Lana in the park.

Fall is the perfect weather for outdoor walks with Lana, who is often my partner by day. There are none more familiar with the passenger side of my Toyota. During the past week we’ve stopped while driving to watch some animals. Here are two shots from the past week, showing my puppy intently watching some local fauna.

I’ve had some crazy animal events lately.
My Sh*thead cat has been bringing me gifts of live chipmunks, which I typically become aware of while quietly watching TV and suddenly see one run across the floor. Last week I spent a while safely catching one and letting it go outside, only to have Lana chase it down, grab it in her mouth, flip it up in the air like a toy, breaking it’s cute little neck and killing it. (I watched the final heartbeats and then looked at the dog like; WTF? Was that really necessary?)

In other animal news; I set a trap to see who was destroying my garbage and caught another raccoon. This is a long story but the short of it is; There are only 3 legal things to do with a trapped raccoon: Let it go where you caught it, kill it or call someone else to kill it. (According to local and state authorities it is illegal to transport and release a raccoon somewhere else. They potentially carry Rabies.)

While I walked to the mailbox to get the mail last night, I heard Lana barking in an unusual tone. I returned to see her lying down and nosing a fuzzy bunny. I’m guessing she had just killed and was barking at it because it would no longer “play” with her. Lana didn’t want me taking a picture of her with this kill but I managed to snap one anyway. She was very protective of her score.

Look at my dog chase this doe out of our yard at full sprint. (While I was writing this post!!!)

She came back covered in mud and soaking wet. It’s been raining a lot this Spring.

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