OwenG4now on Nostr: GN NOSTRats! Second real frost of the season and this morning I spotted my newly ...
GN NOSTRats!
Second real frost of the season and this morning I spotted my newly arriving mating pair (dispatched annually) of pond destroying muskrats crossing my pond. Normally they are VERY easily spooked and vanish, so odds of me getting back to the house, grabbing my Volquartsen .22WMR and getting a shot are slim to none.
TODAY, not only did I get that chance but they provided TWO swimming shots @75 yds. Now, as amazing as this was, it gets WAY better.
Thinking to myself, “I wonder if I could get my water-loving Black GSD to retrieve them? (Video is from weeks ago play) She’s just a puppy and generally, when outdoors, isn’t overly interested in what I’m doing so I had to help—a little. I picked up a pine cone, got her attention and tossed it in the direction of the floating “marsh rabbit.” She launched after the cone and immediately picked up on the floater and swam it back to shore. It took a few minutes to trick her out of her prize, after which she spotted the other on her own and retrieved it too, for herself, keeping her distance from me this time (thinking I wasn’t watching her shove it into the muck and covering it with leaves!).
I couldn’t help but think of the small number of people in this country, some of whom are suffering the consequences of the hurricane in the south, even comprehend the kind of day I had today. Life is good here in the north Midwest, I am blessed and wish the same for all of you.
Second real frost of the season and this morning I spotted my newly arriving mating pair (dispatched annually) of pond destroying muskrats crossing my pond. Normally they are VERY easily spooked and vanish, so odds of me getting back to the house, grabbing my Volquartsen .22WMR and getting a shot are slim to none.
TODAY, not only did I get that chance but they provided TWO swimming shots @75 yds. Now, as amazing as this was, it gets WAY better.
Thinking to myself, “I wonder if I could get my water-loving Black GSD to retrieve them? (Video is from weeks ago play) She’s just a puppy and generally, when outdoors, isn’t overly interested in what I’m doing so I had to help—a little. I picked up a pine cone, got her attention and tossed it in the direction of the floating “marsh rabbit.” She launched after the cone and immediately picked up on the floater and swam it back to shore. It took a few minutes to trick her out of her prize, after which she spotted the other on her own and retrieved it too, for herself, keeping her distance from me this time (thinking I wasn’t watching her shove it into the muck and covering it with leaves!).
I couldn’t help but think of the small number of people in this country, some of whom are suffering the consequences of the hurricane in the south, even comprehend the kind of day I had today. Life is good here in the north Midwest, I am blessed and wish the same for all of you.