It's In The Tree
By DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
United States
July 28, 2019 9:45am CST
I don't know what 'it' is, but 'it' sure had Ginger's attention this morning. 'It' was either a squirrel or a bird. Squirrels are abundant hereabouts. Our woods have birds in great number and variety. This morning we heard a woodpecker hard at work.
We couldn't see the woodpecker and don't know what type it was. There are, I believe, several types that inhabit our area. I do not think it was a woodpecker drawing Ginger's attention as we heard no telltale knocking on wood.
Shortly after I took the photo, Ginger grew bored with whatever it was and came to the back door barking for admittance to the house.
If you have a dog, or a cat, have you ever seen it concentrate on something you couldn't see with laser-like precision?
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@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
28 Jul 19
I wonder what she was looking at ? Our cat does this all the time.
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@crossbones27 (52905)
• Mojave, California
28 Jul 19
Yes, just wrote about the homeless man but I do so many hard to keep up for people. My dog saw a homeless man hiding and has been doing it for years, Dog would go crazy. There is someone right there, listen to me. Sure enough homeless man became so nervous he finally stepped out to get my dog to stop making me crazy. The neighbor lets a homeless man sleep at his place sometimes. I am cool with it and would have never known if mr Alpha did not call it out.
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@wolfgirl569 (135690)
• Marion, Ohio
28 Jul 19
With both at times. The horses will do it too.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
28 Jul 19
@wolfgirl569 We had a doe nest in our woods with her fawn one year. You could just see her from our fence. Poor Ginger went nuts barking at her. The doe never seemed bothered. It was as if she knew the fence protected her.
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@wolfgirl569 (135690)
• Marion, Ohio
28 Jul 19
@DWDavis I have spotted deer when I looked hard enough a couple of times. But many times I dont see anything so they could be.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
28 Jul 19
I have seen that happen with a cat.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
28 Jul 19
He looks so engrossed. Dogs often get attracted to birds, squirrels or bees. My dog Topaz loved to chase butterflies.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
29 Jul 19
@DWDavis Topaz used to just chase them away.
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@snowy22315 (208846)
• United States
28 Jul 19
Yes, that does indeed happen. In fact one night, the cat was dozing in the chair and suddenly sprang up and made a beeline for the windows in front of the deck. I turned the light on and looked and saw nothing..however, he did it again, so something must have been out there..what it was..I still don't know.
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