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I must be loosing it...
I was out sorting out some moss on the lawn the other day (OK- so very English, I know...), and young H was snuffling about watching. So I showed him that I was pulling out the mossy stuff as it was horrid, and we threw some in the air. After killing a bit, he got a wrinkly forehead & sat & watched for a bit. I got bored fairly quickly & wondered off to make a coffee, amble about, etc., and forgot about the lawn. I don't know how much later, but I ambled back outside for a smoke- and all the moss in the lawn had been carefully dug up (leaving the grass!) and was strewn about in piles where it had landed... double take... Jon walks about gob-smaked..... I'm truly amazed- although I suppose that it may be 'normal'- he saw what I was doing, we made it into a game, so he carried on playing when I left? |
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"Jonathan" wrote in message ...
I was out sorting out some moss on the lawn the other day (OK- so very English, I know...), and young H was snuffling about watching. So I showed him that I was pulling out the mossy stuff as it was horrid, and we threw some in the air. After killing a bit, he got a wrinkly forehead & sat & watched for a bit. I got bored fairly quickly & wondered off to make a coffee, amble about, etc., and forgot about the lawn. I don't know how much later, but I ambled back outside for a smoke- and all the moss in the lawn had been carefully dug up (leaving the grass!) and was strewn about in piles where it had landed... double take... Jon walks about gob-smaked..... I'm truly amazed- although I suppose that it may be 'normal'- he saw what I was doing, we made it into a game, so he carried on playing when I left? Pretty cool. You know, Harlan's been on the look-out for a sharp young dog to head up HarCo's new Landscaping Division. --Terri & Harlan (How is young H at handling laser canons?) |
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"Jonathan" wrote in message ...
I was out sorting out some moss on the lawn the other day (OK- so very English, I know...), and young H was snuffling about watching. So I showed him that I was pulling out the mossy stuff as it was horrid, and we threw some in the air. After killing a bit, he got a wrinkly forehead & sat & watched for a bit. I got bored fairly quickly & wondered off to make a coffee, amble about, etc., and forgot about the lawn. I don't know how much later, but I ambled back outside for a smoke- and all the moss in the lawn had been carefully dug up (leaving the grass!) and was strewn about in piles where it had landed... double take... Jon walks about gob-smaked..... I'm truly amazed- although I suppose that it may be 'normal'- he saw what I was doing, we made it into a game, so he carried on playing when I left? Pretty cool. You know, Harlan's been on the look-out for a sharp young dog to head up HarCo's new Landscaping Division. --Terri & Harlan (How is young H at handling laser canons?) |
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what kind of dog is H? A Jack Russell, of course. ;-) |
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what kind of dog is H? A Jack Russell, of course. ;-) |
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"Jonathan" wrote in message ... I was out sorting out some moss on the lawn the other day (OK- so very English, I know...), Hi Jonathon, If you fence the front garden (yard) then you really *would* be English . tsk tsk , moss on your lawn . LOL Alison and young H was snuffling about watching. So I showed him that I was pulling out the mossy stuff as it was horrid, and we threw some in the air. After killing a bit, he got a wrinkly forehead & sat & watched for a bit. I got bored fairly quickly & wondered off to make a coffee, amble about, etc., and forgot about the lawn. I don't know how much later, but I ambled back outside for a smoke- and all the moss in the lawn had been carefully dug up (leaving the grass!) and was strewn about in piles where it had landed... double take... Jon walks about gob-smaked..... I'm truly amazed- although I suppose that it may be 'normal'- he saw what I was doing, we made it into a game, so he carried on playing when I left? |
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"Jonathan" wrote in message ... I was out sorting out some moss on the lawn the other day (OK- so very English, I know...), Hi Jonathon, If you fence the front garden (yard) then you really *would* be English . tsk tsk , moss on your lawn . LOL Alison and young H was snuffling about watching. So I showed him that I was pulling out the mossy stuff as it was horrid, and we threw some in the air. After killing a bit, he got a wrinkly forehead & sat & watched for a bit. I got bored fairly quickly & wondered off to make a coffee, amble about, etc., and forgot about the lawn. I don't know how much later, but I ambled back outside for a smoke- and all the moss in the lawn had been carefully dug up (leaving the grass!) and was strewn about in piles where it had landed... double take... Jon walks about gob-smaked..... I'm truly amazed- although I suppose that it may be 'normal'- he saw what I was doing, we made it into a game, so he carried on playing when I left? |
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what kind of dog is H? A Jack Russell, of course. ;-) That's the fella. Seems to alternate between blindingly intelligent and stone dumb- often knows what you want 'im to do, but the big thing is to make sure that he 'wants' to do it. All the dogs I have had before have always wanted to 'please'-- he is more of a 'uhm, yeh, Ill do that, but whats in it for me' sort of a creature. But hes getting really good now though! (And is presently wrestling my feet as I type this!) |
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what kind of dog is H? A Jack Russell, of course. ;-) That's the fella. Seems to alternate between blindingly intelligent and stone dumb- often knows what you want 'im to do, but the big thing is to make sure that he 'wants' to do it. All the dogs I have had before have always wanted to 'please'-- he is more of a 'uhm, yeh, Ill do that, but whats in it for me' sort of a creature. But hes getting really good now though! (And is presently wrestling my feet as I type this!) |
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