I've created monsters!

Tonight, I'm the owner of the filthiest Border Terriers in North America.

We've been doing the monthly earthdog practice a few times now. Ede does really well, barking and digging and trying to chew through the dowels in front of the rat cage in the tunnel. Atze hasn't quite gotten the point -he mainly digs, taking rather long breaks in between, and digging a little too far from the cage.

And then I took them to the banks of the Huron river today. They sniffed out the ideal freestyle earthdogging venue: two large rocks on the edge of the river, with a gap in between them, and a large rock on top. And the best part was, there was evidence of recent presence of a groundhog (or similar rodent creature).

It was mayhem. Boy, did they work it. Barking and digging and barking and more digging. It was muddy and filthy. People on the other side of the river stopped and stared at me sitting in my raspberry pink outfit on a rock above these mad terriers. We stayed for probably 30+minutes. When they finally emerged, both dogs were almost black from the mud. I was caked in it.

And we were all exhilerated. It was so much fun to watch them. And now they're completely pooped out, still barking in their sleep.