Our Relentless Guard

One morning recently we were awoken to Trixie's barking...very early, and on a Saturday, no less!   She wouldn't quit, so Jeremy went out to see what had her so excited.  She was barking at the car.  Yes, you read that right. She was barking at the car...sitting in the driveway.

He managed to quiet her a little, but it wasn't long before she was barking again, and wouldn't leave the car alone.  We decided there must be something in there. Jeremy opened the hood, and saw a mouse duck down in the motor. 

The mouse wasn't going to be shooed out of there with Trixie right there ready to pounce.  Jeremy even set a mousetrap on top of the engine, but the creature stayed hidden away in there. 

Good and faithful Trixie stayed right in this position all day.  She would not give up! 

Unfortunately, she was so relentless that she tried to get up under the car and go after it. In the process she managed to pull out and break some wires that had to be repaired.

Finally around 3:00 in the afternoon we had to go somewhere, so we took the car and hoped the mouse would fall out somewhere along the way.  I guess it did, because when we got back, Trixie didn't sniff anything out.  I hope the word has spread that mice are not welcome around here!