So a couple of weeks ago my husband and I were standing outside in the backyard and we heard a bunch of scratching around going on somewhere in the back of our house. Well, of course we at first thought it could be mice in the attic (YUCK!) - but come to find out, it was SQUIRRELS! A whole family of them up there, that is where they made their home. So we were getting a little annoyed by them because my husband and I can hear them scattering around up there at night when we lay in bed. So a few days ago we went up in the attic to see if we could find out where they were living. Well, we never found them but we did find a hole where we think that they are going into.
Anyway, to make a long story short we see these little Squirrels ALL the time. They crawl up the telephone poles and run across the telephone wires in the back of the house. They also perch themselves up on our roof and stare down at us. They run across the fence I don't know how many times a day - they are just the cutest little things!
However...just this weekend my husband went outside in the backyard and he found one dead laying in our yard. It had blood and a bite mark on it's neck. Well today (just about 20 minutes ago) I went outside and found ANOTHER one, dead in our yard
Our dog Peaches is killing them. I just don't know what to do with her, she is so MEAN sometimes. She has attacked and bit our other dog Pippi (Mini Doxie) twice, both times drawling blood. Peaches is a dog that showed up at our house about 4 or 5 years ago (we think she has Pitt in her) and we just took her in because we felt so sorry for her as it was Summer and it was extremely hot and she looked like she was dying of thirst, and was hungry. Anyway - this is the second Squirrel she has killed in the last couple of days, and I just don't know what to do about it. I feel so bad that she is killing them all, but I don't know what to do to stop her! I scold her and tell her "NO!" as I am picking up the poor little Squirrel and putting it into a bag (I know that sounds gross) - but I just don't know what else to do, and my husband is getting P!SSED! He is so sick of her being mean and killing things (she has killed a Possum before as well) and we are just at our wits end.
Anyway, I guess I just wanted to vent more than anything because I am so frustrated
So thanks for listening
Here are some pictures of the adorable little Squirrels that we have living with us - they have so far, lost two babies