Rotten Tree Log

Since this author or blogger has no pets, she will now start blogging about the rotten tree.  I am not too sure what happened but it's still alive.  I tried to cut off the bad parts.  While cutting I wonder if it was white or brown rot.  It was nice to see rot in real life!  I tried to direct all the ants to the rotten pile of wood I sawed off so it will stop eating the tree.  The birds came too!  Last year, i also tied a thin branch to direct it to grow up instead of side way.  I've been observing it and taking dead branches out.  Some new branches are growing out from the ground now but it looks like two species are growing instead of one.  I looked at the bud.

Roo - Animal A907986

Recently, I tried to adopt a dog named Roo from Toronto Animal Service.  I met some nice people and got to have some friendly conversations because of this reason.  I haven't been able to have conversations with people for quite some time now because I just can't seem to find a topic to talk about.  I often found conversation circles tiresome because i either don't want to be in them or feels like I am not part of the conversation.  With Roo, I got to talk about dogs and listen to others talking about dogs for the duration of the talk.  

Roo is a strong, big dog.  It displays a lot of unacceptable behaviour towards strangers.  During my meeting with Roo, I wonder what would have happened if she was not on leash with a handler holding her.  She barked at and jumped towards while barking at me at the same time while the trainer or handler said she doesn't feel comfortable at the same time repeatedly. I just stood there.  If no one was holding onto Roo. Would she just continue barking at me or would she actually bite me?  I just stood there smiling the entire time thinking nothing is going to happen.  I didn't even see her fur standing up until the trainer/handler mentioned it.  I am thankful and happy that my parents came along which made the decision much easier but I am stuck wondering what would have happened if I was there alone.  Would Roo behaved differently, even just slightly? After all, I am different when they are around.  I act differently depending on the situation and people I am with. Unfortunately, I still live with my parents and I tell them not everything but I do tell them a lot of things.  They obviously have a mind of their own so yeah.  That's life.

I was sad that she reacted to me like that.  I've been feeling pretty rejected and defeated from other things in life so needless to say I didn't respond well to her either.  I am bad at faking it so when I finally get to hold onto her leash and walk with her, our walk was pathetic.  We were both strangers to each other.  I don't know her and she doesn't know me.  She is not Okee or Q.  We don't have our walk camaraderie.  I wonder if she actually felt my clear communication through my handling of the rope.  Maybe she let me pull her a bit, and then she decided to pull me a bit.  I should have did what she did and stood there until she turned around to look at me.  I looked at her while she was pulling. I wondering while we were leashed together how many times she actually looked at me.  I only attempted to walk with her once because my mom kept saying let's go while my dad had additional questions to ask.  It was too much happening at once.  I like quiet walks so i didnt like the background noise i heard while I was trying to walk on leash with a stranger for the first time ever.  Roo and I walked as far as possible in the caged area.  I wanted to take her to walk in narrow spaces (its not that narrow) and she wanted to return in the centre path. I wanted to walk a square shape and we ended up walking a triangle.  I wonder if that's her usual route with a stranger at that cage. If so, I wonder how many times she performed this walk and how many people already walked this triangle walk with her at a cost of a piece of a hot dog. She returned her to the hot dogs quickly alright.  Did she want to return to the hot dog or did she wanted to return to the handler/trainer? It was impossible to escape from that cage at least the small area I was able to walk.  I should examine her big activity cage more closely and carefully. The more  I think about it the funnier this meet and greet becomes.  During my visit, she jumped at the trainer and handler quite a few times and the trainer/handler said ouch at least once.  She is powerful alright.  Basically, when she pulled the opposite direction, i should have stood there and waited and see how long it takes her to look back at me.  I could have sat there in the mud.

In my last few years with Okee, we communicated through the leash, I didn't use much voice command.  Partly because I was sad and I just didn't want to talk much.  Okee would always cheer me up and notice whenever I need a lick on the face. She brought me to places, she showed me things and paths I would not have noticed.  It was really nice walking with her.  Why would Roo, show me, a stranger, any of her secrets, in that small little area she gets to walk in while with strangers?

If Roo wasn't with TAS, I don't think I would ever be alone with her so the thought of Roo and I having a vocal argument or conversation would definitely be impossible.

At the end of this post, I wonder if Roo had a choice, would she want to stay at TAS or would she rather survive by herself in some territories unclaimed by man without rules of the city, town, hamlets, village, etc...welcome to the "insert word here" society.