I love Dogs me...
Comments
-
I agree with all above and having a dog to walk and care for was a lifesaver during lock-down.
1 -
Hi, Nevers. Your post has just appeared. Good to see you back on here and to hear Tess is doing well despite that scare.
Time flies so quickly and our dogs are with us a relatively short time which is why we cherish every day in their company.
Keep on posting 😊
0 -
Great to hear from you Nevers. I think you were just about to get Tess last time we saw you, bit of a scare, but good to hear all is well. Our mad Labrador has calmed down a bit now👍
1 -
Although currently dogless but still friendly with many mutts in the village and beyond I remembered a quote which sums up my thinking entirely:
"The more I come into contact with Humans the more I like Dogs"
My up and down health prognosis has prevented us from taking the plunge. It's getting a bit like house moving, the longer you leave it the more you wish you did something about it years ago. C'est la vie.
5 -
Pukka Summer weather, warm overnight then out with the Dogs @ pre 6am, I checked the temp +15c. Dew on the meadow, the Dogs ran thru the meadow to let their daft out. Me?, I walked around the edge, it’s up to near my hips right now & the grasses are setting seed. Glorious morning, birdsong & birds everywhere. Have a great day👍🏻
3 -
A great start to your day, Rocky. Good on you and your dogs👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
0 -
Glorious morning here, pooch has taken himself outside for his pre walkies nap, he’s an old boy nowadays, so we take things steady with him.
Found this on BBC this morning, looks like Australians are finding dogs a great solace as well during their latest lockdown in Melbourne......
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-australia-57340316
😁🥰
0 -
Aw! I'll have the one on the right, please. 😚
1 -
Wonderful encounter with a single Dunnock chick earlier on my way out with the Dogs. I know it came from the Pyracantha hedge as I’ve heard them growing up. It was sat there bowing & fluttering until it heard one of its parents not 6’ from me & the Dogs playing the sacrificial broken wing card. That is quite beautiful to see, drawing fire from its chick. By then the chick had hunkered into as smaller quiet ball as it could. I placed it on the low log store roof & we continued out onto the meadow. Wonderful experience & contact with wildlife. I value the Dunnocks as they pick up spilt seed from those messy starlings. I rarely have things growing. Enjoy your day👍🏻😊
2 -
Your encounter with the Dunnock chick and the actions of the parent bird took me right back to my childhood R2B.
When I helped out on the farm we would often walk too close to Lapwings nests, in fact the nest and eggs were so well camouflaged that you could accidentally step on them if you weren’t careful. The giveaway was that the parents would first swoop down at you but if you got even closer to a nest they would use the injured bird trick to try and draw you away from the nest. Obviously once we knew the location of the nest we would try to avoid that area in future.
Sadly the Lapwing like many other field birds are in decline in this part of the country but I do know where to spot them when on my walks with Tess, just hearing the peewit call makes me smile.
Thanks for jogging my memory R2B.
1 -
It was my pleasure Nevs👍🏻, our wildlife is one of the utmost mental health supporters in my book. Whatever is wrong in our lives being around wildlife in their natural environment is a stress calmer free to all. It’s also good for the soul🙂
1 -
I’m sitting here watching through the patio doors as a female blackbird and her faithful dunnock friend root around in the rockery after bugs and crumbs. They always seem to be together. Fascinating!
0 -
That is just as it should be-Mother Nature free at the point of need👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊
0 -
Yep, better than tranquillisers👍😚
0 -
Out with my Dogs around 05:45am this morning, we met a Magpie chick that’d been displaced or fallen from its nest, it was big, ugly & noisy but nowhere near as noisy as its(both) parents. The Dogs sat looking at it with tilted heads as it laid back with its beak & talons raking the air. It looked like a baby velociraptor from Jurassic Park, geez they’re feisty little beggars. I managed to pick it up from behind enclosing it’s wings so it’s oversized beak couldn’t get at my hands. I placed it on a dead bleached ash tree-it jumped immediately into the tangle of Blackberry & wild rose briars. I was just glad to get away from the cacophony. I was initially concerned the feral cats would have it but after that encounter I think the jury is out on who’d win the cat or the mini Velociraptor. Have a good day👍🏻
1 -
You got it to a place of safety, Rocky, and I'm sure the feisty little thing will be fine. Birds do seem to be remarkably resilient. A woodpecker flew into our closed window the other day, dropped into a heather bush where it lay for a few minutes then zoomed off into the woods.
1 -
T-did it’s Bill scratch your glass?, geez them things are hard. Mother Nature gave them an extra strong skull to fend off any damage whilst tree digging👍🏻😊
0 -
I've not spotted any damage, Rocky. I think it must have been a gentle headbutt🙂.
0 -
🤣🤣🤣
0 -
A Lesser Spotted Woodpecker is a regular visitor to a feeder we have attached to the side of our garage. We also have a less welcome family of starlings who bully other birds away but when the woodpecker arrives they certainly know not to mess with it.
0 -
He was certainly spotted, Nevers, but whether lesser or greater, I’d not like to say. He had the regulatory red top knot. We also get green woodpeckers occasionally. They seem to live in the small woodland across the road which is pretty much undisturbed due to the presence of old unsafe tin mine workings.
We've never had woodpeckers feeding in the garden but plenty of blackbirds, dunnocks, robins, crowd, jackdaws, magpies, finches and the odd jay but we've not seen starlings for years.
We get a lot of squirrels too. They’re braver these days as if they know no pesky dog is going to try to chase them up the tree😕
0 -
I know what you mean re the squirrels I have recently had to replace most of my feeders to supposedly “squirrel proof” ones. They seem to wait until we leave the house unoccupied, otherwise if we have the back door open I just need to say fetch and Tess goes out to chase them off. She used to go like a rocket but now she has slowed down so much and can’t be bothered.
0 -
Stanley would give them a stern look through the window when he was past chasing them and that would often do the trick😀
0 -
Hello all, our beloved dally Jazz passed over the rainbow bridge last week at the grand age of 15. We had already decided at the start of the year to start looking for another pup, and fingers crossed that should come to fruition shortly. We cannot however decide on a name, so if any of you have any female dally suggestions please feel free.
0 -
Sorry to hear your news, JB. Words can’t express the feelings we have at such times. You'll never forget Jazz but the new pup will help fill the gap she left.
I'm not great with names and our dogs were rescue dogs already with names. I'd sure not have named our last boy Stanley but it did suit him in a way!
3 -
Hi JB, sorry to hear of your sad news.
I’m the same as TW our last three dogs were rescue so came with names that we tweaked slightly but still sounded the same to the dog. One was called Tyson that we quickly changed to Dyson which was much more suited to his temperament.
I’m sure a good name will come to you when you have her home, good luck and I wish you many happy years ahead whatever name you choose.
3 -
Another offer of condolences for your loss JB, she’ll never be beaten but the love you have to give certainly deserves a home. A friend(Female) has a wonderfully sweet cockapoo called Jess, when she greets people she lays on our feet on her back & my friend always giggles & says-‘what a Jessy you are’, & she is such a sweet girl.
2 -
Cooler this morning & sunny, much better for man & beasts. Happy but exceptionally wet Dogs. The hay is cut on the meadow & has had its first turn for drying, the Dogs love running over it at speed. They were drenched but happy to be out of the heavy humidity I’m thinking. They are now curled up on the sofa on double beach towels, happy days. Only one sighting of a Roe Buck this morning, I just caught sight of his velvet covered tines slipping thru the near copse. I expected to see a great many more Deer since the lockdowns but thus far they’ve not fed thru to more hooves on the ground. Someone will be enjoying the increase in numbers. Have a great day😊
2 -
Thanks for the tale, Rocky.
There's no need to wish you a great day as you're already having one👍
0 -
Thanks Tinster👍🏻🙂. It’s a good point that-sometimes we just need to stop & smell the flowers. It’s a crazy world of pain , death & strife right now but Dogs & Mother Nature are always there & never let us down👏🏻👏🏻
1
