Just call her Orkin Dog

The rodent population in Green Bay is seriously lacking in the brain department. I don't know if it's that they're just so used to not having much stuff around that wants to kill them, or what - but they do some seriously foolish things.

A while back, the cats (who were only outside in their enclosure off the back of the house) nabbed a Chipmunk and dragged it into the house. *thanks guys*

Both the dogs and the cats regularly grab voles that are stupid enough to run right along the house in front of them.

Yesterday, Lilly was out on her tie-out surveying her domain when apparently, a vole was dumb enough to attempt running through the grass. I looked out the window to check on her and saw her pouncing toward a spot in the grass, then leaping backward like she'd been bit on the nose. I knew she had something, but it was small enough I couldn't see it in the grass. I turned and ran full speed to grab my video camera, tripping over Bailey (who had no idea what we were so excited about) the whole way.

At one point, before I got the video camera on, she flung the creature up in the air. I don't imagine it was for the purpose of me seeing what she had, but that's when I realized it was a vole. Those damn voles. Who do they think they are living under my house?

Anyway, I started recording just in case she did something funny - which is damn near inevitable with my mutts.
What she did, was be a little stinker! I'm sure she would have eaten it sooner or later, but I ended up taking it away just to avoid having to worry about worming her... and to avoid vole guts smeared on her face.

This video still makes me laugh...

Love ya like a fresh caught rodent,
Lioness

Bailey, you're such a dork!

That's what I said to him last night.

He doesn't really care.

I got a good laugh, though.



Bailey gets Joint Strong for his old man joints, especially his hips. Its a really great powdered supplement with glucosamine and chondroitin and other great vitamins and minerals for joint health. I had tried giving him other 'lesser' and cheaper supplements, but he's a very pick eater. He wants nothing to do with tablets of any kind. I think the Joint Strong is a really great product. I noticed a definite improvement when I started him on it, and I know others who also like it for their dogs. Ok, that's enough product endorsement for now.

Back to Bailey, the dork.


A couple days ago, Bailey's Joint Strong was empty. (and by empty, I mean it only had a few little crumbs left in it) I threw the lid in the garbage and the plastic container in the bag of recyclables by the back door and opened a new one. Then, I pretty much forgot about it.

Last night Bailey and Lilly got some bones from the grocery store. They don't get them a lot, and I know technically the hard weight-barring bones from cows are not all that good for them. But, they like them, and we don't really like following rules very much around here.

Bailey likes to take all his really good stuff into his kennel. He knows Lilly wouldn't dare try to steal anything of his out of there. Sometimes he gets so much stuff stockpiled that I have to clear out his kennel so he can lay down in it. Of course, Bailey took his bone to his kennel while Lilly chewed on hers in the living room.

When I headed to bed, Bailey was still in his kennel working on his bone. I saw something strange out of the corner of my eye. What the heck is that?

"Bailey, you're such a dork!"

Like I said, Bailey likes to hide all his good stuff in his kennel with him.

Perhaps that would be a good endorsement for Joint Strong.

"So good you're dog will swipe it from the recycle bin and hide it in his kennel to lick every last crumb out!"

Kids, I tell ya!

Love ya like an empty container of Joint Strong,
Lioness