Zoomba here, Zoomba there, Zoomba nowhere to be found (EN)

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Can you spot Zoomba?

Well done.

Zoomba has had a really terrific week. Chasing one cat into a telephone pole, another into a fig tree, and yet another into an orange tree. And she's really impressed the neighbour dogs with her barking. Also, running wild in artichoke fields is great fun, as is doing acrobatic stunts on the edge of the water reservoir.

We saw her attempting to jump over a fence from the very edge of the 4 meters deep empty water reservoir, and barely succeeding (path A). Had she failed she could have ended up 4 meters down. Don't be mistaken, this basin is four meters deep. I widened the opening in the fence, so I hope Zoomba will now take path B instead of A. Also, the old blinds should help her recognise the open opening.. No, closing off that opening is no use, she can reach the edge from all directions. And try to stop this dog when she has something on her mind. Dogs tend to become alike their caretakers, indeed.

There is not much traffic here, but Spanish people are not careful drivers, and Spanish dogs are not careful dogs. A possibly lethal combination that we need to counter with a) installing a fence b) a GPS Zoomba-tracker.

This was Thursday, our last day, and lunch time, also for dogs. We needed to leave around 4. But, no Zoomba.

"Hay un pequeño perro marrón?" - "no."

"Have you seen our dog?" - "No, but I'll take the car and look near the village", said our very nice neighbour.

Where can she be? Hopefully she did not run along the road back to where we saw those rabbits, yesterday? Argh!

No Panic!

One o'clock, no Zoomba. ("We'll tie you up in the house and...")

Half past One. An exhausted doggy, tongue twice as long as normal, and she's hungry.

Relief!

Better call off the search party... Where's my iPhone? God, how do you dial numbers here with Bliep? No caller id? Now what? Apparently I have to accept that call, and then there's a connection. Is that modern technology? grmbl.

Back home quickly finish the ZoombaTracker..!