Nickel
Actually his name was Nicklaus.
Pure-bred
Cocker Spaniel was he
Since his name was so long,
Nickel to me
Now we were best buds, oh yes indeed!
Though gotten for a boy,
Whose mom I did marry
Nickel and I were blamed for many a deed
Well being a guy,
He was supposed to know
It was I that taught him
How to write his name in the snow
We would take walks,
That lady and me
Nickel of course leading the way
Hurry up daddy up here is something to see
Of the dirt road into grass watching that tail
Lady would look at me grinning Oh go ahead on
Earth would explode
With the flushing of quail
Ill be damned! When he learn to do that?
Honey he was bred to find birds
Hold point and flush
Tis a fact
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But that aint a Woodcock
Nickel dont care about that
Tried it with a shotgun? my lady did ask
I pretended in the backyard
In the sun Nickel
preferred to sun bask
Now honey I know how
You two like to have fun
One of you take the other out
Take a shotgun
Stepson at his daddys,
One week visit you see
Leaving Nickel, lady
and well just us three
Lady went to visit parents;
I was to later meet her there
Nickel talked me into
Looking for table fare
Well he was supposed to get groomed
Handsome and clean
Heck we are guys,
Not supposed to know what that means
I had called to cancel
Groomer said Thank You
Something had come up
Tomorrow be better, thatll do
So while Nickel was in backyard to pee
I loaded up the truck
So he wouldnt see
Damn Dog, gets all excited
Not just around me
Reloading shotshells
Or the guns that he sees
Then again being such buds that we are
Hed rather ride in daddys truck
Than walk
Or Mommas car
Permission to hunt on a fellas land
Was granted by Nickel
And the owner of course
Shaking paw and hand
Hey Im just the guy
That drives the truck
Hurry up daddy
Lets try our luck
Now Nickel not been trained as they say
Got a Pedigree as pure as can be
Some stuff just knowd
Cant be taught in a day
Standing with Citori of which light did off glint
Umm daddy, you didnt forget my peppermint?
Crunch, Crunch, Crunch I hear the dog
Me, I head off, and have to step over a log.
So while I take a step or two
Pause and wait
Nickel runs past
Full bore on up ahead and hits brakes
Easy, Easy, good boy
Nickel decided be more fun to pounce
Ground Exploded
Citori spewed forth its load of ¾ ounce
As I watched the quail
That Id just hit
Nickel was off running
Toward where the others had lit
Sigh&Hey Silly you forgot to retrieve!
No daddy he said tail just a wagging
I pounce, you shoot
You do the bagging
So he stops rolling on the ground
Hollers out Hurry up daddy,
This is such fun
Cmon found more, bring your gun
Now momma quail this time
Had decided to protect
I showed Nickel
How she feigned wing defect.
I waited to see what Nickel
Would do next
Daddy this is the part
You call Respect
I showed Nickel the quail
We taken a bit ago
He sniffed and looked at me
He was reverent though he did wag his tail.
He came closer
To observe what fell
With his paw
Nickel too petted the quail.
Hey daddy, about them peppermint?
As he started to frolic
Nickel managed to get two Peppermints
From out of my pocket.
Two boys having fun
One wagging tail,
flushing quail
The taller one- toting and using a gun.
Part of this outing funny as hell
Seems these two boys got chased
By a Bull
Wearing a Bell
Oh we made it thru the fence
Lickaty- split
Not sure who stepped in
The most bullshit
What the hell was that daddy!
Nickel asked me
That be a bull
Now you tell me
Think you can flush another
Nickel this time?
Try to pick a place
Without Bulls brother
"Daddy Ive quit shaking now
Got to admit it was fun
Cmon lets go see what that is"
Great now my dog want to see a cow.
Nickel done with that
With a wag of his tail
Just has to run over
To the other rail.
Dog ever been atop a horse?
Well hand me your gun and give it a go
Nickel looks up at me
Has to be up there with me of course
Holding my gun
Fella is laughing
Seems he noticed
Nickel and Iearlier on the run
Daddy, it is a l-o-n-g way down
We head off in the yard
Nickel just a grinning no not a frown
Horse totin me and my pard.
Nickel and I get a Polaroid
Of us atop that horse
We then dismount
Shake hands with the owner of course.
Heading back in
What is that daddy?
Why that is a Buck
Cmon daddy -race you to the truck.
"Daddy
Im hungry and hot
Can we go to Sonic
They gots burgers and tater tots"
Nickel likes Sonic
He has the girls all trained
He gets all sorts of attention
Not to mention handfuls of peppermint
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Oh there is more to this work about Nickel.
Just been awhile and &well&Nickel and I kept adding to it.
Kinda long you might say, one helluva a day.
Two boys meeting up as supposed to , typical boys, smelling funny, really dirty. Nickel just had to show lady the quail.
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Something sexy about a guy smelling of sweat, guns and game...then the lady quit petting the damn dog, stood up and spoke to me. *grin*
There are some other works about Nickel too&just &kinda&hard &I miss Nickel.