Old gal still has some spunk.

[Andy Grant]

My faithful retriever Daisy, who will be twelve this fall, has been showing her age lately. Her eyes are cloudy and her weight, well lets not talk about her weight. Earlier this spring, it seemed like she was aging right before my eyes.

With the summer weather she has perked up a bit. I took her out the other day one her lead to poop, and she went along with her business. Then I heard a sort of screaming sound coming from her. It really caught me off guard. Then I realized it wasn't her. I gave her lead a couple of tugs and told her to 'Leave It'. She promptly droped a young rabbit she had caught. The rabbit ran off no worse for the wear. Old dogs can develop a real soft mouth when they have fewer teeth.

I felt a little bad for the rabbit, but was happy Daisy could claim a little of 'the Good Old Days' back. It has been quite a few years since she has ran down and caught a rabbit.

I think I saw a bit more sparkle in her eyes today.

 

[Lee Harker]

Heh heh heh...Colby used to come in from the back yard with baby rabbits in his mouth and freak out the wife...I think they drowned in the drool. The little dog came in one night and was acting funny..didn't want to look ya in the eye type of thing..then the squeeling started and the wife was screaming that something was wrong with Molly and was almost crying when I popped a baby bunny out of her mouth.

 

[Andy Grant]

I am not worried about the rabbit population. Like my three year son, Sam, said today as a pheasant wouldn't hardly get out of the way of the truck, "God will just have to make another pheasant." (The pheasant did get clear, however.) Sam has quite the sense of humor whether he is trying or not.