Sofie finds another backyard beastie

Today, it was a frog!!
I’ve never seen one in our backyard and M says he’s never seen one either.
I had him in my hands for awhile, but I was concerned that i might be freaking him out, so I let him go. He was too hoppy to get a photo of him in my hands, but here he is on a chair. He even made froggy noises, which made me gush. I hope to see him again some day…

My beautiful, beautiful Sofie

She’s getting so big! She’s seven and a half months old now.

Pokey. I helped a hedgehog today.

He was having a bad day. He got stuck between the wires of our backyard fence. I think he must have been there for awhile because there were lots of struggle-claw-marks in the ground. Sofie knew he was in trouble and barked a few times to get me to pay attention. When I got there, Sofie calmly stood there and looked between me and the hedgehog. She may have shrugged her shoulders. (she also may not have)

Hedgehog stuck in the fence

Well, we have to do something, I said.

I got the bolt cutters…only thing I could find in a hurry. Bent a wire back on the fence and the little guy shimmied back and rolled into a little, spiky ball. Awwwww

I checked him out and he didn’t have any fence or dog damage. Phew. I held on to him for awhile because I just wanted to. Then he slowly started to unfurl (but not completely). I took him out of the yard and found him a nice safe space in the vacant yard beside us—in a great little natural den made of blackberry branches. He was once again safe.

Hedgehogs are very patient…I kept checking on him and he was still in ball-form just waiting it out. Then, on one of my hedgehog checks, he had scampered away. Yay!

 

Pokey the hedgehog

Pokey the hedgehog

Pokey the hedgehog

Here are a few little videos of him.

After release from the fence

Such a handy animal…rolling up all tiny-like

Biding his time

Sofie in the fresh snow!

We had so much fun in the snow today!

Sofie in the snow 5 mos

Sofie extreme close-up

Sofie in the snow 5 mos

Sofie in the snow 5 mos

Sofie in the snow 5 mos

Some Rudy, Lois and Sofie!

Here’s all my beautiful creatures…

Sofie. Not cute at all.

Sofie

Rudy loves the cat tree

Sofie 4 months

Rudy and Lois always snuggling.

Oh, Rudy…

Sofie watching the rain

Another joyous encounter.

I’m pretty sure it’s time for some more photos of Sofie…

Sofie in the snow

Such a beautiful dog…she amazes me every day

Sofie LOVES the snow

More Sofie!