The dog got his paws on a squirrel this weekend! We took him out in the backyard and when we walked out the door Mr Squirrel was hanging upside down from the bird feeder. The dog flipped and went after him. The squirrel deftly ran up the tree and the dog became totaly disinterested after a few minutes of pacing the tree.

Mr Squirrel thought it was safe to come down the tree and came 1/2 way down the trunk and then.... the dog saw him.
Zippy took off and caught up with the squirrel at the fence and actually swatted the squirrel down as it was trying to escape by climbing the fence. The squirrel decided it couldn't make it over the fence after the hit Zippy put on him and came charging towards us, then took a hard left and went back up the same tree with the dog right on his tail. We were both so shocked all we could do is stand there, dumbfounded and wide eye-ed saying "oh shit" over and over as the dog beat the squirrel and as the squirrel charged at us. Mr Squirrel made it back up the tree safely and Zippy spent the afternoon trying to climb the tree. We gave him a once over to make sure that rodent get him and Zippy didn't have one scratch on him.

After he calmed down we brought him back in the house and he starred at the ceiling, the top of the bookshelf and anything else that may have been hiding a squirrel. He normally sniffs the ground like a little piggy so I think he just realized that trees have tops on them AND there are squirrels in the top of trees so he was checking out the top of everything in the house.

This morning at 7 am, they went out for a cigarette and Mr Squirrel was hanging upside down from the bird feeder again! Zippy went bonkers again and I get the feeling that he will never look at trees the same and I worry that he will tangle with a squirrel and get hurt.