Monday, July 7, 2008

Love/Hate Relationships

Iowa white-tail deer. Aren't they beautiful? I love to watch them while biking on the Bettendorf bike trail, but I hated their intrusion on my acre yard in Blue Grass as they nightly nibbled on 50 or more delicious hosta plants. Hunter loved to see them cross his path in the woods while he was bow hunting yet he really hated to kill them, although our children were raised on their meat.

Following is a video of another animal love/hate relationship. Ruthie, Rebecca's pet yorkshire terrier, "loves" Christian when he is in his jumper or high chair dropping Cheerios or other yummy morsels. On the other side of the coin, she (Ruthie) hates Christian when he trys to play with her, which amounts to grabbing handfuls of doggie hair. See what I mean!

2 comments:

* said...

Adorable! I love deer too, recently one came within 20 feet of me to eat as I sat very still and quietly watched. She cautiously stayed there for about 15 minutes until the boys came near---not so still or quiet!

Steve said...

Hunter don't forget you said you were going to teach me how to fly fish. (I know this has nothing to do with dear, but I was reading your old post, catching up)