I wanted to go ride the motorcycle some in the afternoon, and I put the liner back into my jacket but the streets and driveway were still dripping wet.... A couple of the neighbors started to mow their yards, but the grass clipping turned green and gummy on the sidewalks.....
Somehow just riding the bike with no apparent destination in mind on a too cool, wet day didn't motivate me..... So I stayed stuck on the computer...... Kind of aimlessly browsing....
The one thing that struck my heart, was learning that John and Brenda Brown from up in Calgary, Alberta had lost their dog Meggie... She was a Boarder Collie and lived outside on their farm Northwest of town...
As an outside dog, she had found and got into some poison a year ago, but some how had managed to get over the incident.... But evidently this same would be animal poisoning person was back at it this spring.... Brenda hasn't told us any more, and I don't know if they know anything else....
This brought tears to our eyes here in Kansas, as we remember Meggie bringing us any stick she could find for us to toss, so she could run after it... Now I mean tiny... like a little twig or a piece of grass..
But I have fond memories of John with his Lacrosse style throwing stick, tossing a ball clear out to the road so the dogs could go get it... Meggie always won the race with Mac the doberman in hot pursuit... and our poor little Biscuit scampering for all she was worth... This game seemed to go on for quite a while... and reportedly every night.....
I do hope they can get to the bottom of these people..... It doesn't make any sense...
This all came by the way of Facebook, and I haven't checked but I don't think they blogged about it yet... John and Brenda..
Our heart goes out to you folks....
Retired Rod
I was very sorry to hear about the loss of Meggie. I'm sure John and Brenda are heartbroken by this - as we all are.
ReplyDeleteIt's just very sad and there aren't words to describe the pain caused by losing a pet - especially when it happens needlessly.
Oh, how sad. I hope they find whoever did it and string them up.
ReplyDeleteRod,
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about Meggie's death. I hope they catch the low life who did that.
Erik
Meg died of Strychnine poisoning but unlike what sometimes happens in more crowded neighbourhood, it is unlikely that it was an intentional act in this case. We live a long ways from our neighbours and anyway they for the most part are all Meg fans. She made friends wherever she went. Our house is a half mile off the county road so a drive by is unlikely also. But this is the season of the year when folks in this part of the world try to get control of their gopher population and it is the only time of year when you can acquire strychnine. Although it is strictly controlled and only given on an as needed basis, it is likely that someone in the area was poisoning gophers and a bird either got into the bait or ate a poison rodent and then flew over and died on our place. I spent most of yesterday and part of Sunday scouring the places that Meg could have been Saturday looking for dead critters and did gather up two magpies and a hawk. My bet is the magpies were victims of feeding on the dead hawk and it is possible that Meg might have been too. So it is some small consolation that it is extremely unlikely that she was the victim of some cruel misguided person, but nevertheless it is a terrible loss.
ReplyDeleteBut it is the circle of life and she like others before her has gone onto the Rainbow Bridge to wait our reunion, and what a time that will be. We will be well mounted and have a pack of dogs like no one will believe to greet us as we make that crossing.