The hunting continues.....everywhere

Now that they've flushed out some mice and barked some raccoon up a tree the girls are sure that evil critters lurk in every corner of the backyard. Most of the morning and afternoon it was dry out so they had plenty of time for hunting sessions...with me supervising of course. I'm fine if they want to catch some mice but there's no way I want them following those mice over our fence into the neighbors unfenced yard.

First Salinas searched high...

And Chima searched low...

Then Chima searched high and Sal searched low.

Frodo waited, keeping his feet clean and dry, finding the whole thing  somewhat low class and trashy. There was plenty of nose work for treats that could be done in the clean, dry house.

Chima had a great idea.

If she perched herself up on the wall she'd have a good view of the yard and any potential hiding places. Salinas soon joined her...

That totally paid off for Chima when she found the grill and had the drip pan cleaned out and was working on removing the cover by the time I was onto her.

Then the weather changed.

Wet, wet, wet! But we still stayed outside for awhile. After all, it's Western Washington and if you let rain keep you inside, you'll lead a boring existence. We headed inside, a wet and muddy crew, when the thunder arrived.

 I'm glad that their hunting has become more generalized and they have forgotten their desire to tear down the shed to find the mice underneath. It was a nice, soggy, summer afternoon and I'm guessing tomorrow will be more of the same - hunting and playing and messing around in the rain.