Oh say can you see...me chasing a bunny?

 Happy July 4 - Independence Day in the US!  My human is a US and Canadian citizen - so I think she should stay home from work today.  But no such luck. At very least we had better have apple pie for dessert today.

Yesterday we had a wonderful walk at 5:30 AM with Jackson and his human.  No sleeping in for MY human on a weekend.  And everything was going great.  I was on and off leash at various points in time, depending on whether there were any possible areas of "distraction" - like ducks or compost piles.  And juuuuuuuuust as we were in the home stretch and all was right with the world, what did I see - before the humans?  A bunny.  You could hear the "Oh nooooooooooooo" in unison- as they watched me disappear into the woods in hot pursuit.  Jackson's human exclaimed - "Man he is FAST."  And they could hear me barking like a beagle in the brush - and although they couldn't SEE me because of the think brush - they could also figure out my general vicinity by the sound of the bell on my collar.  Jackson's human kept shouting "treats...treats...."  My human on the other hand kept trying to head me off by taking another trail.  After 5 minutes of humans shouting, and me barking, juuuuuuust out of sight but within a distance of about 10 yards, I emerged from the brush.  Soaking wet because it had rained the night before.  And covered in tiny sticks and brush.  And this is always an interesting moment for humans.  While the urge to strangle is is definitely present, humans know that they can't punish us, because we will never come back when we are bad.  So, as expected, my human calmly put me back ON leash and we continued on our journey home.

Another peaceful Sunday morning.  Love to get human adrenaline going.  And I usually do!

Happy Independence day to all my US friends and family!  Have a star spangled day!