Our new pet!

I was out working in the garden the other day when I heard some terrible squacking. I found Sadie chasing a baby bird. This bird couldn't fly so it was a foot race between it and my bird dogs. Despite all of my yelling, the dogs wouldn't stop chasing it. Luckily, he was able to hide under a raspberry bush. I was able to drag the dogs into the house so that I could make a new friend. I put some garden gloves on and caught this bird. BJ named him Petrie.


Petrie was very afraid of us. We made him a nice home in a tin tub and I gave him some water and a strawberry. The dogs were very intrigued by the new smell in the house. We put him outside during the night so that if he felt like leaving the tub during the night, we wouldn't have to look for him in the house.

BJ left for work around 6 am and he was still there. But around 8 am when I looked for him, he was gone. Goodbye Petrie! Hope you are able to fly instead of the weak flutter-run I witnessed earlier. I think he just needed a little TLC. :)