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??
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.
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. 
{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.}
Here is what my cutie patootie looks like..
Love the embroidery on the sheets.
Here is the board and batten style above. 
