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Caught GREEN-handed!
- Thread starter PaulSage
- Start date
Cat_72
Back from exile :)
He actually looks like he feels guilty, lmao....
WOW, has he grown!!!
Mike Greathouse
Reptilian Dreams
My "Green-Handed" experience:
We've got a 10 month old 85 pound lab/golden mix (Goldador) that watched me trimming some bushes in the back yard. In fact, he did his best to help carry away the trimmings - everything's a game with a puppy.
Anyway, he spent most of the next day in the back yard with Golden Retriever enjoying the warm Florida weather, while I attended to the reptiles inside.
To my dismay, he used the time to trim the rest. He magically transformed every type of plant and bush into a tree by stripping them of anything from the ground to the height that he could reach.
When I walked out back, there he sat with a 6' branch in his mouth and tail wagging proudly displaying his accomplishment.
I'm going to have to make sure he's not around watching anytime I do any remodeling work on the house.
We've got a 10 month old 85 pound lab/golden mix (Goldador) that watched me trimming some bushes in the back yard. In fact, he did his best to help carry away the trimmings - everything's a game with a puppy.
Anyway, he spent most of the next day in the back yard with Golden Retriever enjoying the warm Florida weather, while I attended to the reptiles inside.
To my dismay, he used the time to trim the rest. He magically transformed every type of plant and bush into a tree by stripping them of anything from the ground to the height that he could reach.
When I walked out back, there he sat with a 6' branch in his mouth and tail wagging proudly displaying his accomplishment.
I'm going to have to make sure he's not around watching anytime I do any remodeling work on the house.
Mike, that actually sounds like a good idea. Once the weather gets warm I should turn him loose on some of the bushes outside. I always wondered what the neighbors would think if I gave some of the greenery a "bonsai" treatment. 
Cathy, he really has grown--he's up to 7.5 pounds! What's kinda odd is that it looks like his spots have faded. It's hard to tell that he's really a dapple. I had dropped him off at my mom's place one night so that she could take him to the vet for a round of shots (she gets a killer discount at the clinic in my hometown where I used to work). Anyway, she had given him a bath before his appointment, so I'm accusing her of "washing his darn spots off". heh
Cathy, he really has grown--he's up to 7.5 pounds! What's kinda odd is that it looks like his spots have faded. It's hard to tell that he's really a dapple. I had dropped him off at my mom's place one night so that she could take him to the vet for a round of shots (she gets a killer discount at the clinic in my hometown where I used to work). Anyway, she had given him a bath before his appointment, so I'm accusing her of "washing his darn spots off". heh
Cat_72
Back from exile :)
LOL, you guys are too funny!!!!
I noticed his dappling had really faded, I had to look twice to decide if it was him or not, LOL!! But jeezzzzz, 7.5 pounds ALREADY???? What are you feeding that boy? Maybe it's the Miracle-Grow?!?! Heh.
I noticed his dappling had really faded, I had to look twice to decide if it was him or not, LOL!! But jeezzzzz, 7.5 pounds ALREADY???? What are you feeding that boy? Maybe it's the Miracle-Grow?!?! Heh.