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Rosie a frisbee dog?

Quiglag — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:16:56 +0000

We got a new dog. Update: New Name

Quiglag — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:48:14 +0000

Update: Her new name is Pepper. Much better

Well, my mom got a new dog, but we all get to play with her. We got her from the local animal shelter. We had been looking online for a few months now, and this one caught our eye. We took our other dog Rosie over to visit her to make sure they get along, and they seem to be OK together, so my mom filled out an application. The next day we got a call saying the dog was ours. Yesterday my mom and I went to pick up the dog, and brought her home. My Mom named her Grace. I don’t think it is a very good name for a dog, but I don’t have much of a choice. Grace and Rosie seemed to be OK right off the bat. They are not best friends yet, but I’m sure they will be eventually. Grace is a very active dog, and loves to run around after anything. The crazy thing is when she goes for a drink of water from the pond. She puts the whole front half of her body in the water just to get a drink. Its kind if funny to see. Plus she likes to pull things out of the pond that she thinks don’t belong; like plants.

Grace is a 7 month old Australian Cattle dog. They are supposed to be great frisbee dogs, so that is something I am working at. She will chase after the frisbee, but cant catch it yet. It might be because our backyard isn’t big enough for her to get up to full speed, but I don’t trust her enough to let her run free in the front yard.

For my photography fans.

Quiglag — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 01:42:45 +0000

Sorry I haven’t posted any photography in a while. When I made the move to my new host, I guess I didn’t install the Gallery correctly because It wont let me upload photos. I will get it fixed soon I hope, but till then I will upload without my gallery.

This is not the same fly photo as before.

Both Shot with a Pentax K10D and Sigma 105mm macro lens.

Most amazing fly photo.

Quiglag — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:23:26 +0000

Model PENTAX K10D
Aperture Value f/8
Focal Length 105 mm
ISO 100
Shutter Speed Value 1/125 sec

A Hawk tried to eat our doves.

Quiglag — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 00:36:44 +0000

Here you can see the dove cage wire in the background.

The hawk is next to the dove cage on the wall. I was about 15 feet away from the hawk at this time.

The hawk on the trellis over the pond, to the left of the dove cage.

The hawk spent a good 15 minuets trying to get at the doves, while my Dad and I were 25 feet away watching. We started to feel bad for the hawk and thought about letting one of the doves out, but I don’t think my mom would have liked that. So we decided to make a lure. We had some extra beef in the house that we tied to a string, and I got a feather from the bottom of my Cockatiel cage, and stuck in the meat. My dad went out into the yard and swung it around. After a few tries, the hawk went after it, but the cat and dog were near by and scared it away. The hawk then flew to the neighbors back yard on the electric wires. We tried again, this time hanging the lure over the trellis. The hawk went after it again, but again the cat scared it away. Of course I was so excited to see the hawk go after the lure, I didn’t get any pictures. I guess the hawk got tired, because it flew away. We left the beef tied on top of the trellis in case the hawk comes back. It must be really hungry.