Country Life | The Sun Dog Drift

I love my grown up Sasha….the baby of the Sundogs. But now since we’ve decided 5 dogs are ENOUGH dogs I get a little sentimental about the puppy years. So I have to share what I’m talking about. Around 8 weeks old. She’s a retriever through and through. _MG_0387 How about that confirmation. I mean body. _MG_0415 In the mornings sitting on the front stairs looking for crawling things was a favorite activity….and still is. _MG_1072 Learning how to swim at a young age is required at Sundog Ranch. Sasha is around 10 weeks here. She started her swimming career in the puppy pen. _MG_0965 It can get a little intimidating competing with the big Sundogs. _MG_0807 So drying off and watching is good. _MG_0643 Summers are hot at Sundog so staying near the water is imperative. _MG_0633 “In fact if sitting in water does not cool you down fast enough lie down in it.” _MG_0294 In case you wondered Sasha is allowed in the house. _MG_0395 Even on the couch

Now do you see what I mean about missing puppy time?

Adios Amigo’s

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We have a couple new family members on the Sundog Ranch. Every animal on the ranch are intrigued by them….especially the Sundogs. When we go to the barn to feed the first thing on the Sundog’s to do list is to check on those new little critters in the barn.

Run for Your Life82 We have this sliding door to the hay room tied so it won’t open all the way and BIG animals can’t get in thereby giving the Manx Brothers some recluse.

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But the tie is not working so well. Lassen is able to muscle his way in. Poor Manx Brothers. Run for Your Life80

I yelled at Lassen (I mean gave him a command) to come out of there and he actually listened to me. Until all hell broke loose and almost all of the Sundogs burst in to greet the Manx Brothers. The Manx Brothers live on top of the tack room. They are our new barn cats. You see we have quite the wood rat population and something has to be done about it.

Here you have them. I could hardly get mad. Yolo of course was posed for the photo and little Milton Manx posed along with him. Lassen is trying to get closer and find out were Mangus Manx is. Mangus is Milton’s brother. Maisie is trying to keep her cool because she thinks the Manx Brothers may be tasty. Nevada looks at Maisie wondering why she is acting so weird. Sasha is a bit weary of the Manx Brothers since that other BIG kitty we used to have gave her more that one swipe across the nose. Run for Your Life76 Sasha stays outside and Momma Maisie joins her. If was not so hot she’d be chasing dragonflies. The temp is already in the low 90’s. Run for Your Life72 Maisie returns salivating at the mouth now…but not foaming yet. You can’t hear her whining, good thing. Yolo is still posed in the best spot for kitty viewing and brother Lassen stays nearby for support. Run for Your Life69 Milton gets closer to the Sundog Brothers and lets them know it is NOT OK to come any closer. Mangus is tucked away in the box refusing to come out. Run for Your Life153 Somehow between the time I went to grab something out of the truck and then turned around to return the Manx Brothers decided to make a bold run past every body and make a dash for the tack room. I tie the door to the tack room too and the tie stays. The brothers are able to poke in and out and tease the Sundogs. Here is Lassen doing what he does….sitting very still and drooling over the brothers. Here is Mangus posed to sprint back to the hay room since Lassen won’t stop drooling over him. Run for Your Life156 Here he goes. Run for Your Life162 Milton makes a dash too staying with Mangus but oh no! The Big Brothers are working together now. Run for Your Life161 The BIG Brothers are closing in…what should we do? Run for Your Life165 Somehow Milton made it back to the tack room. The BIG Brothers don’t care. One kitty is tasty enough.

Run for Your Life167 What is a kitty to do? Run for Your Life164 “Maybe I should hiss and swat now but I’m frozen” Poor Mangus. I’m proud at how he is handling this. Do you hate me now for not rescuing him? Don’t worry I trust my Sundogs. Besides they had a big breakfast. Run for Your Life171 I know this looks like Kitty abuse but it is part of getting to know kitty. After this look CAMERA DOWN kitty in my arms. The Sundogs still have a ways to go to quell their obsession with the Manx Brothers. We will do this routine every morning until the Manx Brothers are no big deal anymore. I’ll make sure we don’t have any unsupervised visits with the Sundogs and the Manx Brothers down at the barn. AND I will make sure I feed the Sundogs well before our visit.