Finnegan and I are
hanging out this Monday afternoon in late March. I was on the computer. I set him up in one of his beds on the
desktop. Finnegan loves looking out the
window.
I heard him make a
funny sound …kind of like a half bark/sneeze and a snort.
I’ve come to
recognize the meaning as, “someone is walking on my block… (or) there’s another
dog walking in my neighborhood… (or) the neighbor girls are home… (or) I see
something, maybe a rabbit”.
I looked out to see my neighbor's young girls
in their driveway, arriving home or going to their swim meet. They were in their caps and swimsuits and
prancing about like girls do. Finn
adores them. He barked, but they still
went away in a car.
A little while
later a louder "HHMMMMPH" came from him and he stood up. I looked out but didn’t see anything at my
level so move to see what he sees.
There is a rabbit
in the bed of penstemon
in the front yard. It runs into the bed
and out of site within seconds. I tell
him to be quiet and open the window, leaving the screen closed. We both watch.
The rabbit emerges
from the flowers again and just sits there. Finn does his half woof-bark and settles
in to watch. We both watch.
The rabbit turns
to look at us, but I guess he or she can't see us nor be sure what is there.
Finn senses a challenge
from that rabbit and becomes vigilant. He can't take it anymore and begins to
scratch on the screen and the window.
The rabbit
notices. He bolts part way across my yard as we watch and stands
by a prickly pear.