Here's a picture that was a happy accident. I was tossing little chunks of bread to Jack and Lucky on the front porch, when Farmer H first came home with Lucky. They finished, and were looking at Farmer H on the sidewalk. How cute is this??? They are "twinning!"
Farmer H took our new dog Lucky over to the side yard by Shackytown Boulevard. Rather than putting the giant screw into the hard dry ground for Lucky's lead, Hick attached it to the guide wire that steadies the electric pole holding our dusk-to-dawn light. Lucky promptly took a walk over to the edge of the woods, and got tangled in the underbrush. Farmer H had to go rescue him.
"I guess that ain't gonna work!"
He led Lucky across the beginning of Shackytown Boulevard, to the old swing, and hooked the lead to one of the swing legs. I went back in the house. Hick came in to get his BARn keys, and said,
"That dog got out of his collar! Turned around and backed up and slipped out! He done it THREE TIMES while I was out there! I guess I need to get a choke collar."
"I don't like that."
"Well, he wouldn't get loose. And I don't think he'd choke hisself. Maybe I'll get him a harness."
So Farmer H went to town for a harness. But he got a medium, and it was too small. So he said the next day, he'd exchange it ($31.99) for a large. Meanwhile, he put the screw in the ground for the lead, and moved Lucky away from the swing, because he'd gotten tangled in the trees there, too. So Lucky was by the dog house in the side yard, where Scarlett had spent her first few weeks.
Lucky didn't bark much at all. Only if Farmer H went out for something. He has kind of a "hound" bark. Almost baying, at the end of the bark. I'm not sure what his other breed might be.
Wednesday, Hick came home with the large harness. THAT'S another story entirely...
4 comments:
Lucky appears to be a very clever boy. I hope he doesn't start running around the countryside like Scarlett used to.
River,
That's why he's tied up for now, until he learns he lives here. He has a different temperament than Scarlett. Not all hyper. When he was loose, he roamed around the front yard.
According to Scarlett's adoptive parent, whom Farmer H sees occasionally, she STILL takes off if she's loose. So they keep her inside or on a tether outside. I think that comes from being kept in a kennel for 12 hours a day in an apartment, while her first human worked. Scarlett wanted to make the most of her occasional freedom.
He is a handsome fella, and their colorings are very similar. My dogs have choke chains, but only when we travel. I tried harnesses, but Eddie carries on like we have put him in something full of thorns. Toni can back out of her choke chain, but she rarely tries to escape in her old age. When she was young, she would take advantage of every opportunity. My daughter put a choke chain on her St. Bernard, Crash. He was really dumb and got it caught in the wooden steps into her house. She had to call the fire department to cut it off before he choked himself to death. Her fence panel fell one day, and he just stood there looking out onto the busy street. Really was not very bright. I can't believe he lived longer that my dog, Louise, his litter mate.
Kathy,
We found out the harness was not an option, since it was chewed off within 20 minutes! I have never liked a choke chain. It just seems like torture, unless you are out on a walk, and MUST have control of the dog for its safety, and that of other people.
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