Their days are numbered

 Our trees are almost bare.  We have had some hard, heavy rains.  Combine with the wind, the trees are almost bare.  Except for a young one she planted a few years ago.  It has still got most of its leaves.

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Copper had to go to the vet for his yearly visit.  One vet hurt him 2 or 3 yrs ago when giving a shot, now none of them can touch him. He will listen to them, follow their commands about sitting, lay down, etc...and even wag his tale...but no touching. So Rachel has to start sedating him the night before.  And this one vet will get down on the floor with him and daughter, and daughter holds his mouth open/gums  and his ears and moves them however she wants them to go,  and even places the stethoscope on him while she listens.

Then when it comes to the shots and blood drawing, they take him back and he lays down and they put a heavy blanket on him, and he does okay with it.  

I don't remember if I told you, or just meant to tell you...he notices scents more than any dog I have ever seen, and I have seen and been around a LOT of dogs.  He walks out a lot of times and immediately is sniffing the air, trying to figure out from what direction a scent is coming from.  

Then the other side of that is, if you are walking along with your hands at your side, at some point, his nose is going to be right in your hand.  If you have had anything at all out of the ordinary in your pocket, his nose is going there.  When Kitty lays on my legs at night and he comes up...he examines every inch of my lap.  The throw will be wet from his examination.

So, remember he doesn't let the vet/crew touch him.  BUT, he feels not such thing about putting his nose in their hands!  (They do give him treats for listening to their commands.)  But still...it is just funny.  And today he put his paws on the counter to sniff out the treats, and they some they give normally, but he smelled the salmon ones, and would not settle for the others.  

He has it made and doesn't even know it.