by snapping the clip off his tie-out cable and heading for parts unknown. Ghost came back in a reasonable time, LB did not – which is why LB spends his days cabled to the Lair and Ghost does not.
“You ought to train him to come home” Joel said let him roam until he comes home on his own. He knows where he lives, and he’s big enough that the only four-footed danger would be a mountain lion and they’re rare. “This is open range country, and the SOB rancher recently shot a dog that was chasing a cow in its own yard” Joel said gotta find him.
Two and a half hours later, I finally did. I’m guessing he caught a rabbit, which will cause him to hide from me until he has finished eating it. LB has always guarded his food from the Alpha, which is me. When I finally found him he trotted happily up to the Jeep in a place I’d already covered twice.
Irresponsible bastard.
If only “legged” critters were the only sort of threat to pooches out in your neck of the junipers…they’re easier to spot!
Thank heaven again for all you and C. did to help a certain other large black pooch, who went up against a non-legged threat and got the worst of it! You literally saved her life. I’m sure she’s still grateful too.
Bellyrubs to your boys!
Hi, Beth!
I don’t know if anything is more infuriating than when a dog takes off to chase game.You waste time and energy,looking like a fool cause your dog’s gone,and they come back wagging their tail,so proud of themselves for whatever it is that they’ve done.And you can’t yell at them,cause you are scolding them for returning,at that point.
That’s always been the problem with Little Bear. He’s been a successful predator since long before I ever believed him capable of it – he was such a floppy, ungainly puppy I just couldn’t believe the 50-yard sprints he was capable of until I actually saw him run down and kill a grown rabbit. If Thumper can keep ahead of the jaws past about 50 yards, LB runs out of steam. But inside that distance he’s death. And he just loves doing it, and I wouldn’t begrudge him the fun and exercise (I worm him monthly anyway, because he eats everything) but I can’t depend on him to come home after. Oh, eventually he will. When he’s good and ready. But there are dangers out here he simply can’t comprehend, and he absolutely will chase cattle and that’s a deadly danger to him. The whole reason Landlady and T built Gitmo in the first place is that the original pack took up chasing cattle. They didn’t hurt the cattle, they just liked to chase. But legally there’s no difference, the law is entirely on the rancher’s side, and he will shoot them on sight.
Doesn’t help prevent him escaping, but hanging a bell on his collar definitely makes it easier to find him….at least until he learns to run w/o ringing the bell! >groan<
{waves fondly at the Jayne Cobb look-alike heretic blogger} :^)