Another good week

Monday: Not as hot, early AM run, feed and kennel, go to work, return and mow ... corey's ears are looking great! Snoopy is eating well.

Tuesday: early AM run, feed and kennel, go to work ... returned in a blinding downpour. stopped raining about 730, let dogs out, ran, fed and kenneled

Wednesday: Still very cloudy and humid, but cooler, let dogs out, ran, fed and kenneled. Had to stay and show new workers yard work, let dogs out again. husband had tilled going down the hill (where we're trying to clear out sandspurs and ruts, and all 4 dogs ecstatic, they love to run and roll and dig in the loose soil ... a jot to watch ... left and went to work, when returned husband had gone into town, looked like rain ... let dogs out, had about an hour of mowing then kaboom! here comes the storms ... made it to the kennels with food, Snoopy hides in her house, so feed her inside her house ... rains continue all night .....

Thursday: Beautiful morning. much cooler, the dogs are raring to go ... morning run, greet new workers enthusiastically, feed and kennel, go to work, return to a really nice evening, in 80's, nice breeze ... all 4 dogs greet me at gate, husband is tilling, Corey barks and barks and wriggles all over like a puppy instead of the 7 year old middle aged guy he is ... take him inside for brushing, then out to mow ... the grass and weeds have grown a LOT ...Snoopy, DB and Corey chase each other, DB and Snoopy in their low to the ground flat out run, Corey with long loping strides, Banshee bouncing around like a furry ball. The joy of watching the dogs having SUCH a good time, energized by the relativeloy cool weather, enjoying each and every second, living life to the fullest...

Friday: Another beautiful day ... temps in the 80's ... feels like springtime! Good AM run, feed and kennel, take DB on her Friday ride to the bank, a little later than usual cause i'm off work today! Return, kennel all briefly then let out to enjoy the beautiful weather. Take Corey and Snoopy inside, brush, try to take nap but Snoopy isn't much of an inside dog, won't settle down. Let Banshee in instead. After workers leave and have lunch, we then go into town, return, and husband seeds the tilled parts of the property while i Mow. All dogs having a wonderful time again, romping through the newly cleared woods, chasing each other through the tilled sections, full of exuberant good spirits ... feed and kennel at nightfall.

Saturday: Yet another gorgeous day, temps in the 80's, not humid. Whee! Morning run, feed and kennel, all dogs very lively (just like at the start of fall... I wonder if they think 'gee, that was a really short summer'. I wish...) Went to Aiken to go by post office to pay box rent which I'd forgotten to do, took Corey with me, then went to PetSmart, SuperPetz and Boots and brodles to pick up various dog related items ... SPCA volunteers doing adoptions at PetSmart, all suitably impressed with Sir Corey ... and one customer and her little girl were ecstatic, lady hadn't 'seen an Irish setter in years' ... several comments on how BIG Corey is, 'isn't he big for an Irish setter' and one 'is he mixed with something else like Great Dane?' (well, no, he's definitely a purebred, papers and all, LOL... it is funny, when I'd take Angel Ginger out and about, it was always 'isn't she small for an Irish setter', now it's 'Corey the giant') ... he doesn't actually seem that big to me anymore, I've gotten used to him... returned home, other dogs all out helping husband and workers, (and Snoopy had managed to roll in the horse manure neighbor gave us to work into our soil... yuk...)  let Corey out for awhile then took him and Banshee inside for a nap. Did wash, then mowed for a couple hours, then took all dogs for van ride (Snoopy had managed to clean herself up, by swimming in the wading pool and rolling in the grass, I reckon). Home around dark, fed and kenneled... a great day!

Sunday: Still pleasant weather! Morning run, feed and kennel. Snoopy not eating well again, will switch her to Wellness tonight. The cedar shavings (changed Corey's pen from pine straw in the hopes it wouldnt cling to his feathers...)... now Corey looks like he's covered in confetti ... it comes out easier though. Church, return home and mow a little, DB and Banshee spot a rat and chase it, but it escapes through the fence onto the nighbor's unmowed property ... its pretty hot now, so took Corey and Banshee inside. Then snoopy gets in. Mass chaos. two dogs at a time (and Damcat in the bedroom)  is maximum for this small trailer, Do some paperwork, read, then mow while husband digs up even more of the property ... play ball with Corey and Snoopy, water some trees, Corey and Banshee manage to get peaches and wont relinquish the pits ..finally get them ... feed and kennel at nightfall (Snoopy eats all her food!)

Another good week for Corey and the girls ...he's been with us 2 months now. Corey is playing  with DB and Snoopy, joining in their evening chasathon, he's stil very deferential to all the girls, and Banshee adores him. Now, if only I can get Corey to be nice to the Damcat (at least he no longer lunges at Damcat if he sees him) .. not a day goes by that I don't thank Angel Ginger and St Francis for sending Corey to us, he was exactly what we needed!

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Mary Lou
DB,Banshee, Snoopy, and the new wild Irishman Corey (dogs)
Ginger in spirit (2005-04/09/10)
Damcat
Callie in spirit (04/90-06/07)
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