Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy and Tempeste Deal with the Deer.

~ John W. Howell

“Tempest, come here.”

“What’s the problem?”

“That deer came right up to the window.”

“Well, it is telling mom to get the carrots.”

“I’d say that’s a little pushy, wouldn’t you?”

“You know how it is when handouts are free. They are expected.”

“I suppose. It just took me by surprise.”

“I can understand that.”

“You know I almost feel that a good bark to St. Louis might be a good lesson.”

“I think Mom might have something to say about that.”

“Yeah, she does love to see the deer come around.”

“We could pretend that the FedEx guy just arrived.”

“That’s a pretty good thought.”

“Come on, let’s go to the door. We can bark them through it.”

“Are you going to come over here and help?”

“I think we need to change strategy. Mom’s out there with the deer.”

“I think barking Mom to St Louis would be a big mistake.”

“You can say that again.”

“So, we’ll just have to wait for another opportunity.”

“I could almost taste the victory.”

107 thoughts on “Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy and Tempeste Deal with the Deer.”

  13. John,

    I do like the custom furniture you have for your pups. Four stairs to the viewing window and a ramp to somewhere. You sure make it easy for them to get onto things and look out the windows. When we had a small dog it had to figure it out-usually meant jumping. We never considered ramps and steps. Well done !!

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    1. Those steps and ramps are for their protection. They would jump, dive, or otherwise risk injury to their ligaments and bones if we didn’t have that stuff in place. Thanks, Tom.

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  14. John, if Twiggy and Tempeste can actually ward off deer then they’re welcome to come here for summer camp to help our hydrangeas survive the onslaught of those ‘cute’ night feeders that think we operate a salad bar.

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  29. The girls know their mom business. To paraphrase the late great Kenny Rogers, ya gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to scold ’em, know when to walk away, know when to run . . .

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  30. Oh deer, what an encounter but they handled that pretty well. We put out water for the animals we have (rabbits, squirrels, strays, and coyotes). We change it every day, or twice a day, so it does not become a mosquito breeding ground.

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