This morning, I was walking through our pine trees with Kota. He was off the leash and we were headed for the creek. Kota was right beside me, when suddenly, he stepped in front of me and threw me off balance. I stumbled backward and almost fell. Kota was pressed against my legs and he was looking up intently into the tree. I thought it was a squirrel that captured his attention when suddenly with a huge THUNK this tree limb fell right by where Kota and I had been standing! It grazed Kota’s hip and the vet said he has a bruised leg- This limb was huge and would have done so much damage to both of us- thankfully it was an offbranch of the limb that hit Kota and not the full limb. It’s been so cold here- the trees are laden with ice and sometimes just the weight of the ice will bring limbs tumbling down without warning. I didn’t even hear it break- but beautiful Kota did. They gave him a pain shot and put him on a week’s cage rest. Tomorrow he gets ribeye in his breakfast!