Tres, the Fords 100 pound Germen Sheppard, has a tendency to bark and or wine for many reasons. Each of his vocal renditions are dissimilar, and seem to have specific meanings. For example, his outside bark is loud, can be heard up to a half mile away, and tells us there is someone or something with in his viewing area. Bad guys hear him and assume he will eat them alive. We like that, the neighbors do not.
Tres has another bark which is used inside the house. This bark is a higher pitch and used mostly when he is attacking the vacuum cleaner, as Donna is vacuuming. We have Tres and two cats, they all three leave their, fair share of hair, on the carpets. Fair share of hair sounds like a good start to a poem. He will bark at the vacuum relentlessly in this high pitched voice. It is the sound of an excited and happy dog.
He has a high pitched wine, which he uses in the mornings. Each morning when I sit on the side of the bed and put my socks on, he lays there beside me making that sound. If I stop and pet him, he stops, but when I again start to put the socks on, he starts again.
There is another sound he makes when he is outside in the yard, rolling back and forth on his back. This happens when he needs to scratch his back, or when he gets wet and he wants to get the wetness off his back. The sound is something between a growl, a bark, and a wine. It is a happy, I feel good sound!
Today is Thursday June 21, 2018. I state that fact in an effort to alert you that this is the longest day of the year. Before that one person asks, there are two reasons I want to provide at this time. First, summer starts for most people today, although it started a month ago here in the lone star state. Second, this being the longest day of the year means the days will now be getting shorter and that means winter is on its way. Great, something else to complain about comment on!
The weather people are all saying the rain is over. Great, we got almost 1/16 inch in two days! For the year, we are almost 9 inches of rain behind! Maybe we did the right thing by having the lawn sprinkler system installed. The water bill is going to be much higher, and other than my present spouse putting in more time picking up aluminum cans, we have another option to save on the water bill. Yep, you guessed it, we will take our showers in the yard when the sprinklers are running. We have checked, and the soap will not hurt the grass.
Enjoy the longest day while it lasts, winter is coming!
Don Ford
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