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There’s more things than flies to bug a person with a curious dog

I knew you were trouble when you walked in…– Taylor Swift

Music dogs and kids shouldn’t sing when their humans/moms are around ;P

Anyway, the recent weekends were busy for us with various medical, family and other commitments that we were not able to find the time to take Donna to the dog park. As a result, Donna hadn’t had the chance to be off leash and let loose somewhere outside for quite some time.

But we always made sure she gets her everyday walk at least once a day. The other morning at the park we saw a squirrel and a pigeon around the same tree and I stopped to take a picture. Unfortunately by the time I clicked, the squirrel is plastered to the tree and the pigeon was on the other side of the tree so… well, can you spot them?

And as I was amusing myself with my camera phone, Donna was sitting by my side, and a man walked by with his beautiful black dog. And that black dog was pulling and prancing around even as the man continued walking. And the most amazing thing? Donna remained sitting with her loose leash!


Picture: Pretty, if restive, pure black dog. Yes I sneaked a picture, but their not identifiable anyway :P so it hurts nobody!

We continued our loop around the park when it struck me that there was something new near the fenced enclosures that I don’t believe were there before! Ok, they were just “pick up your dog poop signs”. But for the longest time I was lazily wondering what the fenced enclosure was for.

And since there was no other signage identifying the use for the enclosure, I took it that I could bring my dog inside and just give her the luxury of running free on her temporary private grass patch for a while.

Although I start to get some misgivings within 5 seconds of getting in there. For one, the gates were designed to be latched from the outside and there was no hole for one’s hand to go through to comfortably latch the gate from the inside. So yes, we left the  two gates unlatched.

Two, for an empty enclosure, this place is surprisingly full of flies! and red ants.

Three, Donna started sniffing the unknown bone like things sticking out of the ground. I kicked one and it broke and I still don”t know what they are. Some form of fungus maybe. But given my dog’s penchant of suddenly deciding to perform certain hazardous taste tests, one can’t be too careful.

Four, the remnants of a large tree could have been interesting, except that it was crawling with termites.

She didn’t take the opportunity to run much, being more interested in sniffing out the new place. But we did have to run once we got out of the fenced enclosure, just to shake off the flies.

The good news was Donna returned home with no ticks or other such parasites, the bad news for her was we showered her thoroughly anyway. Muahahaha!

Rainy days and red ants

Everyday is a rainy day over here, and suddenly there are insects everywhere.

The random dragonfly that landed one day on the unwashed towels in the yard.

Snails.
Small black ones.
Small neutral coloured ones.
And big cone-shell snails that could take up the entire space of my palm.
And of course the unfortunate ones that got smashed underfoot.

Ants.
Small black ones.
Small red ones.
And big red ones with long clingy limbs.
And of course the unfortunate dog that gets them all over her paws and muzzle.

Ah yes, my silly dog will persist in inspecting all the grass patches and tree trunks swarming with big red ants. Heedless, she continues on. Until you make her sit. Then she seems to finally feel their stinging bites (probably), and still she sits there as if expecting them to depart from her paws on their own. Is it just my dog that is silly?

Out comes the wet tissue. Wipe them off, wipe them off!

If you see a crazy woman jumping up and down on a pile of wet tissues trying to kill those red ants while her silly dog sits there and pants, you know who it is!

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