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Hiking in coyote land; this morning I saw two of them. ...................Hiking is for my feet, and the mini gym is for my arms and general shape.

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Left: I liked this Belgian Malinois at the County Shelter, but he had a rash. The Shelter Veterinarian had no clue what it is but gave him an antibiotic shot. The next morning at home his face had gotten much worse, and even his eyes were affected. I was afraid that the rash could be infectious and my pack could get it. So, with bleeding heart, I returned the poor guy to the shelter. If they can heal it, I'll take him again. The Mali is 2 y/o and 50 pounds but looks larger than my older pups between 65 and 96 pounds. PS, behind the Boxers are my wife's chicken supplies.
Right: In the meantime, I discovered that the www.westcoastboxerrescue.org has a dozen Boxers listed on its website. Well, I don't expect that they give me this fabulous guy, but I prefer to adopt a decent Boxer to any other breed. I even paid $10 for my application to be processed and keep my fingers crossed. It can take up to ten days before this volunteer group lets me know.

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@hollydolly I sent you a picture of Mali's blisters.
 
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Hiking in coyote land; this morning I saw two of them.

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Left: I liked this Belgian Malinois at the County Shelter but it had a rash. The Shelter Veterinarian had no clue but gave him an antibiotic shot. The next morning his face had gotten much worse, and even his eyes were affected. I was afraid that the rash could be infectious and my pack could get it. So, with bleeding heart, I returned the poor guy to the shelter. If they can heal it, I'll take him again. Right: In the meantime, I discovered that the www.westcoastboxerrescue.org has a dozen Boxers listed on its website. Well, I don't expect to get the fabulous guy, but I prefer to adopt a decent Boxer to any other breed. I even paid $10 for my application to be processed and keep my fingers crossed.

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I wonder what has caused the rash on the Mali's face... never heard of that before...:unsure:
 
I took advantage of another relatively cool morning to continue straightening up in the garden patches.

There's a plant that sends up shoots all over. I must have dug up 8 or 9. They grown on a long underground runners. Google Lens shows many similar plants, but my guess is staghorn sumac (see photo). We haven't had but an occasional splash-and-dash shower. The ground is dust no matter how far down I dug.

The catnip is all but burnt to a crisp. I hope the roots can take the drought and it will return next year.

A few mullein seedlings - they look like fuzzy cabbage leaves. No problem with those - the roots are shallow and can easily be pulled out by hand.

Also cut back the dried up milkweed stalks. The milkweeds are great-grandchildren of milkweed seeds I brought from the old house. I let them grow, but never see any monarch caterpillars on them. They may like milkweed, but it is an ugly plant and worse looking when it dries out. Makes the whole place look unkempt.

That's enough for me today!

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Beautiful, hot, sunny day! Was just out, reading a psychological self-help book, which was recommended here by someone:
Feeling Good, the New Mood Therapy by Dr. David Burns. Thanks, SFer, I forgot who you are!

This morning podiatrist burst repulsive blood blister, UGH! Left foot pretty swollen. She, the doc, sending nurse to me 3X a week to change complicated dressing. Also put on forgot what you call them, pills against infection. Oh, my busted brain. Anyway, you all know what I mean. See this doc again in two weeks. She is very caring, gentle. She stuck needles in various toes which did not hurt.

I am hobbling, but what's the rush?
 
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