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My cats are always leaving presents for me on the porch or at the foot of my bed. Found this on the porch this morning. My cats are pretty big....
Seriously, this is Tor, a Great Pyrenees who doesn't believe in going around anything if he can go through it. When going somewhere on my property, he will plow straight through the thickest brush patch imaginable. This year, we had an over abundance of of some kind of weed that produced burr that stuck permanently to fur. Tor (125 pounds) would have not allow me to remove even one burr without serious complaint let alone 50000.
He has an appointment in a week to be shaved at the vet so his nice winter coat will grow in properly.
Just for jollies.
New necked animal people art coming very soon! :)
Seriously, this is Tor, a Great Pyrenees who doesn't believe in going around anything if he can go through it. When going somewhere on my property, he will plow straight through the thickest brush patch imaginable. This year, we had an over abundance of of some kind of weed that produced burr that stuck permanently to fur. Tor (125 pounds) would have not allow me to remove even one burr without serious complaint let alone 50000.
He has an appointment in a week to be shaved at the vet so his nice winter coat will grow in properly.
Just for jollies.
New necked animal people art coming very soon! :)
Category Photography / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 1224 x 784px
File Size 390.9 kB
Oh poor kid... we have some weeds around the same way they're about the size of a small Walnut they hang to fabric and fur like Velcro. Only thing is they don't like being pulled apart. I would have to cut them out of Sky's and Tundra's fur. So far Sage has managed to stay out of them for the most part.
Hi Inked Bird,
I'm not brave enough to do the clipping so I'm leaving that up to the vet. They'll probably have to sedate him to be able to do it. There isn't a vicious bone in his body but he is so strong you just can't hold him still. Just playing with him is dangerous because he has a tendency to shoot his massive paws straight forward like spears and will get you good in the face. But even with this danger, I wrestle with him almost daily. Wish I could bring him in the house but like I mentioned, he doesn't like to go around things and goes over them instead like tables and counters and such. and with a house full of antiques..... O:
I might try and dog proof part of the house this winter and limit access. we'll see. :)
I'm not brave enough to do the clipping so I'm leaving that up to the vet. They'll probably have to sedate him to be able to do it. There isn't a vicious bone in his body but he is so strong you just can't hold him still. Just playing with him is dangerous because he has a tendency to shoot his massive paws straight forward like spears and will get you good in the face. But even with this danger, I wrestle with him almost daily. Wish I could bring him in the house but like I mentioned, he doesn't like to go around things and goes over them instead like tables and counters and such. and with a house full of antiques..... O:
I might try and dog proof part of the house this winter and limit access. we'll see. :)
Sounds awesome - can completely understand 💙 sounds like a wonderful beautiful demolition unit - Nettle for a giant breed was very conscious of herself (delicate with small children) but even then had to acclimatise her to bring shaved. I think you are choosing a sensible option. Look forward to seeing after pics
Definitely not cockleburs, these things are way too small. And as for cockleburs on my property, I've been slowly killing them off and thought I'd finally got them all this year. But just this weekend, I saw one plant up against the house hiding in the shade of a tree. immediately went to it and tried to pull it up or break it off. Didn't want to do either. Finally twisted it off and carried it over to the burn pile. Had to pull a bunch of the things out of my shirt. Then I went into the house and sat down in front of the computer..... only to find two big clubs of them in my hair. Damn hard and painful to get out!!!
Oh! >those< things. Bet I can describe them. Lemme see... about the size of BB's? Grows on a bushy little plant about knee to waist high? I hate those things. I swear those tiny burrs jump off the plant as you walk by. Yes... they're VERY hard to either pull out by the roots or to even break them off at the stems. They seem to pop up here and there. I had a few growing off my back porch this year but none in the front yard after I sprayed for an invasive plant that was trying to take over everything (stupid road crews planted it as a ground cover for highway construction and it's almost impossible to cut with a mower. You would swear they would've learned after the Kudzu fiasco. :facepalm: ). I don't know the name of your 'tormentor' but I know the beastie well enough.
They're probably "goat-heads".
And yup, SHAVE EVERYTHING. Unfortunately, that includes under the tail too. The moment you see that plant, BURN IT WITH FIRE. No seriously, burn it while the seeds are still green, and shove a red-hot poker thru the stem after you cut it at ground level to stop it sprouting again.
And yup, SHAVE EVERYTHING. Unfortunately, that includes under the tail too. The moment you see that plant, BURN IT WITH FIRE. No seriously, burn it while the seeds are still green, and shove a red-hot poker thru the stem after you cut it at ground level to stop it sprouting again.
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