Hey all!
It was one gorgeous weekend here in Northern Maine! Got in lots of laying in the sun, playing with my Mom, walking, riding in the Jeep, eating ice cream and uh…one little b-a-d thingie I’ll tell you about in a bit!
Today, our adventure was to start off with a ride to the next town South and get some ICE CREAM! Wahoo! Much to my dismay, this is our FIRST soft serve ice cream of the summer. I’ve had ice cream at home but soft serve ice cream is THE BEST! Me and ‘sis ate ours up very quickly! For some darn reason, Mom wouldn’t share her ice cream with us! I almost got some licks in but I was GOOD dog and held back my tongue!
From there, we drove onto a dirt road that goes back to home – rather than going on the ‘paved’ road – we wanted to hit the ‘dirt’ and go for a walk, too, on one of my old stomping grounds roads I haven’t been on since being a Tripawd. Get a load of me in this photo! I put my seat belt on for the rocky ride on the woods road! Ha-ha! Well, to tell you the truth, I did that by accident – see the seat-belt around my neck? I can be a tad UN-agile in the Jeep at times and I plopped myself down and that seat-belt got me!
Before Mom let me out of the Jeep, she could see by the look in my eyes, I was gonna be devilish….ya’ know the look…eyes are much brighter and mischievous looking… So, off we go, on our walk…me loose of course, cause no one wants to keep up with my Tripawd trot when I’m tied and thankfully, they feel badly for me and don’t let the leash go tight to ‘drag me down’…so therefore, I get to be loose! Yeehaw! And today, oh, I was feelin’ my oats! After a bit, I smell something….sniff, sniff, sniff…off the road I go into the ‘bushes’….in the meantime, Mom is yelling at me(and I’m not listening – called selective hearing ya’ know)! It’s VERY close to bear baiting season and we think there was the start of a hunter’s bear bait in there…the trees were taped off like something down there and my sniffer was going and if I hadn’t finally listened to my Papa to get my keister out of there, I may have found out!So, back onto dirt road and walking along….then my Mom starts running to me…little did I know, she really wanted to grab a hold of my harness before I saw the pickup that was coming at at us! Now, have no fear everyone, this is a very old dirt road and people that drive on it are driving very slowly, sight seeing like us…but when I saw sight of that truck…yeehaw! the bad dog in me came out! Or Guard Dog, whatever you want to call it! Just before my Mom could get a hold of me, I took off in a Tripawd Blast toward the pick-up! Again, my ‘selective hearing’ button was turned on and I didn’t hear a THING my Mom said to me!! I got to the truck and got to show off my guard dog barking capabilities…I’m so mean, ya’ know! And what do you know, there was a dog in it too! Oh! Oh! Oh! Over to that window I go to go see and BARK at that dog! Oh crap…here comes Papa to get a hold of me…dag nabbit…now I’ve been caught and NOW I’m leashed 🙁 Two strikes and I was out of being loose! Don’t I get another hit before being called out? Isn’t it supposed to be 3 strikes??
Oh well – I did a good job in scaring that pick-up and dog away! After Papa chatted with him(he knew him)…they drove off…THERE! Did my job…gone! Off my road, I tell ya’!
Here’s a telltale picture of a very hot me after my run towards that pickup…. Hot? Naw, I’m not hot OR tired!
So, later in the evening, I turned into a “Good Dog” again to make up for my bad moments earlier. Here’s me and Mom playing agility! Look at me go! Running so fast!!!! I’m a Good Dog, yes I am!!! (well, sometimes I am 😉
So, if you wanna join my “Bad Dog’s Club”, drop me an email and I’ll send ya’ an application!
‘Til next time, keep on a hoppin’!
Maggie
wow, what adventures!!! i think the sound of your mom’s excitement is almost as wonderful as seeing you run through all those hoops!!! i think i’ll try to stay out of the ‘BDC’ for now…it might interfere with my naps! thanks for sharing your weekend!
gayle
Oh, count us in, Maggie! I’m teaching Zuzu the selective hearing trick- I think I have it down pretty well now. And she’s a quick learner. My mom keeps saying she wants to try agility with Zuzu, and maybe with me, too – except for my selective hearing which makes her think it might not work so well.
Keep up the good work protecting your road! Zuzu and I are protecting ours, too!
Hugs,
Holly and Zuzu
I LOVE a gal with crazy eyes! Mags, I would’ve been all over that wild romp in the road, looks like fun to me! When I come see you in Maine, we’ll practice that selective hearing OK?
Sure Wyatt!!! I teach, you, the youngin’, how to really mature your selective hearing!!!! LOL!!! I’m a pro!
Maggie