DOG BLOG
Sunday, January 10, 2010 
Yo, Life doesn’t slow down for the intrepid among us – even as my humans lay around grunting and eating on the sofa – we Jack Russells were hard at work.
The holiday season meant the humans in my house were constantly in the way. One afternoon we had to resort to sitting on them. This is when Woman calls us The Barnacles. But it was the only way to remind them that we needed their attention. “Let’s GO. Walkies people.” Course it worked like a charm.
We had a great outing to our neighborhood forest which is always good for a few squirrel chases and some mud wallowing. Pooped and in real danger of a tub, we reluctantly returned to the house. My cat Gerri saved us from the soggy wet doom of the tub by pulling a terrific distracting maneuver.
She came dashing in through the cat door with a mouse in her mouth. She took her eyes off it for a second to behold Woman pole vaulting onto the kitchen table, which is all the time the mouse needed to dash behind the fridge. Woman looked at me. Here was my chance. I stood beside the fridge and indicated where exactly the offending rodent was located. I couldn’t see it but knew it was only inches from my nose. Belle agreed. Mia, our Jack-Russell-in-training-disguised–as-a-Lab also got in line to stare at the tiny gap between the fridge and wall. Woman wasn’t ‘on point’ exactly, but she did seem excited from her perch. These humans are so darned useless in these drastic situations aren’t they ? I told the others to stand aside and commenced the barking/tail wagging/sniffing/pawing routine. Course it worked like a charm. The optimistic mouse darted out making for the door. Belle, the smallest but fiercest in my pack, dispatched it in a split second. Then I paraded it around the kitchen for a couple of victory laps. Woman climbed down and, acting as though it were a ticking bomb, moved it slowly to the trash.
Phew – The Barnacles had to sleep in a big sun puddle for a very long hour after that adventure. But hey – no tub !! Later bloggers and doggers. Your friend Eddy.
