Yesterday a friendly neighboring rancher brought a gift for Marmaduke. One of the rancher's cows had gotten stuck in a feeding pen and by the time the vet got out and treated it and gave it meds it was to late. It died. But the vet said that the meat would not be good for human consumption due to the meds not making it through the body before death but it was okay to feed to the ranchers' dogs. The rancher brought over a whole skinned cow leg as a treat for Marmaduke. Oh, man! - I mean, oh, dog! was Marmaduke happy! Well, as the cow leg lay in the field in front of our house we noticed buzzards began to gather in the sky. Remember the old westerns when they showed the buzzards flying above an unknown something which would lead the riders to whatever it was they were looking for - well that was happening in front of our house. Kind of spooky. Every now and then one would land while Marmaduke wasn't guarding her cow leg and she would charge out and run the buzzard off. This morning we noticed a small bloody skin scrape on Marmaduke's nose - maybe she got too close to a buzzard, or maybe something else came calling for the cow leg and she battled it off. It will probably take her a week to finish off the cow leg. Our country adventures continue.
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