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<blockquote data-quote="Lannie" data-source="post: 1723193" data-attributes="member: 8202"><p>My little girl is growing up. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> She woke me up the night before last with a bout of very loud, very rapid barking (SOMETHING was out there!), that went on for over 10 minutes before I woke my husband, who's mostly deaf, and asked him to please take the varmint gun and the flashlight out to check the situation. Sometimes, they'll bark for a few minutes and stop, but when it goes on and on, something's out there. I did NOT hear the older dog barking, so I figured he must be busy chasing something, and Maggie was warning whatever it was away from the house. Or she was hanging back where it was safe. She IS still a puppy.</p><p></p><p>She stopped barking as soon as Rich opened the door, and he shined the flashlight all over and didn't see anything, so whatever it was, wasn't close, or it left.</p><p></p><p>Reading the tracks in the snow yesterday, apparently a fox came in through our west fence, attempting a shortcut back to his den over in the ravine east of our property, and ran into the dogs. Evidently, Jasper was providing the muscle for the chase, and Maggie was cheerleading, adding her voice to the chaos to run the bad guy off. Jasper's too old and slow to actually catch a fox anymore, but pretty soon Maggie will be the one chasing and Jasper will look on and smile at his brave little sister. From what I've heard and read, though, an Akbash will not just chase a predator, but catch and kill it, if possible. Maybe she'll bring me back a tail one day. Our first Pyr girl brought me a tail from her first fox kill, so maybe Maggie will, too.</p><p></p><p>Later in the morning, one of the neighbors stopped by, and although Maggie has met him several times now, she barked her head off at him the minute his hand touched the chain on the driveway gate. Very plainly, she was telling him this was HER place, and he'd better not be UP to something! LOL! Rich went out to meet the neighbor, and as soon as Maggie saw he was welcomed, she waggled up to him and sat down like a good girl. I LOVE her personality. I don't think I'll ever need to worry about anyone sneaking up on us, not while Maggie's on duty! It's wonderful to see her adult brain starting to work. Not all the time yet, but sometimes! LOL! She makes me proud.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lannie, post: 1723193, member: 8202"] My little girl is growing up. :) She woke me up the night before last with a bout of very loud, very rapid barking (SOMETHING was out there!), that went on for over 10 minutes before I woke my husband, who's mostly deaf, and asked him to please take the varmint gun and the flashlight out to check the situation. Sometimes, they'll bark for a few minutes and stop, but when it goes on and on, something's out there. I did NOT hear the older dog barking, so I figured he must be busy chasing something, and Maggie was warning whatever it was away from the house. Or she was hanging back where it was safe. She IS still a puppy. She stopped barking as soon as Rich opened the door, and he shined the flashlight all over and didn't see anything, so whatever it was, wasn't close, or it left. Reading the tracks in the snow yesterday, apparently a fox came in through our west fence, attempting a shortcut back to his den over in the ravine east of our property, and ran into the dogs. Evidently, Jasper was providing the muscle for the chase, and Maggie was cheerleading, adding her voice to the chaos to run the bad guy off. Jasper's too old and slow to actually catch a fox anymore, but pretty soon Maggie will be the one chasing and Jasper will look on and smile at his brave little sister. From what I've heard and read, though, an Akbash will not just chase a predator, but catch and kill it, if possible. Maybe she'll bring me back a tail one day. Our first Pyr girl brought me a tail from her first fox kill, so maybe Maggie will, too. Later in the morning, one of the neighbors stopped by, and although Maggie has met him several times now, she barked her head off at him the minute his hand touched the chain on the driveway gate. Very plainly, she was telling him this was HER place, and he'd better not be UP to something! LOL! Rich went out to meet the neighbor, and as soon as Maggie saw he was welcomed, she waggled up to him and sat down like a good girl. I LOVE her personality. I don't think I'll ever need to worry about anyone sneaking up on us, not while Maggie's on duty! It's wonderful to see her adult brain starting to work. Not all the time yet, but sometimes! LOL! She makes me proud. [/QUOTE]
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