Piet usually takes the big dogs with him when he goes around the lands every morning. They run in front of the bakkie, occasionally darting off after smells into the long grass on the edge of the fields. Sometimes they come back with an unfortunate field mouse hanging from their smiling, panting jaws.
Yesterday we had to be in town early to collect a parcel at the bus stop, so the dogs missed out. By evening they were stir crazy, agitating for something to do, for some excitement and fun. So I grabbed my camera and took them for a walk.
Although they have very different personalities the black sisters tend to do things together – here it looked like they were marching, their legs moving in perfect unison as they trotted towards the two tanks (and the water!) up ahead.
The dogs suddenly caught the scent of a field mouse, right in the middle of the groundnut field and then the fun began! Pouncing like foxes they snorted and yapped and dug, their tails waging above the plants like flags. Tikkie was in there too but he is short and I lost sight of him – although I could hear his excited barks and growls.
When we got back home and I showed my photos to Piet we got into (a little bit of) trouble – Piet doesn’t allow the dogs to dig for mice in the fields because they cause too much damage and he said they should have known better.
However, the look of delight on Spud’s face made it worth while.
Naughty doggies! They should indeed have known better, but how could they possibly resist such fun.
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Of course they couldn’t! And it was fun for me too, watching their antics.
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The tails shot is the winner. Of course the one of the black dog popping up his head is pretty cute.
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Thank you 🙂 The black dog is very mischievous – I love her facial expressions when she is in ‘naughty mode’.
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At least they had some fun!
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Yes! And they certainly had a lot of that!
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So cute!
cubus (grin)
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Thank you – they are wonderful dogs.
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Love the photos and the look of pure happiness!
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Thank you Georgie. I think he must be the happiest dog on Earth – he even wags his tail while he is sleeping!
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