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I "asked Jeeves" Why dogs do it and Here is a sampling of what Jeeves had to say They mark themselves for the benefit of other dogs, Wolves would roll in a carcass to show it's part of their territory. Domesticated dogs mark themselves with an odor other dogs can recognize and potentially make themselves attractive to the opposite sex.'' and this is another It is thought that dogs may choose to roll in foul smelling things to mask their scent, just as wolves do. Wolves may roll in decomposing carcasses or the feces of herbivores to disguise themselves. They want to cover their own odors so their prey won't be alarmed by their scent. This way they can sneak up on their prey and have a better chance of making a kill. Some behaviorists feel dogs may roll in smelly things to advertise what they have found to other dogs. No matter the reason, unfortunately some of our domestic friends have held onto this trait. No matter why they do it It Stinks

I was out caching with my 2 pooches... The cache is right beside a spawning stream... I found the cache no problem, however my canine companions found their own cache. They found a pool of slimy, stinky salmon goo and rolled in it . it smells soooooooooo bad! I can't get rid of the smell.. I washed them each 3 times... I think the problem is that the oils in the fish take on the rotten smell and get into the dogs fur...Please tell me how to get rid of the Stench... Does tomato juice work on salmon stink? Has this happened to any other Geopuppies? C2C2C

Well... The GPS got here from Groundspeak, Put in the very full box of Dora Stuff and shipped to Nova Scotia this morning...It should be there Friday!!! This is what we sent... Thanx to all who helped in this great endeavour especially the fine folks at Groundspeak for donating the GPSr and the Mid Island Geocachers (Webpage)who donated the cash and toys for the little girl.

Ohh your just sayin' that

I think I found a cacher from the same county that this lady is from. I've emailed the team and asked for their help in showing the lady how to use the GPS when she gets it... Hydee tells me the GPS has been ordered. C2C2C

here is the Text...Igotta find the pic Move over Dora By Jennifer Vardy Carol Hatfield and her four-year-old daughter Nicole look through some of the treasures they found recently at Melmerby Beach. A small toy car, a sewing kit, two balls, a CD, a pencil. It's an odd assortment of treasures, but it's left one little girl delighted and her mother scratching her head. The unseasonably warm weather last Friday drew Thorburn resident Carol Hatfield and her four-year-old daughter Nicole to the beach. While there, they decided to pretend they were in Nicole's favourite television show, Dora the Explorer. To their surprise, they actually found a treasure. It was a small tupperware container filled with an odd assortment of little items and a notebook filled with strange entries. A note scribbled on the inside cover of the little gold book indicates that there were originally 12 rubber balls in the container, but entries written later show that each person who found the box took an item and left something of their own. Now only two of the rubber balls remain. The earliest entry dates back to July 22, 2004, and the final entry was from this past October. A few slips of paper the size of business cards have numbers on them that look like co-ordinates, but Hatfield doesn't know what they mean. "It's almost like the people knew there was a hunt on, but the dates are so spread out," she said. "I really don't know what to make of it. But it's kind of neat – I've never seen anything like it before." The plastic container had broken, leaving the contents of the treasure chest soaked. Hatfield took the items home and carefully dried them out, but she's not sure what to do next with the box. "If anybody knows what it is, or what I'm supposed to do with it," Hatfield said. "If it's something I'm supposed to put back and leave for someone else to find, I'd like to know, because I wouldn't want to break the chain." As for Nicole, however, she's just excited her dream of being like Dora came true. "I like the Dinky and the balls," she said as she played with some of the toys from the chest. C2C2C

The reporter called me on Sunday morning... She will be emailing me the article when it "goes to press". When she wrote the second one she did not know what was happening behind the scenes. It was after I told her about it that she decided to write the follow-up to the follow-up... On a side note... The box of "Dora the Explorer" stuff is almost full and will be shipped to the little girl soon... The response to this from our Geocommunity is unreal! C³

The reporter is writing a "Follow-Up" to her "Follow-Up" She called me after she wrote the 2nd article. Stay Tuned

I had a call from the reporter this morning... Stay tuned for another article from her very soon... I'll post as soon as I get it. C2C2C

How did he know my membership was due for renewal at the end of Jan?

Thats a good idea... The lady really wants to put the original cache back where it should be...It's important to her.

I've sent an email to the reporter letting her know whats going to happen. Coast³ It would be great to get a hold of a local cacher tho.

I called the lady this morning to tell her the Great news. She is very excited about whole deal. Our local Geocache group will get together and make sure the little girl gets lots of "Dora" toys. This whole thing is just great ain't it?

Like this?

Alllll Righty then!!! I'll throw in the Dora the explorer goodies for the Little girl. This is Great! Now if I could just figure out a way to get them out here to experiance some West Coast Geocaching.....

Ok it’s a go!!! I talked to the Lady on the phone and she said " I would love to get into Geocaching" She has access to the Internet. I told her the reason we would like to help her out is because of the fact that she took care of the cache and her honesty should be rewarded. She also mentioned that getting her little girl Dora stuff was a great Idea. Sooooooooo Where do we go from here? I still have not heard from the place That I got my GPS/ GPSr as to whether they could help out or not.

I'll wait a little bit to see if I hear from the great people where I got my gps from to see if they can help us out, then I'll call her back c2c2c edited because my "Speeeling was awefulll"

I talked to the lady tonight! I found her number and just called...She was a little surprised that I heard of the story ( She is from the east coast and I'm on the west coast)... She told me that she will dry every thing out replace the container and replace the cache!!!! She said she wanted to do it so the "chain" wasn't broken... I really think we should get them a GPS…even if it is a second hand one. Let me get in touch with the place I got mine from maybe they could help us out. or if anyone has one they could donate that would work too. If you guys would like I could get in touch with her again and ask her if she would like a GPS... she doesn't even have an email account she uses her son’s

here is the Cache in question Have a ball on Roy I hope the family has a GPS or can get a hold of one. This could be a cacher in the making

I had a friend send me a Mapsource file he made on his 'puter... When I tried it on mine, it said the ver. was different... I checked on the help tab, and a few mouse clicks later I had the 6.3 Ver. on my 'puter ... lo and behold, I can now read the file he sent me...That got me thinking...What version is on my GPS map60c...How do I check it out... If I have to update my GPSr how in the heck do I do that???? I'm hoping the next time I put a route from the puter into my GPSr, it will update the ver. on the Map60c...Any thoughts??? Thanx

I just tried running a Pocket Query for them but the most I can get is 15 ( 1page) on the PQ.. It asks for start location... I don't know what I should put...Any Ideas?

I drove by a "John Deer" mailbox this morning and said " I wonder if that is a cache or not". I live in a place where there are still alot of "Flower Children" and there are MANY strange and wonderfull sites around that I'm sure are locationless caches... Now that you ask.... What does everyone think of them...Should they count right along with regular caches or should they be separate? (Just curious) Thanx for the list I'll Check it out

I've been cacheing for 3 years or so and I have not done any locationless caches. I was wondering if there was a list someone had so that I don't have to go through all the pages. Thanx C2C2C

I have one "the original 6"... I did it because at the time, there were not too many caches in the area... If you read the logs you'll see that the series was well received.