March 8, 2012
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Guaranteed to drive one insane.
Is it possible for one dog to drive a person insane? What was I thinking last February when I thought about giving up my oh so calm life with two yappy Chihuahuas and include a hunting dog? 46 pounds of pure energy. Every day, my husband takes the bike out and she (Patches) pulls him non stop for 4 miles around the neighborhood. Husband is well known now in the area. Folks have even pulled up beside him while traveling super fast on his bike and asked him if he would run their dog!
So, lets break this down:
2 sofas or part of a sofa... gone
2 screen doors... bent in half
1 window screen... how she got that high amazes me
2 carpets..... mud, mud, mud
1 pair of progressive prescription glasses ($700),... taken off the kitchen table
4 pairs of reading glasses.... taken off the end table
1 entire backyard.. hunts back and forth without a break
40 daffodil bulbs planted and removed within one hour of planting
3 bottles of shampoo.. taken out of the tub
1 camera battery... taken off my desk
2 bars of soap.. taken out of the tub after bath
2 run in's with porcupines resulting in trips to the vet ($$$$)
Countless shoes, socks, and other apparel.She loves to hunt (which is a good thing I guess) but never things of anything else. Yesterday, with the warm weather, I noticed a huge amount of tweety birds singing away. Last night, Patches "pointed" a spot in the fence without out moving a muscle for 9 minutes. I know that bird was scared to death to move.
So, today, seeing the temp rise to a balmy 68, my husband and I took her for a run at a nearby park. Needless to say, she was pissed to see those tweety birds back again. After all, she had chased them all away in the fall.
For me, I know that when you become complacent in life, it is definitely time to shake it up a bit. I told husband that the next time I come up with an idea like this one to throw the hair dryer in the tub while I am in it!
Who doesn't love dog breath?
After running solid for 45 minutes.
