It's an age old story, man vs. squirrel.
The squirrels have raided the bird feeders in the back yard for years. Gary has fought them for years. He threatens to shoot them but has too soft a heart. When Jake Dog, our Australian shepherd was alive, he did a fine job of going out to chase them. Being a herd dog, he never actually caught one, but carefully moved them out of the yard. But old Jake finally went to his doggy heaven some years ago.
Rascal is too wise to go after a squirrel who could easily disembowel an old cat. They are tough cookies, those squirrels.
So Gary erected feeders on high on poles, but the squirrels easily jumped from the apple tree to the feeders. Gary trimmed the tree. Next they leaped from the plant stand on the deck to the sunflower seeds. Gary moved the planter.
They climbed the pole, so he greased it. That didn't work either, so he wrapped the pole in shiny metal so they would slide down if they attempted any more assaults on the expensive sunflower hearts.
The result:
So far, it is the squirrels 100, Gary 0.
I understand some people watch football for entertainment.
The squirrels have raided the bird feeders in the back yard for years. Gary has fought them for years. He threatens to shoot them but has too soft a heart. When Jake Dog, our Australian shepherd was alive, he did a fine job of going out to chase them. Being a herd dog, he never actually caught one, but carefully moved them out of the yard. But old Jake finally went to his doggy heaven some years ago.
Rascal is too wise to go after a squirrel who could easily disembowel an old cat. They are tough cookies, those squirrels.
So Gary erected feeders on high on poles, but the squirrels easily jumped from the apple tree to the feeders. Gary trimmed the tree. Next they leaped from the plant stand on the deck to the sunflower seeds. Gary moved the planter.
They climbed the pole, so he greased it. That didn't work either, so he wrapped the pole in shiny metal so they would slide down if they attempted any more assaults on the expensive sunflower hearts.
The result:
So far, it is the squirrels 100, Gary 0.
I understand some people watch football for entertainment.
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