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My (unwanted) present
Hubby is gone this week on a business trip, so I'm home alone with the dogs.
This isn't something that bothers me - it happens about once a month - but today Rusty brought me a present I wasn't so happy with... It was beautiful out this morning. After months of cold weather (and to my dogs, anything below 70 is cold), it was 35 when I woke up this morning. I fed the dogs and then sent them out for their morning bathroom... I watched them go and then they were playing chase out there, so I let them be, knowing that Rusty would bark when they were ready to come in. Well, an hour passed and Rusty finally barked. I got up and when I opened the door, Pixie ran right in, but Rusty just wagged his tail and wriggled all over, as if he was very proud and very excited. I looked closer and saw something was in his mouth... It was a sparrow. The thing was dead, but Rusty was doing his darndest to get inside with it to continue his playing. That wasn't OK with me. Luckily, he listened to me when I told him to drop it and he went in without his toy and I went out to take care of the mess. I was very happy to see that he played somewhat gently and the bird was all in one piece, but there are now a lot of bird feathers stuck on our back door mat. I am a bit dubious, though. I know that between the two of them, they can get into all sorts of trouble inside, but killing a bird? Rusty's pretty slow moving and Pixie isn't the brightest bulb on the tree. I'm pretty convinced that the bird was already dead when they went out there and with the snow melting, they were able to move around more (they refuse to step foot in the snow and I've been shoveling areas for them to go to the bathroom). I just hope that next time they do it, Adam's home and he can take care of it. I don't mind gross stuff, but I've got a problem with dead critters - they give me the heebie jeebies! Shelley & Rusty & Pixie (who will be returning home in 16 days and the house sure will be quiet without her!!!) http://rusty.bump.us |
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I am a bit dubious, though. I know that between the two of them, they can get into all sorts of trouble inside, but killing a bird? Rusty's pretty slow moving and Pixie isn't the brightest bulb on the tree. I'm pretty convinced that the bird was already dead when they went out there and with the snow melting, they were able to move around more (they refuse to step foot in the snow and I've been shoveling areas for them to go to the bathroom). I just hope that next time they do it, Adam's home and he can take care of it. I don't mind gross stuff, but I've got a problem with dead critters - they give me the heebie jeebies! I have a 13 year old Staffy, he can hardly walk yet when he is out in the sun he can jump and catch a bird in mid flight. I remember one of my old cats was crying to come inside one night, i went to let him in and he had a dead mouse in his mouth. I yelled at him and he took off. He has been dead for 6 years now and i still feel guilty about it, he was just trying to make me proud of him (my last cat used to eat mice, (this is really gross) she would suck/chew everything but the spine and head so they would look like lolly pops. I nearly had a heart attack the first time i saw one! Cin |
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I am a bit dubious, though. I know that between the two of them, they can get into all sorts of trouble inside, but killing a bird? Rusty's pretty slow moving and Pixie isn't the brightest bulb on the tree. I'm pretty convinced that the bird was already dead when they went out there and with the snow melting, they were able to move around more (they refuse to step foot in the snow and I've been shoveling areas for them to go to the bathroom). I just hope that next time they do it, Adam's home and he can take care of it. I don't mind gross stuff, but I've got a problem with dead critters - they give me the heebie jeebies! I have a 13 year old Staffy, he can hardly walk yet when he is out in the sun he can jump and catch a bird in mid flight. I remember one of my old cats was crying to come inside one night, i went to let him in and he had a dead mouse in his mouth. I yelled at him and he took off. He has been dead for 6 years now and i still feel guilty about it, he was just trying to make me proud of him (my last cat used to eat mice, (this is really gross) she would suck/chew everything but the spine and head so they would look like lolly pops. I nearly had a heart attack the first time i saw one! Cin |
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I am a bit dubious, though. I know that between the two of them, they can get into all sorts of trouble inside, but killing a bird? Rusty's pretty slow moving and Pixie isn't the brightest bulb on the tree. I'm pretty convinced that the bird was already dead when they went out there and with the snow melting, they were able to move around more (they refuse to step foot in the snow and I've been shoveling areas for them to go to the bathroom). I just hope that next time they do it, Adam's home and he can take care of it. I don't mind gross stuff, but I've got a problem with dead critters - they give me the heebie jeebies! I have a 13 year old Staffy, he can hardly walk yet when he is out in the sun he can jump and catch a bird in mid flight. I remember one of my old cats was crying to come inside one night, i went to let him in and he had a dead mouse in his mouth. I yelled at him and he took off. He has been dead for 6 years now and i still feel guilty about it, he was just trying to make me proud of him (my last cat used to eat mice, (this is really gross) she would suck/chew everything but the spine and head so they would look like lolly pops. I nearly had a heart attack the first time i saw one! Cin |
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I am a bit dubious, though. I know that between the two of them, they can get into all sorts of trouble inside, but killing a bird? Rusty's pretty slow moving and Pixie isn't the brightest bulb on the tree. I'm pretty convinced that the bird was already dead when they went out there and with the snow melting, they were able to move around more (they refuse to step foot in the snow and I've been shoveling areas for them to go to the bathroom). I just hope that next time they do it, Adam's home and he can take care of it. I don't mind gross stuff, but I've got a problem with dead critters - they give me the heebie jeebies! I have a 13 year old Staffy, he can hardly walk yet when he is out in the sun he can jump and catch a bird in mid flight. I remember one of my old cats was crying to come inside one night, i went to let him in and he had a dead mouse in his mouth. I yelled at him and he took off. He has been dead for 6 years now and i still feel guilty about it, he was just trying to make me proud of him (my last cat used to eat mice, (this is really gross) she would suck/chew everything but the spine and head so they would look like lolly pops. I nearly had a heart attack the first time i saw one! Cin |
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Cin a écrit dans le message :
... .............................CUT I have a 13 year old Staffy, he can hardly walk yet when he is out in the sun he can jump and catch a bird in mid flight. I remember one of my old cats was crying to come inside one night, i went to let him in and he had a dead mouse in his mouth. I yelled at him and he took off. He has been dead for 6 years now and i still feel guilty about it, he was just trying to make me proud of him (my last cat used to eat mice, (this is really gross) she would suck/chew everything but the spine and head so they would look like lolly pops. I nearly had a heart attack the first time i saw one! Cin Just take a look to http://www.netlaughter.com/kittyhiphop/kittyhiphop.cfm ) |
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Cin a écrit dans le message :
... .............................CUT I have a 13 year old Staffy, he can hardly walk yet when he is out in the sun he can jump and catch a bird in mid flight. I remember one of my old cats was crying to come inside one night, i went to let him in and he had a dead mouse in his mouth. I yelled at him and he took off. He has been dead for 6 years now and i still feel guilty about it, he was just trying to make me proud of him (my last cat used to eat mice, (this is really gross) she would suck/chew everything but the spine and head so they would look like lolly pops. I nearly had a heart attack the first time i saw one! Cin Just take a look to http://www.netlaughter.com/kittyhiphop/kittyhiphop.cfm ) |
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Cin a écrit dans le message :
... .............................CUT I have a 13 year old Staffy, he can hardly walk yet when he is out in the sun he can jump and catch a bird in mid flight. I remember one of my old cats was crying to come inside one night, i went to let him in and he had a dead mouse in his mouth. I yelled at him and he took off. He has been dead for 6 years now and i still feel guilty about it, he was just trying to make me proud of him (my last cat used to eat mice, (this is really gross) she would suck/chew everything but the spine and head so they would look like lolly pops. I nearly had a heart attack the first time i saw one! Cin Just take a look to http://www.netlaughter.com/kittyhiphop/kittyhiphop.cfm ) |
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Cin a écrit dans le message :
... .............................CUT I have a 13 year old Staffy, he can hardly walk yet when he is out in the sun he can jump and catch a bird in mid flight. I remember one of my old cats was crying to come inside one night, i went to let him in and he had a dead mouse in his mouth. I yelled at him and he took off. He has been dead for 6 years now and i still feel guilty about it, he was just trying to make me proud of him (my last cat used to eat mice, (this is really gross) she would suck/chew everything but the spine and head so they would look like lolly pops. I nearly had a heart attack the first time i saw one! Cin Just take a look to http://www.netlaughter.com/kittyhiphop/kittyhiphop.cfm ) |
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Just take a look to http://www.netlaughter.com/kittyhiphop/kittyhiphop.cfm ) hahaha, i dont think i have laughed that much in years. thanks Cin |
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