Diggety dog

With turn-in looming less than three months from now, I feel like I'm more and more often being asked to predict Dionne will do. I've been focusing on the positive a lot. We enjoy long stretches of time together in the house when she either snoozes or lies quietly, not getting into any trouble at all. A year ago, that was never the case. And I cannot remember the last time she threw up as a result of eating things outside. A year ago, it happened almost any time she was out in the yard off-leash for more than a minute or two.

Because of this last turn of events, I've been allowing her some free time outside. But Steve points out that unfortunately she's still digging up trouble. Or more precisely, she's been digging. He fears she's going to kill some of the trees, if she's not prevented from indulging in this particular passion.

Here's what this morning's destruction looked like.

She doesn't exactly look guilty.  But the evidence is as clear as the nose on her face...