I am too old for this.

That was my recurring thought. Along with "It's always something" . No one will believe this on the heels of Roger Rabbit.

But here's my tale only this time it was a head. And in case you're squeamish, despite all odds it has a happy ending.

I came home from a few hours at work and took the dogs right out. I went with them since Calla has been digging a lot lately. Soon they were fascinated by something, never a good thing. A poor sparrow had caught it's head in the fence, between two layers of fencing really.

I was screaming like a banshee, yes I know one should be calm. Leave it , here, sit, nothing worked for long. Luca was by far the worst. He had that poor little sparrow in his mouth a couple of times. Trying to capture two dogs, hold them by their collars and get them into the house is nearly impossible. We've done this drill before. Calla I had because she is more compliant/obedient. Then I'd go to get Luca and he'd circle behind me to get to the bird. Luckily he seems to have a poor sense of spatial relationships and it took him a while to find the right spot in the fence so I had time to head him off again. If I don't finish this story it's because the neighbors heard me and have called the men with the nets. Future think I may leave leashes outside.

Finally I got the dogs into the house. Grabbed my camera because It's hard to believe my own tales anymore. I put on heavy duty gloves. I gathered the sparrows wings, one of which was now also caught in the fence. It was easier than I thought it might be to separate the fence. After I set the sparrow down, which looked remarkably uninjured, it flew off. I was so glad since I had visions of a mortally wounded bird that I would have to euthanize. Just a few downy feathers left in the fence. No doubt it is traumatized as I am but the doodles are fine.

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Permalink Reply by F, Calla & Luca on October 19, 2011 at 8:36pm

Anything is possible!

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Permalink Reply by Ricki and Tara (doodle) on October 19, 2011 at 6:12pm

I'm so glad you were able to rescue the little guy!!! I'm going to contact the Audubon Society and they will probably give you a metal or something.:) Nice work! Now take the rest of the week of for pete's sake!!

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Permalink Reply by Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie on October 19, 2011 at 7:10pm

Yay! for happy endings. Imagine a traumatized bird on the lawn, 2 healthy dogs and one on-leash with a cast on his leg from surgery. Imagine me, wearing pjs, with the 'poop' shovel fending off the dogs while yelling for husband and son (who never showed up btw). The end was not as happy as yours, but it wasn't because the dogs actually got the bird. I think it was so scared, it had a heart attack.