Shela: Thank you for your new post about Mesquite, she is a darling. She is asleep behind me on the bed. We just got back from our morning walk. She found two cats this morning on our walk. We walk early morning while it is still dark. I wear a head lamp, so I can see where I am going. She has learned that those cats eyes reflect light. When she spots them, she is like a heat seeking missile. She doesn’t appear to want to hurt them. I guess cats don’t belong in her territory and she runs them off. She seems happy when they are gone.
We walk each morning at the churches campus of about three acres. I feel safe about letting her run free. She minds very well and doesn’t get to far away. She always keeps me in sight, and comes when I caller her back. The facility is lined with 15 foot high Arborvitaes which make for a good barrier , but that is where the cats like to hide. Of course she has that figured out. I can tell by the way she acts when there are cats around. The thing I fear most is running into a skunk. I don’t know if she knows to stay away from them or not? I sure hope so? I have not seen one while out walking in three or four years.
Lyle