My dog is a PIA, but he's a good damn dog...

[spitfire926f]

So Koda got a rabbit...or so he thought. I let him out for potty and he comes back with this rabbit in his mouth just happy as hell. He drops by the back door. (I went back out to get rid of it but it was gone. Must have just been stunned maybe? I'm gonna have to check the yard when daylight comes to make sure it didn't get mortally wounded, but there was no blood). 

So it annoys me he kills these critters, it also occurs to ke that if we were dealing with an apocalyptic-type event, he'd also be helping me feed my child/grandchildren by bringing me his kills. Even with the raccoons, he doesn't destroy/tear them up. He leaves an intact kill by the back door. He kind of remunds of Buck from The Call Of The Wild. In the movie, Buck did the same thing for Harrison Ford (and was also a PIA before he got dog-napped and taken to Alaska). I wonder 8f Koda could catch fish like Buck did. 

I have a damn good dog, even if he is a huge pain in the posterior exterior. He still can't get the fat black squirrel that lives in the Walnut tree in the yard, though. He's been after that damn squirrel since last May

Gratuitous video of a shepard chasing squirrels:

[gardengirl1953]

Jan 16, 2024 9:33:44 GMT spitfire926f said:

So Koda got a rabbit...or so he thought. I let him out for potty and he comes back with this rabbit in his mouth just happy as hell. He drops by the back door. (I went back out to get rid of it but it was gone. Must have just been stunned maybe? I'm gonna have to check the yard when daylight comes to make sure it didn't get mortally wounded, but there was no blood). 

So it annoys me he kills these critters, it also occurs to ke that if we were dealing with an apocalyptic-type event, he'd also be helping me feed my child/grandchildren by bringing me his kills. Even with the raccoons, he doesn't destroy/tear them up. He leaves an intact kill by the back door. He kind of remunds of Buck from The Call Of The Wild. In the movie, Buck did the same thing for Harrison Ford (and was also a PIA before he got dog-napped and taken to Alaska). I wonder 8f Koda could catch fish like Buck did. 

I have a damn good dog, even if he is a huge pain in the posterior exterior. He still can't get the fat black squirrel that lives in the Walnut tree in the yard, though. He's been after that damn squirrel since last May

Gratuitous video of a shepard chasing squirrels:

Two of my adult cats can still catch mice (indoors) and other things (outdoors). Which I understand; that is Nature. But I just can't eat a bunny, no matter how it died. I would eat my grains and legumes as long as I could acquire them, and probably starve to death, eventually. I have always hoped that if a nuclear weapon was dropped, I would be sitting at ground zero. It would be fast. Except for a few friends, I am alone. No kids, siblings or other family. Just my furry kids.

My friend has a Great Dane that chases a squirrel that taunts him from the tree branches, it is fun to watch! The dog has no hope of ever catching it, the squirrel is too crafty! He's a big pain in the ass, too - his grocery bill is higher than my friend's grocery bill, but he is such a love! When I visit, I spoil him while his mama isn't watching!

[spitfire926f]

Jan 17, 2024 0:53:34 GMT gardengirl1953 said:

Jan 16, 2024 9:33:44 GMT spitfire926f said:

So Koda got a rabbit...or so he thought. I let him out for potty and he comes back with this rabbit in his mouth just happy as hell. He drops by the back door. (I went back out to get rid of it but it was gone. Must have just been stunned maybe? I'm gonna have to check the yard when daylight comes to make sure it didn't get mortally wounded, but there was no blood). 

So it annoys me he kills these critters, it also occurs to ke that if we were dealing with an apocalyptic-type event, he'd also be helping me feed my child/grandchildren by bringing me his kills. Even with the raccoons, he doesn't destroy/tear them up. He leaves an intact kill by the back door. He kind of remunds of Buck from The Call Of The Wild. In the movie, Buck did the same thing for Harrison Ford (and was also a PIA before he got dog-napped and taken to Alaska). I wonder 8f Koda could catch fish like Buck did. 

I have a damn good dog, even if he is a huge pain in the posterior exterior. He still can't get the fat black squirrel that lives in the Walnut tree in the yard, though. He's been after that damn squirrel since last May

Gratuitous video of a shepard chasing squirrels:

Two of my adult cats can still catch mice (indoors) and other things (outdoors). Which I understand; that is Nature. But I just can't eat a bunny, no matter how it died. I would eat my grains and legumes as long as I could acquire them, and probably starve to death, eventually. I have always hoped that if a nuclear weapon was dropped, I would be sitting at ground zero. It would be fast. Except for a few friends, I am alone. No kids, siblings or other family. Just my furry kids.

My friend has a Great Dane that chases a squirrel that taunts him from the tree branches, it is fun to watch! The dog has no hope of ever catching it, the squirrel is too crafty! He's a big pain in the ass, too - his grocery bill is higher than my friend's grocery bill, but he is such a love! When I visit, I spoil him while his mama isn't watching!

Yeah, Koda will never get that squirrel. And I'm like you, I've been a vegetarian so long, I don't I could go back to eating meat, even in the apocalypse.

[❤️ Molly ❤️]

Our husky caught a squirrel at the dog park a few years ago. I was mortified! I didn’t want our dog to be known as a squirrel murderer. Luckily our lab ran into and bumped it out of her mouth and the squirrel scurried up a tree.

[gardengirl1953]

Jan 17, 2024 0:59:02 GMT spitfire926f said:

Jan 17, 2024 0:53:34 GMT gardengirl1953 said:

Two of my adult cats can still catch mice (indoors) and other things (outdoors). Which I understand; that is Nature. But I just can't eat a bunny, no matter how it died. I would eat my grains and legumes as long as I could acquire them, and probably starve to death, eventually. I have always hoped that if a nuclear weapon was dropped, I would be sitting at ground zero. It would be fast. Except for a few friends, I am alone. No kids, siblings or other family. Just my furry kids.

My friend has a Great Dane that chases a squirrel that taunts him from the tree branches, it is fun to watch! The dog has no hope of ever catching it, the squirrel is too crafty! He's a big pain in the ass, too - his grocery bill is higher than my friend's grocery bill, but he is such a love! When I visit, I spoil him while his mama isn't watching!

Yeah, Koda will never get that squirrel. And I'm like you, I've been a vegetarian so long, I don't I could go back to eating meat, even in the apocalypse.

Agreed! Some of the 'fake' bacon, the soy stuff in salad shakers, is close enough in taste for me, likewise some of the veggie burgers. I like roasted vegetables, like potatoes and onions, or red pepper and Brussel sprouts, which gives me a savory taste. Then soup, with added beans and corn, is a mainstay. I just read something about nutritional yeast flakes, that add protein and taste kind of like cheese. I will check that out next time I shop. And I add milled flax and chia seeds to soup, too. I try to pack as many 'super foods' as I can into what I do eat.

[gardengirl1953]

Jan 17, 2024 1:02:16 GMT ❤️ Molly ❤️ said:

Our husky caught a squirrel at the dog park a few years ago. I was mortified! I didn’t want our dog to be known as a squirrel murderer. Luckily our lab ran into and bumped it out of her mouth and the squirrel scurried up a tree.

Good lab dog!