The Backyard Jungle

Our backyard at 1012 Treeside Court is a veritable jungle and Gucci has been our hunter.  He eventually drove all the rabbits away.  He could chase the squirrels and chipmunks all day.  At night Gucci would stay out for hours and "patrol'.  He had a number of fights with the opossums, and got a scar under his eye from one fight.  He even had a  standoff with a Canadian goose. We have also had a family of foxes next door,  and Jane saw a coyote in the backyard about a year ago.

Today the squirrels and chipmunks have free reign of the yard because Gucci doesn't try to chase them.  He used to scare the ducks out of the pool.  Lately we haven't had any ducks in the pool, but Gucci would not be able to chase them anyway.

Today was another good day for Gucci.  We have noticed some blood in his stool, but I have not mentioned it to the vet.  He struggles to get up and walk, but once he gets going he gets around ok - especially outside - but he even did better inside today.  Gucci surprised me by going down the deck, and  he made it to the bottom before falling in the grass.

Here is a picture of him when he was a pup!