Thursday, February 1st, 2007...2:47 pm
Last to Know (LTK)
That’s our nickname for our dog. LTK, as in, she is sleeping on the couch when the raccoon is five feet away at the window outside or when the delivery guy comes to the door. Or, today, she whined to go outside, and after I opened the door (for the 14th time already today), I saw 5 deer just on the other side of the fence. My first thought: uh-oh, she’s going to charge the deer. Sorry, deer.
But then, something happened. The dog went racing around the corner, past where the deer were eating (most of them did not flinch), and barked at ….. a neighbor. Like the boy whose pop-bottle-thick glasses got knocked off at recess, she missed the deer completely. The deer noticed her and looked up with a oh-dahling-what-is-that dreadful-noise? Granted, deer are pretty quiet, and because these guys did not run off (do they run at anything??), there was no motion to catch the dog’s attention. Still, don’t deer have a smell?
It would not be so disappointing, but for the fact that we read about this hunting breed, the wire-haired pointing griffon, as being so great, flew the puppy from Kansas, and took her to Alaska where we thought she’d begin a busy life hunting and hiking. Then we moved here. Dog, now unemployed, scratches her belly and sleeps on the couch. Once she figures out the remote control, we are really in trouble.
[This post can be found at Bainbridge Breezes.]
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6 Comments
February 2nd, 2007 at 7:51 am
The reason they didn’t run was that they had just finished gorging themselves at your neighbors house on only the most expensive and tasty plants in the garden. I still can’t believe that Bay Hay and Feed sells deer food. They have the whole thing reversed. Venison with a port wine reduction sauce is a beautiful thing….
February 3rd, 2007 at 10:04 am
That explains the sluggish behavior! That possibly also explains the sluggish behavior of the goldfinches I just saw again today. Sitting casually on the perches at our feeder this morning, they seemed more interested in gazing around than gorging on seeds….
May 20th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
[...] bird feeder. Yes, it’s time for more about our wirehaired pointing griffon, Becca, our dearly loved family pooch, also known as walnut brain or LTK. [...]
May 31st, 2007 at 6:14 pm
[...] [Guest post written by Becca/LTK/Bad Dog!! Note my vengeful use of a most embarrassing photo] [...]
August 13th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
[...] No. It seems that Becca, normally LTK, had finally discovered something: baby mice by the house. I’m told she brought one out and, in a move similar to actual hunting dog behavior (which shocked us all), set it down on the ground. Did not eat it, de-limb it or the shake the little mouse life out of it. Well, that one mouse ultimately did not make it, but DH went outside later, worried about other abandoned baby mice, and found another. [...]
April 7th, 2008 at 8:02 am
[...] I love my dog, really, but all recent hair-pulling has been caused by her. [...]
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