Tino searched for Mac in Port Orchard today. It was frustrating for me, and probably for him as well. The first place we searched seems to have been a false lead. It was about 2 miles from the point of escape. After we had searched for a while, we saw a little dog that looked a lot like Mac. That dog was probably the source of the sighting. Tino went after a border collie inside his fenced yard. Tino jerked the leash right out of my hand and sprinted toward the dog. He dove right through a barb wire fence like it was nothing. Tino ran up to the dog and barked right in his face, and then he came back to me. I don’t know exactly what that was about, just sort of, I’m a big deal, I can bark in your face if I want. It wasn’t threatening exactly, not quite playful, just an announcement I guess? The dog’s owner was alarmed. We are probably lucky she didn’t have a rifle quite handy. She seemed to calm down once I got Tino back under control.
We picked up the scent of Mac closer to home and followed it to a fence where we couldn’t get permission to continue. Then we tried to get the scent in two more locations. One was no scent. The other location was positive for scent, but we hit private property again after a block. If it was just an open field, we would have continued. This was someone’s manicured lawn. I knocked on the door, but no answer. I gave the dog’s owner our information, saying where we thought Mac had Not been, and where he had been, so they could follow up.
While we were out searching, we saw an old boxer. He looked a little lost, so I got his picture, and we followed him for a while. Eventually, he went past a yard, and the man in the yard said it was his dog, Banner. “He’s old, and he’s an asshole. He’ll come back soon.”
On the way home, I stopped on the causeway in Purdy to check the sky. I looked around and found a nice cloud to photograph. I was just about to leave when I looked up and saw an amazing cloud, so intricate and interesting. Traffic was whizzing by, and perhaps no one was aware of the magic above them. I almost missed it, and I was actively looking for good clouds. It was huge. It wouldn’t all fit in my camera’s field of view. I took pictures of the main body of it. I’m very glad I stopped to check for good clouds.
We picked up the scent of Mac closer to home and followed it to a fence where we couldn’t get permission to continue. Then we tried to get the scent in two more locations. One was no scent. The other location was positive for scent, but we hit private property again after a block. If it was just an open field, we would have continued. This was someone’s manicured lawn. I knocked on the door, but no answer. I gave the dog’s owner our information, saying where we thought Mac had Not been, and where he had been, so they could follow up.
While we were out searching, we saw an old boxer. He looked a little lost, so I got his picture, and we followed him for a while. Eventually, he went past a yard, and the man in the yard said it was his dog, Banner. “He’s old, and he’s an asshole. He’ll come back soon.”
On the way home, I stopped on the causeway in Purdy to check the sky. I looked around and found a nice cloud to photograph. I was just about to leave when I looked up and saw an amazing cloud, so intricate and interesting. Traffic was whizzing by, and perhaps no one was aware of the magic above them. I almost missed it, and I was actively looking for good clouds. It was huge. It wouldn’t all fit in my camera’s field of view. I took pictures of the main body of it. I’m very glad I stopped to check for good clouds.
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