I post about our dog Beau constantly over at my Project365 blog, but I haven’t posted much about him here. I just couldn’t resist today, though. 
Beau loves to hunt for squirrels and lizards in our back yard. He stands or lays by the back door for hours at a time. We certainly haven’t discouraged it over the last (almost) year that we’ve had him. We’ve probably even fostered it and encouraged this behavior in him. He’s been known to stalk a squirrel for a while, but he never catches those. The lizards, on the other hand, are fair game. I’ve personally witnessed him maiming and even killing the poor things.
Beau must have spotted a lizard on the deck today. They often run along our deck railing, and if you open the back door, they will either scurry off, hide between the deck planks, or jump over to the tree that is right off the deck. Apparently one jumped into the tree, or Beau thought he did, because he spent 15 or 20 minutes jumping up and down on the ground, trying to get to a certain branch.
He jumped up from the deck a few times:
Then, he got smart and remembered he could jump up on the glider. I didn’t get a photo of that, because I stopped to GASP when I saw what he did a split second after jumping up in the glider. Something he’s never ever done before, and really scared me a little! But, my big Lab boy WANTED his lizard!
No, he didn’t get the lizard, and no, he thankfully did NOT break a leg getting down. I threw my camera down right after taking the last photo. I could see his legs starting to quiver and he looked a little worried about jumping down. I was afraid he was going to be a big dummy and jump down to the ground. About the time I opened the back door, he realized he could jump back down the same way he came up, via the glider, so he was fine. He still wanted to hunt for that lizard for a long time after that though 🙂
P.S. I had already posted a photo for today over at my Project365 blog, but I just can’t resist posting the last one over there too 🙂
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He looks very happy though!
Seriously looks like a great dog and lots of fun!
I’ll bet your heart was in your mouth when you saw him on the deck railing. Poor baby, he just wanted that lizard! Glad he was able to get down with no problem. But you do know, don’t you, that he’s going to do it again, now that he knows he can. Be prepared!
Good boy! Good job, Beau Baby!
(A wee bit silly, though, too, huh? Whew!)
Don’t you just love them to pieces? 😉
great story 🙂 it is a shame after all that he didn’t get his lizard:) I like the 2nd picture the bes, where Beau just looks like he is hanging out observing the sites.
It is funny how dogs can just amuze themselves for hours. Where I grew up we did not have fences (our little 6 house street was border by farmland- so the dogs were free to roam.) One of the houses next to us had a black lab, and we had a mix of Irish/English setter- they would stare at each other for hours daring each other to cross the property line (it was amazing that they knew where it was)
How funny! I love the pictures of your determined doggy! 🙂
too funny! hunting dog, that Beau……….take him out to find some rabbits or something!
Oh yes, he does need to go hunting! Or let Don take him out in a field with him, he can track down field mice and all sorts of fun things! Or skunks like Caleb did. 🙂
I loved those first 2 pics as I was reading along and then saw the one of him on the rail, too funny! And I bet he will do it again now that he knows he can.
You may need to sign him up for doggie gymnastics!
So what you’re saying is your pup is part cat!
Hehe, he is so cute! That must have been fun watching the hunt!!
Its kinda like when the cats spot a bug, they are all over the furniture. Of course, Beau weighs 3 times as much, doesnt he?
Those are funny pictures of Beau. Can’t believe he did that!
That was just adorble and cute! Way to go Beau! Sorry he didn’t get his lizard but can’t say he didn’t try 😉
That Beau is a daredevil!! And it probably would have given me a heart attack if Jake had done that. *g* Kudos to you for having the presence of mind to capture his escapades with the camera!
He’s such a handsome boy! I love the pic of him on the railing, although I’m sure your heart was sinking just watching him!
Oh my goodness. How cute! He’s just so *human like*. It’s amazing. A beautiful dog!
Oh Stacy, i got such a kick out of this. These guys are ingenious, aren’t they. Such good pictures!
This is priceless! Gotta love our four-footed children.
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This seriously cracks me up. You have a smart one there!!
Look at him!! I am surprised he didn’t lose his footing, but what a picture. You should have went out and bought him a lizard after that!
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