While on duty, I was patrolling the park and noticed suspicious activity in this tree. Let me see what this squirrel is up to. - Ranger Brandon
See, I told you. - Eddie
Pet me!!!! Pleeease. - Torch
I saw the caterpillar before Eddie did so I got to name him. His name is Drone, because soon he'll turn onto a butterfly and have wings and fly over us, like drones do. - Ranger Brandon
It was cool when we saw Drone. Then we saw another. And then more. Millions more. We may have a butterfly invasion soon. Maybe I was better off back in Orange County putting up with the cats. - Eddie
Going into Los Padres National Forest through Happy Canyon Road and enjoying every second of the ride. I wasn't even mad when we reached the point where to road was closed. We just turned around and now we're going to look for something else fun. We are trying to find a good camping/ parking spot for tonight. - Eddie
Part 3 of 3: This is the last. Ever! No more squirrel encounters for us.
The nerve of some creatures!!!! Do you see the way he stops and makes eye contact with Brandon on his way back up the tree? Snarky pesky squirrel, antagonizing my innocent baby for no reason.
All videos were taken the same day. We sat there for about 20 minutes. Eddie was in my lap because he couldn't stop digging and eating dirt. I let this go on because Brandon was engaging with the squirrel, and I was fascinated by the situation. So was Eddie. He sat still and quiet, watching to see what Brandon would do.
Then we went to the desert. Then we went to the mountains. The squirrel was nearly forgotten. I did have it in the back of my mind that I would bring the dogs back and let Brandon visit the squirrel from time to time.
Then when we got back to Orange County, Brandon began searching for his nemesis, sniffing the ground relentlessly, looking up every tree. He is mostly back to normal now. He's mostly forgotten about the squirrel. And I think we should keep it that way.
I cannot let him develop a fixation. Brandon takes everything so seriously. And I don't want his personality to change. I will not have him bullied by anyone ever. We harbor no ill will toward that evil maniacal squirrel, but he is to be avoided forevermore. - Mean Rescue Mom
2nd of 3 videos...
Brandon vs the squirrel
I'm seeing from the comments that there are cases of squirrels who antagonize dogs. Riley The Sweetest Rescue Pup is battling one who drops acorns on Riley's head. I may have to get Brandon a helmet. - Mean Rescue Mom
1st of 3 videos..... Brandon vs the squirrel
Have you ever seen a squirrel tease a dog like this? At the end, Brandon couldn't take it anymore and he made a lunge for the squirrel and Mean Rescue Mom dropped the phone. - Eddie
Welcome to our grove. - the butterflies
I helped Mean Rescue Mom take this video. Watch til the end to see the distance. Her cell phone video goes to 20 times zoom. We found a secret trail that led to q quite place we could watch the butterflies in peace. - Brandon
I'm happy they stayed so far up in the trees. I don't mind them being there. We had thought it would be more like a meadow, butterflies all around us, going flower to flower, and some would land on us. I would have been miserable. - Eddie
Did she expect me to still keep being good after Christmas? - Eddie
**** Sound On****
***Haloween Carolers!!! ****
We find the coolest things by chance. We were riding by and parked to listen. They sang spooky music for the season. In our video, they were doing a song from Little Shop of Horrors. The name of the group is the Classic Carolers. But for October, they say that they become the Classic Scarolers. - Eddie