Rosie's Nosey

This is Rosies nose.  I have decided it is what gets her into the most trouble around here.

 

Here’s what her nose does: 

1.  It hunts out rats.  Here’s the thing, I don’t want the rats hunted out, I want them to stay in their tunnels and be hidden in the dark so I don’t see them.  When she ferrets them out and they go scattering across the yard while I am standing there in the night, it makes me scream like a little girl.  Leave the rats alone, as I’ve mentioned before, they don’t come in my house and I don’t go in theirs, it’s been a good plan for the last 18 years here – why write up a new one?

2.  It hunts squirrels.  Again, as mentioned before on day two with us she caught one in the middle of the yard, tussled with it for a bit and then let it go.  I can’t say the same for the one she caught two weeks ago – while on her leash no less.  That primal screaming you heard a few Saturdays ago was me and no she did not listen the repetitive “LET IT GO, LET IT GO, LET IT GO” which was all I could get out of my mouth.  My husband, who was in the shower on the other side of the wall didn’t hear me either, alas, he did get the task of disposing it.  I had to go inside and lie down afterwards, I was a wreck, Rosie on the other hand – quite proud of herself.

3.  It won’t let me put my shoes on.  Oh look, she’s bending over and her hands are down at my level that must means she is here for me.  I can’t grab my shoes – her nose is in my hand.  I can’t get my shoes on my feet, her nose is in my hand.  I can’t find a lace, her nose is in my hand.  I can’t tie the lace, her nose is in my hand.

4.  It steals doggie #1’s food.  Doggie one is 15 years old, she has earned the right to eat her food slowly and enjoy it – until now, when she must scarf it down to beat doggie #2’s vacuum face.  We bought vacuum face one of those puzzle bowls to make her eat slower, but vacuum face has a needle nose, really – nothing is going to trip up that little snout.  An adult must be in the room at all times mediating the eating process.  Really sometimes you just want to get a drink of water since your right there by the sink, but the second you step out of the “line man” zone, Rosie’s Nosey is getting her into trouble.

5.  It finds itself in your ear.  I don’t know, you’re sleeping, life is good – than suddenly pogo body is next to the bed jumping up in a full upright position and playing the game, how many times can I get my wet cold nose in her ear before she stops me.  Generally the answer is two to three times.  I’m not a fan of the game.

6.  It spills things.  Oh is that my water dish?  Flip.  Oh, is that a glass on the side table? Flip. Oh did some silly human put a glass on the couch??? Flip.  Enough said.

7.  IT SNORES!  Holy crap does it snore.  Last night my husband asked her to leave the bedroom, it woke HIM up. 

8.  It’s always covered in Spider Webs.  This one baffles me, since we take her out on a leash.  She’ll come inside and her nose is covered in spider webs.  I suppose it’s from looking for all the places the rats are hiding.  Let’s hope she never catches one of those rats either, or they’ll be hearing my screams in Russia!  

And that my friends is The Tale of Rosie's Nosey.

Magic Carpet Ride!! (Re-post)

Happy summer Re-post Wednesday!  This is one of my favorites, mostly because we still tow the dog to bed every night and it is always funny.  Originally posted 11/12/12 with a different video that was long (still in the original Nov post and we have a link to on You tube below) - so we made a new video last night that is shorter (hope it works for you, had trouble loading it and I haven't made a you tube link for this yet, we'll see how it goes).  I think you should watch both videos really..... See you Friday!

http://youtu.be/Jv11g9qr-4o     (Link on YouTube to original longer video from Nov 2012)

It’s the most amazing thing; we have a magic carpet in our house!! Weeee!!! 

It kicks on every night when it’s time to go to bed.   

Now it doesn’t work for everyone, you must be a dog to be able to use it.  A dog that sleeps like she’s in a coma, tongue sticking out and who usually doesn’t wake up when she’s turned in for the night, even if you shake her. 

So here’s the thing, puppy is getting old, it’s difficult for her to get up on the bed like she used too, and she used to turn in every night around 10pm, whether you were going to bed or not.  She’d just get up from the living room, walk down the hall into the bedroom, hop up on the foot of the bed and go to sleep.  

Not so much anymore, since it’s hard to get up on the bed, she just stays with us in the living room at night.  So we bought her a blankie (pillow really).  Our last dog used to carry his around in his mouth and take it with him everywhere; therefore I thought every dog instinctively knew what they were.  It took this one about a month to discover what the gray thing was laying in her spot in front of the chair.  For the longest time just her foot would be on the pillow. Then one night her head made it on, then her whole body and she realized it’s soft and it has magical powers!!

And for us, it’s handy!  Coma dog is tough to deal with when you want to go to bed.  It takes about 20 minutes of prodding, shake her, go to the bathroom, shake her, go brush your teeth, shake her, go get a glass of water, shake her, go plug in your phone, shake her, go figure out what you’re going to wear tomorrow, shake her  – FINALLY wake her and go to bed.  Then listen to her grump on the floor.

After she embraced sleeping on the soft blankie, one night I just picked up the corners and pulled her into the bedroom.  Viola!! There she was, all set, no shaking, no trouble with old hips waking up and gimping down the hall after she’s been in a sleep coma, no problems at all – just a MAGIC CARPET that deposits her in the bedroom each night, ever so delightfully!!

It’s great, but I don’t really think we can market it.  My husband and I can’t be in everyone’s living room at bed time to pull the pooch around, but if you care to steal the idea – go ahead, just make sure the Magic Carpet is big enough to accommodate the dog with some extra room. We cannot be responsible for dogs who roll off their blankies when you pick up the corners and start the ride…..thud...

Ohhh - shake, shake, shake - shake, shake, shake - shake your doggie, shake your doggiee!! 

Oops, Those Aren't Supposed To Be There

Rufus?

Yeah.

Remember when I asked if you cleaned out the seed spreader before we planted the beets?

Yeah.

Well – it seems the beet field has sprouted some corn.  Any idea why that is Rufus? 

Yeah.  I didn’t clean out the seed spreader.  It’s kinda pretty looking aint it?

Now of course you can tell I drew the “Corn Stalks” in myself, but I didn’t want you to miss the visual.

We were up north yet again last weekend, and well, when driving up north through Michigan, you pass a lot of crops, chicken (egg) farms and cows (obligatory Moo must be stated here, Moooo).  

On one the roads we were traveling down, we passed this crazy looking field.  I stared at it a long time.  Then it dawned on me, those random tall things sticking out of the short even beet greens were corn stalks.  Ooooohhhh – someone messed up and they’re in trouble……

And of course, my camera sat in my purse on the floor.  Now I did say I was getting better at taking my camera with me, but I never said I was getting better at recognizing crazy stuff quicker and pulling it out in time to catch a shot.

I would have asked the husband to turn around so I could get a picture of the bizarre beet/corn field, but the saint had just turned the car around and went backwards several miles so I could get a Caramel Frappe at the last McDonalds we were going to see for hours (and yes, it was delicious, thank you).

Clearly, I couldn’t ask him to turn around again! 

Going up north is always a long trip, so for me to single handedly add in another hour drive time because of a Frappe AND a crazy farmer’s field I might want to blog about, would have been inexcusable.  

So – instead, you have the artists rendition of “Random Corn in a Beet Field”.  Enjoy my fine drawing!!