Category Archives: Dogs

Dogs Find a Big Gopher

So this is what they’re yipping at:

You’re a big one, about a foot wide: Continue reading →

Little Gopher

The dogs found this little gopher tortoise hiding in some oak leaves.

It’s only about 9 inches across. I’m not certain it’s a gopher, since it doesn’t have the flattened shell top. But it’s acting like a gopher, and is not near water.

Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia.

Black Snake vs. Yellow Dog

Sunning snake, poked with stick, snake bites dog, dog bites snake:

Stills:

Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman, 1 Sep 2009, Lowndes County, Georgia.

Both snake and dog appear to be unharmed.

Swamp Still Full, Dog Ecstatic

Fay filled the swamp, but it’s been a week now, so time to check. Why yes, the swamp is still full, and the dog is ecstatic?

Picture by Gretchen, 7 Sep 2008

How do you tell when a 100 pound Rotweiller is ecstatic? When she turns into an alligator.

The water is down a couple of inches as you can see by the watermarks, but it’s still pretty full.

Swamp full; dog happy

Why yes, the swamp is full, and the dog is happy about it:

This picture doesn’t demonstrate that the dog can swim, because our boots weren’t that tall.

In any case, thanks to 9 inches of rain from tropical storm Fay.

Pictures by Gretchen.

Cypress Swamp: Dry, Filling….

Here’s a dry cypress swamp, with human for scale (hi Clayton):

That was on Monday 18 August. Here’s the same swamp on Saturday, 23 August, after 4 inches of rain from tropical storm Fay, this time with human and dog for scale:

Fay dropped 5 more inches of rain on the swamp since then. Stay tuned to see if the dog can swim.