This morning breakfast is done hubby and Heidi went outside to check everything except Heidi had to stay home this time. Hubby had to dispose of some critters somewhere Heidi Ho couldn't roll on them and use them for doggie perfume.
It seems like last night we had two visitors. Heidi was looking out the front door like she always does but last night she was having a fit. We went to see what was going on. We saw two armadillos romping and chasing each other up and down the driveway and around the wood pile. Normally you only see one armadillo at a time. So I'm guessing this was possibly some kind of a mating ritual going on. Quite interesting to see two armadillos running and stomping around the house outside.
Hubby got all excited. I swear he was almost as excited as Heidi Ho. All this winter and spring we have had armadillos digging holes not only in the yard but also out of the pasture. I don't mean little bitty holes I'm talking about big holes also. The kind that the tractor hits and it throws you around inside the cab. And with husbands Parkinson's you really don't need holes for him to stumble around and get hurt.
He stepped out on the front porch with a gun. As soon as that rifle showed up Heidi went and hid under my desk. She knows what a gun does! They were running around so much he really needed to get closer to get a good shot but didn't have shoes on. I went and got his shoes so he can put them on. As soon as his feet were covered though he was out and after those armadillos!
It took a bit of chasing around from the house all the way down to the barn and halfway up to the house again. But he finally got them. If anybody's ever been armadillo hunting you should know armadillos are not the best easiest thing in the world to dispense with!
After he put the gun up and got back in the house Heidi was ready to go outside and see what happened. She knew. There was something for her to check out. She was running all over the yard with her nose seeing where everybody went. I have never seen a pitbull was such a good nose that she has. She chased that scent everywhere!
We knew what she was up too. But it was dark and we like to keep track of Heidi ho in the dark. Sure enough, she comes back up from around the barn with a big O armadillo in her mouth.
She was so proud of herself! Pitbull's are real good as a catch dog. Now you try to get them turn loose of something, that's a different story! It was so funny trying to get that big O armadillo away from her. I know that armadillo was at least 10 pounds! He finally go it away and put it in the back of Ol Blue. She was not happy so he pointed her in the direction of the other one. She went right to it and brought it up to the house.
She's a smart doggie she went way around where we were. She wasn't about to let us take this one ! We finally told her to go into the back yard. She thought cool! I can take it back there! As hubby opened the gate he grabbed the armadillo and had to wrestle it away from her. It was a tug of war. She tried to get it all the way to the back of Ol Blue.
She finally settled down but she was a real mess. You can't give critters a full body massage without getting messy. She got a water hose bath dried off and got to rest up in the back yard.
Soooooo...... Like I said pit bulls r great catch dogs and not to bad at retrieving but we really need to work on the release part ! LOL
Love
Ranchmama
