Two squirrels were determined to cheat the birds out of their seeds. Seeds on the deck were fair game, but I didn’t want the animals to hang on the feeder. I got my exercise jumping up to run them off. One day Sadie saw a squirrel and lunged at it, pawing the glass door. The squirrel ran away and came right back on the deck, figuring he’d give it another try. This time I opened the door, and Sadie shot out. The squirrel easily escaped. That encounter must have scared the dickens out of him, because we haven’t seen him or his companion since.
Mehrling Muse 
Yeah, let the animals settle it between themselves.
Huge Hugs
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I thanked Sadie for her help.
xxx Canine Hugs xxx
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We have a big yellow tom that gets the gophers in our backyard. Those gophers must find a good deal to eat, because each time that tom walks by my back window, he’s carrying a big fat gopher. The bug man, says “you got natures best exterminator.”
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Love it! What a fun story.
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Good for Sadie!
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Sadie is a good guard dog! That is her deck and no one trespasses until she allows it (or is napping)!
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We’re trying to teach Sadie that birds are allowed on the deck. Meanwhile, I have a small stool in front of the sliding glass door. So far she hasn’t lunged over that obstacle.
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You have a good dog there in Sadie! I wish my dogs could go out front, that’s where my bird feeder is, the squirrels are constantly emptying it out!
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Most people seem to have a constant war with squirrels. I don’t know why we bother. The squirrels always win.
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Anne, a funny story about a squirrel guard dog! Those squirrels don’t give up, do they? We have now moved the bird feeder away from all branches and have a detractor which squirrels can’t break through. Or? One never knows. Very entertaining. Thank you. ox
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We had the best system in NY. We hung a feeder from the window frame outside our dining area. It was on the second floor! We watched the birds whenever we ate, and we always knew when to refill the feeder. A squirrel NEVER got to it.
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Sounds like a great plan. So far our new spot is working with the detractor. I watched squirrels climbing tree limbs to gauge the jump over to the bird feeder. They gave up disappointed and the birds enjoyed their meal! To be continued I am sure…””__””
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Dot would love to chase squirrels. She has chased a few in the park near our house. She gets very frustrated when she realizes she can’t climb a tree.
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Sadie doesn’t think it fair that the squirrels can run down the posts of the deck when she has to stay behind bars.
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That’s so funny!
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Did Star chase animals?
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I think your squirrels and your dog have the same relationship as ours. Enemies to the end! But the squirrels always outrun our dog.
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Sadie is sure she could catch a squirrel, given half a chance. You are right that dogs and squirrels don’t see eye to eye.
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Yup dogs and squirrels don’t mix – too bad my neighbor Marge did not have a dog because we used to watch the squirrels climb up her wrought-iron gazebo and shimmy along to reach all the bird feeders and thistle socks she hung right smack in the middle, supposedly in the middle out of the squirrels’ reach. They will try anything to scam a few seeds.
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Squirrels are resourceful!
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That they are, much to the chagrin of the birds!
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You know how I feel about dogs. I think if a dog sees something that you react to, as you did, he stores that and serves you by helping out. Cash defends me from frogs and bugs! haha!
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Now every time I get up from the computer, Sadie jumps to look for squirrels. Sadie is on my side!
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Like between husband and wife I say never interfere between animals too🤓
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