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womanofthehills

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12. My dogs caught a gopher two nights ago -then one buried it

Reply to FSogol (Reply #3)

Wed May 6, 2026, 08:49 PM

2 hrs ago

When I woke up in the morning, of course they were chewing on the dead gopher on their bed next to mine. First thing I thought of was plague flees - but oh well! They have a doggie door out to a huge run so they made a midnight trip as I was sleeping.

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