We are well into September. Dad has been hanging out at home with the two of us. “Honey do” projects, house projects and biding his time until he starts on a new project this coming Monday is keeping all of us occupied.

A week ago last Saturday when Mom and Dad picked up a pre-owned BMW, Mom bumped into a lady with a Klee Kai named “Bear”. He was only 9 months old and from the description of him by Mom he is a black and white AKK who is probably a Toy sized fellow. He was all the way from Encino and we’re in Burbank so we are actually rather close by. Dad gave her our phone number and web site address with the hope of setting up a play date. So far we haven’t heard anything but one can still hope.

Last Monday brought some excitement. Dad was out in the screened in patio working when he heard both Riley and I barking madly and running around all over the backyard. It seems that Riley had surprised a young squirrel on the ground. Now Riley has as strong a prey drive as I do, so it was off to the races for the three of us. Unfortunately for the squirrel, he was scooped up in Riley’s jaws very quickly. I think that the squirrel thought Riley was going to kill him so Riley was bit slightly on his muzzle. And with that Riley broke his neck in an automatic response to the bite on his muzzle. Poor squirrel… Riley didn’t want to kill him. I didn’t want to kill him either. Both of us just wanted to chase him around. We are both sad that this occurred. Dad had Riley drop the little guy on the ground and was very gentle doing so. You wouldn’t know the squirrel was dead because there wasn’t any damage to his fur. He just looked like he was resting. Dad snapped a photo to prove it. The picture is below. Until later, good bye from Roxie and Riley!

Another Victim of Riley