Grammys Corgi Country

Those nasty ground squirrels are at it again! Every year when my pecans get ripe, those nasty little thieves put on their mission impossible gear and snag a bunch of my pecans! They had gotten really bad during the last couple of years of my old Border Collie mix, Shadow’s, life when he couldn’t chase them down anymore. He was about 16 years old when he passed away a couple of years ago… just before we got Sadie. I’d go outside and find a big old pile of pecan shells stacked up beside one or two of their holes. Grrr…

At least over the past couple of years, since we got Sadie, those sneaky little pest’s thievery has been cut down quite a bit. Sadie is quite a hunter, catching rabbits, squirrels, mice, lizards, etc. The wise critter will stay out of our yards now or have to be VERY sneaky…

We have three large fenced yards: The front is about 1250 sq. ft., the side is 750 sq. ft. and the back is about 1750 sq. ft…. lots of running room for an energetic herd of corgis and a hyper Border Collie… that is, when I’m not outside when they can have free run of the full 5 acres we have. The fences around the outside and between each yard are 6-8 ft. tall (to be sure that coyotes can’t jump in) with a hot wire up high to try to keep out bobcats. We usually leave the gates open between the yards so that the dogs can have plenty of room to run, and so that they can keep the critters out… especially those pesky squirrels!

Ground squirrels may be cute to look at, but they are MAJOR pests for us, not only because of their ripping off with my pecans, but because of the holes they dig in the yards and in our pastures. We had to be very careful when we walked out into the yard that we didn’t trip in a new hole they’d dug overnight… before Sadie. We also have to be careful because of the holes they dig out in our pastures that the horses can trip in. One time they even ATE my expensive authentic braided rawhide Peruvian Bosal that I’d hung in the garage!

A couple of years ago, I looked out of my kitchen window into our enclosed back patio and saw one of the little varmints that had come in the doggy door. It was sitting on our chest freezer, holding open the lid of the plastic tub I’d gotten to put emergency supplies in (we have earthquakes around here.) The little rotter was holding up the lid with one paw, while stealing a package of instant oatmeal with the other. He dropped the lid and split with the oatmeal packet when he noticed me looking at him… little twerp! I went out an checked the tub and all that was left was some pieces of oatmeal and a bunch of paper scraps… (Major GROWL here !!!)

I got another heavy duty BIG plastic container after that for the supplies, and a couple of months ago, when I had to move it, I found that they had gone behind it and chewed a BIG old hole into the back side of it!!! Rotted little rascals !!! Guess I’ll have to get some kind of metal container to store stuff in.

I wish you freedom from pests !!! Have a good day.

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