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Rise and Shine!

If your house is total chaos getting everyone off to work and school everyday then you can relate.  The backpacks, the lunches; everything is a rush to get out the door.

Today was a little “special” and extra “fun.”  My girlfriend came to pick up my son for school and she and her daughter were laughing at my dog in the front yard.  Apparently Alley met up with a baby squirrel and was chasing it round and round the base of one of our palm trees.  When Alley took a break from chasing, the squirrel took a break.  Round and round they went until finally it dawned on me that my dog really wanted to eat the squirrel.

So the scene in the front yard was me trying to wrestle the dog to the ground, my neighbor with my broom and my son and his friend each with one of his crutches in their hands trying to get the dog.  I found out that labs are extremely fast, especially when they want to be.

Finally I body slammed Alley to the ground and dragged her into the house.  The poor squirrel lay there, playing dead but we could still see its eyes blinking and it breathing.  I finally got it to get up and run away.  Whew, crisis averted.

Part two….I was dumb enough to think the squirrel would have gotten the message, packed its bags and moved onto another dog free yard but no.  Alley went back outside, since she loves to sit outside, found the SAME squirrel and is now outside taking pride in her kill.  I still tried to chase her around the yard but of course she out ran and was a very efficient bobber and weaver, much like a skilled football player.

I know she is a dog, I know it’s in her nature but ewwww….. what a way to start Wednesday morning.  On a side note, she has a knee condition where the knee joint pops out when she gets too excited.  I noticed that she was limping a little which gave me a little satisfaction that karma still sees what she did!