They’re all over my trails.
Sometimes people we pass ask my person how she keeps me away from them.
But for the first time today someone warned us about them.
A boy who had just discovered them.
I don’t think he was attacked, but he saw the danger.
Those things have attitude.
And some of them hang out right next to my trails.
.
So close that you have to be careful not to brush against them.
But I think that boy might have been overly concerned.
Let me see.
Nope, he’s right.
Away, you prickly pear! Away!
Don’t get so close to my trails.
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Kimberly M. Ringer
January 20, 2014 at 10:42 am
I know a doggy who landed in one of them. Be careful Bongo. Those things are mean and nasty.
Bongo
January 20, 2014 at 11:30 am
Kimberly, I’m pretty good about staying away from those things- except one time I found a bone in the middle of a bunch of them. The bone was worth it – until my person told me to drop it, that is.
fredrieka
January 20, 2014 at 10:56 am
My friend Cissy was porcupined once that is so much worse because she did not know she should avoid it
Bongo
January 20, 2014 at 11:31 am
Fredrieka, I’m sure glad there aren’t any porcupines on my trails. I’d probably want to play with it. But I know enough to keep away from cactus.
Kari
January 20, 2014 at 12:41 pm
Im surprised my pups did tangle with them when we lived in Vegas
Stop on by for a visit
Kari
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Bongo
January 20, 2014 at 8:37 pm
Kari, they’re only worth tangling with if there’s a bone buried inside a bunch of them.
Oz the Terrier
January 20, 2014 at 1:17 pm
Prickly anythings next to a trail is no good, Bongo. No good at all. You be sure to give them the “what-for” if they get to close to your trails.
Happy Monday,
Oz
Bongo
January 20, 2014 at 8:38 pm
Oz, I’ll for sure give them what for. But I have to be really careful when I do it.
M. K. Clinton
January 20, 2014 at 1:46 pm
Prickly plants bite and then poke when you try to bite them back. Bongo, it’s better to pass them and allow for a wide berth.
Bongo
January 20, 2014 at 8:39 pm
M.K., I’ll be careful not to bite them – unless my person takes them home and gets the pricklers out. She did that once with the fruit and got a few pricklers in her fingers.
Two French Bulldogs
January 20, 2014 at 2:45 pm
Yep, those things are worse than bees
Lily
Bongo
January 20, 2014 at 8:40 pm
And it stings if one of those pricklers gets stuck in you. You’re right Lily. Worse than bees.
Genevieve Petrillo
January 20, 2014 at 5:28 pm
That thing is a nose pincher if I ever saw one! Be careful, buddy.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Bongo
January 20, 2014 at 8:41 pm
Cupcake, I’m watching out. Those things don’t care where they stick you.
philosophermouseofthehedge
January 20, 2014 at 5:45 pm
Pricklies are such a pest! Wish the space aliens would blast all of them and eliminate those poky spikes
Bongo
January 20, 2014 at 8:42 pm
There’s an idea Karen. Maybe I could load all those prickly things on their spaceship and send the pricklers and the aliens off together.
Mark Shoultz
January 20, 2014 at 7:44 pm
Good thing they’re not Jumping Cactus.
Bongo
January 20, 2014 at 8:44 pm
Mark, I’d be in deep trouble if we had those jumping cactus here.
snoopys@snoopysdogblog
January 20, 2014 at 7:59 pm
Take care Bongo, looks like those cactus are just waiting to get up to some mischief! 🙂
I hope you’re having a fun day,
Your pal Snoopy 🙂
Bongo
January 20, 2014 at 8:46 pm
Snoopy, maybe those cactus should have their own post on the Monday Mischief blog hop. Cactus are always full of mischief.
misswhiplash
January 20, 2014 at 10:36 pm
You always find new things on your trails. This shows how highly observant you are. Watching out for anything strange and keeping your trails a safe place to be. These prickly pears are okay but definitely not the place to leave a message ‘ ouch!’
Bongo
January 21, 2014 at 11:32 am
Patrecia, I am very careful to not leave messages on these things. None of my friends would check the message out anyway. It’s just not a good mailbox.
Dalton
January 21, 2014 at 3:19 am
I hope you didn’t get too prickled!
Bongo
January 21, 2014 at 11:33 am
Dalton, being an Arizona dog you learn about these things and keep your distance – unless there’s a bone hiding among them.
eripanwkevin
January 21, 2014 at 6:34 am
Ouch! Are you okay Bongo? Didn’t you get hurt by sniffing them? Please be careful!
Bongo
January 21, 2014 at 11:34 am
Kevin, I kept just far enough away that they wouldn’t get me.
dianeskitchentable
January 22, 2014 at 8:26 am
Careful where you sit Bongo. Don’t think you’d want to get those picked out of your posterior.
Bongo
January 26, 2014 at 1:40 pm
Lola, you sure do have to be careful around here. I guess I’m safe though because I rarely sit down on my trails.
angelswhisper2011
January 25, 2014 at 1:11 pm
Ouch! Bongo, watch out, before you know you’ll look like them 😀
Bongo
January 26, 2014 at 2:28 pm
Little Binky, I sure hope not. Someone might mistake me for a porcupine.
marina kanavaki
February 4, 2014 at 4:11 pm
They don’t look very friendly, do they?!!!
Bongo
February 6, 2014 at 10:42 pm
Those cacti aren’t very friendly, but they usually leave you alone if you keep your distance.