June 6, 2008

June 6, 2008

Riverside RV Park Resort is fenced around the perimeter. On the southwest corner there is a gate on the fence leading out into Crown Land ( undeveloped land owned by the Canadian government ) which is raw forest. Every second day or so we go out there with Bo to give him an opportunity to romp around off leash. The wild grasses that grow out there are quite long, and Bo loves to bounce through the long grass like a rabbit. Lately we have been experimenting with not calling him back to us, just to see how far into the forest he will go, and for how long, before he decides on his own to return to us as we hike.

Today he had disappeared into the forest for quite some time as we hiked. Joanne and I were already back at the gate leading back into our RV park. Joanne wanted to call him. I wanted to just wait, and see how long it would take Bo to return on his own. After a few minutes of waiting at the gate, we heard him bounding through the long grass. Oh, there he is ! Bouncing along, tail held high, head held high, looking very proud, and pleased with himself. Wait ... what's that he's carrying ? ? ? Looks like ... a baseball bat in his mouth ? ? ? How can he possibly bounce through the long grass with something that long in his mouth ?

BO ! ! ! WHAT THE H*** ARE YOU DOING WITH A DEER LEG IN YOUR MOUTH ? ? ? AND WHERE THE H*** DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING WITH IT ? ? ? ! ! !

What's wrong with that dog ? ? ? ! ! ! He was very disappointed when I took the deer leg away from him and tossed it deep into the bush. Sheesh ! Mind you, I guess he's due credit for ambition. HA HA HA !

DSK