Thor got extra points this morning. I have only heard him bark a couple of times since he came to Prairie House. He is a very quiet puppy. Usually when I let him outside in the morning he simply checks things out, takes care of his business and comes back to the porch when he is ready to come back in the house and waits for me to get ready to let him in. (In the meantime, I usually get back under the warm blankets to grab a few more minutes of shut eye.)
This morning started out normal, but before I could get back under the covers he started barking and raising such a fuss I knew something was amiss. I grabbed my robe and slippers and went to the door. He was looking at the barnyard where all the goats were upset as well. I trudged out to the barn to see what was causing the ruckus. Then my mind remembered I had the trap set. I went in the chicken house and sure enough, the door on the trap was shut. I couldn't see anything in the trap in the dim light so I went closer. Yeah! there was that nasty rodent in the trap. The eggs and Bierock worked.
The rodent went for a swim in the stock tank where the water was over his head. I'll go back out later and drain the tank, take out the trap, haul the trap out back, and dump the nasty thing in the pit for the coyotes.
I hope she only gave birth to six of those disgusting things and we have wiped them out.
I do have to admit a felt a pang of misgiving before I plunged the trap into the tank, but then I remembered all the grief these things have caused and how much damage they can do to other creatures. Then there was no problem letting the trap sink to the bottom of the tank.
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