This just happened....
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 4:10 pm
H has a habit of leaving his raw bones outside (usually hiding them so I can't pick them up) and since it was a nice day I gave him a raw bone to munch on while I answered phone calls and emails. Apparently, the gaggle of ravens have come back to town and their favorite place to chill is my house. H is amazed by them. Well, he just left his bone in the grass (true to his style) while he went to play with something and the ravens descended. He turned around and they're eating his bone! He didn't know what to do! There were about 7-9 of them making a ruckus around it. He snuck forward and sat, watching and whining. They were actually scaring him off every time he approached. I was amazed he didn't just go for them. I watched and waited to see what he would do, ready to interfere if needed, and it wasn't until he walked over to me, laid down, put his head on his paws and looked up at me (the same signal he gives when he's ready to come out of his crate) and kept bouncing his eyes from me to the birds, making little sighs.
The joke was on the ravens though because the bone was a little unwieldy to pick up and carry and after much encouragement, H finally, with my help, scared them off. Now whenever the raven caws he gives a little growl woof and pulls his bone farther under the covered patio. I told him not to leave his bones lying about if he isn't done with them and he sighed and made him "nom nom nom" noise, which I assume is his agreement.
The joke was on the ravens though because the bone was a little unwieldy to pick up and carry and after much encouragement, H finally, with my help, scared them off. Now whenever the raven caws he gives a little growl woof and pulls his bone farther under the covered patio. I told him not to leave his bones lying about if he isn't done with them and he sighed and made him "nom nom nom" noise, which I assume is his agreement.