Darn Squirrels

There is only one thing in the world that B.Emmett loves more than running and that is chasing squirrels.

Today it seemed there was a plethora of squirrels around every corner. What makes a run with squirrels lurking so adventurous is that I never know when Emmett may change direction suddenly.

He weighs close to 80 pounds and when an 80 pound dog decides to shift gears it can get pretty exciting for the person on the other end of the leash.

Today's run started out pretty nicely. The weather was in the 60's which is really pleasant for this time of year in Florida. We were moving slowly out of our neighborhood surveying the damage from a very heavy rain the night before. 

All of sudden from out of nowhere the first squirrel appeared twitching his tail invitingly. Luckily I was prepared and reminded B.Emmett that he had someone on the other end of the leash.

From that point on to B.Emmett's delight there were squirrels everywhere. Big squirrels. Little squirrels. Boy and girl squirrels. B. Emmett was on high alert and I was never truly able to settle in to a safe rhythm in our run.

Darn squirrels, at least we ended our run at Starbucks...