J5's Daily Grind

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Smelly Trinkets

inverted vertebrae

JD managed to mostly haul a rotting 5 month old dear carcass to the house. Smelly Trinkets can found daily lurking underfoot around the house. Like a full leg brought into the bed at 4 am. Tasty. You can get your own smelly trinkets here. (ZUMBAPANTS is the secret discount code)


Tommy's not all toughpants.

Aside from the daily excitement of skeletal disposal, JD also has a couple friends over for the week. Tommy and Riley are staying at the vista, enjoying JD's toys, crate, vast collection of horse poop patties, and carcass parts. Yeah we're less than 24 hours in and already teaching the pups bad habits. Moo-hah-hah!


JD dragging toughpants across the floor during a game of Monkey tug.

Would someone please play with me?

Feeling crated up myself, I planned a post dinner night hike with all the pupples, hoping the exercise would help us all sleep better. Suited up for the cold snowy temps and armed with a helmet light (and helmet - safety first!) we headed out for some nighttime fun.


The snow is still sticking around.

H. wisely strapped a reflective vest on JD. His markings make him blend into the terrain and nearly impossible to see.

Dish and JD ran amok on coyote patrol and carcass retrieval while Riley and Tommy practiced for their upcoming knot tying wilderness badge by half-hitching, marlinespike hitching, sheepshanking, and klemheisting every sappling or downed tree in the woods with their retractable leashes. For little dogs they sure can move fast. We hiked for about and hour and change, then did the barn chores before turning in for the night.

I am Jack's intriguing burrow.

Not quite an epic alpine adventure, but a fun time with what we're given. The sky above the ridge line was a shade of red which contrast eerily against the dark gray sky. The trail was frozen and still mostly leaf covered which lent itself well to hiking, but would have supported the bike without mucking up the tread. The temps today are similar to which means I might actually get a chance to test out the 2.55 Weirwolf LT off-road before March 2nd. Light batteries are already on the charger.

3 comments:

Bonzo said...

That's revolting, bro. People can say what they want about cats, having a box of shit in your house, blah blah blah, but I've never had carrion in my bed. The best she's delivered is a live mouse. But did you see the whippet in the finals at Westminster? Looked just like Po. Mom and I were on the phone to tell each other...

Anonymous said...

awww! miss our boys! Glad they are having fun! Thanks so much

Anonymous said...

sorry... that was me posting under Mike's name.

Jeanie