Dogs, sometimes I wonder :-)

One of my Camellias has been standing outside when the nights were so horrible cold and it hasn’t looked this healthy in many years.

The day started well but it was well below freezing point outside so I had to scrape the car windows before going to work. We had wonderful morning mist, the kind where one could see the fog roll away like big waves over the ground, so I picked up the camera I had in the car and of course the battery was dead 🙂 🙂  The morning mist was even better down by the lake so I was a bit annoyed by myself for not checking the camera after I used it last week. So lets hope it’ll be much the same tomorrow morning.

All the Apricot trees have been standing outside those cold nights as well and they too look good.
I was sure the Himalayan Cedars were more or less dead after this winter, I forgot to water them, but now one can see that new needles are growing out 🙂

Even the grape vine cuttings look good and they barely have any roots yet.

I came to work a bit early but started to work almost directly because today there was one more that didn’t come to work, high fever this time, so I had to check the huge washing machine that cleans all the things we’re going to paint. None of those being at home yesterday turned up today either. So today we were five short at the painting department but that would be worse later on.

     

Because I suddenly had a phone call from my neighbor telling me that Alma had escaped the dog yard once again. This time she had managed to rip off the fence from the ground. The gap wasn’t more than 25 cm (10 inches) wide and perhaps 15cm (6 inches) high. I have no idea how she, who is quite big, slightly bigger than a German Shepherd, could squeeze through that hole. My neighbor told me that he had tried to make her go back but when he came too close to Malkolm (they were both rather stressed by this), still in the dog yard, she changed the sound of her voice so he would rather call me 🙂 🙂 🙂

He’s going for her stick.
He’s catching up really good.
He loses his balance though.
Well it is nice to lay down in the grass as well 🙂

I have no idea why she keeps on doing this because she doesn’t go anywhere and she never manages to go back which is what she always wants to do 🙂 🙂 🙂 So I had to leave work and go home to fix the problem and then go back to work again. I really couldn’t be angry at her but now I think she has learned that if she does like this I’ll come home again 🙂 🙂 🙂 The only time that dog use her brain for more than fifteen seconds is when she calculates how to get out from the dog yard. She must have worked on this place in the fence for quite some time before she finally could squeeze out from that hole 🙂 🙂 🙂

 

Red leafed Elderberry tree.
Leopards bane, seems to survive any condition 🙂

On my way home the Beekeeper also sent me a text message that Alma was outside. She’s the kindest there is but one day she’ll do this when someone comes driving, then again everyone knows she can turn up anytime so everyone drives really slowly on this gravel road 🙂 At least the dogs were happy to see me even if it only was for a few minutes 🙂

Have a great day!

6 responses to “Dogs, sometimes I wonder :-)”

  1. ppekka24 Avatar
    ppekka24

    Oh my, Alma is keeping you busy! Did Malkom follow Alma when she escaped through the fence?

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    1. Christer. Avatar

      Hi ppekka!

      She sure does 🙂
      No he stayed and I guess it was because it was hard even for me to find the new hole 🙂

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  2. Caryn O'Keefe Avatar
    Caryn O’Keefe

    Alma is one of those walkabout dogs. And why are they never as motivated to get back in the yard as they are to get out of it?

    Perhaps you can find the grid-type panel fencing that gets pushed in along the bottom of the fence line and is supposed to prevent animals from digging underneath. A double fence line along the part where she chews might work and would probably be cheaper. I’m told that a strategically pruned quince hedge makes a very effective deterrant against

    We were supposed to have frost last night and this morning so I put the plastic bags over the peonies again. When I went out to take them off one of them had blown away during the night. I looked around my yard and up and down the street. No plastic bag. I have no idea where it went. The peonies were fine.

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    1. Christer. Avatar

      Hi Caryn!

      I think she actually was quite motivated to get in again but the fence had turned so that it caught her fur and skin when she wanted to go back in. She never walks away but stays close to where she got out 🙂 🙂 🙂
      That’s the kind I’ll be looking for!

      Yes those thorns are nasty even for dog determined to get out 🙂 🙂 🙂 Then again this is Alma we’re talking about so I’m pretty sure she would chew her way out 🙂 🙂 🙂

      We had frost but hopefully this was the last one for a very long time. Perhaps a fox or other animal took the bag? or did the wind blow it away?

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      1. Caryn O'Keefe Avatar
        Caryn O’Keefe

        The wind blew it off the peony frame but it’s against the house so it should have caught up there or in the vicious rose bushes nearby. I even checked under the jeep incase it got caught there. I’m guessing it blew out into the street and ended up in one of the neighbor’s yards and they picked it up.

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      2. Christer. Avatar

        Sometimes those plastic bags blow up ab behaves like balloons 🙂

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