Luke the wonder dog.

Okay so flash forward from puppy days to last summer.

Casey and i had just settled into our new/current home. We let luke out into his very own HUGE backyard to run and play. upon moving in we dismantled the current fence (see this previous post) and put up chicken wire till we had the money to put in a good privacy fence. (coming to my home april 2010. (stay tuned for that)

so... usually we hear our beagle barking/howling at something. this time we didnt, so we both went outside to find him and just about the time i start to panic i hear his jingle. not ahead or behind me but below me... you see we live next to a drainage ditch and luke had discoverd a way to figure out what it was.

i started to panic and think if he went to the covered portion he would have an aweful encounter with a sewer rat and since we couldnt afford his shots i started to panic. everything rushed to my mind, rabies, tetnus... ahhhhh

so casey jumps the half fence in the front of our house and begins his scale down the side of the drainage ditch to retrieve my puppy.

PROBLEM:..... once casey is down there he looks at lukes paws, THEY ARE BLEEDING!!! he fell down the 45 degree angle concrete ditch and couldnt get back up due to the steep incline. So i run to the back yard, get some extension cords, the leash and the tree trimmer.

{now is where i realize how stupid i looked and wish someone had been filming us so we could submit for america's funniest home videos}

i harness the extension cord around a tree, (not enough leverage, baby tree) then around my waste. casey ties a knot around the extension cord on the other end and attaches to his leash and he helps me guide luke up the hill. once over i rush him inside and put bandages on his paws.

then the real problem.... me getting caseys 200 lb body back up this steep incline. i had to slowly painfully help heave and howe him back up the ditch to safety. we were both laughing hysterically as our child and dog onlooked from the front door of our house.

oh the things we do for our pets. what about you??

Steph... care to blog about good ole judd and his adventures. they sure do make for funny stories later on huh??

Where to Begin

I have to go back to Luke's "puppy" days to tell these stories. First best story was right after Casey and I got Luke {casey and i were still dating at the time} Casey had Luke at his apartment and he had taken him out to use the restroom. While out "exploring" as we like to call it. Luke smelt a new and very exciting smell, it was the scent of big fat ugly CAT. He found this creature to be of similar characteristics, being four legged, and living with humans and all.... well. he decided he would like to formally introduce himself to such cat. This cat did not in anyway find this introduction welcoming so it began. Dog chases cat, but not just anywhere. He chased him right to the gutters, and down into the underground sewage world they went.

[Casey called me as this chase had commenced and convinced me i needed to get over to his apartment immediately, so off i went. You would have thought my child's leg had been sawed off, but no, all of this craziness, panic, and mayhem for a tiny 12 week old through and through hound who was on the feline trail.]

As I arrived Casey is in the streets of his apartment complex frantically trying to find our new puppy, we can hear water spashing, a cat hissing, and this little howl that is indefinately our pup. Finally after the cat had enough he emerged right from the gutter he went down in to and soon after followed a very disgusting puppy, full of life, and knowing he had found his calling.
You see, we purchased him from a hunter in a small town outside of Tuscaloosa, the only reason he was being sold is because the man had bred his pup for more hunting dogs, the others were to go to good homes. Jake and Stephanie bought Beau, i mean lucy {they weren't too experienced in deciphering animal genitalia, therefore they thought this girl was a boy, until steph's dad sat the record straight and he, must be renamed a she.}

HAHA silly story within itself. Needless to say brother and sister will forever stay in contact, oh and did i mention Jakes's brother Cody has one of their brothers, his name is Hank and he is a mess too.

So it began, or adventurous love affair with Luke, stay tuned more to come.

Luke Turner Rodden

This is Luke. He is the heartbeat of our family. There is not a day that goes by that he is not providing us with some sort of entertainment.

I have forever debated blogging about him. We have stories upon stories of adventures he has taken us on, but yesterday when i talked to yet another friend who ADORED The Pioneer Woman; I decided it was time for me to check her out.

Well as soon as the page loads, a post to talk about your dogs comes up... How could i ever resist. So throughout the next several days i will be showcasing pictures of our luke and the adventures he takes us on.