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This "ready for action" dog is a geoart consisting of 65 easy to solve (and mostly easy to find) puzzles, making it fun and easy for all levels of caching ability.
This geoart is dedicated to the geodogs in our lives. Some of us have them, some of us had them by our sides and at some point, all of us have probably cached with a four legged geo-friend. Thanks to everyone who contributed photos and stories of your geodogs.
The final locations will take you on a nice walk on some of Brantford's finest trails. Take your geodog with you, they will love it!
Geodog - Tara
Pawrent - Hot Coffee
Tara was a Border Collie/Huskie cross who played hard and worked hard. Her herding nature meant she would rest when all wasw well and everyone was home. She often slept under or beside my desk until my bedtime and then she would trot to her bed.
My son described her as "an inquisitive, loving trickster who enjoys traveling" when she was the Waterloo Region Record's Pet of the Week.
As a young puppy, if we were eating something, she would run to the front door and bark enthusiastically as if someone was there. When we would return to our food, she was delightedly wolfing it down.
Now, no more eavestrough downspouts will need to be repaired, no woodpiles will need to be restacked if an errant chipmunk decided it would be a great hiding spot. The squirrels at the bird feeders won't need to worry about having to scurry up the washline post sometimes, two at a time. She sometime sran around the yard pushing a 4" diameter black drainage pipe on her nose with a chipmunk hiding inside.
She loved to play. Tennis balls, frisbee's, dragging and riding her toboggan around the back yard, regardless of the season. If the kayak or the canoe were out, she was game. She loved the motorhome and camping. Tara quickly decided that riding shotgun was for her while I got to ride in the back seat.
She never was near a stream, a river, lake or ocean that she didn't want to swim. Lake Huron, Chesley Lake, Marden Pond, Hamilton Harbour, Georgian Bay, the Grand River and Snyder's Flats were some of her favourites. If we were within kilometres of any, she would bounce with excitement as we got near. The pet wash in town was not her favourite place to be, even though sometimes her three encounters with skunks and other odiferous substances she got into necessitated a visit there. She wouldn't make eye contact if she reeked of "eau de Grand Riviere" or "pepe le peu". She loved to hike and run. Many trails were explored with her. Usual walking spots were The Hydrocut trails and the Crown Land trails in Petersburg, along the Nith River if the bugs were bad, and later in years Schmidt Woods.
My husband would take her along when he fly fished, although I don't think he got as much fishing done those days due to her antics.
She appreciated a perfectly done steak, butter tarts and liver snaps. She would playfully try and take the guys socks in order to get them to chase her and play.
Looking back on some older geocaching logs, I realize how many times she was with me caching. Always happy to enter a forest with me to explore, appreciate and find what was there. She was with me when I placed most of my caches. She would sniff around the area while I hunted caches and sit patiently as I would climb trees for those tall ones. The tail wagging as she would trot in front of me always made me smile. No matter what I was dealing with I always appreciated her calming presence.
I miss her greeting me every time I come home. No matter how we felt, what was on our minds, how tired, sad or sweaty we were when we arrived home, she was happy to see us. The fireplace doesn't seem the same without her snugged up close by and our home seems empty.
Tara passed away peacefully in her backyard, surrounded by the love of her three favourite humans. She's left pawprints on our hearts and has taken a piece of mine with her when she left. She is missed, appreciated and loved.
"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard". A.A. Milne, The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh.
Now where do you suppose Tara hid her geocache?
N 43° 7.505' W 80° 18.823