Wildlife abounds...

I'm finally able to drive up our driveway after over 4 wks. of having to park down at the road...what a joy, not hauling everything up and down, especially with all the rain we've had. So now it's wildlife haven around here.

Trying to go out on walks with the dogs is tricky...checking all around the house for deer.They couldn't care less if a dog barks, they just continue on their way...or not...grazing as they go. Last weekend we found a dead moose on our walking trail into the forest. Very sad. No idea what happened, but we now cannot go back there until nature takes its course...bugs, birds, wolves...if a bear shows up it will guard and we don't want to risk taking the dogs out there. So this means about 3 wk. of not going out on the trails. Such a nice time of the year, also.The trees are budding out, so now a porcupine is in the birch beside the house. Another problem! At least when it's up the tree, we know it's there. Otherwise, who knows where it might be if a dog is off-leash or outside the fence. It too, couldn't care less if I stand there and watch it. This one is sound asleep, early morning.

Shed Search Today

Still stuck in here due to driveway problems, set up a search for Kira in the 'former barn', now storage shed. Found some neat things in there and lots of interest for her to work in. This was a directed search, on lead, we had a porcupine in there recently, so didn't want to meet anything 'that' interesting! Picture above, we had just gone inside.

She has just scented an article under the pot and pushed at it with her nose before flipping it over.Here, she carefully pulls out a cloth glove that was back in between the bike tires.A small plastic lid was back in here. She had to squeeze in and back out. I had handled all the items about a 1/2 hr. before placing them.This one was the last of five, a small leather piece stuck up in a plant trellis; she is just pulling it out.We then went out to play! Had a tug and and a throw and off she goes, shaking it to its 'death'...More tugging, you can see how she is braced to win, I had just let her have this one. She has an amazing grip for a young pup...6 months old today.