Wanted: Pack of terriers. Or at least one.

October 23.  And according to the crazy calendar, it's National Mole Day.  When I saw that, I became QUITE annoyed - I mean a day to celebrate those creatures that have made our back lawn look like a construction site?   But no - this mole refers to a unit of measurement in chemistry. Guess those chemists had to come up with something celebratory - National Funnel Day or National Bunsen Burner Day doesn't seem very interesting.  Mind you, there are probably days for those as well.

And speaking of our moles - they truly have taken over.  You can see the tunnels in the grass. Mowing the lawn is QUITE the challenge - as the ground is so soft in the numerous areas with the tunnels running underneath - that the mower gets caught up in the dirt.

Moles are not easy to get rid of - and my human definitely does NOT want to use poison.  Too much risk to us.  Traps are also hard to use as you have to bury them IN a tunnel and the mole cannot suspect someone has been there - which they can determine by the moved dirt.  So how to get the trap IN the tunnel.  Beats me.  

I think the easiest solution is to borrow somebody's terrier.  One that really wants to catch vermin.  Elroy likes to dig and MIGHT get one, but the thought of him making even BIGGER holes, ending up covered in mud and then POTENTIALLY holding a mole is just too much for my human to consider.  But SURELY someone has a ratter in the area who would like to come out to our place and catch some moles?  Apparently there ARE people who take their terriers out to catch rats - like in New York city.  I'm not certain about the moles - but if there isn't, I BET this could be a good business idea.  I think I'll take it to Shark Tank or Dragon's Den to get some funding for this endeavor.  Now I just need to convince my human that we need a pack of terriers...

I think I need to dig further into this idea.  Pun intended. 

Have a good one.