Spring\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Awakening Moon<\/p>\n
Some nights.\u00a0 First, Kona had to get out of her crate about 10:30 pm.\u00a0 She never gets up until morning.\u00a0 She ran outside, ran around the shed, came back inside and went back in her crate.\u00a0 Then, around 1am Vega starts whining.\u00a0 Won’t let up.\u00a0 So, I get up, let her out. Again, this is very unusual.\u00a0 She also sleeps until morning.\u00a0 When I let Vega out, Rigel wanted to go, too.\u00a0 They ran around a bit.\u00a0 Vega came back and laid down in front of the door.\u00a0 But. Rigel wanted to stay outside.<\/p>\n
15 minutes or so later, we’re at around 2am now, I decided enough.\u00a0 So, I got out the flashlight and proceeded into the woods.\u00a0 This is not easy at 2 am with no moon light.\u00a0 Overcast.\u00a0 The best route around the woods is the path running alongside the fence all round our property.\u00a0 Only.\u00a0 I put up an electric fence and the path runs uncomfortably close to it.\u00a0 One trip over a root or fallen branch and I’m a cow that needs to go anywhere but close to the fence,<\/p>\n
Anyhow.\u00a0 I gave up after 10 minutes of wandering and stumbling, the flashlight a poor substitute for clear light.\u00a0 As I headed back toward the house having decided to let Rigel sleep outside, she came up behind me and to my right.\u00a0 Suddenly.\u00a0 Scared the bejesus out of me.\u00a0 So, around 2:15 or so all dogs in bed and me, too.\u00a0 Of course, getting to sleep after all that putzing around is not so straightforward, at least for me.\u00a0 One of those nights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spring\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Awakening Moon Some nights.\u00a0 First, Kona had to get out of her crate about 10:30 pm.\u00a0 She never gets up until morning.\u00a0 She ran outside, ran around the shed, came back inside and went back in her crate.\u00a0 Then, around 1am Vega starts whining.\u00a0 Won’t let up.\u00a0 So, I get up, let her out. … Continue reading Dogs and the Night<\/span>