I had Mabel spayed so she had been layed up for a couple of weeks. I took her stitches out a couple of days ago & thought I'd take her up to the kids. She looked funny on the drive up. Kind of like I'd never see her again. We took Pearl and Mabel to the old schoolhouse. We let Mabel go and kept Pearl on a leash. I heard Mabel bark once deep & then she was gone. I tracked her & she was way north. We drove around and heard her way north of the kids house already. I sent the kids home after a little while and drove around for a couple of hours. Mabel treed once during that time. I started in but she left. I was really surprised. I finally found her treed way back to the east of the kids house about 1:00. She had a coon. There were two coons sitting up in some trees by the truck so I put Mable and Pearl on them just to get the pup a little exercise. I heard quite a few coyotes back where Mabel treed the first time. Maybe that's why she left?. Roy left one back there earlier this week too. I had a rope on Pearl during the drive home to keep her from barking. I gave it a tug and blew out my rear window. $175 dollars down the drain this morning. I have Pearl here for a couple of days. I want to teach her to come when called. Then I'll start hunting her the shock collar on. Anyway, Mabel tried hard not to see me ever again but I caught her. Boy is that old dog tough.
Posted by bruceo at May 21, 2004 02:18 AM