This was posted on From The Horse’s Back last October, but it was too good to not revisit!  Hope you enjoy…

You might be wondering why Grady hasn’t made an appearance around here lately. G-man has been laying pretty low recently, feeling kind of grumpy and sorry for himself. I guess the ongoing battle with the allergies is wearing on all of us. Last Thursday, I took him to the barn with me for some fresh air. We pulled in, and I let him out of the car as I always do, and I headed into the barn to groom and saddle Tiny. Little did I know that it was Grady’s naughty alter ego SlobberDog that was along for the ride. Now Grady is usually no problem at the barn – he sticks close by and spends his time sniffing around and begging for treats from the other boarders. SlobberDog is a whole different story – you never know what he’s going to be up to! As I finished saddling Tiny, I realized that I hadn’t heard from Grady in a little while so I went to investigate. What do you think I found?

Caught in the act!

Umm....Are you sure you should be doing that?

You got it! Grady, up to his armpits in Emma’s trash that he had so carefully removed and spread around the yard (so sorry Emma!!). The worst part is this was the second time that week that he had done this. The first time, I blamed the neighborhood dogs because my sweet Grady doesn’t do bad things like this anymore! Yeah. Right. Well, I caught him red-handed. So what did I do? I snuck over to him on Tiny (yes, my dog was so immersed in the joys of last night’s dinner that he didn’t even notice the giant horse approaching him!), screamed at him (so sorry neighbors!!), and chased his butt back to the barn where he promptly got tied up. And I got to clean up trash for the second time in a week.

Fortunately for me, I haven’t seen SlobberDog since, and I’m OK with that. I was kind of growing fond of the good Grady. But I’m sure that naughty boy will be back….it’s just a matter of time.

THIS is my sweet dog!

Enjoy the Hop!