July 2008 challenge - Pest & bug patrol (Bugs, kids - things that bother our pets)
 

any thoughts on a july thread?

Oh - I have a few ideas:

doggie picnics
eyes, paws or noses
fun in the water
playing with friends
dogs and cats together
dog's best friend
dog with a job (herding, obedience,hiking.......etc)
"leave me alone"
me and my dog(s)

How about [B]Bug Patrol[/B]?
or [B]Pets in Shades [/B]? (although some may be scratched silly in the process!)
Or [B]Best Hawaiian Shirt[/B]? (again injuries possible for us cat people!)
Or [B]Hot Lazy Days [/B]? (I mean who doesn't have nappers here?:laughing:)
Or just plain old [B]Time For Treats[/B] ? (Regular or ice cream etc...)

Those are all good ideas Sabine!
Does anyone have a list of previous photo challenges so that we don't overlap?
We also have to make the photo challenge cat friendly :cat: so I have a feeling that "fun in the water" is out of the question!? :cat::laughing::yuck:
I like the idea of "me and my pet(s)"

[QUOTE=mollywog;614772]Those are all good ideas Sabine!
Does anyone have a list of previous photo challenges so that we don't overlap?
We also have to make the photo challenge cat friendly so I have a feeling that "fun in the water" is out of the question!?
I like the idea of "me and my pet(s)"[/QUOTE]


If you look at the main page of the Photo Challlenge forum you can see what the challenge was for previous months....

[url]http://www.pets.ca/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=63[/url]


And, yes, the themes need to be cat friendly too.

I love the Bug Patrol idea kr!!!! Great thinking :thumbs up Heaven's knows there's lots around this year!

We have a lot of bug patrolling going on here, even as I type. Everything from mosquitoes to June bugs to butterflies...and horse flies big enough to scare even the Sheriff inside (Coley [I]hates[/I] bugs!

I can get bug patrol pics...getting them posted might be another matter

[QUOTE=hazelrunpack;614966]..getting them posted might be another matter [/QUOTE]

what if you e-mail them to me and I post them for you ?

if we do the bug theme....can i post my wifes pic...

[QUOTE=wdawson;615074]if we do the bug theme....can i post my wifes pic...[/QUOTE]


[QUOTE=Frenchy;614976]what if you e-mail them to me and I post them for you ? [/QUOTE]

up Might work if I can get enough bandwidth to email them. :rolleyes: I've been limited to less than 100K downloads today. I have a bunch of stuff I can see if I go out to webmail, but I can't open any of it because of the connection Fat lotta good my email's doing me, eh?

[QUOTE=wdawson;615074]if we do the bug theme....can i post my wifes pic..[/QUOTE]

Only if you show her how to post the pictures of you after she finds out!

I've got nothing on bug control - would vermin control work ?

Another theme:

Dogs and Cats.
Kids and their Pets
Lazy Summer Day
Quality Time
Upside down Pets

hazel try compressing them with winzip or winrar before you try to email them.

lol, i can definately pull of upside down pets.

[QUOTE=Sabine;615267]I've got nothing on bug control - would vermin control work ?

Another theme:

Dogs and Cats.
Kids and their Pets
Lazy Summer Day
Quality Time
Upside down Pets[/QUOTE]


They are bugs. Just of a bigger variety. Can't believe you live in a bug free zone. Where is it? We all might move there!!

Ok then how bout [B]Pest Patrol[/B]... that covers bugs, vermin, other pets and children!!! (Especially the children!!!:laughing:)

(Really I just want to get in a pic of Buddy and Asker playing "Whack-a-Moth" on the office window!!- Sometimes I come in here at night and turn on the light just so they can play!

[QUOTE=aslan;615275]hazel try compressing them with winzip or winrar before you try to email them.[/QUOTE]

Don't have those programs on my machine...which I am certain of because when people send me zipped files, I can't open them. Are they free downloads?

[QUOTE=krdahmer;615417](Really I just want to get in a pic of Buddy and Asker playing "Whack-a-Moth" on the office window!!- Sometimes I come in here at night and turn on the light just so they can play! )[/QUOTE]

Ulterior motive!!!!

But I like "Pest Patrol" idea, too! Or "Varmint Vanquishing"

I like the pest control idea Both my dogs hate flies with a passion. Nothing can stand between Cody and his fly-hunting. Nova likes to kill ants... and dig up worms in the garden

Man!! I didnt have my camera the other day but Dazy smailed at me and her teeth were full of ants!!! Like a big ol'grill full of ants smiling up at me! LOL!!! Too funny!

Is this the theme for July? Pest control?

Am I the only one who thinks this is kind of gross? LOL....I'm very anti-bug But as long as we can take creative license with what counts as a [B]pest[/B] I think it's a good idea!

Bugs are certainly gross! But also hours of entertainment (or minutes if they're quick) for our furry ones. Plus I think to the furry ones.... other furry ones and kids also count as pests most days!

Heck the way we always have a camera in their faces... I think we count as pests too!!

I really think that dogs and kids would be kind of cute. :thumbs up;)

I really like the bug patrol idea! I don't think I have any buggy/pest pics though, but would be fun to see all of yours! my lazy bums can't be bothered to get up from the couch for most bugs, and if they do bother, its usually a mean one that can do damage to them... i.e. wasp, hornet, stink bug. I've already taken my cat to the ER for a bee sting on the eye, so I tend to shoo them away from the big bad bugs now.

as for "pests" i'm usually too busy chasing the cat to get her to drop the mouse/mole/vole before she gets back into the house with it... no time to snap any pictures, lol

I think it'd be a great challenge though!

As long as it's bugs , please , no mouse

OK...seems like the bug - pest theme has the most support. Merging posts to make it official. Thx M

As far as bug-control goes: We do have bugs. Mosquitoes mostly and for the life of me I can't catch one with the cam. :laughing:

So what's the theme going to be now ? Bugs and dogs ? :shrug::clown:

Love the title... :thumbs up:thumbs up

I'll start but I'm afraid you guys already saw those much too often :sorry:

Some boonie bugs without the dogs :D

ahhh nelly:cloud9:.....never sick of nelly pics

Aaaaah - got it. It's the theme. :thumbs up:lightbulb:

I got to dig a little deeper into my "archives" - both dogs are no longer with us, but their memories live on..........

My Standard Poodle Giaco looking for groundhogs and whatever my dane Daytona was looking for........no idea. :D
[img]http://666kb.com/i/azzwlwli1db46iey5.jpg[/img]

I know I have more, but these have already been resized, and I'm still able to get into the thread, so hazel's goin' for it! :D

Ms Muddy Mossy Messy Macie is always on pest patrol for the Dangerous Butterfly:

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But sometimes, the biggest pests are big brothers:

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Frenchy, the Pack is putting a Toad Hunting Posse together and they want to know if Nelly wants to come! :D Macie says Nelly should bring some of those juicy-looking green bugs when she comes, too... :dog: Yum!

[B]Frenchy,[/B] awwww......Nelly and her toad. :lovestruck: Great shots of your boonie bugs. :thumbs up

[B]Sabine,[/B] I love the butts in the air shots. :D

[B]Hazel,[/B] has Ms Macie ever caught the dangerous butterfly? :D

Some more recent documentation of Pest Patrol at Hazel Run:


King Ember helping Ms Macie patrol the Chives:

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King Ember trying to figure out if Walking Rock is a Dangerous Pest or just freaky:

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:D

[QUOTE=rainbow;615887]
[B]Hazel,[/B] has Ms Macie ever caught the dangerous butterfly? :D[/QUOTE]

:o Funny you should ask...I was videotaping her on a stalk last week and it ended rather sadly for the Swallowtail.

:rip: Swallowtail...

Brier thinks weed whackers are the Biggest Threat in the Universe:

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Lil Belle thinks that Title should be Macie's:

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Ridge just wants that Pesky Squirrel to come down from that tree!

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Caution...snake shot! (breeze, TeriM...I'm talkin' to you :D)
 

Last three:

Sheriff Cole makes sure Sinister Garter Snake respects the borders:

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Princess-Queen Cass is pretty sure that the Hazel Run Mama is the biggest Pest of all. Only the Supreme Pest could possibly do this to the Queen:

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Oh, the sheer indignity of it all! :dog:

[QUOTE=hazelrunpack;615885]Frenchy, the Pack is putting a Toad Hunting Posse together and they want to know if Nelly wants to come! :D [/QUOTE]
Yes but only if I'm coming with her :D aw , so glad you were able to post pics of the pack , they take such good care of their yard :angel:
[QUOTE=rainbow;615887]
[B]Sabine,[/B] I love the butts in the air shots. :D

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:laughing: Sabine's topic should have been bums in the air :laughing: nice shots Sabine :thumbs up

Hey - underneath those bums are a LOT of bugs !! :laughing::thumbs up

Sabine, I was gonna ask but forgot :o...did Giaco ever find anything in the holes? :eek: He looks like he has his head in there pretty deep! He's braver than hazel is! :laughing:

I once almost had a heartattack coming upon a groundhog while I was jogging--but to be fair, I think the groundhog's heart rate was up a little afterward, too! :D They can move [I]fast[/I] when they want to! :eek:

[B]Frenchy[/B] we could never get tired of Nelly pics :cloud9:

[B]Sabine[/B] great shots of Giaco & Daytona :laughing: butts in the air

[B]Hazel[/B] Just Love the Ember & Walking Rock shot :lovestruck: and of course Ms Macie & Lil Belle :lovestruck:

[B]Hazel,[/B] all of your pics made me smile. :D The pack is just so photogenic. :cloud9:

[QUOTE=hazelrunpack;615892]:o Funny you should ask...I was videotaping her on a stalk last week and it ended rather sadly for the Swallowtail.

:rip: Swallowtail...
[/QUOTE]


Ahem......I don't see the video yet. :whistle:

[QUOTE=Sabine;615980]Hey - underneath those bums are a LOT of bugs !! :laughing::thumbs up[/QUOTE]


Animal Abuse !!! :yell:







:D

[B]Frenchy[/B], is that a toad?? Cool photo!

[B]Sabine[/B] love the poodle looking for the groundhog pic lol

[B]Hazel [/B]ure pics are amazing! Love them, definitely made me smile :)


Also old pics ive already posted b4 but they fit with the theme so here goes :thumbs up

First Uro, my brother's egyptian kitty hunting this cool looking bug. A mantis?

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Next is cousin Bunduk hunting a spider :)

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[QUOTE=onster;616115][B]Frenchy[/B], is that a toad?? Cool photo!
[COLOR="Magenta"]yes , a tiny toad [/COLOR]:D


A mantis?

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omg I love those ! Only saw one in my life , she visited me twice in a week , where I use to live. She was in the sliding door screen , I went to talk to her and I swear , she tilted her head like she understood me !!!

ok ok I may have been under the influence but I swear she tilted her head !!

Great pics, onster! :thumbs up Spiders seem to be one of those really fun entertainments that transcend species--dogs find them fascinating, too! :D

Mantises are neat...so are walking sticks! Cool bugs!

[QUOTE=rainbow;616111]Ahem......I don't see the video yet. :whistle:[/QUOTE]

I doubt that my connection is gonna allow an upload that size for quite a while. :o Holding your breath till it comes would [I]not[/I] be a good idea! :laughing: But I'll see what I can do...

[QUOTE=Frenchy;616224]omg I love those ! Only saw one in my life , she visited me twice in a week , where I use to live. She was in the sliding door screen , I went to talk to her and I swear , she tilted her head like she understood me !!!

ok ok I may have been under the influence but I swear she tilted her head !![/QUOTE]

:laughing:

[QUOTE=Frenchy;616224]ok ok I may have been under the influence but I swear she tilted her head !![/QUOTE]

:laugh: [img]http://bestsmileys.com/peace/1.gif[/img] :laugh:

For rainbow--Ms Muddy Mossy Messy Macie, Ace Butterfly Catcher video
 

[QUOTE=rainbow;616111]Ahem......I don't see the video yet. :whistle:[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://video.yahoo.com/watch/3014793/8610013"]http://video.yahoo.com/watch/3014793/8610013[/URL]

There ya go, rainbow! :D

For a wonder, the upload worked this morning! :thumbs up

[SIZE="1"]Thank Dawg it wasn't a Karner Blue she was after :o[/SIZE]

GREAT pics!!

Hazel, your pack is so pretty! I :lovestruck: Ember w/ the turtle!

[QUOTE=jessi76;616312]GREAT pics!!

Hazel, your pack is so pretty! I :lovestruck: Ember w/ the turtle![/QUOTE]

Thanks, jessi! :o

Yeah, the Pack wasn't quite sure what to make of Turtle. He wandered in the yard overnight and it was the first thing they found next morning. When I came around the corner, there they were, ringed around Painted Turtle, tails flared out along the circle, holding it at bay. Because, after all, Turtle might have tried to make a break for it! :rolleyes: But they held it until Mom was able to get over there and rescue it from Pesky Setters... :D

[B]Onster,[/B] I love Uro and the stalking the mantis pic :cloud9: and Bunduk and the spider ......looks like he was being so gentle. :angel:

[B]Hazel,[/B] Macie was so patient stalking her butterfly .....too cute. :lovestruck:

Thanks for the video :thumbs up ....any chance you got one of the pack and the turtle? :D

hazel- eeeew poor crunchy butterfly...

[QUOTE=rainbow;616554]Thanks for the video :thumbs up ....any chance you got one of the pack and the turtle? :D[/QUOTE]

:o Nope. I had no idea what they had surrounded at the time--I rushed down to check it out and then decided to play it safe and just rescue the poor beast. Ember came into the side yard with me to release it so he got to do a little more visiting with Mr Turtle. :D

[QUOTE=aslan;616557]hazel- eeeew poor crunchy butterfly...[/QUOTE]

:sad: Yes... :rip: Swallowtail...

Doesn't look like Macie particularly cared for the taste, either... :o