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Cisco caught his toughest squirrel ever this evening. It took at least twenty minutes to catch it, then he had it in the tree for a long time. Still alive. He switched his grip and dropped it. He grabbed again on the ground and lost it. It went into a hole right under the tree. If I were sure it was healthy I would have let it go. A tired Cisco parked in front of that hole. I probed the soft ground with my stick, after digging a little by hand. Out popped the squirrel and Cisco grabbed it again. I piled in at that point.

I let Farrah chase squirrels but allow her only one contact each week. This can be a grab, catch, or a bite. This week it was a catch on a squirrel she spotted as we were heading home. We  saw no squirrels for an hour and a half. Suddenly Farrah looked down and she was on the ground.  Wednesday Cisco Thursday after a stressful hunt On Friday

We barely left the parking lot and had a spectacular chase.  The denouement of the best single squirrel chase ever. About twenty or thirty minutes. A consistent and unyielding effort on Cisco's part, and a squirrel that was super. I would not have minded its getting away... Cisco was a solid ounce overweight. He found a dead opossum a couple of days ago and apparently ate some... He also got his field ration.  Farrah yesterday