Landlords acquired this machine recently and have gone absolutely bananas with it.
They demolished the building I used to use as an Eatin’ Chicken coop*, and the old hitching post thing in the middle of the lower pasture that ruined so many potential shots, and have used it to pile all the debris in the back of the pasture, to ruin my photos in a completely different way. They took down all the crap around the apple tree so now I can pick apples. They seem to be having an awful lot of fun doing it.
But I get that. I also like to use tools, though on a lesser scale. Last weekend I was non-blogging because I was busy building the duck pen. I had to finish the post-and-rail fencing and then page wire it all in, which required a saw and a cordless screwdriver, and wire cutters and a hammer and U nails and buckets and buckets of sweat! And when I put it all together, I remembered I had no gate, so I had to fashion something out of pieces of a plastic XPen. The end result ….
These got to come home!
They’re SO cute!!!
They smell SOOOOO bad!!! Why did I put them so close to my house?
And the best part? Piper is TERRIFIED of them! Won’t even look at them, much less work them.
NO GOOD DEED, BITCHES!
Phhhlllbbbt on you and your stinky ducks, lady.
This is par for the course for the way this month is going though.
I spy, with my BIG RED SWOLLEN EYE, a dog who has been bothering bumble bees:
And SOMEBODY is still broken, and had to be pulled from Regionals :(
Who? What? Nobody. Nothing to see here.
Leash rest / no leash rest, drugs / no drugs, laser therapy / empty bank account … nothing makes a difference in his tripodding. He still goes like the dickens, but the tripodding remains. And apart from the fact that I won’t put my dog at risk by making him compete if he’s not 100% sound, someone could point out his limp at Regionals and we could be excused, which means no refund. At least this way, I can pay down some of his vet bills.
He thinks he’s fine.
But I can see that his left hind leg isn’t extending like his right and there’s a definite hitch in his giddyup when he walks. He looks like a hooker with his new rear end sway.
I’m bummed. Nationals is HERE this year.
Now all hopes rest on this:
THIS is sulky, inconsistent and last year decided all her contacts were on fire, when she wasn’t moping around taking off course jumps at half speed. IOW, Regionals is probably a bust this year for us.
Why doG, WHY??
I wish I knew what was wrong with him. Nobody seems to be able to figure it out, and it’s been going on for a month now. Any ideas?
I feel kinda like this about the whole thing:
Poopy.
And for the love of doG, would someone please adopt my Wumbers already??
(*I realized “Eatin’-Chicken Coop” sounds like somewhere I go to eat chicken, as though it were a dirty shameful secret. I really meant it’s where I used to raise the chickens that were for eating, not for laying eggs, since those chickens can’t live with the other kind)
Wendy Marsh says
Can you tell me where the info is for adopting “Wumbers?”
p.s. I’ve loved reading your blog (I’m a fellow border collie owner) for a great number of years now :)
Judy says
Never a dull moment at your place or your life!
Lauren Miller (ZoePhee) says
Oh that totally blows about Dexter’s leg! I hope you figure it out soon! Those ducks are seriously adorable!
I hope someone adopts Wumbers soon! She’s adorable! I want to snuggle her!
citydog says
Psoas injury?
Evie douglas says
sciatica maybe? Had the same problem with one of my dogs. The solution was acupuncture.
Diana says
I was thinking psosas injury also.
Liz says
Um…what kind of ducks are those? They’re wonderful! And weird!
Paige says
My border collie had a similar issue. It turned out it was a luxating patella, but it only luxated when the leg was extended– like when she would run. At this time she was doing a lot of running and stuff, doing sheepdog stuff. For her the ligament that holds down the patella became hard and tough because of the constant strain from the luxation. It was dx’d by a physical therapy veterinarian and xrays. She noticed the ligament was … harder? I can’t think of the word.
We did NSAIDs for a bit to bust down any inflammation, and physical therapy to help strengthen the leg. But, ultimately, we had to stop sheep dogging (I can hear people screaming right now lol) because it would crop back up. It’s not like she had some stellar career but it was still a bummer.
The Food Lady says
Those are Indian Runner ducks! They don’t fly, which is why people use them for herding :)
If you are interested in Wumbers, email me at adoption@surrey.ca!
Vet does nothing psoas because of where he shows pain. He didn’t say anything about patellas, so I will look into that, thank you!!
Alison says
I have had both an animal physiotherapist, and a chiropractor correctly diagnose the root cause of a dog lameness. I’m apt to go there first now.
Good luck fixing Dexter.
Liza says
So sorry about Dexter. Hope he gets better, and that you have a better Regionals than you’re expecting!
Liz says
Second opinion. Second vet found what had been missed the first time for my dog who had been lame for weeks and weeks without a real diagnosis. Gracillius muscle okay? ‘Psoas muscle can be atypical in pain presentation too. He may have just pulled something. Bummer :(