My DIY drywall project was more successful than my DIY dog trap
No chair, no ottoman, no gap in the wall will stop Junee from spying
Junee is in rare form these days. At the start of the week, I was typing away on my smartphone as we walked. Out of the corner of my eye, Junee — who usually pays bare minimum attention to Chicago rats — decided this was the day she was going to try to put her whole nose on one while it was busy hunting something in the grass. When she slowed down, I looked up from my phone to see this nosy dog. I gasped loudly, yanked her away and walked backward, just hoping that live rat didn’t turn around. For the rest of the walk, I was way more alert.
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Not to be outdone with raising my blood pressure once, she’s done it again in a comical way. This week, I decided to take on a do-it-yourself spackling project and fix the wall where two electric baseboard heaters were. Today was Day 2. This was also the day that Junee decided she was going to get around my booby trap to keep her away from the spackling paste. I saw my dog appear in the window and fly away.
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Shamontiel is a dog lover to her core: 581 completed walks with 99 dogs, eight dog-housesittings and six dog boardings at the time of this publication.
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