YEER DAWG 

PART #15

Last month was a doozie.  I was at the barn and the misses came by to see Bozo.  She never stops by the barn. She wanted him to take a mini vacation. He had hurt his shoulder (that’s another story for later) so he was limited to what he could do.  He had it all taped up so he couldn’t even use his arm.  Anyway, she wanted to drive to the lake and look at all the trees turning color.  I could tell this was something Bozo wasn’t interested in but I wanted to see how he was going to get out of this one. The misses said they could go out to eat and just relax.  He asked if she was going to take her dog.  She said she was. He said if I can take my dog I will go.  I know he didn’t make the offer because he wanted quality time with me. He knew she wouldn’t go for that.  She said “you don’t want to take that old barn dog do you?”  She thought about it for a minute and said “O.K. but you’ll have to take care of him and I will take care of cuddles.  (Hair Ball) “  Friday came around I could see them loading the car and they stopped by the barn and told me to get in the back seat.  I had never ridden in a car before.  It wasn’t bad. Bozo and the misses up front with Hairball and me in the back.  The misses had packed a bag for her dog and bozo threw part of a bag of my dog food in the trunk. I was packed. As we were driving out the misses put hairballs bag in the back seat with me.  It had sweaters, leashes, water bowl, food and treats. Forbid the thought that hairball would miss a meal.   I was told not to touch the bag and Bozo assured her I would not bother it.  We drove for quite awhile and Hairball started to whine (more than normal) I guess that means she wanted to stop.  We stopped at the gas station and filled the car. The misses got  the fancy leash out of the bag and hooked the little fat thing up and took her to the grass.  Bozo opened the door and told me to get out so I did.  I went over to the grass,  did what I had to do and he told me to get back in so I did.  Then they locked the car and walked inside the store.  I got to smelling those treats in that bag and thought they won’t miss just one so I got one out of the top of the box.  The next half dozen were’nt bad either.  I finally got so far down in the box that my eyes were in the box and the box was stuck around my ears. About that time I heard the car doors unlock.  OOPS!!  To say the least the misses  was not happy.  She yelled at me then she yelled at Bozo and then she yelled at both of us. You would have thought I ate hairball herself. Bozo thought it was funny but tried to keep a straight face. We left there and things were pretty quiet.  The misses was pulled up against the door holding hairball and not talking.  Bozo just kept driving.  I was having a great time.  I looked out the window and saw a big billboard with all these pretty women on it.  They had big smiles and looked to be friendly.  I thought we should stop there and see if they had a cash for clunkers trade in program.  We could trade grumpy and her dog off and get someone that would talk to us.  We didn’t stop so my hopes were dashed but it was a nice thought.  Finally grumpy spoke and started to get over my little mishap.  She told Bozo we should rent a boat and go out on the lake.  All I could think of was if that boat sank Bozo, with his arm taped up, could only swim in a small circle and grumpy would be so busy treading water holding hairball up and trying not to get either one of them’s hair wet I would be the only one to go get help.  It would not be pretty. Bozo dismissed the idea and quickly changed the subject. Next the misses said she wanted something to eat. She saw a sign that said vegetarian  café.  She got all excited. I’m not sure what for, I always thought vegetarian meant lousy hunter. Bozo wasn’t thrilled but said he would stop so they did.  Hairball and I stayed in the car. The box of cookies was empty so I stayed on good behavior. We got to the lake and found the motel.  The three of them got the bed and I got the floor. It was alright but I couldn’t wait to get back to the hay pile.  We drove around the next day and Grumpy acted excited to see the trees.  I thought, WE DROVE ALL THIS WAY TO SEE THINGS WE HAD IN THE PASTURE!!  Go figure!!

‘Til next time this is “YEER DAWG” signing off