I had another caged coon so I called Wade and we took Ruby and his pup Rocky out to the old mans farm. It had rained earlier & it was nice and wet, perfect for a pup. We let the coon go on a hill and he headed down into the woods. We waited a while and sent the dogs in. When Ruby opened it sounded like she had caught the coon on the ground. We headed in to her but found out that she was just trying to work her way through the swamp grass. There was quite a bit of it there and it was all wet from the rain. If we had known about this grass we probably wouldn't have let the coon go here. Anyway, I backed off and let here work. Wades pup just hung around with us. We know he can trail, but he just acts like a puppy when Ruby is there. She worked it out and treed after about 5 minutes. Really treed hard. We walked the pup in and got him to bark a little but he really wasn't interested. We left the coon & I'm glad. It sounds silly but there was something I liked about that coon when I picked him up this morning. I hope he has a nice life up on the farm. I like Ruby, probably too much. I don't know how well she'll do if I ever compete with her & I don't care. She's my new favorite dog.
Posted by bruceo at September 5, 2004 11:01 PM