Ashley caught the vole living by our front door yet again. This time the vole did not survive.
The picture below is of a dead vole. Sorry not to be able to hide it behind a content warning. Just move along if you don’t want to see it.
Ashley caught a vole! I wouldn’t let her eat it, because who knows what parasites she’d get from eating a raw wild animal, but she took it very well when I made her drop the vole.
It seemed to have survived being in Ashley’s mouth for several seconds. So Ashley will get to try to catch it again!
Have I mentioned lately how jealous I am of Ashley’s lean, muscly physique?
At 10:00 AM on the first Tuesday of the month, the county tests its emergency sirens. #dogsofmastodon
The very first month we had Ashley, we happened to be walking right under one of the sirens at the moment it started up. Ashley started howling along with it, which made me laugh. And Ashley looked a little embarrassed, thinking she’d done something wrong. I didn’t want that, so I started howling as well.
Since then, Ashley and I (and Jackie when she’s with us) have howled along with the emergency sirens every month.
Our neighbors have not complained, although I suppose they think we’re rather weird.
I wish I had as lean and muscly a physique as Ashley. But I don’t wish it enough to switch to eating nothing but dog food as a way to get it. #dogsofmastodon 🐕
Here’s a dog wearing a cooling vest.
I often claim that I like hot weather, to the point that I don’t mind exercising in the heat. However, the best thing about hot weather is that it gives me an excuse to sit in the shade, read, and drink beer.
Time to sit on the patio with Revin’s Heart (by @stevendbrewer), a beer, and Ashley.
Ashley’s place on the sofa is no longer in the sun. #dogsofmastodon 🐕 Although it may look like Ashley spends all her time lounging on the sofa, in fact she has had three walks since the previous photo.
Ashley’s place on the sofa is also her place in the sun. #dogsofmastodon 🐕
