misfitsandrescues

We had to move some haying machines to a different hayfield. While I had someone with me I ask Lynn to keep the dogs from seeing me for 30 minutes. I zigzagged across the field and into the woods to hide. Then texted Lynn to release the dogs. It took them less than 59 seconds to cross the field on my trail the whole way.

I got to see the river otters again today. Which is a rare sighting here in Alabama. They played around the pier then headed fir the grasses. Where they tried to have duck for breakfast.🦦🦦🦦🦦🦆🦆🦆

I took Cowboy to the park. Hide and seek didn’t work . He kept to close of a watch on me. So I ask him to sit and stay at the pavilion. He did as a I ask. When I hollered come he ran straight to me, and past a few steps.😂😂🐕❤️

An Ole Cowboy once said “ You are blessed if you have one good dog and one good horse in your lifetime “. I’ve been truly blessed with lots of good dogs and many good horses but 4 horses that I’ve had that special bond with. One that will test your limits and make you the best that you can be and vice versa. They can read your slightest body movement , even when no one else can even see you move. They can read my mind or mood and know what kind of ride that I need on any given day. It’s like we are one when new are together. If you ever have a chance to bond with an animal, horse or dog, you will know what I mean. They are nit JUST a horse or dog. They are part of your heart forever. Lots of pieces of my heart are already at the rainbow bridge waiting on me. I guess we will have to cross it two at a time. We don’t want to make it collapse with all my special animals.🥰🐎🐎🐎🐎🐕🐕🐕🐩🐩🐩🦜🦜🦜🕊️🕊️🕊️

Peaches loves her older brother Zak. Just like a pesky little sister always being a pest when he’s trying to sleep.😂😂🐕🐩. #standardpoodle #belgianmalinois

Peaches insisted on taking the stick home. I told her it wouldn’t fit in the truck. Well she proved me wrong again.

I waited for the dogs to get to the far end of the field out of sight. I slipped in the woods to hide from them and then hit the beeper button on my @Invirox_ training collar. All three of the dogs know to come back to me when they hear the beep. They all came running back, of course Peaches in the lead. They stopped up short. When they must have wind scented me. Zach stopped and looked around but did not see me so he headed on for the cart, which is the last place that he had seen me. It didn’t take him long to come running back to where he last smelled me. Peaches was on my trail in no time I’m not sure if it was all from scent or maybe she caught movement of me trying to video them . Either way it was a fun activity for all.

Yesterday the dogs and I went for a walk in the woods. They took off running after something like they always do. Peaches came back to me first in just a few minutes. It wasn’t long and cowboy came running back and then Jack dog. As they were walking in front of me, I could tell cowboy had a little different gate. By the time we got home I could tell that he was hurt. He went out back, so I went out to check on him and examine what wounds I could find. The only mark on him was that one little cut on his leg. But he would not put the leg down and walk on it. After I checked it out and found no other injuries and his leg was actually moving right. I gave him some anti-inflammatory and pain, medicine, along with some antibiotics. And put some anabiotic ointment on the wound but of course he licked it off immediately. it was late and there was no way of getting a hold of a vet to see if I had done the right things. This morning cowboy is walking normal again. He is walking on the leg. So now it’s just a matter of getting the puncture wound healed up. We will never know exactly what happened. He could’ve impaled himself on a stick or a limb, while he was running so hard. Or he could’ve got a hold of a beaver, possibly because I can sure leave a wound like that. As long as he is better is all that matters to me. 🐕❤️

Thus us Gunner . He is a 3 year old Quarter Horse. And he loves to run!!! I wish I had someone younger that would like to run barrels or some other speed competitions with him. I have ridden him quite a bit . But I’m to old for speed events now.

There’s nothing like a refreshing shower after a hot trail ride. For the horses I like to get the salt from their sweat off of them. I’m not sure who got wetter the horse or me. Oh well on a hot day it doesn’t matter.🐎🤠

It was a relaxing trail ride yesterday. All the dogs went with me. Even though Cowboy was still a little afraid and kept his distance. He must have gotten kicked when a couple of other people rode with me a while back. I didn’t see it happen but he wasn’t afraid before that ride. Give him a few more rides and he will get over his fear.

I finally have all the dogs spinning when I ask them to and sometimes when I don’t ask.😂🐕🐕🐩❤️. #dogobediencetraining #standardpoodle #belgianmalinois

Peaches was helping me pickup limbs that had fallen from the stormed last night. When I ask her to get the one out in the road I wasn’t expecting her to get all tripped up. She usually drags them by the stump end.🐕😂🐕

Sunday afternoon was a stormy day. We have been having a drought lately and then Saturday we had about an inch of rain which saturated the ground. This was a friend of ours about a mile from our house. The house was a two-story house. The man was sitting in the downstairs living room, watching TV. His wife is in the laundry room. The tree came down between the both of them. The tree took out the front porch and came down through the upstairs. Some of the lambs Are sticking through the upstairs into the house. The owner said they never lost their electricity. Even though the tree is across the house they have stayed in the downstairs part of the house. It’s amazing there were no injuries.

I tied Gunner up so I could doctor a cut on his neck. When I walked away a huge horsefly hit on his back right on the one place he couldn’t reach. I couldn’t walk up to him with him bucking and kicking to help him. He finally stopped long enough for me to respray him for flies again.

Cowboy could smell the leftover cat food in this small compartment. He even glanced back to see if I noticed him. I almost listed it when he got his head stuck. But he did figure out how to turn the compartment upside down to get the last of the food out.🤣🤣🤣

Jo Jo the bloodhound had a wonderful time playing in the river with Cowboy. The way she kept putting her head underwater I was wondering if she was tracking CATFISH!🐕🐕😂😂❤️

I know I’ll get flack about thus video but I’m posting it anyway. I wasn’t happy that Peaches was chasing or swimming after the fawn but I was very proud of the way she immediately left the heat of the chase with just one word from me. Although I said many more. The fawn kept swimming around the point and safety to shore. And the dog’s returned to me. After about 30 minutes I noticed movement again in the water! It was Peaches on the scent trail of the deer. I had to cut part of it out for time. Then she picked up the scent and headed into the direction the fawn had swam. Again with one word, nit even a harsh word and she came back to me. I hate nit letting her run but I can’t have her harassing the wildlife. It’s time to trime her wings or fins a little. 🐕🐕🐠🦌. #belgianmalinois

I didn’t have time to physically exercise the dogs as much as they should have been yesterday. So after a 10 minute walk in the backyard, I decided to do a little brain work for about five minutes with them. It’s true that five minutes of brain work is more taxing on my dog Than me, then running for 5 miles. #dogobediencetraining #brainwork #belgianmalinois #standardpoodle

Me: You must not eat the delivery people! Cowboy: Why not? Why? I WILL!

The osprey have gotten comfortable enough with me that this morning it stayed in the tree and watched me on the pier for about 30 minutes. Then it was time for him to go to work fishing for his family. It must have been the little shiner minnows they were catching since I couldn’t see the fish. Hopefully I’ll get to video them while catching big fish to show y’all. #osprey

Just chilling on the dirt roads with my 3 dogs and me!!! Perfect afternoon activity on a 97 degree day in Alabama .🐩🐕🐕🤠

Yesterday the curious Osprey was messing with me. He was watching and waiting for me to catch a fish for him. I disappointed him last night. I didn’t catch a single fish for him.😂😂

My Cowboy dog has finally grown out of his clumsy stage. But he is still so sweet that he gives his toys to the other dogs.🐕❤️

This morning I noticed something unusual swimming in the river. So I start videoing it, and when I pulled it up larger, I could see that it was a whitetail deer. I filmed him for about 10 minutes as he swam along. He turned once like he was going to come my way to get out but my dogs showed up about that time. He swam on to the center of the river and rode the currents on down river aways before making it back to shore.