Things I am pondering today

[Monster]

Gonna put a hurtin' on the Baby Boomers for sure ...

[cstmwgn]

Could COVID 19 be the millennials attempt to shore up the Social Security system?

[Monster]

He tried to get a deer but just ended up getting kicked.

Sounds like he's learning .. more than I can say for several humans I know.

[BluLightning]

including skunks I heard

His kill list so far is 3 squirrels, 2 skunks, 2 ground hogs and a raccoon. He's a machine! He tried to get a deer but just ended up getting kicked.

[70chevyC-10]

Thanks Phil. He's a fawn Dobie. He guards the yard from anything big or small.

including skunks I heard

[BluLightning]

Slow learner? My half Border Collie/half Australian Shepherd did that at my best friends acreage while I was on my second middle east deployment in 2004. They dog-sat for me (before I was remarried) whenever I was deployed. She had let her out of the front door with their dogs & when she called, theirs came & she did not. When she called again, Daisy came running in through the front door that she was holding open for her. She said she got a full force shot of it as she went by & screamed for Nick to run her right on out the back door. Fortunately he was close & ran her right back out of what is a very nice (and expensive) split-level house that she maintains immaculately. When I got home, they regaled me with the story & I had one-helluva time trying to keep a straight face imagining that scene & knowing how picky that she is with the house. It's a long way from the front door to the back door over some very, very nice hardwood & carpet in that house. He had to drive 25 miles into town to get to a dog groomer to bathe her. They would not let me pay for the gas, the grooming, or anything else.

Luckily, as soon as I got to the back door, I could smell him, so he never got in the house. These days we always have hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and Dawn dish washing liquid to clean him up.

[67 Malibu]

I'm pondering why our dog feels the need to try and eradicate any skunk that comes into our yard. This is the fourth time, I think.

Slow learner? My half Border Collie/half Australian Shepherd did that at my best friends acreage while I was on my second middle east deployment in 2004. They dog-sat for me (before I was remarried) whenever I was deployed. She had let her out of the front door with their dogs & when she called, theirs came & she did not. When she called again, Daisy came running in through the front door that she was holding open for her. She said she got a full force shot of it as she went by & screamed for Nick to run her right on out the back door. Fortunately he was close & ran her right back out of what is a very nice (and expensive) split-level house that she maintains immaculately. When I got home, they regaled me with the story & I had one-helluva time trying to keep a straight face imagining that scene & knowing how picky that she is with the house. It's a long way from the front door to the back door over some very, very nice hardwood & carpet in that house. He had to drive 25 miles into town to get to a dog groomer to bathe her. They would not let me pay for the gas, the grooming, or anything else.

[BluLightning]

cool looking pooch

Thanks Phil. He's a fawn Dobie. He guards the yard from anything big or small.

[70chevyC-10]

cool looking pooch

[BluLightning]

Maybe he likes tomato juice

He is a fan of Bloody Marys.

[cstmwgn]

Maybe he likes tomato juice

[BluLightning]

I'm pondering why our dog feels the need to try and eradicate any skunk that comes into our yard. This is the fourth time, I think.

[corvettedad]

I’m starting to get the hang of this retirement thing, but it’s rough!

I feel your pain

[moparjim71]

I’m starting to get the hang of this retirement thing, but it’s rough!

[corvettedad]

It won't get any better! You need to retrieve it now and find someone else.

What he said.