Brittany Antics, or Putting Mom in the Doghouse

From the archives, circa Fall 2003:


More Brittany antics and mishaps:

First thing this morning I let the dogs out as usual; immediately the three of them race after a rabbit to the back of the yard, take a right (I'm thinking good lord, this poor rabbit is going to get ripped apart!)..rabbit is looking for an exit, rabbit heads back along the back fenceline and down the side, Brittanys in hot pursuit...thank goodness the rabbit found its exit through the wooden pickets at the side of the house. So Maestro limps up onto the porch, splattered with blood! OMG! What has happened to Maestro! He's favoring his right paw. I can't quite tell what he's done to it, so I wake Mike up for help; looks like one nail is sticking out further and at an odd angle to the others, so we rush him to the emergency vet...he is okay...he won't lose the nail, but it is cracked at the cuticle (we don't know how he did it), no broken toe or anything..so he is all bandaged up and milking it for all its worth (he had a sausage egg McGriddle for breakfast ).

So, later this afternoon, Mike is napping after spending the afternoon fixing my brakes...I've got the dogs outside; I leave them for something like ten short minutes as I've got to look and see what all I still need to get to fix supper. We've recently put some sod down, doing a bit of landscaping to combat mud. In one section, the sod didn't take well, so Mike removed it, painstakingly releveled the dirt and put a new piece down, like two days ago. I come outside to get the dogs in and notice in HORROR that there is a "pile" of sod languishing to the side and an empty dirt spot where it is supposed to be...and little tufts of sod all over. OOOOPS! Well, I know my poor little "hopalong" didn't do it..he is basking on the patio resting his injury..he hasn't been doing any digging, not with THAT bum paw! Libby is standing over her ball hoping I'll notice her and kick it for her..clean paws...up walks little Ms. Innocent...paws not particularly dirty..but with telltale blade of grass dangling from between her lips..AHA!! Argh!! So I'm kneeling there desperately trying to get this torn up carpet of sod back into the spot and stuffing tufts of sod where it is a bit bare (feeling like I"m on an episode of I Love Lucy)...hmm, does that look like it did before? Well, I know it won't convince Mike. Shooot!!! Here I am protecting "the dogs", but who's the one that'll be in trouble? Me. LOL. There's a reason we always say it is a good thing Shelby is so cute, and I"m sure you can guess the reason . Okay, so right now Mike is up and I heard him turn on the hose, perhaps he thought the sod looked a little nappy and needs some water...maybe he won't notice..I can hope right?

Cost for today?
ER visit and bandaging: $94
sod: about $4
labor: time and effort (yikes)
Brittanys? Priceless!!
AH, Brittanys!!! Gotta love 'em.