Roscoe's family came home yesterday.
We were all very happy about it. :)
I went over to his house to let him out of the kennel about 6:30 yesterday morning. He gets out of the cage and stretches, first thing, with his back legs still in it. Then he springs like a cat, and whirls around, and barks. When I opened the door to let him go outside to pee, he just stood there and yawned. I said, "Ok, if you aren't busting to pee, we'll just go on to my house. Let's put your leash on."
When I picked up the leash, the dog went buck wild, and started running (at full-on speed) a circle that encompassed the dining room table and the kitchen island. He was running on vinyl, and when he made the turns, his rear end would slide out from under him, sideways. I just shook my head at the goofy b*stard - it was too early for that crap - and caught his collar on the next pass.
He was pretty good in the house while he was here. Bathroom breaks required close supervision, since our yard is not fenced. Yesterday afternoon, I put the leash on him to take him out, and when I opened the back door, he SHOT OUT the door. Yanked the leash right out of my hand and ran. I hollered, and he stopped at the corner of the house, and turned around and looked at me, like Give it up, old lady; you'll never catch me, and took off again. I went after him. He'd let me get within 5 feet of him, and then he'd bolt. He ran over to the neighbor's yard, stopped 10 feet from me, and turned around to gloat. Neener-neener.
A line of trees separates our yard from the neighbor's yard. Most of the trees are large enough for hide-and-seek. I changed the game on him.
I stepped behind a big tree, out of his line of vision, while he was looking at me. He made a hunh noise, like humans do when something mildly amuses them. When he'd poke his head out where I could see him, I'd lean the opposite way. This went on for about a minute. He finally came around to my side of the tree to see wtf was going on, and I nabbed him. SUCK-AHHHHH!
"Old age and treachery . . . ."
It's good to be pet-less again.
I don't know what I'm going to do today, now that I've wasted half of it. The community garden plots don't need working today; I pulled grass and hauled more wood chips Saturday, so they're good for a day or two. There are always weeds that need pulling in our yard, but it's freakin' hot today, and I'm just not gonna do it. I need to go to the grocery store, but since I won't be cooking dinner for a couple of days (The Husband left on a short work trip this morning) I can do that tomorrow.
The little clay fairy/mushroom house still needs a roof . . . .
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