Timken's Rattiness Emerges

Timken being a Rat Terrier is hard wired to have a prey drive. But of course every rattie is unique and so there are always degrees on the spectrum of prey drive within each one. As Tim continues to get more comfortable in his fur it allows his rattiness to blossom and if you follow the blog you have seen Tim's prey drive consist of chasing and shaking soft toys, hunting bees (not the best past time :), and fetching egg babies which he is really getting adept at and can pick them off on the first bounce many times now. The other day we were out in the yard and Tim found a new thing to prey on......squirrels. As you probably know squirrels are ingenious at catching a dog's attention but they are very difficult for a dog to catch! But Tim spent a very long time trying to find the squirrel in the bushes, and I have no idea what he would have done if he could have had the chance to actually catch it. I am glad the squirrel outsmarted Tim as I don't want to think of squirrel teeth or claws going into him as that would not be good at all. The funny part was that Mr Squirrel had taken off out the side yard and Theo the cat took off to see if he could catch him. But Tim still thought he had to be in the bushes. Sweet Tim...

Liza just had to figure out what Tim was doing so she took some time to search the bushes too.

Tim tries to see if he can figure out where that squirrel went from further away.

Tim still looking thinking maybe Mr Squirrel changed his location to the other side of the yard. Nope Tim, he was long gone about an hour ago.... Good looking boy!