There are two juvenile squirrels living in our big tree. I think they were abandanded or lost their mother somehow. Anyway, these two (we named them Orville and Sarah) are not one bit afraid of the dogs and actually come down out of the tree while the dogs are nearby. They have come so close to me that I was able to determine their sex! Yesterday Loki was snarfing up apples on the ground near the tree and one of them was on the ground not 5 feet away.
To me, this is not neccessarily a bad thing, but the racket that Zuzu could wake the dead. Drivin' me nutz!!!!!!! Plus I think sumbuddy gonna end up as lunch.
At our house dat would be considered a suicidal skwirrel ! Toby-Man here... my mouth is watering just THINKING bout skwirrels! Dem is good eats Dude.
When a skiwwel like that darts in front of da car we always call out, "Skiwwel with a death wish!" :verdict:
Sound like da one in your yard has all their affairs in order and dey are "waiting to die." :pray:
Merlin The Magician
EmmyLou here: YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go get dem cwazy cwitters Loki and Zuzu.... After all, dere is one for each of you isn't dere???? YUMMY, YUMMY, YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :apls:
The Zs kind of have a take-it-or-leave-it attitude towards squirrels. Zeke will chase them when he feels like it, Zora could care less.
One morning Zora was doing her business in the backyard no more than five feet away from a rabbit. The rabbit and Zora were looking eye to eye? Did Zora give chase? Nope, she turned around and headed in for breakfast.
Rudy-angel, on the other hand, would go ballistic over squirrels. He would actually chase them up the trees. Sometimes he would get 2 - 3 body lengths up a tree trunk before the laws of gravity finally kicked in.
Dolly was our brave huntress. While both girlies had their share of possums, it was always Dolly who was the instigator. Maddie would much rather snuggle than chase rodents. She says getting bellyrubs are a much better way to spend her time. :grin:
Az day like possums wez don't have them here, but all wez says "IS BRING THEM ON" but wez not into eatin dem just chasin them as wez as woooooses. Amy here speak for yourself little man me great ozzie huntress is in for extras as you get more dinnie than me.
Da GanG :grin: :angel4: or somewhere in between
Yes those darn squirrels!!!!
They like to tease the dogs big time,,, sitting just out of reach,,,taunting...
even being so brave as to try to sneak some dogfood.
It just takes patience to wait for the right moment...
dog food becomes squirrel food becomes dogfood...
they are not safe here anymore......