Copper Head, Rabid Raccoon & a Garden Monster

This is the 3rd time Willow has been bitten in the face by a Copper Head. You would think she would learn! Ziggy was bitten on the leg but it must not have gotten him as good, although he was shaking like crazy after it happened. You can see the 2 puncture wounds in Willow's face/ Thanks to my friend, Laura, I gave them both some Benedryl and the swelling went down much faster than usual. I ended up taking Willow and Ziggy to the race since I was worried about them both - but the excitement of the race quickly made them forget their pain.

This is my garden project. Of course it would have been less expensive to just buy veggies at a stand on the side of the road - but noooo - I wanted to do it myself. I had to have the fence to keep the dogs out of the garden. They sit outside the fence and watch me work. I planted lots of mint for them to eat that way they will have fresh doggie breath!

Here is what I refer to as the garden monster. I needed to rototill the garden so my father of course had an old one that he said I could have. Well - this thing has a mind of its own and it took me for a ride. Oh and once it turns on, I could not get it to turn off. Dad told me to just hold onto a screw driver (make sure it has a plastic handle) and stick it in the motor. He forgot to tell me I had to touch the motor AND the spark plug at the same time. What a learning experience. So now I have my very own rototiller and a garden. What fun!

Yesterday all the dogs were in the yard playing and I was in the house working when I heard them barking/crying. It was not the kind of bark they do when someone comes in the driveway, it was the kind they do when something is very wrong. I ran out in the yard to find a raccoon hanging from Pepe's nose with all of its feet off the ground. It was latched on to him. My first thought was to grab it but seeing that it was out during the day I was guessing it was pretty sick. So I got a stick and beat it off him. That little devil was MAD! It started to come after me and then Yoda tried to grab it but the old man dog fell down and I was after it again with the stick. Finally it ran off back into the woods and I was able to round up the dogs and get them back into the house. Pepe is all cut up again on his nose! He has the worst luck. Ziggy got scratched across the face but overall I guess we are very lucky that is all the damage that was done. All the dogs are up to date on their shots so nothing to worry about there.