Happy Fox

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Cson has been feeding her backyard fox, and now he shows up for lunch, the miserable thing.

Mine are not quite so bold, as the dogs have free run of the yard during the day, but like Cson, I too feed my local fox and they come every night on the hope I might have remembered them with some leftovers.

Fox are as common as water puddles in large parts of this country, but go about largely unseen as they move around at night.

Cson and I have both had yard fox with a touch of mange, but simply feeding a fox is often enough to boost the immune system so that they can right that problem themselves.
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Digging on the Dogs

Gideon on Sunday.

Cson and I hit the fields but came up blank despite 100 holes.  

It's the weather and the season -- rain all day Thursday and Friday, followed by more rain and HAIL on Saturday, and a Sunday high temperature of 45 degrees.

Ironically it was over 80 degrees out today -- but with more rain and a cold snap coming tonight. 

Ah well.  The dogs had fun, I got my second sunburn of the season, and I got to see Cson's Toast slide to ground like the little trooper she is.  The season is still young; the geese aren't even nesting yet! 

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Water the Good, and Be Part of a Miracle

My friend Cson Johnson does Animal Control in Macon, Georgia. A truly wonderful person.

This dog showed up on a porch in a neighboring county that has no animal control at all. They called Macon Animal Control. Could they help?

Cson has got the dog picked up by a rescue (did I mention she’s wonderful?) and now it’s getting veterinary care.

That, right there, is a miracle.

Do you want to be part of the next part of this miracle? Send a few bucks to the rescue; if not for this dog, then for other dogs to come.

Yeah, I know there are a lot of dogs in need, and a lot of causes, many closer to home.

But I’m asking this one time, and I don’t do that often.

I think this dog deserves better. I think he will blossom, and I want YOU to be part of that good.

Donate a few bucks now and you can tell the story later. By telling that story, perhaps you can encourage someone else to water the good later on.

That’s how it works.

Will your contribution change the world for pit bulls?

Nope. Not at all.

But it might help this dog and other dogs to come.

Donate here >> http://www.friendstotheforlorn.org

Want to help a bit more?  Pass on this post and maybe ask them to water the good folks at Macon-Bibb Animal Welfare.  These are good people doing good.

Terrific Fox Photo

This terrific fox photo comes from Cson who is in Maine, Texas, Pennsylvania. Click to enlarge.

A New Little Man Coming to the House

This happy little fellow stands 11" tall and was made in America.

The day I started looking for a new dog, just two weeks ago, an 11" tall, smooth male out of working stock seemed a tall order to fill.

The good news is that this blog seems to be read by the right people, and so I got emails from seven people in four countries who thought they might have the right dog for me. The first email was from Wales and the dog looked a cracker, but things did not quite come together.

Two of the emails were about this dog, however, and neither one was from the breeder.

The first email was from Cson Johnson, who I have periodically queried over the years seeing if she knew of any small, smooth males out there. She has "good radar," is active in the JRTCA, and seems to know most everyone. She also knows how much I value small working dogs and why.

The second email came from Sherri Rossmiller who happens to own an 11" female with identical breeding to this little male dog. She too knew what I wanted, and why I wanted it.

I shot an email to Dawn Weiss at Briar Run in Illinois. Dawn breeds working terriers, and yes this dog was available to the right working home, and she thought I might do!

We went over the fundamentals, and we were both on the same page: testicles stay on, breeding rights forever, and work the dog like God and John Russell intended.

Check, check, check.

Possum (the name of the dog) is BAER-tested and CERF-clear, and his sire is a bronze medallion dog, as are several others in his pedigree, which includes a long litany of working dog kennels. This little man has already worked an opossum, but due to the ups and downs of the economy in the last 18 months (mostly downs), he has not seen the field-time he deserves, hence his availability to me. Perfect!

Possum comes to Washington, D.C. one week from today (knock on wood), and he will spend August working the go-to-ground tunnels in my backyard, and spending quality time with me, the missus, and the other dogs. A month of assimilation at Casa Terrierman should do him well, and I expect we will both teach each other a little. In September, of course, we hunt!

Much thanks to Dawn for making this dog available to me. I assure her no one could ever give a working dog a better life or appreciate it more.


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• Related Links:
  ** So You Want a Dog?
  ** Finding the Right Dog
  ** Ten Reasons to Join the JRTCA
  ** The Real Jack Russell Terrier: A Complete History
  ** A 15-Year Mistake
  ** What is a Terrier?
  ** Searching for the Questing Beast
  ** A Question of Breed
  ** These are the Good Old Days
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Reimburse for car

Above link is $400 to PB from Jan De W. for Ford Explorer rental reimbursement.

Above link is $220 to PB from Cson on behalf of Jan De W.

A Baby Groundhog Discovers Dirt Dens

Cson has been rehabbing an orphaned baby groundhog who seems to get the idea pretty quickly that holes in the ground are very good places to check out. Nice!

Groundhogs are actually members of the squirrel family, and when they are very small, they look quite a bit like regular tree squirrels.

By late Fall, if all goes well, this little fellow will be pushing about 10 pounds, and by the end of its second year, if it has had a good feed, it will weigh in at around 15 pounds.


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