Mother's Day "fun"

I was feeling pretty tired today but wanted to do something fun for Mother's Day with my doggy children. I decided to go on a short hike with the dogs. Wiley's idea of a good time is looking for dead stuff to either eat or roll in. Many times I have had to play tug of war with a rotting carcass trying to prevent her from eating it. I am always scanning the trails for snakes and dead things to make sure the dogs don't get involved. Wiley is feeling extra chipper now that she is on her Cushings Meds. I released her lead and she takes off like shot down a steep brush covered hill and into a canyon. I see her from a distance rolling around over and over on the ground. I knew she had found her dead thing. I was praying she would just roll in it and not eat it. Finally she comes running back up the mountain with a big smile on her face. Not only is she covered in rotting flesh but she is covered in small burrs the size of a the head of a pin. I held my nose and took her back down the trail and loaded (yes loaded) her into my SUV. I got her home and tried to figure out how to approach this problem. I can't bathe her until I get the burrs out of her coat. But the burrs are coated with decaying goey stuff. So I tried the "Furby", followed by a dog brush. Then Derek came out and started laughing at the situation. He suggested a shedding blade. He went to work trying to get as many burrs out of her coat as possible. Then I took over. Finally an hour later the dog was partially de-burred and bathed. There are still many burrs to pulled out but at least she doesn't smell bad.

......and I like hiking with my dogs why?????????