Had to grin when I read about the wildlife... Caught my breath after seeing my first mountain lion tracks....a mile from our house in the "park " where I run... The black tailed Jackrabbits are the size of small deer...no not kidding!! Bobcats, yep, deer yep...taranalas, tarantual hawks, eweeee...t and just for fun today I ran across one of the local denizens.....literally ran across... me and my trusty gal "Siren" (Ch. EMale to Caliente) heard LOUD hhhhhHHHHHHHHAAAAIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSS!SSSSSSS!!!!! Stopped Siren and me dead in our tracks....lo and behold 18 inches from the side of the trail , we were running and directly next to us....was a four foot Red Diamondback rattler.... then the rattling started....boy was he MAD!!! All coiled up, and not moving. I chucked a couple of rocks at him to get him away from the trail... Siren was on the OPPOSITE side of the trail pulling on the lead and looking at me as if to yell "ARE YOU CRAZY, YOU ARE THROWING ROCKS AT IT AND IT WANTS TO KILL US?????" I made record time on the remaining 3 miles .....with goosebumps the whole way, LOL Kathy, who believes in guardian angels, lol. http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com PUP-DATED: MARCH 24, 2010 Home of: CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle "Victory... There's Something In a Name" On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Carolyn Martello <marhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Not when you live in an area with Coyotes, Foxes, Mountain Lions, Bob Cats > and even an occasional bear. <G> > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================