We were at Marley’s Christmas party and all of us were out running in his garden …
When my heightened sense of prey caught a sniff of something different …
My nose immediately took me to an interesting “house”
Mummy, what’s in there?
Yaena told me that if I am patient, she would show me. She took out of it this squirrel lookalike –
but bigger than the ones we chase in the park.
I was totally intrigued
As I inched closer to smell it
Why didn’t it run away like those squirrels in the park?
Whoa! There’s another one but bigger!!!!! And this one doesn’t look like a squirrel at all.
Oh my goodness gracious me! It’s a rabbit!!! And he’s called Blue. And the other one is called Bella.
They totally had me – for the rest of our visit, I continued to be intrigued.
I sat and stared
And thought to get a little closer
What are they doing in there?
The others were wondering what I was staring so intently at …
There are two rabbits in there, guys!
Jaffa said – what should we do about it?
Well, I needed to have a better view!
So I jumped up on the rabbit hutch (that’s what they told me it’s called) and peeked in from above. This is a really good hutch, they must have had a good range of hutches at the pet store!
Then all the others started to be curious about them too – but Jaffa, who hasn’t done agility like I had, went up to the side wall
Oh, I see, this is an easier way to see them
Or there’s a flower pot I can stand on as well.
Rabbits, do you want to come out to play?
May’s comment: I wonder what Darcy would have done with them if they were out. She would probably be really intrigued. And then if they hopped, she would have barked at them. But for now, she can just look at them in the hutch. She was extremely gentle when introduced and more curious than anything else.
For all concerned, NO RABBITS WERE HARMED!!!!
In London, foxes roam the gardens and streets at night and these rabbits are used to getting visitors – foxes with intention! Thank goodness they are safe in their hutch.
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Poor rabbits, must have had a miserable day!
They were probably more amused than miserable. Their owner would not have allowed it if they are not used to having foxes peering into their hutch every night. They also come out to play with their dog.
Yes Sarah, I agree with you – the rabbits were probably terrified with all those dogs climbing on their hutch and peering in at their door !
I’m sure they are used to having dogs peering in at them…they live with dogs!
To reassure those overly concerned for the rabbits, I have to let you in on a secret. You take an instance, a photo op – and tell a tale. The dogs were interested for all of five minutes. Then they were back to chasing each other in the garden – and then indoors getting groomed. Curious, yes. Vicious, not at all. Story telling is an exaggeration of an instance. We apologise for causing concerns by our story telling.
The rabbits look fine! We had a lovely heinze 57 called Jemma and a white rabbit called blossom and they were best of friends! Cuddled up to each other. Played together everyday. You can see from the photos the dogs are just interested and the rabbits look very calm and contented.