Pinky revisited

Well, it appears that Decibel is over her fear of the flamingo.
Today she noodled the thing long enough for me to go and get the camera, wait for it to open up, and for the incredibly slow shutter to deploy, and she was still playing with Pinky.  Of course now I had to stop her before she chewed his tail off.

In the backyard Decibel does much landscaping and she is very busy rearranging the downspouts from the gutters.  She likes pulling them off and carrying them around.  She then tries to be helpful when I put them back.  I think I will try and harness this energy for good, and train her to pull the downspouts off when I have to mow the grass, I always forget about the darn things.  Of course that could backfire with the girl...
Decibel always makes me laugh.  This morning she was rowdy, and so I gave her a bear hug and demanded a kiss.  You have seen the shrinking kids when an overly affectionate relative wants a kiss and the kid just wants to get away?  We had the same kind of wrestling match, and then she had a bit of a temper tantrum, then she gave me a BIG sloppy kiss and off she went.
What a girl!
Her newest trick seems to be to paw visitors so they will pay attention to her.  Another thing to work on.  I'm sure that is not on the Canine Good Citizen list.

Yesterday she showed how brilliant she is.  I built a small hurdle for my horse, to teach her to step over things, and Decibel had to check it out.  On a lark I said: "Hop", and over she flew!
I said it again, and she jumped back!  How very clever.  Maybe she should try out agility.  But I am too old for that, I think.

All in all this spring is not too bad, a few warm days make up for a lot of mud.  Ruby the cow is back, and we are all glorying in milk and dairy products galore.  The dogs are learning to mind their manners while I milk and lap their milk gladly.