Wildlife

How do you entertain a housebound dog? Well, you could fill up the bird feeder.

Yesterday, we decided to fill up the bird feeder to provide Buddy with a little entertainment. He had a bird's eye view of the action at the fully stocked bird feeder and bird skating rink (pun intended). Food during this cold stretch brought out a menagerie of animals. The blue jay was the first followed by a tree full of finches and then a mourning dove. All drew Buddy's attention. But his favorite was the squirrel.

Upon seeing the squirrel for the first time, Buddy let out a loud bark to either warn the squirrel or ask him to play. After our reprimand, the barking ceased and he watched the squirrel, rather impatiently, for about fifteen minutes as he jumped from tree to feeder to ground, raced up and around trees, and for some reason buried him head in the snow. We were all entertained.

Buddy seems fully healed and definitely well rested, so we took a twenty minute walk this evening. After eating dinner, he still had more energy and played fetch for another ten minutes followed by cradling and nail trimming.