Dirty Digger!!!

Zoe is either trying to dig her way to China or she's looking for moles. 

What do you think?

Phoenix's Ear Fiasco!

Shake it off!

Have you ever had one of those days where you wake up and everything sort of goes wrong? Tuesday was that day for me! I didn't sleep very well the night before and I was just very tired. So we get out to the park and the dogs are running around and very happy to be there and I'm sort of more awake than I was but I didn't have nearly enough caffeine on board.

So we get to the part of the trail with all the blackberries and the bunnies use them as their home. They are a great defense against predators because they are so pokey. Bunnies are so smart! The dogs immediately crawled through one of the bunny holes and went into the bushes. I called them out and it took them a while to figure out how to get back out and when they got out, Phoenix kept shaking off like she was wet.

I don't always chase bunnies, but when I do I hurt myself!

When I called her to me, her head and ears were covered in blood. In this photo, it's actually hard to tell but her right ear (left in the photo) is oozing blood. She cut the edge of her ear in the bushes. It was very freaky for me because I couldn't figure out where the blood was coming from at first! It's amazing how much one tiny boo boo can bleed! Darn dog ears!

After she was done shaking her head (and flinging blood drops everywhere) she seemed okay and it didn't seem to be bothering her too much. So I decided to finish our walk and just let her run.

It did throw her gait off a little bit, though! She's running sideways! Silly girl! 

When we got home I cleaned it out and she's doing okay. It took a long time to stop bleeding though! Phoenix has been having a lot of mis-adventures lately! I'm thinking I should really get her some pet insurance!

Has your dog done something silly like this before?  

There were some other very annoying things that happened to me personally on Tuesday, too! It was just not a good day for anyone! I'm so glad it's over!

Working the Field on B&W Sunday

I think this photo really captures what Oregon looks like right now. It's been dark and overcast for so many days. Hopefully the sun will make it out soon! I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

Crazy for Bunnies on Fit Dog Friday

This week we only managed to get to Thousand Acres so I don't have any fun hiking places to tell you about. The girls and I did manage to finish our 30 miles in 30 days challenge, though. We did it in 7 days and I still have the rest of this month to rack up more miles for it.

Zoe's Followers on Fit Dog Friday

Zoe made some new friends out at the park while she was trying to hunt the other day! These two followed her everywhere and I think they were really puzzled by what she was doing!

Phoenix Hunting on B&W Sunday

I was very lucky to get this shot of Phoenix as she went to pounce on a mole. She did not get the critter (thankfully) but that never stops either of my dogs from trying! Phoenix really surprised me here, Zoe is the one who is usually doing this stuff!

The Sisters that Sniff Together... Sepia Saturday

The Sisters that sniff together stay together!! Happy Sepia Saturday, everyone!! :D

Sepia Smiles

I just wanted to make a bit of a clarification on yesterday's post about my dogs not getting out much. I probably should of gone into more details! They do get walked at least 4 times, daily. I just wasn't able to go for as long or as far as we usually go until this week!! They are not being neglected!! :)

Mole Hunting on Fit Dog Friday

Phoenix decided to pose on the fence for me!

If your friends with me on facebook, you will already know this but I figured I'd share it with everyone else. Last week I injured a toe doing the Petbox photoshoot. I'm pretty klutzy and I originally thought the toe was broken. A week later and I don't think it's broken but it's still pretty painful and I think the nail might be coming off. So needless to say, the girls haven't really been out much.