Scruffy The Legend

I am lying on a bed. Charlie is on the floor. I call for him to get up on the bed with me. He politely declines by sitting next to me, but still on the floor. I say “c’mon get on the bed.” He finally does, reluctantly. He does not like to be on beds too much in summer; he likes to stay on the cooler floor. He is on the bed, but still a couple of feet away from my face. I say “Charlie come closer.” He wriggles a little closer, his face still half a foot form my face. “Charlie, even closer – come on.” He just moves his paws patting the bed, certainly saying that it is too hot to get this close. Finally, in a much louder voice, I say “Chaaaarlie – come here!” Now he suddenly climbs on my head, looks down at me and presses his wet nose hard on mine. His expression is definitely saying ” Is this close enough??? Huh? huh?

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TIGGER
Pueblo Animal Services
Pueblo, CO
719-544-3005
info@hsppr.org

POOH in Co at same pound listed as pb Kees – no picture

This is one of those pictures that just says somethng to me. Wish I could help. Its like Ruby – I saw her on TV and just had to help her. If you are near Colorado, maybe you will help these dogs.

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Charlie has started to refuse to eat his special diet food that we instituted because of his previous pancreatitis scare. I find I can get him to eat if I treat him just like a little baby who wont clean his plate in the high chair. When Charlie gets up to leave with the bowl half full, I block him and point to the bowl. I say in a somewaht stern voice -”Charlie, eat your food.” He returns to the bowl, lies down in front of it, eats a few kibbles, very begrudgingly, and then gets up again. I do the same routine all over again. Eventually, I don’t let him get up til he’s done. It takes a long time, just like with a 2-yr old human, but eventually the bowl is clean. Now he can go outside and join his sister. One thing for sure. If Ruby ever loses her appetite, I will know that she is seriously ill. Ruby will voracously eat anything that has any resemblance at all to food, and a lot of things that don’t.

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I was walking Ruby and Charlie in our yard. Ruby stopped suddenly, and appeared almost frozen like a pointer might do. She was stretched out as long as she could make herself. One hind paw was way back. It was obvious that she was investigating some animal under the bush, as she commonly does. The only difference from usual behavior was that she seemed to want to go after it, but at the same time was afraid. A snake maybe? I bent down and looked carefully under the bush, but saw no animal. Then I saw it! We have a plastic life-size owl with very realistic eyes. It used to be on top of the arbor to scare birds away form the grapes. Now we have a new arbor and never put it back so it is under this bush. Charlie paid it no attention. Picking it up now, and moving it toward Ruby, I see that she is definitely afraid of this thing. Moving it toward Charlie, he could care less. I am dumbfounded. Charlie was always the sight dog and Ruby the scent dog. This owl has no scent other than that of plastic. I am actually proud of Ruby, because I already know how good her nose is, but now I see that she has very good visual interpretative skills, well. This reminds me of something: how come the retrievers never go after the decoys, or do they?

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Lost! Daisy Mae is a tricolor Beagle who broke her collar June 6th & was last seen on Steele Rd., Bushkill, PA. Call HomeAgain @ 1-888-466-3242 if you’ve seen her.

Hearing about dogs getting lost is about the most heart-breaking thing I can think of. It is always said that a Beagle will never come back because they just follow their noses looking for prey. Lets pray that Daisy Mae is different. If You are anywhere near Bushkill, please keep your eyes open for a Beagle; if you see one running loose it could be her.

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