Logan, I am sorry to hear about Honey's scary Christmas. Glad she's back to normal now

Graham and Cassie had a great Christmas, they enjoyed the Nylabones and box of cookies I got them. They were in doggie heaven! Graham almost did not get a visit from Santa because he did something I sure hope he NEVER does again!!!

I took both dogs to the dog park on Christmas Eve morning...sun was shining, loads of snow on the ground, and fresh, fluffy snow falling. It was a beautiful morning. Graham was off doing his usual squirrel patrol, and Cassie was chasing the groups of dogs and all of a sudden someone cried out, "oh no, Graham got a squirrel"! Sure enough Graham was killing a squirrel I called him frantically and he finally came to me, leaving that poor animal where he attacked it. I had to go dispose of the squirrel body before any of the other dogs found it and paraded with it, but when I got to the "murder scene" the squirrel was not there, just a bit of blood. Poor Ms. Squirrel managed to climb to a very low branch to die I saw how much pain she was in, and hoped that she died quickly but I just could not stand watching her suffer. I was going to walk away, when she came crawling/falling out of the tree at my feet, where she was obviously in pain.

So I could either leave her there to suffer and then have a dog find her body and make a huge mess of it, or I could put her out of her misery. I chose to put her out of her misery I told Graham that if he EVER does something like that again that Santa will NOT visit him! I sure wish he only liked the chase of the squirrel, but unfortunately he enjoyes the kill far more then the chase. I have not taken him to the park since Christmas Eve. I am afraid to. What if he gets so good that he makes a kill every time he goes? He can just forget about going then. I love squirrels. I remember when I was younger I hit one with my car and I was devistated. I had to pull off the road to sob. I never thought I would be killing one the way I did.

As much as I love Graham, if they had any anti-hunt collars (maybe collars that zapped when he was about to make a kill) I would buy one. He's really giving me the "oh please take me to the park" look, perhaps I will today, but he better not hurt any more squirrels!