Friday, February 20, 2009

Duke


Our faithfull companion and friend passed away after a short illness. He was on the job till the end, we miss him. The following was written in June 2006 to the students in Korea , they liked Duke and as some were smacking their lips.......yes they do eat dogs in S. Korea.! This was not to Stephanies liking!

Onze trouwe Duke is na een kort ziekbed overleden. Hij was ''on the job'' tot aan het eind.
Het volgende was geschreven in Juni 2006 aan the leerlingen in Korea, ze vonden Duke leuk en lekker...........ja.... ze eten hond in Z. Korea! Tot zeer ongenoegen van Stephanie.

Tribute to Duke Sept 1998-Feb 13 2009

Duke is our 8 yr old bouvier, he is our faithfull guardian of the farm and all who live there. Duke takes his job very seriously and will make enough noise for anyone or anything new to tread lightly on the property. He will howl with the coyotes at night and will play with the odd one in the field.He will chase raccoons and stray cats up the trees. His best buddy is Flip, our small mix breed, in the morning they will inspect the the farm yard of any nightly intruders and if so will leave their mark on top! This goes on for at least 1/2 hr. before all is well and they come in for a treat. Every Spring Duke gets his wintercoat clipped.He looks like a black bear at the end of winter and his heavy coat is too warm for him so he is in full co-operation when I take the cattle clippers to him. He lets me slowly clip him like a sheep until he comes out like a new dog, a bit shrunk in size too. One of Duke's favourite trips is hunting muskrats in the creek at nights. With a full moon, for sure, he will sneak out to the creek and in the morning he returns totally exhausted muddy and his belly bloated with creekwater.....he is getting to slow to actually catch one.....I never found one on the doorstep yet! He will have this happy satisfied look . Of course he is getting no where close to his doggybed in the mudroom untill he is in tip top shape again .....and that means a wash....I will need to drag or carry him.....which I am incapable of doing.... to the milkhouse for this warm water bath....so a gardenhose and cold water will do too. He will stand very quiet and sorrowfull on the grass and will let me scrub him clean .....the mud will be running of in streams. Afterwards he runs like a puppy and then collapses in aheap to sleep in the sun. Duke has a 6th. sense for bad weather . He can feel a thunderstorm coming hours ahead and will stay close to me as to tell me to keep an eye out on the sky. He is a bit of a baby when the storm breaks and will demand to be in the house or at least very close to a human being. He is a good dog and at nights will tiptoe quietly out of the mudroom into the livingroom and take a spot at my feet. Of course the thinks this is all done unnoticed as if he is this tiny mouse of a dog!All is well as long as the creekwater is not going to gurgle up!.


Duke Sept 1998-feb 13-2009

Duke is onze 8jr. oude bouvier, hij bewaakt ons en het bedrijf trouw. Duke neemt zijn taak zeer serious op en maakt genoeg lawaai als iets of iemand vreemd het erf op komt. Hij huilt met de coyotes 'snachts en speelt met een enkeling in het land.Vindt het een sport om raccoons en zwerf katten de boom in te jagen. Zijn beste maatje is Flip,een klein van alles wat ras, 'smorgens gaan ze het erf rond alle vreemde luchtjes die door de nacht achtergelaten zijn weer hun merk te geven, dit gaat wel z'n half uur door totdat ze alles weer geur herstelt hebben, dan is het tijd voor wat lekkers uit de honden snoeppot. Elk voorjaar moet zijn wintervacht eraf, aan het eind van de winter ziet hij er als een zwarte beer uit, zijn dikke vacht maakt het te warm voor hem en als ik met de veeclippers hem scheert vindt hij het prima en wordt hij netjes uitgepakt en daarbij ook gelijk een maatje kleiner gemaakt. Duke mag graag op stap naar de sloot, muskrat vangen,met volle maan gaat hij 'savonds aan de haal en komt in the ochtend thuis, totaal versleten, uitgeput en zijn vacht vol met modder, zijn buik staat bol van het sloot water....hij is te langzaam om ze te vangen...ik heb ook nog nooit een jachtbuit gezien op het erf. Hij ziet er zo voldaan uit en zou het liefst op zijn mat neerzakken in de mudroom, maar eerst moet hij langs de kraan in het melkhuis en daar heeft hij geen plezier in. Wassen wil hij liever niet als het even kan en moet ik hem naar het melkhuis dragen of slepen en dat gaat natuurlijk niet! Dus de tuin in en met de tuinslang en koud water de modder afspoelen en dan nog een lekker zeepje .........hij laat dit met zeer zielige blik toe en staat rustig totdat ik klaar ben met hem,dan schiet hij als een dolle jonge hond door de tuin en laat zich lekker vallen op een zonnige plek en maft verder de dag weg! Duke voelt slecht weer aan en drentelt de hele dag rond me en dan weet ik al dat er onweer en zwaar weer op komst is. Hij is geen held met onweer en wil graag binnen zijn, dicht bij ons. Duke is een goede hond en 'savonds sluipt hij de mudroom uit naar de huiskamer en zo stil als een muis gaat hij aan mij voeten liggen hopend dat niemand hem ziet.......ons goed zolang het sloot water niet begint te borrelen!

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