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Thursday, February 7, 2008

dogs say

Dogs say, "Hey, wait a minute, there is a squirrel in the yard." And then they run like mad to chase the squirrel out of the yard, never once forgetting to bark.

Squirrels in our neighborhood know the sound of our sliding glass door. They listen for the sound of Jack's feet on the linoleum as he skids out the door to remind them that squirrels are not allowed in the yard. When the squirrels don't hear Jack's feet, they continue sitting, eating, being right where they are... without a single glance in my direction.

We have a second dog staying with us. The squirrels are thrown off their game for the time being. Caught off guard, in the yard, Sparrow's feet make a different ticky ticky on the linoleum. Squirrels have actually been caught-eating!- in the bird feeder. They jumped off the feeder, up the tree, were they looking at me?, wondering, now knowing, there is a new dog to listen for.

1 comment:

Lisa said...

Maybe you should send him to our house...
http://mama-neomia.blogspot.com/2008/02/mystery-solved.html
I was going to email you that link anyway as I thought E and S would get a kick out of it. :)