Disney was our “Tramp” today!
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
What a good boy Disney was today. I guess a field rat had gotten into our backyard and Disney decided to be like “Tramp” on Disney’s Lady and the Tramp movie and caught the field rat. The only difference is he decided to run around the yard with all the other Cavaliers chasing him and then proudly ran into the house through the doggy door with the field rat. Now the rat was in my house! I caught Disney and carried him into the living room away from the other dogs while he continued to hold onto the rat in his mouth. Once into the living room he lost his grip and the rat fell to the floor. I quickly put Disney back in the Cavalier room with the other Cavaliers and got a papertowel to pick up what I assumed was a dead rat, but no it was still alive and kicking. I carried it out to the trash, but of course I cannot kill a rat even though I don’t like them particularly. He will most likely regain his composure and jump out of the trash can and be on his merry way again within an hour or so.
Well in case you are wondering…Cavaliers are spaniels and they still like to hunt and chase game. Most of the time they are chasing bugs or butterflies and we do have a few birds that like to tease them a bit, but I have only seen field rats out front when our cats brought them home as trophies. I guess since my Cavaliers run free and have a nice big backyard in the country I can expect episodes like this to occur every now and then. I also know that Disney thought it was a great time and he is very proud of himself now.