I’m telling you, there’s something in the woods

I’m telling you, there’s something in the woods

Damon has just about lost any response to voice commands today, and since his health has gotten better, he is hard to control some days. Today he wanted what was hiding in the woods.

After halting him and walking numerous times, he wanted to chase or dig at whatever smell was driving him crazy. We have everything from skunk to bear in the woods, so I was trying to be on alert to danger and Damon wanted to get…whatever it was. I could hear it, but he could smell something was not quite right on this autumn day. I finally let him off the leash and he chased and barked at something big, but it was faster than he was, and with the crashing noises I’m guessing it was a deer. He came back after his quick running burst of adrenalin and I put the leash back on him to continue our walk. Rounding the bend he smelled something that drove him to pull, tug and dig, dig, dig.

It was comical because I could not get the leash off of him and he was tangling himself in the fallen branches and bushes. It took me more than 10 minutes of ‘leave it’ before he would listen so I could get him untangled and back on the path.

He found a nest of some small furry animals, they dispersed before he could get any of them. And only then did he finally stop digging. It’s always an adventure!