let y’all in on.

So, Daisy is squirrel obsessed. I believe her sun rises and sets in the activity levels of the squirrels outside.  So Grannie and I were taking the girls on a potty walk last weekend. A squirrel ran across our path very close to us.  Daisy and I were walking in front and she tried to chase it up the tree.  Well, Mr. Daredevil squirrel decided that instead of running up the tree he would run around it and in between Daidy and I and Grannie and Bella.  Well, as soon as that squirrel ran in front of Bella she reached right out and grabbed it!

That’s right, my sweet princess Bella caught a squirrel.  She didn’t bay or anything.

Daisy, as good as her intentions were started baying up the wrong tree.  meanwhile Bella had this look like “OMG! That was so nasty! Why does Daisy go crazy for these things?!!”  She was also moving her tongue like she had p-but butter in her mouth trying to get the fur out. I am so proud of my girl!

Daisy continues to be crazy for the squeaky toy. I’m gonna charge my camera and try to get a video of this nonsense for you.  It’s like the old cereal commercials “Crazy for Cocoa Puffs”.