Hello Mr. Snail! What a cool pic! 
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Welp. Gonna have to postpone cutting down my olive tree/olive shrub at the base. A family of rabbits is living in there. Pretty sure they’re living in a hollowed-out part of the tree, but the shrubby part gives them cover. I could never kick them out. They are very welcome.
So Waldo gets to keep his hidden poop-eating spot for now 
Look at how this baby is lying in the shade! She’s so small and I’m glad I didn’t dusturb her.
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Omg! Too cute. Grateful you noticed in time 
Waldo thanks you too 
…is this normal for dogs to do
Eating poop? Normal is debatable but it’s not uncommon. He knows he’s not supposed to but he’s smart and knows if he hides behind there, I can’t see him. It drives me up the fucking wall, lol.
I usually train it out of my dogs altogether, but Waldo has probably been the most challenging dog I’ve had in regards to training, period. I have had and trained dogs myself for most of my life, but Waldo is the first rescue/the first that has a bunch of trauma in his past so he’s very sensitive and I think he’ll always have some degree of anxiety. Entirely different ballgame working with a dog with trauma. I never yell at my dogs unless they are about to put themselves in danger (thankfully can count those instances on one hand), but even the “stern voice” I use to discourage certain behaviors - which has worked very well for Chief over the years - is triggering for him and he thinks he’s going to be hit or yelled at or whatever his previous owners did to him - even ~3 years into our time. The positive reinforcement when he does well helps, but he doesn’t quite make the connection of “praise for this = good boy, so don’t do the opposite”. The good and bad behaviors are in silos.
All of that to say, there’s a reason he’s not allowed to lick my face.
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Understandable
Give him big comforting hugs from me 
Sorry for what he has gone through to still be carrying that with him now. Grateful he has found such a loving and safe space with you. From all your pics he for sure is one happy guy 
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I was lucky enough to see the first confirmed California condor in Wyoming seen in 80+ years. I spoke with the DNR and apparently it was a young condor and likely lost. Sitting on top of a mountain peak in the snowy range.
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A wild horse herd and a solo pronghorn in the back. Red desert Wyoming
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The boys are intimidated, and I think that’s what he wants. 
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Call the lab , one got out
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What in gods name is this? It looks like a Black Death Plague doctor 
It’s a turkey vulture.
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