Blondie picked up this box turtle. She hadn’t harmed it.
Gretchen took the dogs elsewhere. I put the Terrapene Carolina back in the grass by the field. Continue reading
Blondie picked up this box turtle. She hadn’t harmed it.
Gretchen took the dogs elsewhere. I put the Terrapene Carolina back in the grass by the field. Continue reading
A small turtle crossing the path to the garden. It’s maybe 4 inches long.
That’s Sky’s dog leg.
None of the dogs noticed until I’d been looking at the turtle for quite some time. Blondie, Honeybun, Sky, and River sniffed and moved along.
I think it’s a box turtle, but I didn’t pick it up to see, since it wasn’t in the way and it was in no danger.
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Blondie brought me this box turtle. I repeated her lesson: no turtle!
Box turtle, Blondie, Arrow, Honeybun
Then I showed the Terrapene carolina to each other dog, with the same lesson. Finally, I put it down by the driveway and we continued on.
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One last dog to teach box turtles are not play toys.
The turtle I transported to the far side where the dogs can’t find it. Continue reading
It’s a box turtle. Presumably either the eastern box turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina, or possibly a Florida box turrtle, Terrapene carolina bauri.
Here’s a size comparison: Continue reading
It hissed at her. Continue reading