Saturday Walk

On Saturday morning, Diane took me on a different walk route through the neighborhood. As we were walking down Oak Knoll Drive, as we've done numerous times, Diane could not understand why I started barking as I looked up in the trees. I rarely bark when we are on our walks, even if I get excited. Finally, she saw the 3 turkey vultures in the trees. Although turkey vultures supposedly don't attack live animals or children, I don't like them, because they are 2-3 feet tall, with a wingspan of 6-feet. They eat dead carcasses, and we smelled several in the area on our Saturday morning walk.

Although there were fewer houses along our route Saturday morning, it seemed there were as many or more dogs than on our other routes. Maybe it was because fewer of the dogs were behind gates at their homes. At one house, there were at least 6 dogs, and the gate was not closed. A large chocolate lab came running toward Diane, but she stood still and then pointed and told the dog to go home. The dog didn't bother us after that. The next place had 3 cream-color dogs who looked alike and who sometimes wander down to Oak Knoll. That's life in the 'hood!