Trees, and the strange saga of Mr. Cow

[Emmeileia]

Trees
As part of my job, I am learning to drive a dogsled. Yesterday I was out with an pair of lead dogs I had never worked with before. Most dogs, when you want them to turn you have to give them the command a bit early, so they can think about it. So, we come up to the turn and I yell "Frank, Fritz HAW!" (Haw is left).
I swear they did a 90 degree turn, went over the edge of the trail and dragged my sled into a beech tree. Luckily the sleds are equipprd for this, so it just bounced, rolled over and spilled me onto the trail. Sled is fine, dogs are fine but
I am one hurtin' unit. Luckily I just have to sit inside and sew harnesses today.

Cow
A farmer near here had a prize cow. A show cow, in fact. It was a very pretty cow. However this farmer also had fence problems. So his pretty pretty cow wandered onto the highway, and was struck by a car. Cow is no longer pretty, or even alive.
Now, what to do with a dead cow? Well he loaded it into the truck and delivered it to our wolf centre, of course! Prime meal for the little guys. However...the cow is VERY heavy. To get it to the wolves the way we normally feed them, we would have to carry it into the centre through a back hallway and through several trap doors into the pen. This is tough with deer. It was impossible with the cow. So, the farmer leaves the cow in our parking lot. Eventually a tarp is put over it. It freezes, and sits there for a few days.
Until today that is. We borrowed a cherry picker (the big trucks with a basket on the end of a long arm that you see people using to repair phone lines) from some tree researchers and somehow used that to lift the cow over the security fences into the pen.
Apparently, the wolves were quite perplexed and not sure what to do with the cow.

My job gets more surreal each day...

[Horsetuna]

Dude, where do you live? Are you hiring?

PS - the second description reminds me of Jurrassic Park, when they were feeding the Raptors. Only without the frantic moos and the thrashing jungle

[Soulstealer]

Maybe you gave the dogs too much time to think about it.
Also, I want to use a cherry picker

[Emmeileia]

Dude, where do you live?

I'm at a wildlife and forest reserve/outdoor ed centre in Haliburton. I must say, it is made entirely of awesome. Though no doubt I will shortly be complaining about dumb sledding clients.


Now I am going to have the Jurassic Park theme in my head all day...lol.

[Horsetuna]

So nowhere near the northwest territories I guess. Drat.

[iradney]

Apparently, the wolves were quite perplexed and not sure what to do with the cow.

HAHAHAHAH
I can just see it
A bunch of wolves, sitting around with cups of tea and monocles, speaking in refined English Accents.

"I say old chap, there's a great big dead cow over there"

"I know, old bean, just suddenly appeared out of the sky, what."

"Terribly perplexing, old boy, terribly perplexing *sips tea*"

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Dude, where do you live? Are you hiring?

Geez, I was thinking the same thing.

I used to work at a zoo. Here's how you move a large dead animal. Squeamish people, stop reading now.

Raincoats, wellies, and chainsaws.

I'm not joking. You have a dead hippo, it ain't like you can pick it up and haul it off. You can, however, haul off chunks fairly easily.

Wear something over your face.

[Becks]

Awww, I was hoping this would be another story about a coworker getting a hoof to the naughty bits. {pouts}

[Tanasi]

When the dogs took the Haw to seriously maybe you should have "GEE's" a little.
I've used chain saws to cut up dead cows and horses before, it's a big mess at best and at worst potentially dangerous for you. Bone is a lot harder than wood. I'm amazed that a cherry picker would even try to pick up a full sized cow, I would have used a craine but that's me.
Sounds like you have an interesting job, good luck.

[ShinyGreenApple]

As part of my job, I am learning to drive a dogsled.

I officially want your job!

That is all.

[JustADude]

HAHAHAHAH
I can just see it
A bunch of wolves, sitting around with cups of tea and monocles, speaking in refined English Accents.

Reminds me of a WoW Comic. LINKY