The Hole......

Another day, another chance to finish what we started last nite before mom an' dad made us abort our latest AHS mission.

It had been rainin' most of the day, so that made thin's a lil' easier as far as Lexie an' I were concerned. That ground was much easier to work with.

Dad was complainin' that he's sure gettin' tired of our late nite missions...but, hey...like we've explained to mom, it's not our fault. It's them critters. They only come out at nite. Believe me, it'd be a whole lot easier to catch 'em if they were out an' about durin' the day, instead of bein' so sneaky like they are.

Anyway, we were makin' some noise...an' it was almost midnite. But it was because we were so close, yet still so frustrated.

Both of us were workin' as fast an' as hard as we could. That critter was way down under mom's bench by the pond. There was only one thin' to do.....get in there an' drag it out.

Lexie an' I both were workin' on doin' that when dad showed up.

He pulled Lexie outa that hole (she was only up to her shoulders) an' dragged her to the house an' presented her to mom.

Admittedly, she looked like one of Wendy Hodgson's mud pups before they are finished.

Mom's eye got big an' she asked dad where we were.

At that moment...Lexie excaped back outside, w/mom...an' dad was right behind her.

I jumped outa mom's reach an' went to the other side of the bench. Lexie was back to tryin' to go into that hole. Mom grabbed her an' pulled her out by her collar. As she handed her off to dad, she could hear some loud growls an' hisses comin' from that hole....beside her foot.

Dad grabbed Lexie's collar an' proceeded to take her back to the house. I ran back around to the backside, mom an' the hole.......

Mom was grabbin' my collar, just as somethin' big an' furry brushed against her leg by the hole.

She let out one of them girly lil' screams an' jumped back w/me. (Boy can she move fast when she wants to).

It was Lexie...sans collar....about to go back down the hole. Mom grabbed her by the nape of her neck an' got her collar from dad an' put it on her....grabbed me by my collar an' dragged both of us outa that garden. She wasn't playin' around.......

She handed Lexie off to dad an' we were all marched to the house. Lexie an' I knew there was no point arguein'.....not when mom was still relivin' that hissin' an Lexie brushin' up against her.....she don't like that kind of stuff. Critters runnin' across her feet at tryin' to get at her in the dark of nite....reallly is her least favorite thin'. An' I kinda think that in the back of her mind, she blames us....not sure why. Plus, she didn't know what that was in that hole. She suspects it was a big big possum.

When we got back in the house, dad started the shower. Yep.....baths at midnite. Well, admittedly, all that mud was startin' to dry an' didn't feel so great.

Lexie had to be shampooed about 3 or 4 times before dad got all the mud off her. When she was finished.....mom just looked at me an' said, "just look at your feet!!...an' the rest of you....!!!" an' then told me to go get washed.

There are sometimes when moms are right....an' I really don't like bein' dirty.....so, I just went right back to the shower on my own an' got inside.

I wasn't quite as bad as Lexie....that's the beauty of bein' CEO......I explain the mission an' have her do all the really dirty work. My feet an' beard were really the worst....'cause I had to keep checkin' the hole to see if she had gotten deep enough, yet.

It was after midnite by the time we were all clean an' dried. Then mom an' dad noticed a lot of blood in Lexie's ear. OMD....you woulda thought her whole ear had been cut off. Mom started gettin' first aid stuff out, they both dragged Lexie into the lil' guest bathroom...an' it was like a triage.

Turned out she had scrapped one of them lil' polyps on her ear (it sticks out like one of them lil' skin tags) an' that was what was bleedin'. But mom checked her all over to make sure nothin' had bit her while she had her whole head down that hole, lol.

This mornin'....dad has us in lockdown, only lettin' us outside w/an escort. Partly 'cause it's rainin'...an' partly 'cause he doesn't want a repeat of last nite. Of course the first thin' both of us did was run to check out that hole. Dad was quick to grab Lexie's tail an' tell her "NO". Which is ok.....'cause that critter is long gone....we checked all around an' he musta figured goin' over the fence was a better idea.

So, we're stuck in the house, all clean....an' gettin' some rest, who knows what tonite will bring. Mom's not happy w/her floors....an' w/the rain, not sure if it's even worth tryin' to clean 'em, an' she's got a big load of towels in the wash (I can't help it if we use more towels to dry off then her an' dad do....fur people, fur!).

Just another page in our AHS log.......I'd like to say it was successful...but it wasn't.....but I can say that wasn't our fault. Unfortunately, mom an' dad aren't always provide the best support when we're tryin' to extract a perp.....but what can you do? Just be patient an' know there'll be another time........mom knows this, an' just shakes her head.