It has been an extraordinarily wet spring and summer here and it seems to rain almost every day.  I was running in the woods on the weekend with Kevin and he could not believe how wet it is in there.  It really looks  like a tropical rain forest with the lush greenery, very wet and humid conditions and lots of mosquitoes.  So I was walking along with a group of  6 dogs in this lush green forest when I heard Laika yelp and then she jumped far away.  I looked and there was a turkey platter sized snapping turtle sitting in the woods far from any pond.  I guess it is now so wet in there they feel comfortable migrating around.  The little dog Taylor who isn’t much bigger than the snapping turtle then  tried to investigate but I quickly put a stop to that.  We were close to the doggie school bus so we headed out of the woods.  As we walked I noticed that Laika was limping and once we got in the car she was holding one foot in the air.  I called her owner to explain what had happened and that a vet trip might be in order.  Her major concern was if the turtle was poisonous which it was not.  Once Laika got home she seemed much better and we couldn’t find an open bite wound so hopefully all is well.  I was afraid the turtle had broken her leg.  So now on top of watching out for bears, wolves, porcupines and 3 legged coyote’s I must now watch for giant snapping turtles in the woods.  Dangerous job.