Perhaps Sadie saw it first, but I became aware of a cricket hopping across the bedroom carpet. I like crickets. I like singing crickets, but not at night in my bedroom. I picked up a small paper cup I keep on the computer desk for catching unwanted critters. As I moved toward the cricket, Sadie jumped off the recliner and lunged toward it. I couldn’t have said Jiminy Cricket before she had it in her mouth. Maybe it tickled her tongue, because she spit it out. In a split second it leaped out of sight. Sadie sniffed all around but couldn’t locate it. An hour later I saw the cricket again, and Sadie beat me to it a second time. When she let it out of her mouth, I swooped in with the cup. A political flyer was within reach, and I slipped that under the cup. Apologizing to Sadie all the while, I opened the door to the deck and flung the cricket into the night. She looked longingly into the darkness. More than likely, the cricket fell to the ground, since there is no floor on the deck at the moment.
Mehrling Muse 
my favorite part is when the cricket “soared off into the night…” We followed a grasshopper around the living room and kitchen area a month or so ago. Finally I chased it with a broom until it hopped onto the broom and “rode” it to the deck door. It took a couple of tries to catch it with the broom a second time and toss it outside. Alice was very interested in the grasshopper, and we have to be careful not to let her out.
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You had a nice grasshopper hunt.
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🙂 insect week
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That is funny! Dot likes to chase insects too but is not good at catching them.
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I doubt Sadie could catch a very active insect. Wish I could see Dot chasing things. Bet she’s cute to watch.
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If it moves, Steffi will lunge for it. At least Sadie spit it out. 🙂
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Steffi would eat insects?
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She has been known to do so, yes. I think it comes from her deprivation as a young pup–if you are hungry, you will eat what you can find. Perhaps she is part cat and intrigued to catch whatever moves.
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oh goodness…Don’t forget and step out on the deck at night.
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I’m keeping a stool in front of the deck door to remind me not to step outside onto beams.
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Good thinking. Be careful
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Yikes, that first step is a Doozie! Max eats spiders when he catches them….dogs!
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I dislike spiders so much that I might encourage a dog to eat them, but I’d want to know one wouldn’t kill the dog.
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Lucky cricket! I do not mind them as long as they stay out of the house. Some days I swear there is a congregation outside of the tiny house.
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We had crickets in the house in New York. The ones we’ve had here have not been chirping like those!
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Aw, sorry she had to lose her new toy. Maybe next time.
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I’m not sure how long Sadie might have played with the cricket before I saw it.
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Hopefully she had some fun first!
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Sadie has fun most of the time!
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I don’t get many crickets in my house. Most bugs are appetizers for my cats. Sometimes Sasha will eat an imaginary bug and I swear she enjoys that just as much as the real thing. Or maybe it’s just that I can’t see it.
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I’m glad to hear your cats like bugs. I don’t remember ever seeing our cats with insects. Maybe there was too much else going on.
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There is never a dull moment with Sadie around … good idea making you think twice about stepping out onto the deck. Don’t open the door ’til you’ve had your morning coffee. 🙂
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Ha! That cricket owes you. You went above and beyond to let him escape to the wild.
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I hope the cricket could live out his natural life.
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Sorry to say, this is one reason I wouldn’t want to live down south… the thought of a cricket (or anything else with a bunch of legs and/or antennae) in the house just gives me the shivers. Once I was in Florida (in the summer, silly me!!) and at bedtime I looked up from the bed to see a gecko on the ceiling directly above. Yikes!!!! I forget what happened – I suppose I stood watch until the thing decided to come down where I could trap it and get it outside!
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Dealing with insects can be difficult if they bother you. The only ones I can’t abide are spiders.
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And yet we’re told most spiders are “good” because they get rid of other bugs for us. 😬
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I do not care what other bugs spiders are responsible for. Spiders do not belong inside a house!
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I agree!!
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Life is never dull at your place, is it?
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No, dull hardly ever visits.
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😀
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