bad dog

How to make a taxidermy mouse-duck and other duck pond adventures.

Sad days. Here is the story as it was told to me:

Yester-evening Pup was taken for a walk to a nearby leash-free area which contains a couple of very nice little ponds with pretty ducks swimming dreamily, dreaming their little duck dreams and doing their little duck things.

Pup splashed around a bit and the ducks fluttered in annoyance and moved to the other pond. Pup followed, still splashing, and just as the camera was coming out to take a little video of this silly sweet pup and the healthy free ducks . . .

Sweet Pup turned into Villainous Duck-attack Pup.

I wasn't there. Thank goodness I wasn't there or I may never be able to pet Pup again, or walk lackadaisically as he sniffs mailbox posts, or let him curl up all 'cute and cuddly' while I read my book.

In the end, we don't know exactly what happened to the duck. I'm assuming the worst. I'm wishing he'd be okay and that the trickle of blood on his beak wasn't what it was.

It's never happened before and I hope it will never happen again. I'm sorry to be happy that I wasn't around when it happened, but it makes me a little ill just thinking about it.

Sorry, duck.

He was a bad, bad dog.

In case you wanted to learn how to make a taxidermy mouse into a mouse-duck, click here.