Get'n Down and Dirty

Having terriers for so many years I am so accustomed to their hunting, searching, lurching and digging to get vermin, lizards, cats, moles...pretty much anything that moves! If you have followed the blog, you know we took the whole crew to their first Earthdog event back in April this year. Carly and Elliott loved it. Winston was a wee lad and slept most of the time while others oohed and aahhed over him. We have always hoped that Winston would like Earthdog and be an exuberant rat chaser. Up until now Winston's only prey instinct has been the occasional nudge of a toad. Last night, however, Winston smelled a rat...really it was a mole but it still drew his interest and it was funny to watch him. Carly is an old hat at mole chasing and, left to her own devices, can destroy an entire yard in the search for one little mole. So, while normal dog owner mortals are yelling and screeching about their dogs destroying the yard in hot pursuit of game, I was filming. We had fun watching them and it gave us a ray of hope that Winston will grow up to be a rat chaser too!

Winston seems pretty proud of himself!

SO, he is terrier after all--loves getting dirty, chasing vermin and digging!

After the hunting episode the whole clan went for a walk. We have had rain here for 3 days almost non stop so getting out was a much needed break!

We did see a gorgeous double rainbow on our walk. Maybe we can hold off on building the ark!