What is this new form I see before me?

Further on into our walk from Sunday, Darwin discovered Something New! Something Amazing! Something Herdable!

But like all great scientists (and I strongly uphold that dogs can explore their world in the trial-and-error scientific method of discovery), he had a few dense moments prior to his discovery.

Darwin: "Corgi-scan initiated. Hum, what's up ahead of us? Nothing interesting. Just fog, fog, and more fog."



Darwin: "Corgi-scan to the right... What's this magical little thing in front of me?" *Note: look in the tree*



*Darwin and the creature eye each other for a moment*

*Darwin takes a second to woof at the newcomer to see how it will react. The small, furry creature shoots further up the tree.*


*Not a big fan of this third picture, as it was snapped rather rapidly, in an attempt to capture the action, but it fits the story.

Darwin thinks about this for a moment before proceeding... "Well, it's smaller than me, which is good. It's furry like that cat-thing that lives at home. It's fast, which is basically an invitation for me to chase it. And it is up in a tree like those flying things I love to try and catch, though never can. Classification: herdable."

And there you have it! The remainder of the squirrels we saw that day had to run in fear of the mighty corgi attempting to herd them.

-Mel, Corgi-keeper

**This really was Darwin's first recognition of a squirrel. They have suddenly exploded in our town, and while he had had the opportunity to see one before, he never really NOTICED them until now...