So I was in the house, trying to deodorize the living room because when it's warm out it gets this weird, musty bonfire-y smell. I think it's from the fireplace, but I'm too scared of it to check to make sure the chimney is open. So anyway, I was happily spraying multiple odor eliminators into the fireplace when I heard RJ barking outside. Since I don't really need another visit from Animal Control, I decided to check it out.
I never figured out why he was barking because as soon as I stepped out the door, LB started running around holding something in her mouth. I finally cornered her under the deck, and the thing in her mouth turned out to be a bird -- a dead bird. Gross.
It looked really young, and it could have even been the same one that was stupid enough to get caught by our dogs a couple of weeks ago. I just really hope LB killed it and didn't find it already dead. Anyway, I couldn't think of how to make her let go of the bird, so I just grabbed her and started shaking her. She didn't like that at all, and she dropped the dead bird when she turned around to snap at me. I picked up my growling little sweetie and put both dogs in the house. Then I picked up the dead bird and tossed it over the fence. With my hands, because those are more washable than gloves. Like I said, I hope LB killed that bird. Gross.
Just to make sure LB didn't decide to tunnel under the fence in pursuit of Dead Bird, I made sure to toss it in the same place I throw their poop. Then, to make extra sure, I placed bricks all along the fence in front of Dead Bird/poop area. Of course, after going to that extra work, the dogs seem to have already forgotten about Dead Bird.
