FEBRUARY 2024

I’ve been given the third degree…..the Mrs said…look into my eyes and tell me the truth:  Was it you? Have you been digging in the front lawn? Did you forget where you buried your bone? 

 Of course I answered NO to all of the above.  Firstly I am not allowed out onto the front lawn unaccompanied in case I see another K9 and rush out to play without permission.  Secondly, I certainly would not forget where I buried my bone!  I think the Mrs is projecting her bad memory onto me!  My nose tells me instantly where I last buried it and it was definitely not in the front lawn.  Besides which the holes are not big enough to hide one of my bones and I seem to remember the same thing happening on our neighbours lawn last year when I was looked at in a suspicious manner…..

 Luckily for me the Boss had his superior knowledge confirmed when the our kindly neighbour GR set up a wildlife camera to get shots of the culprit which turned out to be what the Boss said …. a visiting badger.  After I got blamed, the crows got it in the neck as the likely vandals but it was, as the Boss said all along, a badger looking for worms.

 The badgers are back again this year!  This time they have left our neighbours lawn untouched but have gone to town on ours instead.  The verges bordering the gardens down hill from us also have holes dug into them and the daffodils seem to be a bit flat in certain areas.   The worm eating Billy Badger has a lot to answer for, but for once I have been declared in the clear for this particuar misdemeanor and given a treat for telling the truth.