After I check in here morning and night I usually check in at 2 other boards I'm active on. That usually takes less than 30 minutes. No Facebook, no Twitter, no Ebay or anywhere else. Sometimes I feel all alone. Not really. I'm usually too busy with other stuff.
Today, while I was outside checking out the RV and filling up the DEF tank, I heard some horrendous barking. I got my dogs inside and went round back to see what was causing the commotion. A pack of 12 or 15 dogs went streaking down the near side of our lake, barking and baying their heads off. They all had collars on. It was obvious that they were a hunting pack. Then on the opposite side of the lake I see this hog at a flat out gallop. Darn, they're quick. The dogs had turned the end of the lake and were starting back up the far side. The pig jumped in to the lake and swam along the shore for about 100 feet and then came back onshore and took off down the backside of the dam. The dogs reached the point where the pig went in the water and bunched up looking for the scent. It took 2 or 3 minutes for them to figured it out and they took off again but those few minutes were all the pig needed to get away. I don't feel quite so bad about being outsmarted by the hogs that were tearing our place up. I heard the dogs again about an hour later but they were miles away this time. I got in the Gator and drove down to find the guys that were running the dogs. Nice guys, I knew one of them, but I did ask them to give me a call next time before they let the dogs loose so I could get mine inside. One of mine is extremely territorial and she doesn't like anyone or anything in her "space". Unfortunately she thinks the whole property is her "space". When she heard those hunting dogs her hackles came up all the way from her neck to her tail. She was ready to rumble.
All in all, an interesting day.
