Rave On...

Back in the day, Buddy Holly was a huge rock star, almost as big as Elvis, and his group, the Crickets were pretty good too. He died in a plane crash and was immortalized in the song: The Day the Music Died. My favorite tune of his, Rave On, was a big hit back then.  It comes to mind now that we have the ravens hanging around again. This happens almost every time we pass out bones to the dogs. No matter that they never seem to be here otherwise, they somehow figure out there's free lunch for the taking. So one raven will get the dogs attention while another tries to sneak into the yard. Here's a short video...

Andy shot this on her iPhone through the window, so not the best video, but the interesting thing is how the ravens work together. One, on the lower left, gets the dogs attention, while the other, on the right, sneaks into the yard to steal a bone. Apparently they eat the marrow out of the center of the bone that the dogs can't get out. One year we found a pile of bones under a power pole where the ravens had apparently dropped them after stealing them from the dogs. Pretty clever, it makes you wonder how smart the dinosaurs were, since the birds are their descendants. Rave on little dinos!

Running Dogs Again...

A little later than usual, normally start mid-October, but finally got the dogs out for a couple of 4-wheeler runs. The trail around the subdivision and along the Hot Springs road was pretty rough thanks to the snowpocalypse last month. It was icy on the roads and soft in places next to the highway and power line, even after running over it with the SkiDoo, but the dogs still ran well.

Back in the yard after the first dog run this winter. Gus in lead did his usual good job. Hope to have many more, especially when there's enough snow to switch to the sled!