Last night Diesel the Dog wanted outside. I let him out where he bounded about the yard in obvious doggy-bliss. The weather was lovely, and I smiled as he bounced around sniffing and playing. A few minutes later I decide that he should probably come in. Its late.. So I go to the door and call him, he comes trotting towards me and I think to myself that he is so cute! THEN all of the sudden, out of nowhere, a bunny crosses the patio, and as though it were planned, Diesel reached down and GRABBED it in his mouth. Right in front of me! The smile fades from my face immediately. The rabbit cries out, and thrashes about in Diesel’s mouth, trying to get away. Diesel tightens his grip and gleefully runs off with it as I yell at him to drop it, fully knowing that it was too late. I run upstairs to get Eric, who comes out and tries to separate the dog from the bunny. The dog takes the (now) dead bunny and hides him, and proudly trots inside.
I am shocked. We told the girls about it this morning, because just as we expected, first thing he did was go and retrieve his dead bunny and hide it somewhere else. Didn’t want the girls to see him carrying around a dead bunny and be surprised by that. We don’t know where the bunny is now…Diesel knows, but he won’t tell us.
ETA – Eric has suggested that calling it a bunny rather than rabbit may not be helping any one of us accept what has happened.. I will admit, when Lydia was watching TV, the show Miffy came on…Miffy – cute little bunny – RUN FOR YOUR LIFE MIFFY!!!!!!
Ahhh, he has such a sweet face. Who would have thought that he would be such a fierce bunny, I mean RABBIT, killer? Poor Thumper!
The CIRCLE of LIFE….is frightening!
Ewww.