water gardening labradors on alert, ON topic, honestly!

[kathy]

Today I was doing the dishes when I heard
and saw the water gardening labradors on the deck
barking at the neighbor's backyard.

Figured the Cat next door was teasing them again.

Went out to give them the 'Hobo is our friend' speech
and drag them back inside.

And what do I see?

A very large heron standing on the roof top of my
neighbor's house.

Wow, oh WOW!

And what do I find myself doing when he flys away.
I call out, "COME BACK!!! Don't go away!!!"

Hmmmmmm.
This is can be chalked up to a couple of things...
~ Winter boredom
~ The sneaking suspision that Carol sent him
~ Will I have to put my money where my mouth is and
set up electric fences and motion activated sprinklers?
(netting with labradors is out of the quesion)
~ or do I secretly want to make the change to a complete
wildlife pond and stock fish as food? (Already told jan to
hold off on the fish adoption). And I've already invited the kingfisher
to all he wants every winter...

This is too cool!

kathy

[DKat]

- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"kathy" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Today I was doing the dishes when I heard
> and saw the water gardening labradors on the deck
> barking at the neighbor's backyard.
>
> Figured the Cat next door was teasing them again.
>
> Went out to give them the 'Hobo is our friend' speech
> and drag them back inside.
>
> And what do I see?
>
> A very large heron standing on the roof top of my
> neighbor's house.
>
> Wow, oh WOW!
>
> And what do I find myself doing when he flys away.
> I call out, "COME BACK!!! Don't go away!!!"
>
> Hmmmmmm.
> This is can be chalked up to a couple of things...
> ~ Winter boredom
> ~ The sneaking suspision that Carol sent him
> ~ Will I have to put my money where my mouth is and
> set up electric fences and motion activated sprinklers?
> (netting with labradors is out of the quesion)
> ~ or do I secretly want to make the change to a complete
> wildlife pond and stock fish as food? (Already told jan to
> hold off on the fish adoption). And I've already invited the kingfisher
> to all he wants every winter...
>
> This is too cool!
>
> kathy


My son, husband and I did the same thing when we saw a heron perched in our
tree looking over the pond. I also spent a good 5 minutes watching a
kingfisher watch my fish from 6 feet away. He then swooped down and took
one of my favorite comets (all of 3" long...). I was torn between pleasure
and remorse. The pleasure won out.

[Reel McKoi]

"DKat" > wrote in message
...
> My son, husband and I did the same thing when we saw a heron perched in
our
> tree looking over the pond. I also spent a good 5 minutes watching a
> kingfisher watch my fish from 6 feet away. He then swooped down and took
> one of my favorite comets (all of 3" long...). I was torn between
pleasure
> and remorse. The pleasure won out.
=====================================
We have several dogs. Everyone of them ignored the herons, snakes and other
predators. Only one, the small dog, would harass the large bullfrogs and
the moles in the lawn. :-(
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
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[~ jan JJsPond.us]

KP, if you're serious, I could bring you a WHOLE bunch of short fin baby
koi this spring.

Doing that will probably be better than any heron deterrent, how much you
wantta bet?

Kathy, if you're serious, I could bring you a WHOLE bunch of short fin baby
koi this spring.

Doing that will probably be better than any heron deterrent, how much you
wantta bet? ~ jan ;o)

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[kathy]

The dogs usually like to spend their mornings on the
deck with the gorgeous weather we've been having,
basking in the sun.Keeping an eye out for the squirrel
is about the extent of their activities.
I might keep them in tomorrow (sofa and bed nappnig
are also very popular after a hard night of trying to push
the humans out of bed) and see if the heron comes back.


kathy

[Derek Broughton]

kathy wrote:

> The dogs usually like to spend their mornings on the
> deck with the gorgeous weather we've been having,
> basking in the sun.

Aargh. Another weather troll...

> Keeping an eye out for the squirrel
> is about the extent of their activities.

I have a pair of those. Pointers - one of them can hold a point on a
squirrel for half an hour
--
derek

[kathy]

Dogs and I did several driveby heron looksees
by the deck slider this morning. No heron.
Even tasked two of the teenagers, who don't have
school today, to keep a look out when in the
kitchen.

The best indication of any heron visit would be
to see if the fish didn't some up and hang about
on the water surface in the afternoon, which they
are doing right now, acting like fish without a
care in the world enjoying the sun...

As it is another glorious day! (sorry derek!)
Usually we spend the winter under low clouds
and constant fog so this is really unusual for
us!

kathy

[Benign Vanilla]

"Reel McKoi" > wrote in message
...
>
> "DKat" > wrote in message
> ...
> > My son, husband and I did the same thing when we saw a heron perched in
> our
> > tree looking over the pond. I also spent a good 5 minutes watching a
> > kingfisher watch my fish from 6 feet away. He then swooped down and
took
> > one of my favorite comets (all of 3" long...). I was torn between
> pleasure
> > and remorse. The pleasure won out.
> =====================================
> We have several dogs. Everyone of them ignored the herons, snakes and
other
> predators. Only one, the small dog, would harass the large bullfrogs and
> the moles in the lawn. :-(

My dopey dog...The frogs will line up around the pond edge. She'll walk up
and they'll sit still. She'll come near one, without knowing it and it'll
jump. Nilla will be like, "What the..." and jump back. Then another jumps,
and she'll be like, "Hey did you see that.." and jump back. And another will
jump and another and another...and she'll stand there jumping around. It is
very funny to watch.


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BV
Webporgmaster of iheartmypond.com
http://www.iheartmypond.com
I'll be leaning on the bus stop post.

[Reel McKoi]

"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Reel McKoi" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > "DKat" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > My son, husband and I did the same thing when we saw a heron perched
in
> > our
> > > tree looking over the pond. I also spent a good 5 minutes watching a
> > > kingfisher watch my fish from 6 feet away. He then swooped down and
> took
> > > one of my favorite comets (all of 3" long...). I was torn between
> > pleasure
> > > and remorse. The pleasure won out.
> > =====================================
> > We have several dogs. Everyone of them ignored the herons, snakes and
> other
> > predators. Only one, the small dog, would harass the large bullfrogs
and
> > the moles in the lawn. :-(
>
> My dopey dog...The frogs will line up around the pond edge. She'll walk up
> and they'll sit still. She'll come near one, without knowing it and it'll
> jump. Nilla will be like, "What the..." and jump back. Then another jumps,
> and she'll be like, "Hey did you see that.." and jump back. And another
will
> jump and another and another...and she'll stand there jumping around. It
is
> very funny to watch.
==============================
Dogs and cats are so entertaining! :-) Our little dog would try and sneak
up on the frogs - then like your Nilla, they'd jump into the water and he'd
act so surprised! I mean, he knew they would do that. In my dog's case I
think he just didn't want to get splashed. He hates water.
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[Benign Vanilla]

"Reel McKoi" > wrote in message
...
<snip>
> Dogs and cats are so entertaining! :-) Our little dog would try and
sneak
> up on the frogs - then like your Nilla, they'd jump into the water and
he'd
> act so surprised! I mean, he knew they would do that. In my dog's case I
> think he just didn't want to get splashed. He hates water.
<snip>

My dog under most circumstances, is highly intelligent IMHO. With proper
reward I can teach her tricks in a day. She figures stuff out, very
indepedant, etc. Which is why I am eternally fascinated with her ability to
be repeatedly surpised by hopping frogs EVERY TIME they jump and EVERY TIME
she goes to the pond. Yet she is still surpised every time. LOL


--
BV
Webporgmaster of iheartmypond.com
http://www.iheartmypond.com
I'll be leaning on the bus stop post.