attack of the evil dog

 Saturday afternoon… My hands are still shaking while I type this… we were just out for a walk and another dog attacked Lupa! She was screaming in fear but luckily she didn’t get hurt - luckily the other dog was small and didn’t get a chance to get a bite in. We’ve been working so hard on her getting over her fear of other dogs… not sure what the effect of this attack will be… but needless to say I was pretty angry and flipped out at the woman who didn’t even say sorry, just that it was okay and to calm down. WHAT! Your fucking dog just attacked my puppy and it’s okay. Oh gosh… I’m starting to wind up again.

Other than that things have been going well. We went on a ‘pack walk’ with Sylvie and her two dogs this morning then hung out at the coffee meetup for a while. Both dogs were great. Marilyn and Mark dropped by for a visit after lunch - we were able to find a few dry spots to put our chairs! Actually, the water has somewhat receded leaving giant puddles instead of lakes. Across the way from us their kayak was floating yesterday after the rains! And our carpet was actually floating!

Last night it was too wet for a campfire so we chilled in the camper burping giant garlic burps from the chicken shwarma that Carm brought home. It was good but didn’t hold a candle to our local shwarmerie.

I still feel like crying with anger. I think that most people I know would be shocked at my ferocious response to that ‘lady’. And the bad language that spewed from my mouth! WHY would you not keep your dog tied up if you knew it was aggressive? Dogs are supposed to be on leash in the park for obviously good reason! 

I might not have gotten so angry if she would have apologized because accidents do happen.

Sunday morning… well, it seems that the attacking dog lives in a trailer just 4 down from us - I guess they were visiting a friend. Last night as I was taking the dogs out a man ran over to me to apologize for the dog which I thought was a nice gesture. I also apologized for my outburst and shared with him why it was so upsetting for me to see Lupa screaming while a dog attacked her… duh.

Unfortunately their trailer is between us and where all the gatherings happen :-(

I think Lupa is a bit more reactive to the other dogs she sees since yesterday, especially those passing by the camper. On a walk she’s a bit more reactive but okay… when we went by the attack dog who barked like crazy at us, she reacted. I had to pick her up to calm her down (it worked).

We had another pack walk with Sylvie this morning. It was lovely chatting while we walked through a beautiful setting.

I’ve forgotten to mention the pollen… it is pouring down from the pine trees dotted around the park. Everything is covered in a green haze. So much for washing the camper!

Now off to enjoy the rest of this beautiful day!

Awesome!

“the villetta”

“a cool breeze to keep the mosquitos down”

“the poo tin”

a good start

 The morning and early afternoon were gorgeous with a blue sky. Alas… a huge thunderstorm rolled in just as I was getting settled in a chair outside (and after the 2nd long walk of the day). Boo hiss! The rain has turned the roads into a mucky mess and wouldn’t you know it, Adia has to go out for a poo sometime soon.  I can see a little slip of blue sky but the thunder is still loud.

Adia has been great, and aside from another rabbit and some guinea fowl has been reasonably good on her leash. Lupa has been surprisingly good with just a few barky outbursts at a passing dog. We are right on it so with any luck she’ll settle down. On our walks we’ve passed several barking dogs but aside from pulling on the leash, she’s been good. 

The two walks have both dogs tired - yay! Adia is asleep under the table, Lupa goes between our laps, or looking out the window.

Carm had a fun coffee time this morning and I’ve visited a few people on the lane but it hasn’t been a super social day for me. I’m happy.

I did end up with some ribs yesterday! Marilyn didn’t finish hers so passed them on to me and I was too hungry to worry about eating leftovers ;-)

Later in the afternoon: It’s pouring cats and dogs with a bit of hail thrown in. The mud has extended beyond what might be considered reasonable. The roads are a lake 😱  - I expect to see some mud pout swimming.

After supper: the rain stopped around 5 leaving the place submerged. I wondered if my boots would be tall enough! They were :-)  The dogs wolfed down their supper, then the dogs and I headed out for a walk while Carm hunted down supper with the truck.

The route I took for our route had some big puddles on a river rock type base. In other words, mud free! The dogs are getting better at walking on a leash. 

The dogs have been great all day. They quietly chilled all afternoon as we were trapped in the trailer by the torrents of rain and a shake of hail.

Awesome!

“ribs after all!”

“beautiful walk in the ‘back 40’”

“Adia being such a good dog”

“Lupa greeting people without barking”

“sleeping puppy cuddled onto my lap”

tally ho to the rally o

 A light drizzle accompanied us for the two thirds of our trip to the rally, but it dried up (mostly), letting us get unhitched. The air was only a mist but gosh almighty - our sight has lots of bare mud and deep puddles. Unfortunately we didn’t get the same site as last time but we’ll survive (with hip waders!).

Getting out of the house and down the road was challenging at times. There’s so many little things to remember and our memories were dim. However we got safely on the road right on the planned time. After pulling out of the laneway we realized that I had forgotten to turn on the back camera… simple fix… put down the steps, pull out the handle, unlock door, extend slide 10ish inches… Done, now for the reverse… I forgot one crucial step and didn’t see it until several miles down the road! YIKES! I didn’t retract the slide!!!! Luckily no damage.

I’m getting a bit stunned.

So we got here, unhitched and set up with no problems. So far Lupa hasn’t been horrible with barking even though she’s seen lots of dogs and met lots of people. She’s out of her element though so we’ll see what happens as the days wear on and she starts to feel it’s her territory. I guess I should focus on how well it went today and not awfulize.

I did have to take both dogs out for a walk by myself and that almost ended up badly… a rabbit jumped out from a bush right below Adia’s nose. It’s a miracle that I stayed upright as she is STRONG. Oh my gosh it takes all my strength if she wants to pull. I’ll dig out a prong collar for her at least for when I’m walking the dogs by myself.

Man, I’m starving. Most people went to RAXX for their rib special. I stayed behind with the potential barking dog and ate cheesies and licorice. Not satisfying at all… edited to add: no takeout for me - they ran out of ribs!

Awesome!

“making it to the campground with only a few oops!”