It's April, so that means it's time for our cairn terriers to get their coats clipped as we head into warm weather. Our very own naked mole rats. It's only gonna get worse in terms of sweltering heat on the horizon. Plus sticker season is just getting started, which I loathe. With the grass growing again and my yard guy bringing in the mowers, that means the pups are also tracking in little green bits for me to sweep and vacuum on the regular.
Warmer temps also means the lizards are out again around the back porch. Finn is quite the lizard hunter, even more than Pepper. He has only killed one this month, but that's mainly because I've started discouraging this behavior. He's the sort that would go after a snake in the yard, obviously not realizing if it's venomous, and that would be the end of little man Finn.
There are times Finn *thinks* he sees a lizard and it has already escaped. Since he's a tenacious terrier, he isn't one to throw in the towel. And so he stands around and whines in frustration. Jumps at the fence where the lizard was. Scratches the roof downspout where the lizard scuttled away and out of sight to safety. The husband has tried showing Finn that the lizard isn't there, but this doesn't really deter his persistent behavior.
The local deer that often waltz onto our five acres when the gate to our property is open are also prone to fits of terrier territorial behavior. When they come close to the fence to graze on the grass there, Finn and Pepper feel compelled to chase them away. Not that it does any good, mind you. The deer may dash off, but they're not truly afraid of the little yappers as evidenced by them returning to our property on the regular.
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