Everything's coming up roses
I have been looking all over my backyard, trying to find whatever it is that keeps cutting Ruby's foot. OK, it's cut her foot twice, but there's obviously something dangerous out there. I've been out there several times lately, getting rid of loose pieces of wire mesh, removing old nails sticking out of boards, and generally trying to tidy up back there, but I haven't found any obvious hazards since well before her last injury. Mostly because everything is still covered with ivy and leaves, and I can't see way down in there until the green dies back.
But this morning I found some old, overgrown bushes that I think might be rosebushes in several different parts of the yard. At least two of them had enormous and terrifying thorns, and the gnarled, twisted branches were growing low enough to get your foot caught in if you were a dog. I will try to get some pictures of them. The other ones had smaller thorns and all the branches were high enough off the ground. But all of them are located near excellent hiding spots for squirrels and chipmunks and mice.
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My cat woulda staked out those little hidey holes all night long, which is one reason I don't let my cats out. DEAD THINGS as presents! :O
Glad that you found what might be cutting poor Ruby's feet! Stinging Nettles are also something to look for. Great for your allergies, but not for your footsies.
Honestly I have no idea whether that's it or not. Took Miss Ruby to the vet this morning, and he said that whatever it is that's cutting her, it's really sharp and clean. I am sort of at my wit's end, here.
When Hilda lived here, she was out in the yard all the time, came and went as she pleased through the dog door. She never once hurt herself, nor have any of the other dogs who've spent any time out there. And they've all dug around and chased things and climbed around in the debris.
Hilda did once kill a squirrel, but she gave it to her own human, not to me. It totally freaked him out.
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