Raven

Dobergirls Doing Their Things

Raven is still kicking. Say for example, Friday when I had hose in hand and was squrting off peeps from the pavers. Raven decided to grab the hose and yank it. The hose shifted in my hand, turned on me and soaked my shirt and head. She then stood back and watched me turn red.

Raven tugging at hose

Today, she was playing fetch so hard, especially making sure no one else got to bring the ball back to me…

Raven running with the ball after swiping it from Luigi

…that she wore her back toenails to nubs.

Raven’s worn down nails

I only knew this due to blood on the pavers. I am letting the rain rinse off those little dabbles.

Ginger played with Bouchard today. Ginger is his best friend.

Bouchard and Ginger play

She also played a little Frisbee. It’s hard for me to imagine she has something inside her that’s taken her away from this life she loves.

Ginger playing Frisbee

I didn’t know she liked Frisbee. She usually plays ball. But Baby loves Frisbee

Baby goes crazy for a Frisbee

…and was out playing, so Ginger joined in.

Raven’s Pail

Raven’s made me think outside the box…the vocal box, that is. I’ve used my voice to try to quiet her down, but I have found a very simple instrument that helps tremendously and doesn’t require straining my vocal chords. It’s a drinking pail and a butter knife. Clank clank clank!

Raven’s ding-a-linging pail

When Raven is screaming in her crate, I clang the knife in the pot, and she doesn’t like that. Frankly, I don’t either, but it works better than squirting her or screaming my lungs out. And when I open the back door to let her out now, I use my new hallowed drum, and it not only keeps Raven at bay till I am ready to let her out, it keeps everyone else in order. No more crowding the door! No more knocking the human over!

Mark one for Helen today!

Play with me!

If I don’t play with her, I don’t get to finish doing laundry or weeding or picking up doo-doo.
Play with me

Ignoring Raven is hard work. Have you ever tried stepping over a 2-foot 4-legged big-eyed tornado?

Foamy Snout

This is one of Raven’s looks when she doesn’t get her way. Lovely, isn’t she?

Rabid mouth Raven
She is foaming at the mouth after barking and barking and barking at me to serve her dinner first. I don’t. That’s why she looks like a rabid beast.