Continuation of the cord

I truly missed an opportunity of a life time.  Remember I was a chicken to tell John what Walker had done to the extension cord so I just picked it up and put it on John's work bench in his shop.

Figuring it would take him a long time to find it I had forgotten that I did that little sneaky thing when John came to the back door with cord in hand and he said "Did I do this when I was using the weed eater the other day?"  I almost laughed with relief when I had to confess what Walker had done.  I didn't  even have to dream up some far fetched story, just played a sneaky little thing and got a way with it.

 

Bless my hubby he didn't even get upset with me or Walker.  He just waved the end of the cord at Walker and said "See what you did?" Then John almost chuckled.

Off John went to the shop and repaired the cord and then told me where he HUNG it up out of the reach of one Walker boy.

I got all worried and concerned over nothing.  Since Walker had already chewed 3 garden hoses I was sure John was going to say something I didn't want to hear, but like always he pleasantly surprised me.

Walker doesn't have a clue what a lucky dog he is.

Should Have

Before

How many times I have walked past something and a thought popped into my head on the right thing to do with it???

Well last week that very thing crossed my mind with his  extention cord that is on our deck and it goes to the little fountain in the corner of the deck.  I said to self:  You should pick that up  because that might be something that Walker would like.

 Well , I didn't do it so the after photo is what happened to it.  Oh yes Walker boy found it and chewed it apart.  What is most frustrating to me is that he walked by that so many times I can't even remember BUT today it must have just jumped up into his mouth.

I was so shocked and upset and afraid I didn't want to tell John so I just picked it up and put it on his work bench in the shop.  Beings he isn't the most ofservant person in the world we will see how long before he sees it.  

After

More to follow.

 

First Camping Trip for Walker

This June we took our first camping trip with Walker.  I was a bit worried about the long distance ride for him.  He seems to always want to ride up between John and me while in the truck.  Only problem is he is too big to just sit on the console.  John was going to make a extended shelf for him to fit to the back seat so he would be level  while he was sitting but it just didn't happen.
So I really hate it when we leave him in the truck alone he always jumps up to the front seat and he gets quite excited if he sees another dog.

I had a harness for Braxton to hook to the seat belt so I dug it out but it was a pain in the you know what to keep him from getting all tangled so I just took his leash and hooked it to a loop that is in the top of the back seat .  It kept him so he could move some but not try and get all the way up front.

It seemed to set the mood for him that he was to stay back there.  A couple of times we left him in the truck and not hooked up and he stayed in the back and even laid down and not looking around.  We will see how long that lasts.

I think the most fun he had was running down a little stream on one of our walks.  We were going to the Ospray look out in Central Oregon and as we crossed a small little bridge he jumped into the little stream and just had a blast.  He likes to bite at the water as it splashes and he can make some big splashes as he runs.

I didn't have my camera on that walk and what a shame because he sure had a good time.  It was a chore to get him to stop and let me hook him back to his leash because it was travled by other folks so he had to be kept on his leash.

I am almost embarassed to tell this story but it happened.

John had gotten up early to go fishing while I stayed in bed.  Walker didn't stir one bit.  He waited until I woke up and he streched and all seem fine while I was getting dressed and he jumped up on our bed in the trailer and peed on John's side.  I was shocked! So out he went on his chain and I tried to rinse out the blanket, sheets, mattress cover and bedspread.  Of course the dog pee needed more than just rinsing.

So our next plan was to go to a launder mat in La Pine .  That sounded easy enough, well it was late Sunday night that we decided to go there and guess what???  It was closed.  So we made make shift bed covers with the extra stuff we had in the trailer.

I truly think he was really pissed off at John for not letting him out.  Anyway it sounds like a good story.

He normally lets me know when he has to go with either a nervous walk or just looks at me and whines.  He didn't have his bell to ring like at home.

He really likes us both and wants to be either between us or at least touching one of us so beings John didn't say good bye or anything I guess he decided he would show him.  Oh yes he did pee on John's side of the bed.
 

The Hot Wire

Hot Wire Across Drive way

 So worried that Walker would get out onto our road that is too well traveled,even tho it is a dead end road , I didn't want him to start leaving our yard.

Beings he accidently hit the hot wire around our field where our steers are I figured that would be the best way to keep him in the yard.  Just hang some flags on it and fake him into thinking it was hot would be the tickit.  Well that worked for some time.  Then we did eventually make it hot.

So I continued to put him out and didn't worry.  One day though my friend came walking up the side walk with Walker in tow and she had found him down the road.  So now I was suspecting that he was getting under the one wire that we had made hot but couldn't understand why he wasn't getting shocked.

My only thought was to trick him and catch him in the act.  So I dug out the old shock collar and put it on him the next morning when I put him out to do his business. I  followed him until he was done and just that fast he headed for the wire and under he went.  I pushed the button and he yelped and back he came.
 I had been watching him for a while and I needed to go into the house to do my business and when I came out he was GONE.  Dear me now where did he go?  I was on my way to get the whistle that I use to make him come and there he was in his dog house "POUTING".  I was in a hurry so as not to be late for church so I just left him in there.

When I came home I let him out and took off the collar and he immediately crawled under Craigs tree(that is another Story) and I couldn't coax him out.  Finally with a piece of lunch meat out he came but still not very happy.

I did lots of baby talking to him and then took him for a 2 mile hike on the Cazadero trail and finally he liked me again. 
Today he has been pretty good about not getting too close to the wire while we were out side so I do have my fingers crossed that he got the message loud and clear.

Walker not wanting to get any closer to the wire with the little flags

Wall Paper

Utility Room Wall

Now wouldn't you think after raising 3 boys that I would have learned that when little ones get quiet or a puppy gets quiet I best check on him.

As you can see I didn't and this is what I found.

We have been teaching Walker to "GO TO HIS ROOM" and that is the utility room and he is to be in TIME OUT, sort of.  Anyway one day I sent him to his room and went about my business and then decided I best check on Walker and WOW this is what I found.  He had already done the damage and was sleeping on his back and looked so darn cute I couldn't punish him because I hadn't caught him in the act
We have tried hooking up another hose to the water trough in hopes that he won't chew this one like he did the other two.  That means to me I am not giving him enough attention, you think???

Water Hose & Tiller

Jumping at the tiller.  NOT a good idea

OK so if I can't herd it I can at least look at it.

OK this is fun!!

I seem to be struggling with technology and blogging but here I go again.  Yesterday I tried posting about Healed FacePlant but I am not sure where it went so I will just do this one and get to that another day.  Just like  Scarlet O'hara said in Gone with the Wind.

These photos are just ok but the ones with him playing in the water are really fun.  maybe later I can figure it out.
I am wasting precious sunshine by sitting here so I will close this for now but for sure there will be more to follow.

Faceplant healed

It has now been 2 1/2 weeks since the great Face Plant while walking Walker in the local neighbor hood.  Best part of the entire deal is that my glasses were repaired at NC.  

I did have an old back up pair that I could use but so happy to have the regular ones back.

The sunny  days have really motivated me to work out in the yard for just a couple of hours at a time and finding out that Walker is doing well about not going out of the back yard, even when the hot wire is not hooked up.  If I do bring him out front I put his leash on and hook him to my garden wagon and he seems pretty content.  So far no one has walked by to get him fired up but I am sure that day will come.

Last night he put up  a fuss of barking and ran to where the hot wire is across the drive way, or should have been, and he didn't go past it.  Never did figured out what was out there but I am thinking of setting up the night camera over there tonight and see if we can catch something on camera.  Even if it only Walker barking.  I love that camera.

Beings I couldn't post this yesterday for some unknown reason and I have just found it so I will attempt it again.
Didn't get the camera set up but we did have a first last night.  Walker spent the night with us in our bedroom.  Braxton use too. When he stopped jumping up on the bed that is when I knew something was terribly wrong with him.  I so miss that warm feeling on my feet .  Walker wouldn't settle down on the bed and he kept trying to pull the covers off of me. I was just ready to take him out of the room and he jumped down and stayed on the floor till morning.  He is really getting his own personality and I am really trying to accept him as Walker and not to compare him to Braxton.

Losing Braxton has been more of a trauma that I thought it would be but we did have a history .  For many years there was just Braxton and me.