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Whizzbang

This is Whizzbang, aka, Dumbstruck the Wonder Pup.   We've had her for a few months now and she's crazy about me.   Feeding her twice a day and petting her constantly; throwing her toys so she can fetch and giving her treats will do that.  

We have a daily routine.  We walk to Datsko Park which is a bout a mile away, then back along a lake toward the data tech center, then back to Sinkhole Estates.  Its about an hour long and 2 miles.   





The pond is one of her favorite stretches.  She jumps into the tall grass along the way.  






Like a kid jumping into leaves in the Fall, Whizzbang leaps with abandon.





But this is Kitschland. I was reminded that gators reside in these waters throughout the state.  there was even one in the Sinkhole Estates pond earlier this year.  They allow them until they get a certain size, then they trap it and take them somewhere.  Somewhere, assumably, they won't eat small children or dogs.    

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