Walkies with Finn

Finn and I start most days with a two mile stroll. He's pretty good on leash, though occasionally he appears to be auditioning to participate on a sled team in the Iditarod. Most dogs we encounter on our walks along the creek through town interest him. Thus far he's more comfortable with the doggos nearer his size, though he's fine with well behaved big dogs. The ill-mannered German Shepherd who lunged at him was the exception, thankfully, since most of the folks walking their dogs are good at controlling them.

Little toot continues to ride shotgun in his booster seat. Finn seems to enjoy the view as you can see above. In addition to dogs and the occasional neighborhood cat, we also see ducks, geese and even some wild critters. We recently spied a lone armadillo scratching around an old tree stump. There's a momma duck who started out with eight babies and is now down to just two. The white tail and axis deer are often seen getting a drink along the creek. And the squirrels continue to be busy enjoying the acorn harvest, with lots of zipping around and chattering at us when we pass by.

Here at home, Pepper is always on alert to run at any deer who get too close to our inner fence. She has resumed her howling, most notably when the husband returns home from work in the evenings. I don't know why he always elicits this home from a long and dangerous war welcome when she can barely be bothered to hop down out of her favorite chair when her primary caregiver - ME - returns from an errand. It's so terribly typical, mom being taken for granted, haha!

Finny is becoming a big boy and has hit eleven pounds. He has mostly grown into his ears and he's getting leggier. I found two of his puppy teeth recently since he's getting his permanent chompers. Bugs in our yard are still on Finn's menu since he has that innate terrier prey drive to chase them down. Thankfully, that didn't extend to this larger tarantula I spied on the back porch one evening a few weeks ago. Talk about biting off more than you can chew.