Chasing Squirrels

15 June 2007 – Earlier this week the dogs were chasing each other through the living room, kitchen, and dining area. They run round and round and round, occasionally taking a detour to run down the hall. Sometimes one of them will double back and catch the other one as they come running by. It’s pretty funny to watch. Well, I was sitting on the sofa watching TV while the dogs were running around. Suddenly Chloe took a detour and jumped up on the sofa and onto my lap. The two of us sat there watching as Jack kept running around and around thinking he was still chasing Chloe. He then realized he was NOT chasing her and began to look for her. His nose went to the ground in front of the sofa and he followed her trail up onto the sofa. He looked up and saw her sitting up there with me and I just laughed. When I told Kent about it he asked me if Chloe was laughing at Jack. I think she was.

16 June 2007 – The dogs live to chase squirrels. Today there was a squirrel out on the front lawn at the base of the tree eating some bread we had put out there. With the new storm/screen door that we have, if they stand up on their hind legs the dogs can look out the door to see outside. Well, Kent made sure Jack saw that there was a squirrel out front. When he saw it, Jack got so excited he was shaking all over. He wanted to get out and get that squirrel so bad he couldn’t stand it. We debated about whether we should let him out or not. Kent said if we let Jack out we’d never catch him. Bryce and I countered that Jack would go straight for the tree and stay there barking at the squirrel. So we opened up the door and let the dogs out. Quick as lightening Jack was out that door with Chloe on his heels. In one quick movement Jack had the squirrel up the tree, doubled back to grab a bite of the bread on the lawn, then was back at the tree barking at the squirrel. Chloe made a quick stop for a bite of bread too. We were able to grab both dogs and get them back into the house without too much trouble. We sure got a good laugh out of the whole incident though.