A few minutes after we let the dogs out the other morning, our barn cat Smoke saw blind Penny the Yorkie drinking from the bucket by the fence and headed straight for her. Something about Penny caught his attention, and he kept trying to reach her by sticking his paw through the fence. (I took the photo with my phone, which is why the quality isn't so good.) It was odd because he so clearly wanted to physically touch her. Exactly why I don't know!
Between being blind and having her head in the bucket, Penny never seemed to realize Smoke was there — she was just out of reach by an inch or so — and I don't know what she would have done if she had figured out there was a mysterious cat's paw by her face. (Yes, we have smaller water bowls for the small dogs but as I've pointed out in other posts, they like drinking out of the big dogs' buckets and vice versa.)
The lumber on the driveway was for a remodeling/repair project — Billy the blind Beagle and Max the Dachshund have been destroying the lattice under the porch, and after several patch jobs, we decided it was time for some stout lumber to close it off instead of lightweight lattice that can be chewed up and ripped apart.
In any case, Smoke kept pawing at her for a minute or so until giving up and wandering away. Penny eventually quit drinking and sauntered off, none the wiser.
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Final Contest of The Year — Please Vote for the Farm!
The latest Shelter Challenge started Monday, October 8 and ends at midnight on December 16. Grand prize in this round is $5,000, plus $1,000 for weekly winners and $1,000 for state winners. There are also other categories … please see the Shelter Challenge website for details.
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