February 2, 2024
I always enjoy seeing the wildlife at Trails End RV Park.
Two baby alligators started hiding in the water plants beside the dock.
Many people enjoyed walking down to the dock to see the baby alligators. We meet two different couples who had dogs that decided baby alligators would be fun to play with. At different times, the owners of both dogs were watching the alligators and the dogs noticed the owners were looking at the alligators.
One dog was a retriever and it jumped into the water to retrieve an alligator. The other dog was a herding dog and it jumped into the water to herd the alligators.
Both dogs were on leashes and had to be lead along the dock so they could get to shore. The alligator smartly swam away!
Both dogs had to be given baths due to their unscheduled swim.
Blackberry Homestead 
Sounds like the dogs were lucky Mama was not close by.
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Yes, Mama might not have just swam away. I was surprised to hear almost the same story from two different couples. We picked up Nox when we walked on the dock. She is nervous around water.
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Good for you! Better safe than sorry.
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Good thing they were baby alligators!
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Big alligators would have been scary!
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I’m sitting here laughing out loud picturing the herding and retrieving of alligators!!
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It is funny to think of retrieving or herding alligators. It was also funny to think of the alligators having nothing to do with the dogs and quickly swimming away.
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Probably they prefer dogs the size of Nox…
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Yes, I am sure she is just the right size for a baby alligator meal. We were very careful not to let her try to chase alligators!
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