[lit-ideas] Re: Duffy chasing a rabbit
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:08:27 -0800
Thanks Judy,
The 3 or 4 photos ending with photo 141 make it look as though Duffy and Ginger
are fighting ferociously, then with barely a pause photos 142, 143 & 144 show
them happily dancing up the trail – the best of buddies.
As to Duffy not being small, I sort of know what you mean – at least in theory.
That is, I have read quite a lot about English terriers and a number of them,
used for years as working terriers, are about Duffy’s size. However even the
smallish coyotes we have around here, 25 to 35 pounds (although I saw one that
was much larger a few months ago), are much larger than Duffy.
I am leaning (off and on) toward getting something smaller than a Rhodesian
Ridgeback next time and have been meaning to ask you about the Airedale. My
son has had several Airedales and loves them. I wouldn’t look forward to
dealing with the fur, but having dealt with Duffy’s make’s that prospect a
little less forbidding. I’m sure the typical coyote would run from an Airedale
just as he does from my girls. So that wouldn’t be a problem. I’d be more
concerned about keeping the coat clear of burs and other debris. I’ve gotten
Duffy used to following me into the backyard after we come home from a hike so
I can brush and comb him. I suppose I could do that just as well with
something three times his size.
Lawrence
From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Judith Evans
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:42 AM
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Duffy chasing a rabbit
Thank you.
Duffy's not that small, at all, just considerably smaller than the other two.
Good photos, and good to see a sunny riverside day.
I like photo 143, dogs heading off to play
Judy Evans, Cardiff
--- On Thu, 22/12/11, Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [lit-ideas] Duffy chasing a rabbit
To: "Lit-Ideas " <Lit-Ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, 22 December, 2011, 17:21
http://lawrencehelm.smugmug.com/RiverPhotography
If you go to the December 2011 gallery, photo 150, you will see the rabbit that
sprang up in front of us. By the time I swung my camera around it was already
some distance away. Photo 151 is another photo of it running. Photo 152 shows
Duffy in hot pursuit.
Photo 153 shows the rabbit stretched out. It might be a little hard to see the
rabbit in this one so it is best to use the X3 enlargement.
Photo 154 shows Duffy and the rabbit in the same photo – proof that Duffy is
keeping up with the rabbit.
I took some more photos but by that time they had moved too far away to see
anything clearly so I didn’t post them.
Chasing rabbits is something the girls do regularly; Duffy has done it on his
own just a few times.
In the research that led up to Susan’s buying Duffy she started out wanting a
dog she could carry about in her purse. I argued for something a little more
self-sufficient, something that could handle itself at the river. As it
happened when she saw a photo of Duffy she fell I love with him. All debate
ended at that point. She hoped he would be less than 15 pounds. I hoped he
would be more than 20. The last time he was weighed he was 19.7 pounds –
bigger than a rabbit and just as fast.
I haven’t seen any coyotes I this area for several weeks so they’ve either
moved out or are keeping a low profile when we are nearby. Several of these
coyotes have been chased by the girls; so if they don’t have a need to protect
their pups they are probably happy to hide out – and Duffy’s presence hasn’t
changed that in any way.
Lawrence
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