Well today was a gorgeous day with snow flakes swirling around us as we walked.  There was the odd drop of rain too but we ignored that.  The first snow fall of the year is always exiting and the dogs not matter what age act like puppies.

So we were wandering through the woods enjoying ourselves when Bonnie and Eddie were off like a shot in pursuit of a red fox.  I called the two of them to come back and worried that they would not be coming back any time soon.  I couldn’t believe it when the other dogs failed to notice or smell the fox and didn’t also join the pursuit.  With in minutes the two were back in our group.  What a shocker.

I text-ed Eddie’s owner to tell her what happened and she said she was just happy that Eddie didn’t eat the fox as he ate a squirrel on Friday and has had diarrhea ever since.  Eddie’s favorite toy is a stuffed squirrel that has been unstuffed for quite some time so is really a shell of a squirrel.  His owner calls it Chelsea Squirrel.  Well on Friday’s walk Eddie did indeed find a dead squirrel.  He really couldn’t believe his luck.  I could just see him thinking ” all these years I have had that fake squirrel and when I play with it I pretend it is real and now here I have a real Squirrel”.

Eddie dragged that dead squirrel around for our whole walk.  He tossed it and played with it just like it was Chelsea Squirrel.  He tried to entice the other dogs to join in but no one was interested.  Finally when we got back to the car and all the other dogs got in to go home he decided it was time to eat his treasure from the top down.  There was no way he would let me near him until he ate the squirrel.  All but the tail.  The good thing was it was a freshly dead squirrel.  I think they are easy to kill right now as they are so fat getting ready for winter that they can barely walk let alone run.

Today’s chase brought back memories of years ago when we encountered a wolf.  Two of the six dogs I was walking chased the wolf and the other four dogs stood glued to my side and we all quivered.  I really didn’t think the 2 dogs chasing the wolf would ever be seen again but after many, many agonizing minutes they returned all intact.  Today’s fox chase was not nearly as scary as that.