The Dog Blog: July 2017

Monday, July 31, 2017

DIXIE GETS OUT OF THE YARD...

The other day, my wife Holly told me that Dixie had gotten out of the backyard. She went outside to bring Dixie in the house, and our beagle was sitting on the welcome mat, waiting for Holly to get her.

Holly immediately guessed that Dixie got through the fence somewhere, but that wasn't it. When we were coming back from a shopping trip, I noticed that the back gate was wide open. The gate was closed after the backyard was mowed, but it's obvious the gate popped open later.

Now, we have to be more vigilant after the yard is mowed.

At least Dixie had the good sense to wait near the door.

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Other entries from The Dog Blog

• Katie cried

• Growl and pull

• ... said the spider to ...

• The Dog Diary (2015)

• The Dog Diary (2014)

• 13-plus years with my dog Lady

• OOH! OOH! The stereophonic huskies

• What Lady and Michael Jackson had in common

EDITOR@WORK blog entries

• You really DO need an editor

• Reminders for would-be novelists

• What I do when I'm editing

• What I charge (it's a deal) and what I edit

• Slogging through the Internet

• J-school: More eyes on your stories

• J-school: Go out and learn

• Rookie mistakes for magazine writers

Blog entries from The Auto Racing Journal

• Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr.

(a book of great stories about the Intimidator)

• Then Junior Said to Jeff...

(the book of great NASCAR stories)

• My best day as a sports writer

• Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

• Wayne Auton: A life in racing

More blog entries by Tom Gillispie

• Resume for a writer and editor

• An editor's views on powerful writing

• Advice for be and would-be novelists

• Links to TG's stories online

• Favorite quotes

• What I do when I'm editing

Anecdotes by Tom Gillispie

• Good Samaritan

• The PRESS cap and my friend Mike

• Watching TV

• No luck with Billy Sims

• Wipeout at Death Valley

• Days with rainbows

• A desperate writer working in the dark

• Yer outta there!

Saturday, July 8, 2017

DIXIE GETS OUT OF HER HARNESS WHEN SHE CAN.

I wrote recently about Dixie losing her harness. Well, she did it again; and she did it better this time.

My wife Holly put Dixie out on the car port on her leash, and Dixie wiggled out of her harness. A little bit later, a neighbor knocked on the door and asked if we had a three-legged beagle. And we did. She handed Dixie to Holly.

Now, Holly's working to make Dixie's harness more Houdini proof, so she can't wiggle out of it.

UPDATE: Dixie was playing in the yard today when I heard my wife Holly holler at her. I went to the door and saw our beagle heading through our neighbor's yard; she'd been hooked to a line, and she'd gotten out of her harness again.

Holly went out to get her, and later she said she caught Dixie at the end of the lane. Me? I was just happy to get her back.

For some reason, she's been lying like a lump in her crate since she got back.

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