Currently Miss R and I and the dogs are down at her parent's holiday house in south gippsland. It truly is a lovely place to be with a fantastic view of Wilson's Prom and Bass Strait. This is the first time we have brought the dogs here and it is probably the first time that Merlin has has any free time off the lead. He really is fast, I'm talking 2nd fastest accelerating land animal fast. For such a large animal it is a sight to behold. Little Cleo tries to get away from him thinking no other dog can keep up with her....and she's sadly mistaken. The down side is that Cleo has found a way to get through the fence by turning her body sideways. Now this is both fascinating and really fricken annoying. The fact she persisted and got through is testament to a whippet's intelligence, but if she gets out and into the neighbors sheep paddock, well, there's no telling what she'll do. |
Saturday, November 3, 2007
a weekend in the country
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We try and get into the forest at least 3 times a week to let Leon loose. It´s a bit tough to get there before the pigs come out, now that it´s getting dark so early... but it´s just not fair to keep him on the lead the whole time, even if we are running him on the bike. So I swallow my fear and brave the boars so that Leon can run wildly and roll in as much animal poop as he can find.
I'm sure he'll be fine, as quick as boars might be, I'm sure Leon is quicker and more maneuverable. Be glad he's not a petulant whippet.
Oh he´s been taken out once already by them and it took a few days for him to recover. There are actually a large number of dogs killed by boars here.
He´s also a surprisngly slow dog... I think it´s because he´s got such short mutant legs.
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