11/03/2018
Life on a farm involves necessary death, from time to time. We acquired a ratter a while ago that is now coming into her own. Tonight, she and the other terrier were barking their fool heads off, so I went to see why. Leo, the non-ratting terrier came when called. Spaz did not, but kept on barking. In recent weeks, we'd lost nearly a dozen Muscovy young. Ruled out raccoons, since those awful critters kill as much for sport as they do for food, and leave the carnage. Possums, typically, only go after really small birds or eggs. I had, however, noticed my outside cat feeder was emptied way faster than it should have been. Long story short, possum in the cat food and newly woke Spaz was having none of it! I opened the door, she jumped in, but the "rat" was far bigger than her experience and with a LOT more teeth! She WANTED IT, but she'd never encountered a large, toothsome, growling rat before. Hubby came out with the slingblade and the non-ratter. All it took was him poking it, and the non leapt forward, distracting it and Spaz did her job in the blink of an eye.
