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<blockquote data-quote="Lannie" data-source="post: 1710901" data-attributes="member: 8202"><p>It was an exciting day yesterday! MAGGIE GOT A BAD GUY! What is she now, three months and a week or two? Unbelievable! My husband Rich and I were on the couch last night watching TV after all the work was done for the day, and it had just got dark-dark. It was about 6:15, I think. Anyway, I thought I heard a bark, so I asked Rich to mute the TV, and sure enough, "BARK!" "BARK!" <strong>"BARK!!!" </strong>It was Maggie's baby-bark.</p><p></p><p>I got up and went to the door to see what Maggie was barking at, and she wiggled up to me, but I couldn't see anything out of the ordinary, so I shut the door and went back to the couch. But bark, bark, bark again, so I asked Rich if he'd go out with the flashlight and see what was going on (I had my shoes off already). I was slightly worried, because usually when Maggie barks about anything, Jasper also barks and comes running to see if she's OK, and I didn't see or hear Jasper out there when I checked out the door. I was starting to worry that something was wrong with Jasper. </p><p></p><p>So Rich went out the door, then RIGHT back in, and grabbed the varmint pistol (the .22) and back out. <strong>POW!</strong> I had put my shoes on and was getting into my coat when I saw him just outside the back door fussing with the slide on the pistol. I asked him what was out there and he said skunk, but the .22 only wounded it and now the damn slide was jammed. So I turned around and went to retrieve my .357, which I handed out the door to him. Then there was <strong>BANG!!</strong> (Geez, I forgot how LOUD that thing is!) and Rich said, "He's DEAD!" Really? Duh! ROFL!</p><p></p><p>Of course, the skunk sprayed when he got the first shot, so the back porch REEKED, and Rich got covered in stinky-mist, so he reeked, but he changed clothes and it was a little better. </p><p></p><p>Then Rich told me the rest of the story, which just blew my mind. When he first went out the door, the skunk was right beside the back patio, and Maggie was holding it at bay, so it couldn't come any closer to the house and door. When Rich came back out with the .22, Maggie was still bravely holding the skunk back, and barking (actually, she sounded more like a hound, "Aaa-ROOOO" so now I know what her "danger-bark" sounds like). As soon as she saw Rich bring up the .22, she went and stood behind him. The .22 firing didn't scare her at all, she stayed right where she was, right by her daddy. Then when he came back out with the .357, the skunk had dragged itself about 10 feet into the yard, and Maggie was still standing near it, growling. Again, when he brought the revolver up to aim, she got behind him. HOW DOES SHE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS? When the .357 went off, she did startle, and ran off a few feet, but came right back to her daddy.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, Jasper, who NORMALLY hides in his dog house in the barn if he hears gunshots, was in the corral, about 100 feet away, barking like a fool. What courage it took for him to stay outside and bark, rather than go hide, but he thought maybe his little girl was in trouble. I don't blame him for not coming right up to where Rich and Maggie were, because I know how scared of gunshots he is. What he did last night was incredibly brave.</p><p></p><p>Sorry, I'm not done yet - this is turning into a long story, LOL! So a couple hours later, when Rich went to feed the garage cats, Maggie had been camped out right beside the back door, but got up and went to the garage with him to get some more loves and pets and atta-girls (Rich gave her a LOT of those after he dragged the skunk to the pit and dumped it). He put food in the cats' dishes, then while the cats were eating, he went and sat on his chair to visit with Maggie and keep telling her what a good, brave girl she is. But every couple of minutes, she went to the door and looked/sniffed around outside before coming back for more loves. This went on for about 20 minutes, then Rich finally shut the lights off and came back to the house, and Maggie posted herself right beside the back door again. She was protecting us from skunks. And badgers. Those are the two villainous bad guys she knows so far. (A week after we brought her home, she showed Rich where the badger was hiding in the garage so he could dispatch it. We'd been trying to get rid of that badger for two YEARS.)</p><p></p><p>I'm SO happy about the skunk! Jasper doesn't see them, or the badgers for that matter, as "predators," so he's never bothered to do anything about them, but Maggie does. And we have such a problem with skunks, badgers, and raccoons once in a while, coming in the garage looking for food. I have every confidence now that we won't have to worry about that anymore, not with Miss Maggie on duty. What a smart girl she is!</p><p></p><p>It amazes me that she's already "working, " and she's still just a baby! How did I ever get along without her?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lannie, post: 1710901, member: 8202"] It was an exciting day yesterday! MAGGIE GOT A BAD GUY! What is she now, three months and a week or two? Unbelievable! My husband Rich and I were on the couch last night watching TV after all the work was done for the day, and it had just got dark-dark. It was about 6:15, I think. Anyway, I thought I heard a bark, so I asked Rich to mute the TV, and sure enough, "BARK!" "BARK!" [B]"BARK!!!" [/B]It was Maggie's baby-bark.[B][/B] I got up and went to the door to see what Maggie was barking at, and she wiggled up to me, but I couldn't see anything out of the ordinary, so I shut the door and went back to the couch. But bark, bark, bark again, so I asked Rich if he'd go out with the flashlight and see what was going on (I had my shoes off already). I was slightly worried, because usually when Maggie barks about anything, Jasper also barks and comes running to see if she's OK, and I didn't see or hear Jasper out there when I checked out the door. I was starting to worry that something was wrong with Jasper. So Rich went out the door, then RIGHT back in, and grabbed the varmint pistol (the .22) and back out. [B]POW![/B] I had put my shoes on and was getting into my coat when I saw him just outside the back door fussing with the slide on the pistol. I asked him what was out there and he said skunk, but the .22 only wounded it and now the damn slide was jammed. So I turned around and went to retrieve my .357, which I handed out the door to him. Then there was [B]BANG!![/B] (Geez, I forgot how LOUD that thing is!) and Rich said, "He's DEAD!" Really? Duh! ROFL! Of course, the skunk sprayed when he got the first shot, so the back porch REEKED, and Rich got covered in stinky-mist, so he reeked, but he changed clothes and it was a little better. Then Rich told me the rest of the story, which just blew my mind. When he first went out the door, the skunk was right beside the back patio, and Maggie was holding it at bay, so it couldn't come any closer to the house and door. When Rich came back out with the .22, Maggie was still bravely holding the skunk back, and barking (actually, she sounded more like a hound, "Aaa-ROOOO" so now I know what her "danger-bark" sounds like). As soon as she saw Rich bring up the .22, she went and stood behind him. The .22 firing didn't scare her at all, she stayed right where she was, right by her daddy. Then when he came back out with the .357, the skunk had dragged itself about 10 feet into the yard, and Maggie was still standing near it, growling. Again, when he brought the revolver up to aim, she got behind him. HOW DOES SHE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS? When the .357 went off, she did startle, and ran off a few feet, but came right back to her daddy. Meanwhile, Jasper, who NORMALLY hides in his dog house in the barn if he hears gunshots, was in the corral, about 100 feet away, barking like a fool. What courage it took for him to stay outside and bark, rather than go hide, but he thought maybe his little girl was in trouble. I don't blame him for not coming right up to where Rich and Maggie were, because I know how scared of gunshots he is. What he did last night was incredibly brave. Sorry, I'm not done yet - this is turning into a long story, LOL! So a couple hours later, when Rich went to feed the garage cats, Maggie had been camped out right beside the back door, but got up and went to the garage with him to get some more loves and pets and atta-girls (Rich gave her a LOT of those after he dragged the skunk to the pit and dumped it). He put food in the cats' dishes, then while the cats were eating, he went and sat on his chair to visit with Maggie and keep telling her what a good, brave girl she is. But every couple of minutes, she went to the door and looked/sniffed around outside before coming back for more loves. This went on for about 20 minutes, then Rich finally shut the lights off and came back to the house, and Maggie posted herself right beside the back door again. She was protecting us from skunks. And badgers. Those are the two villainous bad guys she knows so far. (A week after we brought her home, she showed Rich where the badger was hiding in the garage so he could dispatch it. We'd been trying to get rid of that badger for two YEARS.) I'm SO happy about the skunk! Jasper doesn't see them, or the badgers for that matter, as "predators," so he's never bothered to do anything about them, but Maggie does. And we have such a problem with skunks, badgers, and raccoons once in a while, coming in the garage looking for food. I have every confidence now that we won't have to worry about that anymore, not with Miss Maggie on duty. What a smart girl she is! It amazes me that she's already "working, " and she's still just a baby! How did I ever get along without her? [/QUOTE]
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