You talking to Me?

Kaylee has trouble with the concept of Garden. Especially "No Garden". Why shouldn't she lay in this empty dirt? It's soft, it's clean, it's simply perfect for a preliminary "lie-down" leading to an energetic "hole-dig" when the mood strikes.



She's telling me to calm down, it's just dirt. What she can't see are the tiny seeds that just sprouted in my "lettuce bowl". She can't see them because they are under her butt. Kaylee understands the general idea that the humans don't want her walking on the green stuff. Except for grass. (Humans are so picky). But she refuses to stay off empty dirt. Dirt and holes fall under her jurisdiction, and that's not going to change.

And just for a change of pace, we saw a skunk on yesterday's late night walk. We were walking through the school courtyard and I saw something black to the left of us. At first I thought it was a bag, or some other garbage, but then it moved and I recognized it was an animal, maybe a big cat? I didn't see a stripe, and I couldn't smell anything, but I recognized the pointy snout and bushy tail.

It moved again and I could see a sandwich or something in its grasp, so I said to J. "Be careful, we've got a skunk over there."

He wrapped the leash around his hand an extra time, and then Kaylee saw it, or maybe smelled it. It triggered her prey drive, and she was pulling and lunging as she tried to break away and chase it. Thank doGness J. has weight on his side, and a strong collar on Kaylee. I didn't want to spend the next hour washing a stinky dog in the backyard. It might be a good idea to make sure I have the ingredients for skunk remedy on hand. We might not be so lucky next time.