I love my dogs but sometimes they are just plain goofy. Once the squirrels come out for the season, they go from tree to tree chasing them. They will sit for hours under the trees watching and waiting for the squirrels to come down.
My next door neighbor once wondered if they get stiff necks. My sister, Ruthie, came over once and asked where they were. I told her they were outside. She said they couldn’t be because they didn’t run to greet her. I told her they must have a squirrel up in the tree. Sure enough, they were staring up at the tree.
These two are hunting dogs. I guess they don’t understand they are bird dogs, not squirrel dogs. What I can’t figure out is why the squirrels even come back. Sport and Maggie do this every year. If they are in the house and see a squirrel out the window, they go crazy. They will jump and whine until you let them out. Then they race out the door jumping down off the deck. Mind you we have six steps coming off the deck. They jump over all of them.
When I first saw the add for the movie “UP” with the dog with the talking collar, I just laughed. That is my two. They will be going along then “SQUIRREL”. Just don’t get in there way or they are liable to run you over.
They keep Tom and I smiling. They are such a joy to have around.
I love my Sport and Maggie.
C
The Quilting Hiker 