SNCITO5 - Geodogs - Pebbles Traditional Cache
Chickymunkey: As per property owner's request this series is being archived immediately.
SNCITO5 - Geodogs - Pebbles
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This cache has been placed for the SNCITO5 event (GC4D5PY). Please do not go looking for it until 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 26. Shared FTF for this day only to all CITO attendees.
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I thought it was high time to put out a series dedicated to our most faithful companions and solicited the help of some of our fellow cachers. I hope you enjoy the series and reading about our amazing sidekicks.
ELAINA’S DESCRIPTION OF PEBBLES
I am submitting Pebbles (my son Dave’s dog) for this series as she is not the typical stereotype of geodog. Pebbles is a very very tiny 5lb toy puddle who has incredible stamina and extraordinary tracking abilities. Given her size, it amazes me how she can follow us for hours whether we are on foot or bike, keeping pace with our speed, heeling along the back wheel of the bike. She knows when we leave the trail what we are looking for and on occasion, she has actually brought us right up to the cache. I am guessing that there has been a recent find (scent) that she picked up on.
Once the cache is found, she becomes very excited as she knows it’s her job to get us back out and waits for the command “OK Pebbles find the trail.” Off she goes backtracking us exactly the way we came in, stopping to wait at crossroads to make sure we take the right turn before heading off again. Should she lose sight of us, she constantly runs back to check on us. She is protective.
Pebbles also has instinctive hunting abilities and has pointed out a moose, raccoons hiding in trees, flushed out many birds, rabbits and squirrels. She even has the bird dog pointing stance down pat, in miniature version.
Womantracter was the one who first pointed out this ability to me. She swears she would trust and follow this dog out of any bush and has sat around the hunting campfire telling the other hunters about her.
If I know I am going caching in an area that will involve a lot of bushwhacking, I have actually called my son, to see if I can borrow her for the day. To his dismay she usually comes back covered head to paw in burrs, leaves and mud. Just once I got in trouble, while bathing her Dave discovered a tick.
Her size does have its limitations as she is housebound for the winter. She cannot handle the cold, the snow sticks to her fur like velcro and I end up having to tuck her into my jacket to keep her warm.
I have a new respect for these little teeny weeny dogs as I was one who always dismissed them as “not being a real dog”. Pebbles has taught me the age old lesson “do not judge the book by its cover”.
She loves geocaching and I enjoy taking her with us.
APPEARANCE
The poodle is a very active, intelligent and elegant dog, squarely built, and well proportioned. To ensure the desirable squarely built appearance, the length of body measured from the breastbone to the point of the rump approximates the height from the highest point of the shoulders to the ground. The eyes should be very dark, oval in shape, and have an alert and intelligent expression. The ears should fold over close to the head, set at, or slightly below, eye level. The coat should be of naturally curly texture, dense throughout.
TEMPERAMENT
Of note is this breed's keen sense for instinctive behavior. In particular, marking and hunting drives are more readily observable than in most other breeds. Classified as highly energetic, poodles can also get bored fairly easily, and have been known to get creative about finding mischief.
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