Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Pointing at squirrels


Pointing at squirrels
Originally uploaded by dhoopercu
Penny is very prey-oriented. Very squirrelly! We often go for walks and she will either see or smell a squirrel and freeze instantly. Her body goes taunt and she'll point every now and then with her left paw. One day, I stood for about 10 minutes in the neighborhood whilst she pointed at a squirrel munching on who knows what on the lawn about 20 feet from her.

She also has some outstanding eye sight and can pick a squirrel out in the trees from a tenth of a mile or further.

Unfortunately, she also hunts while walking, so she doesn't always listen or pay attention to me. She also doesn't care to work on training for the electric fence - instead she looks across the yard over the warning flag - for squirrels in trees.

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