I have a large Oak tree in my backyard that has become a battle ground between my new dog and the squirrels.  They are trying to get to the acorns and my dog is trying to get them.  My spouse is amazed by the brazen attempts made by the squirrels, calling them kamikazes.  They sit just outside the dogs range and tease her.  The rest of the time the dog is sitting like it’s standing guard over the acorns, daring the squirrels to bring it on.  Then I watched a Mexican standoff, the squirrel was within reach of my dog starring at her and she was staring back, she lost.

The war has escalated; she actually caught a squirrel and had it in her mouth before it escaped.  My child who witnessed it said they never heard such noises from a squirrel before.  I sure neither had the dog, that’s why the squirrel most likely got away, she had it in her mouth and the noise freaked her out.

One kamikaze squirrel was running back and forth on the top of the fence with the dog chasing it.  It did it about 5 times before it jumped into a tree, what a tease.  Another time I let her out and there were a smorgasbord of squirrels in the backyard.  She lost them all trying to decide which to chase.

One squirrel down; she caught and injured one today.  Apparently its noises didn’t deter her this time.  My youngest had to put it out of its misery.  I’m not surprised, but poor thing.  But she was determined and was successful.