Maine Millers

Public service announcement:

Last night, being the first of the month, we did the Frontline on the two dogs. It must smell bad or something. Taz really doesn’t like it, Patch used to tolerate it, and Scout just kept trying to get away from that guy putting slime on his back. At least with Scout it isn’t much liquid so he wasn’t “crusty” this morning like the others.

Someone likes to dig! Zach was outside with his metal detector in the back yard and found an old railroad pole about 5 feet long (along with a multitude of other railroad parts) and while he was digging it out Scout decided to check out the fun. He took right to digging like he had done it all his life. Just jumped in with both front feet and started to shovel it out the back a good yard or more. Then of course he promptly went and laid down in the hole and rolled on his back 🙁 . Oh well, I was thinking he would need a bath this weekend anyway.

After the Badminton game Scout just decided to take a break and watch the world go by. He is really becoming a great puppy! I hope that Scout keeps his green eyes they are so striking. His nose has filled in a little bit in the week and an half that he has been with us, so I suspect it will fill in further.

Today the kids and I went to the library to see a presentation on a wolf hybrid. It was very interesting to learn the differences between wolves and domestic dogs. This wolf, Saxon, was a Mexican wolf and looked more like a dog than any wolf I have ever seen in photos or the zoo. Did you know that they can only eat raw food? Processed or cooked food will make them ill. They also have webbed feet for running in the snow and not sinking, kind of a permanent snow shoe. There were other differences but those were just a couple.

He is just too funny pouncing on the birdie. That’s Emma giggling in the background. It’s all fun and games until the birdie dies 😀 .

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enjoy.